t the peninsula. I am still over 2 stones under my
usual weight. I took a walk half-way up the promontory to the
Khedivial Palace where I hoped to walk through the gardens. I had seen
in the papers that the Sultan was up the Nile, but the two Egyptian
N.C.O.'s at the gate refused to admit me, one saying, "de Sultan is in
Alexandria". "Nonsense," I said, "he is up the Nile." "No, no, no,"
said the black, "de Sultan is here," pointing over his shoulder to the
palace.

_November 19th._--At mid-day I was ordered to pack up as I was to
start for home. At the docks I was put on board the "Rewa" where the
officers and nurses greeted me as an old friend. I learned that our
destination was back to Lemnos, where I would be trans-shipped to the
"Aquitania" which is booked to sail on the 22nd.

We sailed in the afternoon. The sea is rough, spray splashing all over
the ship, the windows of the music room have to be kept shut, and it
is hot and stifling--and I melt.

_November 21st._--We reached Lemnos to-day after a run of forty-five
hours from Egypt, a distance of 580 miles. The object of the "Rewa's"
trip to Alexandria was to get drydocked and have her hull scraped. We
could have done the trip in a few hours less than we actually took,
but all last night and to-day we have had a furious gale in our teeth,
which made us drop 4-1/2 knots per hour. The decks have been swept by
the waves all day, and the awnings blown down more than once. We now
lie in the outer harbour, while the four great funnels of our next
boat can be seen towering over the hills that form the south side of
the inner harbour. The cold is intense.

_November 22nd._--We spent the night at anchor outside the boom. They
commenced to raise the anchor at daylight, but were stopped by signal,
so that now at 10 a.m. we lie here waiting orders. The cold to-day is
terrific. The wind is probably stronger than ever and goes whistling
through the rigging. Our latest orders are to lie here till the gale
moderates.

3 p.m.--During the forenoon the "Olympic" passed close to us as she
entered the harbour, and is now anchored near the "Aquitania".

_November 23rd._--We raised anchor about 7 and moved straight out to
sea for 2 or 3 miles when we thought we were to go home on the "Rewa,"
which had been spoken about as possible, but it turned out we had only
gone out to bury a man who died last night. We turned and were soon
manoeuvring to get alongside the "Aquitania,