We were told to mak> preparations to leave the ship—getting out all our baggage: they were very explicit in saying that we were to take with na They did not expect, however, to sink us until the following morning, so that after our packing was finished we fraternized with the two officers and those of the German sailors who could apeak English. They were perfectly courteous—and the fellow in command took dinner with us, sitting on the captain's left. (I mention that, to show that the captain still took the head of the table.)
After boarding us and examining our papers, we set off something like north-east in the Emden's wake. (We had sighted her about 320 miles west of Colombo.) The other boat had now come up and it proved:
79 to be the Government collier that had been captured three weeks previously when bound outwards for Hongkong. On board of it were ths crews of the Clan Grant, the Benmore and a dredger, whose poate had been sunk.
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