Saturday, July 31, 1915

Turned out at 6:30. At 8:15 we turned to - general field day. The Santa Barbara islands - great yellow and brown mountains rising from a green sea. I was in charge on the boat deck. We scrubbed paintwork and holystoned the deck until all was clean, then dried down immediately while all the others still had sand all over. After dinner all the others had to turn to again - I went down to the after handling room and played chess with Fully. During the day the sun was warm but the breeze was strong and cold. Turned in at 8:30.