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On the 9th we arrived at Chang Quang Twa at 9.30 a.m. Delivered
mails & sailed at 10.30. At 12.30 same day we arrived at Shan-Hai-Kwan
and anchored at the end of the Great Chinese Wall. There are British, Austrian,
Japanese, French, Russian & Italian flags flying on shore just at the end of the
wall.

On the 10th I went ashore and had a look at the Forts. The Forts are
armed with Krupp Guns, 6 inch, 8 inch & 9[illegible], well situated to withstand any
bombardment from the naval fleet as well as from inland. I then went up
to the Joss house and saw all the Chinese Idols on the way as I went along
the road. It was lined with trees which looked very pretty. On each side
were graves & vegetable gardens alternately all the way along. There are soldiers
of all nations ashore. They have their flags planted everywhere On the the 11th we
picked up the German, Russian, French, Japanese & British Captains & Admirals
here at Shan-Hai-Kwan and took them down to Chang Quang Tan where we
landed them and at 6 that night we took them back to their ships.

On the 12th I, with a boat's crew went dragging for the cables of submarine
mines but did not find any. On the 15th we sailed for Newchuang and
arrived the next day, 16th. We took two British military officers up with us.
There are only Russian men-of-war here. We are the only British boat here at
present. In the afternoon the British Consul of Newchuang and his wife came
aboard and were shown around the ship. The Russians seem to have the
run of this place. The Russians, I believe beheaded 12 Boxers here today.

On the 17th I went ashore in Newchuang in the evening and had a
look around for two hours. There is nothing to see. The markets are the most
numerous sights. There is nothing but Russians & Chinamen ashore I saw a
Boxer rifle in the Post Office. It has a bore about 3/4 of an inch in diameter. It
takes two to work it, one to rest it on his shoulder and the other to fire it. On
the 18th we sailed again for Shan Hai Kwan taking 7 chinamen with us
and the military officers back again besides a lot of stores for the soldiers.

We arrived Shan Hai Kwan on the 19th and landed all the stores. Got
paid for the month ending September 30th 19th to 21st just on harbour routine,
nothing particular doing. On the evening of the 21st, Sunday, we were surprised by
a lot of the Goliath men coming aboard wet through. They were coming off from
the shore with the steam launch and towing a dinghy when, about half way
out to us their boat capsized. All the Goliath men were picked up alright
but 3 chinamen were lost. Thirty of the Goliath men stayed aboard of us that
night.

[mark made by different writing implement] On the 22nd we dressed up in honour of the Emperor of Germany's
Birthday. All the men of war in the harbour were dressed. 23rd, ordinary
Harbour routine. On the 24th we took 3 military officers down to Chang [?]
Hai-Kwan.