On October 7th both ships sailed from the Maldive Islands, the _Wolf_ going in search of a vessel loaded with coal, so that both _Wolf_ and _Hitachi_ could fill their bunkers with coal which would enable them to get "home" to Germany. We on the _Hitachi_ loafed along at a slow speed in a southwesterly direction, meeting the _Wolf_ again on the 19th, when we both steamed to the Chagos Archipelago, arriving there on October 20th, when we both tied up together and dropped anchor. During this time the _Wolf_ had not been able to pick up a vessel, but the "bird" came back one day from an observation trip and reported a large steamer some 180 miles distant; later in the day she again went up and reported this steamer to be a big B.B. Liner of about 16,000 tons, and that she was equipped with 4 or 5 big guns. Needless to say, the _Wolf_ wasn't looking for anything that could bite back, so the Commander decided to pass her up, and, returning to the Chagos group, take the balance of the _Hitachi's_ coal and provisions on board the _Wolf_ and sink the _Hitachi_, relying on getting another steamer in the Atlantic to furnish him with enough coal to complete his voyage. It was during this cruise that Mr. Johnson, Second Officer on my vessel, died on board the _Wolf_ from heart trouble (so they reported to me). The Germans gave him a burial at sea with full naval honours, Capt. Oleson, of the American schooner _Encore_, reading the burial service, the Commander and his officers standing by in full dress uniforms. The corpse was covered with an American flag and launched overboard from under the muzzle of one of the cannon. [Illustration: THE BURIAL OF A. JOHNSON, SECOND OFFICER OF THE AMERICAN BARK "BELUGA," WHO DIED ON THE "WOLF".] Before shifting all the prisoners from the _Hitachi_ to the _Wolf_, some arrangement for accommodation had to be made. The Germans cleaned out and fitted up No. 3 hold between decks for the ex-passengers of the _Hitachi_ and also for the Japanese crew, a total of 170 odd persons. Iron berths were taken from the _Hitachi_ along with washstands and other furnishings; and one corner of this "Glory Hole" was set aside for the whites and the fittings installed there. The Japs had wooden bunks built in the opposite corner for them, and rough wooden tables were knocked together for all hands to eat from and to play cards on. Also one of the pianos from the _Hitachi_ was installed there--to the best of my knowledge this piano was never played, and my chief mate, Mr. Buckard, who was quartered there, used the top of the piano to keep his clothes in, while the cover of the keyboard was used as a kind of mantelpiece or shelf by all hands.