296 TlMEHRI. 
In my work I could not forbear to mention the happy hours I spent in 
Zeelandia, and to speak of the so amiable and pretty Miss Boss. 
In the eventful 3 r ear 1848 in which the people tried to obtain that what 
he King had promised them, viz: a constitution, they became clamorous, 
and the Revolution broke out in Berlin. You can think that my late 
brother Otto, with whom I was living, and I aided the people's cause. 
Although the people were victorious, alas ! the dream of liberty was 
only of a 6hort duration, the reaction gained in ground again and the 
. leaders of the people's cause became marked men. As the Schomburgk 
brothers belonged also to the black sheep, our protector Baron Hum- 
boldt advised us to emigrate. A number of friends of the same mind 
resolved to emigrate, and selected South Australia as our new home; we 
chartered a vessel in Hamburg and left the dear father-land in March 
1849. The wedding with my lady-love took place four weeks before our 
departure. 
South Australia was reached, full of hopes for the future. We bought 
land for the purpose of farming and vine growing, and christened our 
settlement " Buehsfelde" in honor of the late Baron Buch, the celebrated 
geologist, our benefactor. A good many Germans settled in our neigh- 
bourhood. 
Sixteen j'ears were spent in " Buehsfelde", under labour, toil and 
anxiety, which new settlers have always to undergo. My good wife 
although not used to such a rough life, braved it nobly. Six children 
were born, five girls and one boy, named Marie, Jeny, Clara, Anna, 
Rosy and Otto. 
The first loss in our happy family was my brother Otto, leaving a 
wife and one son. 
The management of our farm depended now on me; a few months 
later the news reached us of the death of poor Sir Robert in Berlin. 
In 1805, the Directorship of our young Botanic Garden in Adelaide 
was offered to me, which I gladly accepted for many reasons ; the prin- 
cipal one was that I could give my children a better education in 
Adelaide than the}' could receive in the country. I sold the propertj r 
and settled in Adelaide. 
A new era began in our life ! I soon gained the people's favour, and 
hitting their taste, I became their pet ; our life was rendered a happy 
one, until fate, jealous of our happiness, changed it into sadness. We 
had to deplore the loss of our second daughter, Jeny, in her 19th year, 
