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to take her to Newcastle to load coals for Port Adelaide
and all hands to get paid off there. So I shipped with him on
those Articles. So next day all hands got on board. And the
Tug towed us down the Yarra. And we set sail. And sailed
down Hobsons Bay. And out through Port Philip heads. As
the Captain was exempt and wanted no pilot. And we
had a nice fair wind right down to Newcastle. in five
days. and the Tug Bungaree towed us to an Anchorage
and anchored to wait our turn to get under the cranes.
Anyhow our turn came after about eight days and we
got towed under the cranes and moored. And commenced
loading coals for Port Adelaide. So we got loaded. And
towed out clear of the Nobbys. And set sail for Pt Adelaide
and got there in about fifteen days. As we had some
strong head winds against us. And all hands got paid
of. And the most of the crew went to live at Scotts Boarding House.
So I lived there a couple of weeks. And I shipped as a deckhand
on board of a Barque belonging to Port Adelaide called the
Athena. And sailed for Sydney with a cargo of wheat. and
discharged that cargo in Sydney. And took in Ballast. And
sailed for Newcastle to load coals for Wallaroo. And after arriv-
ing at Newcastle there was a good many ships waiting their
turn to load. So we just had to wait our turn along with
the rest. So in about three weeks we hauled under the cranes
and got loaded with coals for Wallaroo. And sailed. And arr-
ived in Wallaroo in about three weeks. We discharged the
half of our cargo of coals in Wallaroo. And took the other half
to Pt Adelaide. And when we got to Port Adelaide another ship
called the J. C. Hall belonging to the same owner loaded as
much wheat as she could get down the river with. And anchored
in the Gulf to wait for the rest of her cargo. As in those days the
Torrens River was not dredged deep enough to allow ships to load
a full cargo. As they had to take part of their cargo of wheat
outside in the Gulf. And we just happened to come in half
loaded with coals. And all the Lighters which was very few
in those days was all loaded for the mail Steamer at Glenelg.