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] and ready for further service as on the day we sailed from England.

I cannot conclude the narrative of the voyage of the Erebus and Terror without expressing the high sense I entertain of the cordial and zealous support I invariably received from my excellent colleague, Captain Crozier, and the officers and crews of both ships, by whose unanimity, exertions, and skill, uninterrupted observations were made during the course of the expedition, which will elucidate several points of importance and interest in science, while they present others for examination, and afford a basis of comparison, should that sound mode of prosecuting inquiry be adopted. The geographical researches, moreover, will, I trust, be deemed to have contributed their share to the extension of our knowledge of the more remote southern regions of the earth.