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The beauty of the scenes he visited lived in the boy's memory, but the rigours of ship life were so severe that in after years he looked back on the voyage with horror. THE BEAUTY OF THE SCENES HE VISITED LIVED IN THE BOY'S MEMORY BUT THE RIGOURS OF SHIP LIFE WERE SO SEVERE THAT IN AFTER YEARS HE LOOKED BACK ON THE VOYAGE WITH HORROR
e town of Milton. There, in a primitive cottage Basil had built, twin sons--Basil Edward and Henry--were born on the 18th April, 1841. Five years later the family moved to the Clarence River district and settled near the Orara. Basil Kendall had practically lost one lung before his marriage, and failing health made it exceedingly difficult for him to support his family, to which by this time three daughters had been added. On the Orara he grew steadily weaker, and died somewhere about 1851. Basil Kendall was well educated, and had done what he could to educate his children. After his death the family was scattered, and the two boys were sent to a relative on the South Coast. The scenery of this district made a profound impression upon Henry, and is often referred to in his early poems. In 1855 his uncle Joseph took him as cabin boy in his brig, the 'Plumstead', for a two years' cruise in the Pacific, during which they touched at many of the Islands and voyaged as far north as Yokohama. ON THERE IN A PRIMITIVE COTTAGE BASIL HAD BUILT TWIN SONS BASIL EDWARD AND HENRY WERE BORN ON EIGHTEENTH APRIL EIGHTEEN FORTY ONE FIVE YEARS LATER THE FAMILY MOVED TO THE CLARENCE RIVER DISTRICT AND SETTLED NEAR AURORA BAZIL KENDALL HAD PRACTICALLY LOST ONE LUM BEFORE HIS MARRIAGE AND FAILING HEALTH MADE IT EXCEEDINGLY DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY TO WHICH BY THIS TIME THREE DAUGHTERS HAD BEEN ADDED ON THE AURORA HE GREW STEADILY WEAKER AND DIED SOMEWHERE ABOUT EIGHTEEN FIFTY ONE BEZ O KENDALL WAS WELL EDUCATED AND HAD DONE WHAT HE COULD TO EDUCATE HIS CHILDREN AFTER HIS DEATH THE FAMILY WAS SCATTERED AND THE TWO BOYS WERE SENT TO A RELATIVE ON THE SOUTH COAST THE SCENERY OF THIS DISTRICT MADE A PROFOUND IMPRESSION UPON HENRY AND IS OFTEN REFERRED TO IN HIS EARLY POEMS IN EIGHTEEN FIFTY FIVE HIS UNCLE JOSEPH TOOK HIM AS CABIN BOY IN HIS BRIG THE PLUMSTEAD FOR A TWO YEAR CRUISE IN THE PACIFIC DURING WHICH THEY TOUCHED AT MANY OF THE ISLANDS AND BOYISH AS FAR NORTH AS YOKOHAMA
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