Messrs. Devitt & Moore owned two other well-known clippers, built of wood. These were _Pekina_, 770 tons, built by Smith, of Aberdeen, in 1865; _Hawkesbury_, 1120 tons, built by Pile, of Sunderland, in 1868. The _Pekina_ was in the South Australian trade, but the _Hawkesbury_ always ran to Sydney. Though she had many fine passages to her credit, the _Hawkesbury’s_ chief claim to fame was her reputation for being the wettest ship in the wool trade. She was composite built, but the _Pekina_ was all wood. Messrs. Devitt & Moore sold the _Pekina_ in 1880, but the _Hawkesbury_ was still in the Sydney trade in the late eighties. Mr. T. B. Walker. Messrs. Devitt & Moore, as shipbrokers, had many fine ships figuring in their books, notably _Mermerus_ and _Thessalus_, and at odd times others of Carmichael’s fleet. They were also brokers for Mr. T. B. Walker’s speedy little barques in the Tasmanian and Brisbane trades. These sailed under the Devitt & Moore house-flag, and Mr. Walker occupied a room and his clerk a desk in their office. Mr. T. B. Walker was a very prominent man amongst London shipowners and for many years was chairman of Lloyd’s Register. He was a shipmaster of the old school and took a great pride in his ships, and kept them up in most liberal fashion. One of his customs was to keep officers and apprentices on board whilst the ships were at home, an old pensioned cook going into the galley and acting as shipkeeper. Thus the Walker apprentices had a most valuable training in docking and undocking, shifting ship, refitting rigging, bending and unbending sail, etc., and a further result of this custom was that these pretty little barques were kept in such good order whilst at home that they came to be known as the West India Dock yachts. Mr. Walker lived at Hackney and later at Snaresbrook, and he used to arrive at the docks punctually at 9.30 every morning. By this time the decks of all the Walker clippers in port had been washed down, the ropes Flemish coiled, the brass polished and everything was in order for his inspection. And everything had to be in perfect order, for he had an eye like a hawk and nothing escaped him: the least thing wrong or out of order and he was sure to detect it. His captains used to assemble together to meet him and make a daily report on their ships. After Mr. Walker had made his inspection it was the long-established custom for his captains to conduct him to the West India Dock Station, where he entrained for his day’s work in the City. In the spring when most of the ships were home, this procession of Mr. Walker and his captains from the docks to the station was a well-known sight of the neighbourhood and was referred to as “Mr. T. B. Walker and his satellites.” Walker’s Clipper Barques.