At 6 pin, we landed on a small but fine yellow sand beach to give our dogs a run and some. exercise, returning to the yacht at 8 o'clock, [The usual practice upon returning to the boat in the evenings, while waiting for the evening meal, was for some of us to play bridge. They were mostly novices at the "game, yet professing 10 know all about Culbertson would have had a stroke:
Keen Spirit of Adventure had he seen some of the play.
All being ready, we hoisted sails at 4 pin, and romped down to Woosung where we spent our first night ft anchor. Enthusiasm was, perhaps, hot as marked as it was last year, ince the majority of the party were tried hands, but the spirit of adventure was certainly none the less keen whole proceeding was most mysterious and he could form no opinion as to what it meant. He: could not say for certain that these operations were connected with the war, but he begged the Tao-tal to) Instruct him what to do.
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