CHAPTER II
OFF NORTH-WEST AFRICA
Vigo and the Spanish--Chased--An English Escort--That Horrid Britannia!--A Memorial Service for Alexander III.--Cruisers--Tangier--Japanese Torpedo-boats at Hull--The _Suvaroff_--Morocco and the Moors--Rumours and Lies--Cutting the Cable--The _Malay_ breaks down--Vessels in the Squadron--The Captain gets some Soap!--Great Heat--Dakar--Those English again!--Coal the Weakness--Sunstroke--Japanese Spies--The Natives--Visiting the Fleet--Heat and Thirst--Whales sighted--The _Malay_ again--Strike of a Stoker 25