t, and the regiment benefited more than some might be
ready to allow by her sayings and doings too. Things might have been
much worse had it not been for her.

It being found impossible to land the troops, the "Ranger" returned to
Simon's Bay, where she was detained some time longer in replacing the
anchors and cables she had lost. Captain Newcombe was exonerated for
not carrying out his directions, seeing it was impossible to do so. A
little army of regulars and volunteers was despatched from another
station for the relief of the hard-pressed garrison, and arrived just as
their last cartridge and last biscuit had been expended. Other troops
also coming out from England, the "Ranger" proceeded towards her
previous destination.

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Note 1. In 1846 H.M.S. "Apollo" was placed under exactly the
circumstances described. It was in this locality, also, that the
"Birkenhead" troop-ship was lost.

CHAPTER THREE.

THE "CRUSADER" LEAVES FOR NEW ZEALAND.

THE YOUNG EMIGRANTS--GOING ON BOARD EMIGRANT SHIP--THE "CRUSADER"
DESCRIBED--VOYAGE TO PLYMOUTH--THE CABIN PASSENGERS--A MYSTERIOUS
PASSENGER--LAST SIGHT OF ENGLAND--MR PAGET'S GOOD EXAMPLE--EMPLOYMENT
FOR EMIGRANTS--VISIT FROM NEPTUNE--MAWSON IN THE TRITON'S HANDS.

Charles Dicey and his sisters were busily employed from morning till
night, after Willy left home, in preparing for their intended voyage,
and for their future life in New Zealand. Charles was a very fair
carpenter. He had also learned how to shoe a horse and to milk a cow.
The latter accomplishment his sisters also possessed. They also knew
how to make butter, and to bake bread, and pies, and tarts. They could
manufacture all sorts of preserves, and could cook in a variety of ways;
while, since they were young girls, they had made all their own dresses;
indeed, they possessed numerous valuable qualifications for their
intended life in a colony. Charles was a fair judge of horse-flesh, and
not a bad one of cattle and sheep. He also possessed steadiness and
perseverance, and those who knew him best foretold that he would make a
successful settler.

The time fixed for the sailing of the "Crusader" was drawing on. The
"Ranger," it must be remembered, had sailed a short time before. This
fact should not be forgotten.

The day before the emigrant ship was to sail, the old Lieutenant
accompanied his children up to London, and