The HAWK and SCANDERIA go with us across
the Atlantic and we shall at St. Pierre be transhipped into one or
the other.
'JUNE 18. SOMEWHERE IN LONDON. - The shore end is laid, as you may
have seen, and we are all under pressing orders to march, so we
start from London to-night at 5.10.
'June 20. OFF USHANT. - I am getting quite fond of the big ship.
Yesterday morning in the quiet sunlight, she turned so slowly and
lazily in the great harbour at Portland, and bye and bye slipped
out past the long pier with so little stir, that I could hardly
believe we were really off. No men drunk, no women crying, no
singing or swearing, no confusion or bustle on deck - nobody
apparently aware that they had anything to do. The look of the
thing was that the ship had been spoken to civilly and had kindly
undertaken to do everything that was necessary without any further
interference. I have a nice cabin with plenty of room for my legs
in my berth and have slept two nights like a top.
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