During the afternoon of Whitsunday our train pulled into the station at Haider Pasha, the Asiatic terminus of the railway. Here my men received their long-wished-for German uniforms, which had been forwarded to them. The officers also had succeeded in procuring for themselves an outfit conforming, in a measure at least, to the demands made by the European civilization to which we were returning. The chief of our Mediterranean Division, who was also chief of the Turkish fleet, Admiral Souchon, had honored us by coming with his staff to meet us at Haider Pasha. My men quickly fell in line. Our flag, which we had followed for ten months, was flying at our right wing. A few brief commands, the execution of which proved that the brigand existence we had led for months had not destroyed our military trim, and my sword was lowered before my superior officer: "I report the landing squad from the _Emden_, five officers, seven petty officers, and thirty men strong." FOOTNOTES: [1] Group of coral islands. [A coral island consisting of a ring-shaped reef enclosing a lagoon, OED.] [2] "Ayesha is not an English but an Arabic name, and is pronounced Â-ee-sha. Âyesha is the name of the favorite wife of the Prophet Mohammet. [3] Oriental water pipes. [Oriental tobacco-pipe in which the smoke passes through water before reaching the mouth, OED.] [4] A depth of about 131 feet, and a temperature of 86 degrees Fahrenheit. Translator. Transcriber's Notes Hyphenation has been standardised. 'his Majesty' has been changed to 'His Majesty' throughout. A number of minor spelling errors have been corrected without note. The names of ships have been italicised (except title pages); they are delineated by quotation marks in original print. These marks have been removed. Additional text enclosed within [ ] has been added to two of the above footnotes in order to forestall any confusion. The oe ligatures have been replaced with "oe". End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The 'Ayesha' being the adventures of the landing squad of the 'Emden', by Hellmuth von Mücke