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BY HIS SON, THE KÉV. EDWARD PARRY, M.À. or BALLIOL COLLBOB, OXFOKD J AND DOMKaTie CHAPLAIN TO THI LORD BiaHOP OF LONDON. 2^^ ^.? ^'*"** "*" '^ Wn» comblued : ?!-, « S* finanew of the nuullMt mind. He never knew Vhat envy wm, nor haù : Hl. sonl WM flUed with worth and honerty. ABd wlth another tWng, qidte ont of daté; Called modest}-." n ' yithnm, DiTM or BcoKirsHAir. tf Sir Tkoma* fakjax. fzna. XDméat. LONDON: LONGMAN. BROWN. GREEN, LONGMANS, & ROBERT& Ta* riffkt ttf tnnilaa^ U rmtnti. z*^. • ■M4 'M ^^l Kjr^'' I- 880038 ■^'X^'i^ • r'K ^ il, *ri ■^•^'•^t \ ' \ ■ \ ' ' ' ' \ % \ *■• - \ ' , ' 'i- -^" Y ' . , '-' "TO ,, .. V THE OFFICERS AND 8EAMEN \ - ' ' J-' Y or fHE , \ / llogal |[a6g . THIS iksiOIK OF A NAVAL OOICER f \ IS DEDICATED WIITH MUCH KESÇECT \ ' THE ÀUTHOB. -J- ,;1 y -' ^ d * \ ' ' ■ ' M ' ' « \ _ \ - - - ■ -^— -V" - , i ■■ \ '■ ^ -"\ a4 ' ■■■.^_.-..^ . • ■ w ■ * V < ^ • ' • VI < ■ ■* • ' r , J *^ ♦• • » " H ■ ■ i . ■ Trr" > '■ i. ' ,v< J ,N J PPFAÎCE !• • 41 TO THE SECOND EDITION. 9 I This Edition varies little from its predecéssor. At the suggestion of a naval officer^ I hâve added, in,, the Appendix, the " Proposai of Union for Prayer in behalf of the Navy," to wnich ;^t£^U^^kEk^ i.~à4.M .(fç -i^»l \k -hiT ^''7^ ^. mr^ > XVi CONTENTS. \ ■ . . CHAP. XI. 1841 — 1845. Second marriage. — Caledonian Canal. — Removal to Hamp- stej^ _ Religions character. — Views on the importance of prayer.— Rugby— Public meetings.— Religioua influence. _Lowe8toft.—Homburg.— Résignation under anxiety and sufferipg.— Dutiea at the Admiralty. — "Erebus" and "Terror."—Letterfrom Franklin - - Page 265 CHAP. XII. 1846 — 1852. Haslar 282 CHAP xnL 1852—1855. Summer at Keswick.— Bishop's Waltbam.— Speech at Lynn.| — -Bellot testimonial. — Greenwich. — Lecture at South- ampton.—Illne83. — Voyage to Rotterdam, and up thel Rhine.-»-'Em8.—Death. — Conclusion - - 322 1 Apfemdix. A AppBMmx B 3491 353I > »Tal to Hamp> importance of ious influence, er anxietj and 'Erebus" and - Page 265 282 peech at Lynn. ure at South- 1, and up thel 322 3491 Sfisl •I» |birth and —"ville RELIGIOUa — ^A. PRIZI CREATION LIEUTENAI ''ILLIAM i [illier Parr )ecember 1 considérai hitings on p 18 mother i Lancaster Norwich, À. memoir o ' Brîtish Physici M E M I B s, &c. &c. :-^"r^ CHAPTER I. — A PKIZE "VANOTTAWT^'» ^. TKIBUNE. 1790—1810. ^ILLIAM Edwabd P«Kr, fourth son of Dr. Caleb I» aother was the da„ghter.of John Kigl?^' Norwich, weU known « a . Hebrew schoW. Md '^ ■ ■ B ■ ., wK 2 MEMOIRS OP SIR W. E. PARRT. the writer of several theological works. It is need- les^ to trace back the pedigree further ; but, " Sitric of the Silken Beard," * whose name stands over the crest of t^e family, was no unfitting ancestor for one who encountered périls worthy of an old sea- king, and who adoptedfor his watchword in life their other brief but expressive motto, — " try." Edward, as the boy was always called, received the fiirst rudiments of educf^tion in the Grammar ^chool of Bath, under the tuition of Dr. Morgan, then head master. That he did not, even at an early âge, iieglect the opportunities of improvemjnt there afibrded, may be inferred from his knowledgel of the Latin and Greek languages, which was by noj means conteftiptible, and which must hâve been, fori the most part, acquired