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Another thing I got used to was the short periods of sleep & I could
now turn in for even only 1 hours sleep & awake the better
for it. I don't re-read the beginning of this letter (its too long!)
before adding to it so if I've written the same thing more than
once you'll know why. There's no doubt about it, although these
ships are slow & old fashioned there is beauty in them in their
different moods i.e. with roaring wind & big seas or in calms without
even a breeze. Its the man made conditions that spoil them -
the last few weeks we were running very short of food & I existed
on practically rice & macaroni. Now even in port we get no
green vegetables but at least we have butter & potatoes & the
3rd pig has just been killed. It will be really good to return
to civilization & live & eat properly again. But there are parts of the
life I've enjoyed & I'd never regret having done it, ever. The only
land we saw from Port Vic. was Kangaroo Island, south-east Africa and
the Azores until we got to the Scilly Islands off Land's End & which belong
to England; every few minutes a new light was reported on the horizon
which was interesting after so many months with only
occasional light. I meant to say that in Falmouth I thought
of sending you a cablegram but with only your address and
"117 days Eric" would have cost 7/6d so I couldn't afford that.

(20 July 1936) Monday 20th 2 days later. Today I recieved my mail, forwarded on
from Aus. House in response to a telegram I sent when ashore in
Falmouth so now I'll finish this off and post it. Now I ask you with
tears in my voice why did you put the SS Parma? This a sailing
vessel instead of a steam ship & S. V. Parma would have been more
correct.

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