march of events, and had she been spared, could have contributed much reliable and valuable information concerning the first settlement. Of the old pioneers she wrote the following:—
"I can bat sing in mournful strain,
When I recall those earlier years,
And those we ne'er shall meet again—
The lost and loved bold pioneers.
Who marked the track? who broke the soil?
Who shared oar mingled hopes and fears,
'Mid nights of peril, days of toil,
Bat those old dauntless pioneers?
There's scarce a scene I can retrace
Without some sad regretful tears
For each familiar form and face
Of those fine brave old pioneers."
Alfred Watts,
WELL known in commercial and social circles, died on November 29, 1884. Arrived in the colony in 1838, as accountant to the South Australian Company. Married the second daughter of Mr. William Giles, Manager of the Company. In 1857 Mr. Watts joined the well-known firm of P. Levi & Co., and after remaining there for a number of years joined the firm of Watts & Wells. The latter gentleman (Mr. Percy Wells) will be remembered as the agent for some prominent English engineers connected with the construction of several South Australian lighthouses and jetties. In 1855 Mr. Watts was elected a member of the mixed Legislative Council, as the representative of Flinders, one-third of the members being nominees, and the remainder elected. He took part in the framing of our present Constitution, and was a member for Flinders in the third and fourth Parliaments under the new régime. On account of his financial knowledge he was appointed a member of the Royal
