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Rh wretchedly poor, as far as all our present property was concerned, was to have a claim on charity, no one could well deserve it more; but if to look so be to frighten away the so-called charitable, no beggar that wanders in Ireland could have outdone us in exciting the repugnance of those who have not known what poverty can be. Unshaven since I know not when, dirty, dressed in the rags of wild beasts instead of the tatters of civilization, and starved to the very bones, our gaunt and grim looks, when contrasted with those of the well-dressed and* well-fed men around us, made us all feel, I believe, for the first time, what we really were, as well as what we seemed to others. Poverty is without half its mark, unless it be contrasted with wealth; and what we might have known to be true in the past days, we had forgotten to think of, till we were thus reminded of what we truly were, as well as seemed to be." Such was the condition of the party as they approached the "Isabella," following the whaler's boat, the officer of which jumped up the side and in a minute the rigging was manned; while Ross and his remnant of the crew of the "Victory," saluted with three cheers as they came within a cable's length. They were not long in getting aboard the old vessel, where they were all received by Captain Humphreys with a hearty welcome; and finally safely conveyed to England.