A fine little sailer for her size—she was only 764 tons—was the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's barque Glenlora, which was very well known in Auckland, to which port she brought several thousands of immigrants between 1874 and 1895, during which period she made nine passages from London to Auckland. the Glenlora was generally proclaimed a comfortable ship, and she

The Barque Glenlora.

was a consistent sailer. She completed no less than 27 runs to the Dominion, and only five of these exceeded 100 days. That is with the exception of one disastrous run, when the vessel was dismasted, and she was 215 days between London and Wellington, 47 days being spent at Mauritius, where the ship put in for refitting. Another exciting incident in the history of the little ship happened at the very end of one of her trips to Auckland, the Glenlora running plump on to Rangitoto reef, but fortunately floating off again without damage.

It was in 1872 that the Glenlora made her protracted trip to Wellington. She left Gravesend on August 8th of that year, and struck bad weather almost as soon as she cleared the English Channel, and again when between the Line and the Cape of Good Hope. But worse was to follow, and, after she had passed the Cape, she was struck by a squall, and lost her masts. Captain Culbert, who was in command, managed to get enough sail on her to bring her into port at Mauritius, and some idea of the damage done may be gathered from the fact that it took over forty days to get her ready for sea. She started out again on her voyage to Wellington on January 5, 1873, but the storm-fiend waspage 52 still on her track, and four days after leaving port she ran into a gale of hurricane force. The straining the ship encountered had the effect of slacking up her brand-new rigging, and the crew had the tedious job of bracing it up to keep things in their places.

During this bad weather the Glenlora met with a barque called Der Fuchs, from an Italian port, which had been so badly buffeted about by the gale that she was in a sinking condition, and her crew were much relieved when the British ship bore down upon her. The captain and crew of twelve, including four Lascars, were taken aboard the Glenlora. From then onwards the Glenlora experienced fair weather. Three days after leaving Mauritius the ship's doctor (Dr. L'Estrange) died from a dangerous fever he caught at the island. Owing to the protracted nature of the voyage the provisions did

The Storm-Tossed Glenlora.

not last out, and for several days before Wellington was reached the passengers were living entirely on rice. From the time the Glenlora left Gravesend until anchor was dropped in Port Nicholson 215 days elapsed.