248 CREW OF THE BRIG LOCHINVAR. 



to fill our casks with fresli water. A well had been 

 constructed since we were here a year ago ; the cap- 

 tains of the different whaleships touching at the port 

 having subscribed to a fund for its erection. It was 

 larger and much more convenient than those at 

 Vasse ; and, as the distance to the beach was not so 

 great as at that place, we had little fault to find with 

 it, and soon conveyed on board over three hundred 

 barrels of w^ater. 



On the 28th the brig Lochinvar arrived from Free- 

 mantle, in ballast, for the purjDOse of loading lumber, 

 and conveying passengers to Adelaide. The lumber 

 consisted altogether of the native mahogany, and 

 was intended for sleepers to the railway there. The 

 passengers were charged ten pounds sterling per 

 head for their passage — a distance of fifteen hun- 

 dred miles. Eather a contrast to our own cheap 

 steam-conveyances, where comfort to the traveller 

 can be procured at so moderate a rate. 



On boarding the Lochinvar we found a former 

 foremast hand, belonging to the Pamelia, acting as 

 her second mate. Her crew consisted of several 

 hands on wages of six pounds sterling per month ; 

 the balance was composed of sailors and landsmen, 

 the former of whom were on mere nominal pay — 

 their compensation being but one shilling per month 

 — while the latter were obliged to pay down seven 

 pounds, and agree to assist in loading the brig. 

 These men were actuated in thus shipping, at such a 

 trifling rate, by a desire to get away from this sec- 

 tion of the country : they viewing Adelaide and its 

 vicinity as a land of promise. 



Soon after the Lochinvar came to anchor a der- 



