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"
'
A
Scotchman
like
yourself
,
my
lord
,
'
replied
the
man
;
'
I
am
one
of
Captain
Grant
's
crew
--
one
of
the
castaways
of
the
"
Britannia
.
"
'
"
This
man
was
called
Ayrton
.
He
was
,
in
fact
,
the
boatswain
's
mate
of
the
'
Britannia
,
'
as
his
papers
showed
.
But
,
separated
from
Captain
Grant
at
the
moment
when
the
ship
struck
upon
the
rocks
,
he
had
till
then
believed
that
the
captain
with
all
his
crew
had
perished
,
and
that
he
,
Ayrton
,
was
the
sole
survivor
of
the
'
Britannia
.
'
"
'
Only
,
'
he
added
,
'
it
was
not
on
the
west
coast
,
but
on
the
east
coast
of
Australia
that
the
vessel
was
lost
,
and
if
Captain
Grant
is
still
living
,
as
his
document
indicates
,
he
is
a
prisoner
among
the
natives
,
and
it
is
on
the
other
coast
that
he
must
be
looked
for
.
'
"
This
man
spoke
in
a
frank
voice
and
with
a
confident
look
;
his
words
could
not
be
doubted
.
The
irishman
,
in
whose
service
he
had
been
for
more
than
a
year
,
answered
for
his
trustworthiness
.
Lord
Glenarvan
,
therefore
,
believed
in
the
fidelity
of
this
man
and
,
by
his
advice
,
resolved
to
cross
Australia
,
following
the
thirty-seventh
parallel
.
Lord
Glenarvan
,
his
wife
,
the
two
children
,
the
major
,
the
Frenchman
,
Captain
Mangles
,
and
a
few
sailors
composed
the
little
band
under
the
command
of
Ayrton
,
while
the
'
Duncan
,
'
under
charge
of
the
mate
,
Tom
Austin
,
proceeded
to
Melbourne
,
there
to
await
Lord
Glenarvan
's
instructions
.
"
They
set
out
on
the
23rd
of
December
,
1854
.
"
It
is
time
to
say
that
Ayrton
was
a
traitor
.
He
was
,
indeed
,
the
boatswain
's
mate
of
the
'
Britannia
,
'
but
,
after
some
dispute
with
his
captain
,
he
endeavored
to
incite
the
crew
to
mutiny
and
seize
the
ship
,
and
Captain
Grant
had
landed
him
,
on
the
8th
of
April
,
1852
,
on
the
west
coast
of
Australia
,
and
then
sailed
,
leaving
him
there
,
as
was
only
just
.
"
Therefore
this
wretched
man
knew
nothing
of
the
wreck
of
the
'
Britannia
'
;
he
had
just
heard
of
it
from
Glenarvan
's
account
.
Since
his
abandonment
,
he
had
become
,
under
the
name
of
Ben
Joyce
,
the
leader
of
the
escaped
convicts
;
and
if
he
boldly
maintained
that
the
wreck
had
taken
place
on
the
east
coast
,
and
led
Lord
Glenarvan
to
proceed
in
that
direction
,
it
was
that
he
hoped
to
separate
him
from
his
ship
,
seize
the
'
Duncan
,
'
and
make
the
yacht
a
pirate
in
the
Pacific
.
"
Here
the
stranger
stopped
for
a
moment
.
His
voice
trembled
,
but
he
continued
,
--
"
The
expedition
set
out
and
proceeded
across
Australia
.
