The German, while resting, prefers to play cards, or sing, or sit in his long easy chair with the children playing about.

The Englishman likes to compete in feats of strength and takes to deck sports as a duck takes to water.

I don't know who started it, but some one organized deck sports on the _Woermann_, and after we left Aden the sound of battle raged without cessation.

Some of the competitions were amusing.

For instance, there was the cockfight.