Writing on the Sunday, the correspondent said the trip was by no means a picnic, even with the privileges they were allowed, but they were all quite fit and cheery. They had been told that 2 Japanese cruis ter was escorting them, but up to Bunday the people on board had not. een anything of her.
"Wo have got through a fair amount of exercise this morning," the letter continues, "skipping, i ball-throwing (quite a good scheme), and boxing, the last a bit strenuous until we get a little harder. The voyage will seem long, of course, as we are all keen to get home and know our fates. Four hundred French soldiers join us at Saigon."
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