Here is a report of shipping movements at the Port of Russell, Bay of Islands, published in an Auckland paper, November, 1863:

Entered Inwards.

October 31—Sylph, 70 tons, Norris, from Auckland, with general cargo, 1 passenger

November 4—Sea Breeze, 70 tons, Fernandez, from Auckland, with general cargo, 7 passengers.

November 6—Addison, barque, 426 tons, Pierce, New Bedford, from the Whaling Grounds, with 600 barrels sperm, 260 barrels whale oil.

Cleared Outwards.

October 28—Sea Breeze, 70 tons, Fernandez, for Auckland, with 26 head cattle, 15 cwt. honey, 2 passengers.

November 3—Sylph, 70 tons, Norris. for Auckland, with 25 head cattle, 24 sheep, 4 tons kauri gum, 5 kegs tobacco, 7 passengers.

November 7—Sea Breeze, 70 tons, Fernandez, for Auckland, with 25 head cattle, 1 dog cart, 1 passenger.

Observe the relative order of the items carried along the coast by those old-time schooners, the Sylph and Sea Breeze. The passengers were very small beer indeed; they not only came after the cattle in the list, but after the kauri gum, the honey, and the dogcart.

I knew those two skippers, Gregory Norris and Tom Fernandez, in their later years; they were perfect sailormen, with a taste for a bit of sport, and many a time they cracked on every bit of sail and some more, racing their smart little craft in and out of Auckland harbour. There was stuff for a book in Captain Fernandez's adventures in the South Sea Islands.