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"But this ship is going to AustraHa, if I Hve, and I hope you 

 will stay by me and go with me. God knows I need you, and 

 I give you my word I will stand by you as never one man stood 

 by another, if you will say you will remain in the ship and assist 

 me in carrying out the plans." 



After asking a few questions and sitting for a few moments in 

 silence, Mr. Smith replied, ''Captain Anthony, I'll stick by you 

 in this ship if she goes to hell and burns off her jib boom." 



Sailing from Teneriffe on November 25th, the Catalpa took 

 three small whales on December 19th, crossed the Equator on 

 December 25th, spoke the barque Platina, Captain Walter 

 Howland, of New Bedford, about the middle of February, and 

 on February 26th spoke the English barque Ocean Beauty from 

 Liverpool bound for New Zealand. 



It was an amusing coincidence that the master of the Ocean 

 Beauty had been captain of the Hougoumont in 1868 when she 

 took to Australia the very men the Catalpa was to rescue; and 

 in reply to Captain Anthony's questions about the coast, the 

 unwitting Englishman gave him the very chart by which he 

 had sailed the prison ship. 



At ten o'clock, March 28, 1876, the Catalpa anchored in 

 Bunbury harbour, at the head of Geographe Bay, and the next 

 morning Captain Anthony received the following telegram: 



To Captain Anthony: 



Have you any news from New Bedford? When can you come to Fre- 

 mantle? 



J. Collins, 



He replied : 



No news from New Bedford. Shall not come to Fremantle, 



G. S. Anthony. 



J. Collins, whose real name was John J. Breslin, was the 

 agent of the Clan-na-Gael, as Captain Anthony had suspected. 

 Breslin was a man of keen ability, striking appearance, grace of 

 manner, and great personal charm. Having long before proved 

 his capacity for such daring adventure, he was made the head 

 of all land operations in this projected rescue. He sailed from 



