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308 of "Red Gills" illustrated the soundness of this principle. He afterwards ran a ship with a crew of negroes, whom he treated inhumanly, until they turned upon him, a husky darkey taking the chance to fall upon him from the rigging, and the whole crew then setting upon and beating him severely.

The fishing season in the south Pacific proving very disappointing, the course of the Sally Ann was directed toward the north Pacific, and after about equally poor success there the course was retraced southward, with a stop at Honolulu for restocking the ship with provisions. Then the run was continued, with a stop at Sidney, Australia. By this time, however, the most of the crew were tired of the vessel, and the prospect of getting a full cargo of whale products seemed unlikely. Moreover, Australia was a new country and looked very attractive. In consequence, a large proportion of the crew of the Sally Ann who got leave to go ashore forgot to come back, and prospects of obtaining other men to fill the vacancies were not encouraging. Bradbury, therefore, rather than stay with a ship that might be detained long, and might at last return to New Bedford half empty, concluded that he also would try life for a while in rural Australia, making the adventure with a companion nicknamed "Long Charlie."

It was inexpedient to stay in Sidney while the ship was there, and the two young Americans enjoyed immensely their clandestine shore leave, proceeding directly into the country. They were struck with its beauty, which much resembled what was afterwards seen by Bradbury in California—open fields and' hills, intersprinkled sparsely with timber, but of species hitherto unknown to him. A convenient stopping place was at length found with an old Scotchman, by whom the two were nominally hired to work.