T. E. Lawrence Correspondence – Page 52

be ready in a fortnight, for the dinghy test. About the Seven Pillars. I have heard from Richards, its owner. He intends to stay another year in S. Wales. So I can keep it, within reason, as long as I like. Will you send it down me when you have finished with it ? A friend of mine down here is anxious to see it....."Read it" he said, but that is not a small job ! Take absolutely all the time you want over it. Is it too late to persuade Scot...-Paine to make room at the fore-end of the engines for hand-swinging, in case of need ? We suggested it. In 200 it was impossible, for a frame crossed the deck just there; but it would be a comfort, in cold weather, for the others The cranking them over, quarter-turn by quarter-turn, is tedious. Yours sincerely T. E. Shaw. 201 has now been about 5 months in the water. These boats should come out, I think, for 24 hours each fortnight. Her under-water hull is thick with grease. The steering of 201 is much more easy, and more sudden than 200's. S-P. had distinctly improved the rudder-action.