Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Maclear wuxuu ku biiray ciidanka badda bishii Sebtember 1851 isagoo ahaa cadet ka tirsan markabka maraakiibta maraakiibta, ka dibna wuxuu xambaarsanaa calanka ballaaran ee Commodore Christopher Wyvill, ka dibna wuxuu amar ku bixiyay saldhigga Cape. Wuxuu arkey iyada oo adeegayaal ah intii lagu jiray
Dagaalkii Xhosa ee 1851, ka dibna, isagoo ah mid midka ka mid ah, wuxuu ka soo shaqeeyay Baltic iyo Badda Madow laga bilaabo 1854 ilaa 1856, isagoo helay billadaha Baltic, Turkish, iyo Crimean, oo ay weheliso xiritaanka Sevastopol. Waxa uu ka gudbay imtixaanka taliyaha bishii Luulyo 1857, wuxuuna ka soo shaqeeyay markabka Badda Cas isagoo ahaa shaqaale inta lagu gudajiray dillaaca Jeddah sanadkii 1858.