In a message dated 16/09/2006 9:17:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time, R.Noble@xtra.co.nz writes: > Malcolm and Stewart McLeod, together with their cousin Peter McLeod, sailed > from Glasgow on William Rankin's famous Clipper Ship the Daniel Rankin on > the 5th September 1863. It was a record breaking trip of 90 days under Captain > Alexander Muller, carrying 155 passengers and cargo, which arrived in Port > Chalmers on the 7th December 1863. The Daniel Rankin, a 193.3 sailing clipper > of 1048 tons was wooded sheather with yellow metal, wooden masts and spars and > was built to special surveys in Dumbarton, Scotland in 1858. The ship's captain was Alexander MILLER. He was a brother of my great-great grandmother, and was born in Wick, Caithness. Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada