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Wednesday, July 20th, 1898

Weather as pretty as ever all Night we listened to the connading and musketing of the Spanish and Insurgent for the allways fight at night the Natives say it is too hot to fight in daytime to day a brittich Vessel came in to the Bay loaded with fresh Meat and Vegetable we are all getting impatient to get ashore for we are tired to be kept like prisoners much longer 3 men are sick the Rest is well again most of us sleep on Deck

The weather is as pretty as ever. All night we listened to the cannonading and musketing of the Spanish and insurgents because they always fight at night. The natives say it is too hot to fight in the daytime. Today a British vessel came into the bay loaded with fresh meat and vegetables. We are all getting impatient to get ashore because we are tired of being kept like prisoners. Three men are sick, the rest are well. Most of us sleep on deck again.