nine o'clock
Here we remained two days , our next destination being the island of Madeira . From Madeira we went on to Teneriffe , and from Teneriffe to Gibraltar ; after which we gradually worked our way up the Mediterranean , calling in at a number of interesting places on the way . We were at Ajaccio on Christmas Day ; and it was characteristic of our skipper that she so arranged matters as to spend the day aboard with us , giving the crew a rare good time and inviting the whole of her officers to dine with her in the evening . We left Ajaccio on the evening of New Year 's Day , and , passing through the Straits of Bonifacio , headed for the Bay of Naples , where we arrived at nine o'clock on the morning of the third of January . From Naples we proceeded to Messina ; thence to Malta , Athens , Constantinople , and Jaffa , where we were all afforded an opportunity to make the trip to Jerusalem ; and from Jaffa we proceeded to Port Said , where , after remaining at anchor some four or five hours , we ran through the Canal during the night , with an enormous searchlight suspended from our bowsprit end to light us on our way . We anchored at Suez the next day , and Mrs Vansittart then announced that we should remain there at least a week , during which the men would be granted daily leave , while the officers were to make their own arrangements , subject to the approval of Kennedy , who was left in charge . I thus had an opportunity not only to visit Cairo , but also to take a run out to the Pyramids and the Sphinx .