Stobart (on board the Early Bird) to Barbara Chilton, 12 October 1853-16 December 1853
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- File 18
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- Last days in Sydney; Mrs Naylor's recollections of Sir John Franklin in Van Diemen's Land; prevalence of swearing in Australia; departure on the barque Early Bird (Capt. Park); seasickness; Herman Melville's book Typee; arrival at the Isle of Pines, New Hebrides (18 Oct.); description of native huts; bartering; ameeting with Capt. H.M. Denham (HMS Herald) and his officers; a visit to a chief's house; clothes and ornaments of the Islanders; food; fauna and flora; walks around the island; sighting of the missionary ship John Williams; cruises among the islands; voyage to New Caledonia; Port Resolution, Tanna; trade in sandalwood and beche-de-mer; ascent of a volcano; discoveries of new ferns and shells; Islander customs and beliefs; cannibalism; thoughts on death of Rev. John Williams at Eromanga (1839); missionary work of London Missionary Society and Bishop G.A. Selwyn; payment of Islanders collecting sandalwood; the taste of kava; earthquakes; departure from Tanna (6 Nov.); sighting of birds; boredom of the voyage; arrival at Hong Kong (16 Dec.); Chinese pilot; a walk around the town; joss houses. (ms and typescript copy)
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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