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sions and opinions which he knew he might afterwards find 

 to be erroneous. He was not travelling for his own welfare 

 only, and he was very desirous to acquire information which 

 would enable him to be of service to those who wished to 

 emigrate ; and this was one reason why he often cast in his lot 

 with the humbler classes. What I copied would fill a volume ; 

 it will be my aim to select that which seems most characteristic. 



He sailed from Liverpool in the " Kangaroo " steamship, 

 December 8, 1858. It was divided into first cabin and steerage 

 cabin : he chose the latter. Being winter, the cabin was little 

 more than half full, and he could stow some of his luggage 

 in the empty berths near him. One of his fellow-passengers 

 (who was returning from executing a contract in Egypt), whose 

 berth was under his, was not aware that he had to provide 

 bedding ; so Philip shared with him the bag of paper-shavings 

 which he had brought for that purpose, gradually adding to the 

 part he kept by tearing into shreds a number of old letters 

 that he read over on the voyage ! He often spoke in praise of 

 this paper-bedding. When dinner-time came, he was much 

 amused at seeing all the people with their mugs and tins 

 receiving their rations : it reminded him of the old Industrial 

 School days. The weather was often very tempestuous, and 

 sometimes it was bitterly cold. Twice, from some carelessness, 

 three or four feet of water were found in the hold. Happily 

 his collection, etc., escaped injury; and he was not one to 

 complain of hardships. As a lover of nature, he found much 

 to interest him in his voyage, and he helped to keep up the 

 spirits of his companions, among whom were persons of great 

 intelligence and varied experiences. On the first Sunday he 

 got a group of men round him, reading his tracts. When it 

 was known that he was a minister, he found that there was not 

 so much lewd talk and singing on the part of some rough 

 Americans ; they still swore awfully, but that they seemed 

 unable to check ! By request, he gave a temperance lecture, 

 leading off with singing " The Staunch Teetotaler," and ending 

 with inviting a discussion. The next Sunday evening, the 

 captain asked him to take the service. The people were 



