Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . she came from, butsaid that Lascars formed part of her crew, and that he well knewa Lascar who had been one of her castaways, and who was alsoengaged in sealing and whaling in one of the earliest Stevens, who lives near Riverton—one of the last remain-ing, if not the last, of our ancient mariners—confirms this. Hecame to New Zealand forty-five years ago, and knew this Lascar,who died thirty years since, at Stewart Island, a very old told Captain Stevens that the vessel sailed from New SouthWales for London, and th
Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . she came from, butsaid that Lascars formed part of her crew, and that he well knewa Lascar who had been one of her castaways, and who was alsoengaged in sealing and whaling in one of the earliest Stevens, who lives near Riverton—one of the last remain-ing, if not the last, of our ancient mariners—confirms this. Hecame to New Zealand forty-five years ago, and knew this Lascar,who died thirty years since, at Stewart Island, a very old told Captain Stevens that the vessel sailed from New SouthWales for London, and that she sprung a leak, whereupon amutiny ensued. This scanty but important information wasall I could gather from this source. Sir James Hector also saw the wreck during his interestingexploration of the West Coast, in 18G3. I omitted to mention that in the Wellington Museumthere has been lying for many years a curious case, or box,found by Captain Fairchild at the time of his visit. No one has Immsmifttms f $m frqafaijit |f ttsfthtte. Vol. xx. PL 5ca2e ye^h To illustrate Tafi&r Toy JjrJZodken. c^.Tliih Hocken.—On the Derelict Ship in Dusky Bay. 425 hitherto been able to assign a use for this article. It isparallelopiped, open at one end (which is very much broken),and measures 3 feet 3 inches in height by 13 inches in secret remains as unsolved as that of many a own impression is that it was used to convey bullion. Oneancient mariner, long ago engaged in the Indian trade, to whomI applied for a solution, said that gunpowder, first protected byflannel bags, was encased in such boxes. But the fact of itsbeing of iron all but positively negatives such an explanation. Such is a statement of all the facts connected with oursubject, so far as I have been able to gather them. Whatconclusion can be drawn from them? It seems higbly probablethat the conjecture offered by a correspondent in the AustralianShipping News of 1878 is correct—viz.,
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