The Simoon.

Several of the American clippers of the 'sixties put up good times between the Old Country and New Zealand. A memorable trip was that of the ship Simoon, 1600 tons, Captain Langly, which, on January 3, 1862, arrived at Port Chalmers, after a passage of 77 days or 72 days land to land, which created a great amount of talk in nautical circles. On that occasion the Simoon brought out one thousand valuable Leicester sheep for Mr. Holmes, a well-known squatter, and they carried wonderfully well, only 5 per cent succumbing to the rigours of the long voyage from the Clyde. In the newspaper account of the ship's arrival mention is made of the fact that she fired a salute of twenty-one guns to celebrate her feat. Captain Langly was entertained by the local shipping firms and congratulated upon making the fastest passage to date from Scotland.