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Entering the Mediterranean Sea aboard the Malwa |
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Off Tangier, 7.30 a.m. Very fine & smooth. Dolphins very numerous. Tarifa Point 8.15 a.m. Gibraltar, 9.30 a.m. Went ashore for an hour with Mrs. E.M. Campbell. Found it very hot on shore & dusty. Sailed at about 1 p.m. Discovered that the Captain of the "Malwa", W.R. LeMare, was the boy I knew 50 years ago nearly, at Macclesfield. Both delighted to meet one another again. He insisted on my being transfered to his table for meals. We had a good talk about Macclesfield days & the Grammar School, etc. Hot at night & the ship vibrating badly (a characteristic of the "Malwa" which I had noted on the voyage to Australia in her in 1914, but which seems to have become more marked, making her very uncomfortable to travel in, especially in certain parts, e.g. my cabin, where the oscillation has 'nodes', as it were.) Apart from this vibration the "Malwa" is very nice & my cabin was excellent, being a corner one with 2 windows. |
