the Sam Mendel had another rough experience on the voyage out to Auckland in 1882. Mr. H. Scott, now residing in Auckland, supplies the following details of the storms and mutiny. "Two days after leaving the docks, on October 23 and 24, when off Beachy Head, the ship encountered a gale of hurricane force, the like of which the captain said he had never experienced in the Channel. As the ship was short-handed, all the male passengers who were not sick assisted to work the vessel, which was at one time in serious danger. The sails were blown away, the cook's fire put out, and the decks washed by heavy seas. One sea which broke on board swept into the forecastle, breaking the sailors' chests and washing away their clothing. During the evening of the 24th the ship was thrown on her beam ends. The passengers were having a very sorry time, and the captain, mate, and some of the passengers were thrown on their backs. The water rushed into the cabins, across the floors and out of the flush-holes, and everything movable on deck and in the cabins was swimming in it. The gale subsided the following morning of the 25th, and the ship was righted. On the 26th the sailors mutinied and refused to go any further, as they considered the ship considerably undermanned. Eventually the captain compromised by offering to give the men full pay and a free discharge on their reaching Auckland. We had now been six days at sea, and still had 80 miles of the Channel to get through, but on the 27th a fair wind enabled us to clear it. The equator was crossed on November 21. On the 11th December another gale was encountered, and several sails blown away. On the 18th we passed some icebergs, one of which was about a mile in length and from 200ft to 300ft in height, and on the following day and night the bergs were seen all around us. They were of all shapes—of Gothic-like structure—some like a ship in full sail, and Castle Hill at Scarboro', with the old pier running out to sea, with the lighthouse; others like a colossal recumbent figure cut in purest marble, and some in the grey distance like the white cliffs of Dover. The bergs could be seen for a distance of 20 miles, and were a magnificent sight of incomparable beauty. When the ice was first observed we diverged from our course some 70 miles northward. On the 2nd January the Sam Mendel experienced another terrific gale, accompanied by heavy seas breaking on board. The water rushed into the cabins, and the ship was rolling very heavily, at one time the mainsail yardarm actually dipping into the water. Notwithstanding the gales encountered,page 61 the usual westerly winds in the Southern Ocean were generally light, but on one day the 'Sam' made a fine run covering 368 miles in 24 hours. On the 19th January we passed through Cook Straits, and after four days of calm we had a nice light breeze, travelling eight knots. Another ship which had been in sight for four days proved to be the Tythomus, from London to Auckland. She sailed ten days before the Sam Mendel, and arrived two days later. Further light winds, with calms, delayed our progress, and it was not until the 27th we sighted the Three Kings. There we were again becalmed until January 30. On the 1st February a nice light breeze carried us up the coast, and the 'Sam' anchored in the Waitemata on the 2nd."

To Auckland.
Sailed.	Arrived.	Captain.	Days.
May 31	Aug. 30, '76	Steel	90
May 28	Sep. 16, '77	Steel	106
Mar. 19	June 15, '80	Cummings	88
Oct. 21, '82	Feb. 1, '83	Pearson	102
Feb. 2	June 10, '85	Pearson	127
To Port Chalmers.
May 9	July 23, '74	Hills	75
		Land to land	69
June 3	Sep. 19, '81	Crowell	107