Three elephants have been brought here for sale. It is not likely that any one will purchase them. The French cruiser has returned, and lies in the bay by the side of our ships. It is known that a steamer will pass Kamranh soon, taking about 280 poods of rice to Japan. The admiral evidently hesitates about stopping her, fearing that he will draw on himself the accusation of making a base of a neutral port for the operations of his cruisers. The captain of the steamer is not averse to giving himself up, and will not hide or fly from pursuit. Although we are lying at Kamranh, matters stand like this--any moment we may expect an order to weigh anchor. Everything is in readiness for this. The sailor who threw himself into the straits of Malacca has been brought here. He belongs to the _Nachimoff_, and not the _Alexander_, as I told you before. Until the steamer picked him up he kept himself afloat in the water for nearly ten hours. To lighten himself he took everything off, only leaving a piece of neck-cover on his shoulders, so that the sun should not scorch him. He went overboard at night, and they drew him out next day. "It was trying, going on board the steamer," he said. "They all looked at me, and I had nothing on." We have to go 4,500 versts to Vladivostok. If we do not leave here soon, we shall have dark, moonless nights. _April 5th._--Kamranh Bay. How tired I am to-day! All day long I have been going from ship to ship. They have not made me a dirk in the _Borodino_, as the officer who promised it is lying ill. The officers in the _Oleg_ are angry because Admiral Enquist is being transferred to her. The _Aurora's_ officers went shooting, but only killed a dove. They did not go far from the shore. _April 6th._--All the battleships and the _Aurora_ weighed anchor and went to sea. The rest of the ships remained in the bay. I smoked my last Russian cigarette. Some of the transports are going to Saigon, and perhaps will not return. How news is fabricated! There is a Reuter's telegram (and Reuter publishes the most trustworthy news) that in the fight with the Japanese our fleet lost the torpedo-boats _Buiny_ and _Blestyastchy_, and two cruisers, the _Aurora_ and the _Donskoi_. Pleasant for those to read this telegram whose nearest are in these ships. Although the cook has not arrived, the food has improved. Provisions were obtained from a steamer which arrived from Saigon. There is a Japanese mineral water called "Jansen." A great deal of this water has been brought to the fleet. I tried it, and it was not bad.