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fortification of the Erebus being at length complete, she was warped out of dock on the 15th of August, and, by the united efforts of both ships' crews, her equipment proceeded rapidly.

On the 2d of September, the Right Hon. the Earl Minto, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam, and Rear-Admiral Sir William Parker, the three Senior Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, inspected the Erebus, and were pleased to express their satisfaction at the complete manner in which she had been fitted for the intended service.

On the 16th I received their lordships' final instructions, and on the 19th the Erebus and Terror moved down the river to the moorings off Gillingham. Here the remainder of our stores and