11 p.m.--The transports and some of the torpedo-boats have entered the bay; the other torpedo-boats and warships will remain at sea, cruising round Kamranh with lights. Probably we shall go into the bay to-morrow. There are signs that we shall wait here for the third fleet. If you could but imagine what is going on! If it were possible for me to tell you all about it, you would be amazed. Should I live, I will tell you afterwards. No, there is no use our fighting. Things have come to such a pass that I can only wring my hands and feel assured that no one can escape his fate, for this is the only possible assurance. The weather has begun to grow cooler. The engines and boilers of all the ships are worn, especially the boilers. It is not surprising, considering that for thirty days we have not let go an anchor. Everything has its limits. _April 1st._--Kamranh Bay. We have only just begun to enter the bay, having spent thirty days at sea. The hospital-ship _Orel_ has not returned, nor have the colliers come. Have they fallen into the hands of the Japanese? When our warships approached close to Kamranh, fishermen were seen in their boats; but for some reason not one of them came near us. In the morning a little bird, apparently an exhausted canary, was caught on deck. Last night was cooler. I woke up dry this morning. Such a thing has not happened to me for a very long time. One cannot help wondering if it is wise, losing so much time at Kamranh. All the preparations Japan made for meeting us at the Sunda Straits can be transferred to another spot. They will have time to construct everything afresh. Their device at Sunda Strait having failed, it will be more advantageous for them to meet our fleet nearer their own shores, where they could at once repair their damages and where they have many bases. All this compels me to think that we are hardly likely to meet them before passing Formosa. Of course, if we remain long at this place, circumstances may alter, and afford the Japanese the possibility of attacking us in the bay itself, and of mining it. In that case Kamranh will be an actual trap. It seems to me that the Japanese consider us more crafty than we really are. On the contrary, we are very simple. I say "simple" in order not to use a stronger term. We have just anchored. The approaching colliers can be seen in the distance. The shores of the bay are hilly, in some places covered with growth; in others there is grey stone or sand. The sand is a curious colour; sometimes it is quite white, and sometimes yellow. I have to go away in the steamboat. During the night, two torpedo-boats went to examine a passing steamer, and the _Blestyastchy_ managed to tear the _Bezuprechny's_ side. The sea is not wide enough for two Russian torpedo-boats! They must be repaired. In the _Bezuprechny_ the rudder is out of order, and one engine does not work.