anghai Man's Experience: No Mistaking This Ship wilt be recalled that recalled that, ILH.M. th a Wales Joleed gt hen the tac Teawafpinté ut Part Said om her toat Trin Home, andthe following extracts Tran totter written by a young Shang> fat" man my prove of interest.
At Port Said O—and I. wended our way ashore to stretch our legs and rubberneck along the local Bund, We went into Simon "Artz but as it was full of people from various ships we did not pause there too long. We than strolled along the breakwater to shake hands with De Lesseps and thi returned to the Casino Hotel slake our parched gullets and found 'a tea dance on there and going all out, But the crowd, phew-liquor ice all sorts!
We went aboard to find "Gull monygoose—eome duck" doing his stuff. Iwas most annoyed when he produced a chicken from guy nose. The same nasty bit of work had perfect Scottish brogue and aildvessed O—as Ramsay MacDonald and me as Jock Macgregor!
Later on everyone was ager owing to the arrival of the Prince of Wales who travelled from Port Said to Marseilles with us. A rather amusing incident happened before the Prince came alongside.
One gangway was all honed up with Dunting and electric lights und in order to get a close-up of the Prince 8 steward stuck his head out of a porthole facing the gangway. But the quartermaster on duty was far too quick for him and yelled down "Stick your blinking "ead in or the Prince will think 'e's struck a ruddy cattle ship." The whole ship roared with Iaughter and there was a rapid exit of the offending head.
The Skipper gave his cabin up to H. R. H, but he refused to take it and dug himself in on "B" deck with the rest of us. The Prince all over. On the night of the fancy' dress" the Prince came over and Joined "our gang'"—one of the Inds, B—having been at Oxford with him, H. R. H. was not quite so tall as I imagined him, but was really good-looking from a man's point of view, even if he has that schoolgirl completion. He wore a grey flannel suit like mine only his probably Savile Row whereas mine ix purely Hung Chang. H.R. HI. truck me as always having a huntced look about him and I'm not surprised for even on board a certain type would pester him when they got the chance, One lady addressed him "'Ifello Prince"—just like that, Ihut he excused himself and walked on, X—spoke to the lady and I think now realizes there's a place for all things.
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