One or two liberty parties were allowed ashore at Camp McCalla, from which the men returned, tired and warm, but full of enthusiasm and interest for the things they had seen.
The amount of "curios" and souvenirs brought aboard would fill a museum.
Pieces of projectiles and Mauser cartridge shells, fragments of an unusual red wood, and pieces of fossil rock, of which the cliff was composed, were stowed away in bags and ditty boxes.
The bay now had a very deserted appearance.

All the battleships and many of the cruisers had gone North.

The auxiliary cruisers, "New Orleans," "Newark," "Marblehead," and a number of converted yachts were all that remained, besides our own vessel.

It was still a goodly fleet, but in comparison to the great squadron, seemed small.
For the first time we were at a loss for something to do.

Time hung heavy on our hands.