ay I counted
over thirty gulls in one flock, but I would not have believed before
that there were so many about the whole bay.

We had a call in the afternoon from our friends of the "Marquette"
with another mail bag. I had one letter and an Aberdeen "Evening
Express". Whyte and I returned with them and all had a very jovial
dinner together. The latest news from H.Q. on the Cunarder "Andania"
is that we are not to lose our post of honour after all. It was after
nine when we started for our own ship and had a pleasant and noisy
trip. We were challenged by "Lizzie" under whose stern we passed, with
"boat ahoy," and we had to explain who we were. Not one of the ships
is showing any light.

Our "Marquette" friends told us of a narrow escape they had had. On
their way from Alexandria they were immediately preceded by the
"Manitou" (B. 12), which had three torpedoes fired at her by a Turkish
torpedo boat, but at such close range that the torpedoes as they dived
into the sea from the deck, went so deep that they passed under the
ship. The "Manitou" is a sister ship of the "Marquette". Making sure
that their end had come there was a panic, and as a boat was being
lowered past the upper deck so many crowded on board that the davits
broke and the whole mass crashed down on another boat already in the
water, killing about forty.

_April 20th._--In the afternoon I visited the village of Mudros on the
south side of the harbour. There are several camps near this, and I
first visited the French Foreign Legion where there were troops from
many parts--Zouaves, Turcos, etc. I walked through the village which
was very interesting. The money-making Greek is taking advantage of
there being so many men about, and almost every house contains
something for sale, with numerous newly erected wooden shops near the
French quarters. Alcohol is cheap, a bottle of wine costing
sevenpence. There were fig trees in every garden, and dried figs for
sale, strung on string, which looked dry and filthy. Honey was much
in evidence, this part of the world producing enormous quantities of
this. The principal article of merchandise was Turkish delight. When
examining various articles at a stall, I chanced to open a box of this
and said "Turkish Delight!" "No, no, no," said the man, "Graeke
Delight!" The name "Turkish" will not do at present.

An old fellow, clean shaved except for an enormous moustache, took us
over his windmill, and it was strange to se