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from "Some Eough Notes of a Voyage from Gravesend to South Australia in the Africaine, Captain Duff, 316 Register, commencing June 30th, 1836," by Robert Gouger.

"June 20th.—At 4 o'clock my wife and I joined the Africaine at Gravesend, which immediately afterwards moved down with the tide. Fortunately the weather was delightful, the light winds that blew gave hardly any perceptible motion to the ship, and were refreshing in the extreme, and when the Africaine anchored off Deal, for the reception of the Captain and some of the party, we were in good health and spirits. In the course of the afternoon, Captain Duff and his wife came on board. They had been married but on the previous Thursday—a circumstance which caused a little delay in the departure of the ship from London &hellip; The vessel being in disorder in consequence of this day commencing her voyage, prayers were not read, I distributed, however, amongst the passengers and sailors some books supplied by friends for the use of the ship during the voyage—afterwards to be given to some public institution. On conversing with some of the labouring emigrants, I find they are desirous