ABSTRACT
On a cold January morning in 1860 two young men dressed for travel might have been observed on the quayside of the great seaport city of Liverpool. They were surrounded by a throng of people who could only be emigrants. Alongside the quay lay a tall four-masted ship of the clipper class, its sails furled. Activity was immense on board and on the quay, for the ship was being loaded with people, animals, crates, stores and luggage. It was foggy and windless, and the opposite side of the river was invisible.
