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262 HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE1879. an hour. At five minutes past one, the lastgangway was hauled ashore, and the Pretoriasteamed slowly off, amid the cheers of an enormouscrowd who had forced their wayinto the docksto bid the regiment God-speed. The transportanchored in Southampton Water, off Netley, and,after a final inspection, sailed in the eveningabout seven o'clock for her destination.The names of the officers who sailed withthe regiment were as follows : MajorA. C.Bruce (in command), Major W. P. Gurney ;Captains G. Stevenson, J. Rogers, W. S. Mills,G. O'Sullivan, J. Boulderson, W. Prevost ;LieutenantsH. Fallowfie'ld, W. R. Craufurd, D.MacDonald, A. Tottenham, F. Cookson, G. Robbins,D. Fowler, G. Goff, G. Collings, H. Johnston;Second-Lieutenants T. Fraser, C. Richardson ;Lieutenant and Adjutant J. St. Clair; Quarter-Master J. Gillies, and Paymaster W. Caudwell.The voyage to the Capewas uneventful.Madeira was reached on the 24th, where the shipremained about six hours to coal ;from there on,there was a fair-weather passage to Cape Town,which was sighted mid-day on the 12th of March.The Pretoria only stopped for twenty-four hoursto coal and provision, and arrived outside Durban