July 1 Monday – Sam and others returned from Tangier to re-board the QC for a 6 PM departure. 

Sam wrote from Tangier to his mother and family.
“This is the infernalest hive of infernally costumed barbarians I have ever come across yet” [MTL 2: 68].
From Sam’s notebook:
“Left Gibraltar just as the sun was setting…The sunset was soft & rich & beautiful beyond description… After all this racing, & bustling & rollicking excitement in Africa, it seems good to get back to the old ship once more. It is so like home. After all our weary time, we shall sleep peacefully to-night” [MTNJ 1: 367-8].