We had a great send-off in Sackville Street in our motor-bus, and went on board about 2 . From then till 7 we watched the embarkation going on, on our own ship and another. We have a lot of . and . and ., and a great many horses and pontoons and ambulance waggons: the horses were very difficult to embark, poor dears. It was an exciting scene all the time. I don't remember anything quite so thrilling as our start off from Ireland. All the 600 khaki men on board, and every one on every other ship, and all the crowds on the quay,.