before leaving school ; for,| though he continued the perusal of classical authorsl afterwards, it was apparently only to a limited estent,] the chief portion of his time being then devoted to mathematics, andjother branches of study more im-j mediately confiected with the naval profession. For the hîatory of his boyish years we are mainlj dépendent on the recollections of his youngest sisterl " He was," she says, "a very forward childi^aiw showed great aptitude in acquifing and retaininJ knowledge, His love of music, and excellent ea for time and tune, were also early manifested. hâve heard hjÉ mother say, that, at four yeara old, 1 %Preface to Gray's poem, « The Fatal Sistcnj." f f ft.' r*-?^ 8CH00L LIFE. 3 would cateh any air after once hearing it, and that hewouldsmg'BuIe Britannià ' with.all the spîrit and energy of a man.» When he wàsâve yeara old, bemg taken by his parents to pay a visit to a lady of their acquaintence, and aUowed to nin about . the hou8« m search of amusement, he was shortllT^ discovered alone in the librai.^, astride 5n a large glohe «What, Edward r exclaimed his kiJd hostesb^ «are you riding on the globe?» «Oh yes," replied the delighted boy, with glistening eyés and upraised arma, ^^haw 1 should like to go round itl Almost prophétie words, and never fomotten by those who then heard them. He is repjesented as enjoying great popularity among Dr. Morgan's pupils; and this we can well understand to hâve been the casé, when we know, that .to extrême gentleness and amiability of dispo- sition, he united a remarkable delight in boyi^ spits of evé^y description. Howevér school-boys may often fail m appreciating the exceUence of a charàcter unaçeompanied by a i-eadiness to engage in the more active amusements of boyhood, they are never slow ' :to admire mental worth, when combined with phy- flical superiority. Such a happy union of qualities. was found m young Parry. « A time for every- • thmg, ^seems to hâve been his otto in his earliest Ivears, as well as in later life. We find him pictured to us at this time a hand- ' >* sm^ boy, with a proftisionof golden curfs/his^c^ Iplexion tanned by constont exposure to the sun, and B 2 ^i^f^y■- av*o^a^ 4-^$^'^ > .'"•« MEMOIRS OP 8IB W. E. PAREY. [1803. A. ^ood-nature beaming in every glançe of hîs dark hazel fiye. Tall and athletic beyond his years, ^ej^ was never known to abuse his strength in persecut| thosé tsreaker than himsçlfybut was, on the co^^ the willing c&anipion of the opprjessed^ '] relates that, on one occasion, he came.to îti«''Tauier, 1 as was always his custoni under any difficulty,'and| said, "Father, I want your advice;,! can't bear to[ see that big boy G — — beating and ill-treating littlel H . I havp resoued him once or twice, and thisi mornîng G : tumed upon me, and we fought, andi I tbink I should hâve beaten him if the school-belll had not„|img. He has challehged me on Saturdayl on Lai^owne, and ail the big boys are to be pre-l sent. Do you think I should meet him ? " Hiaj father, after a few moments* reflection,' asked himl the âge of hisantagonist. ** Fifteen," was the replyj " And you aèe not yet twelve ? Try ail ycm to avoid a battle, and . by expostul^tion to preventj his tormenting your little frièûd ; but, if not else will db, you niust fi^]tit ; but be cool, and "de not give^ay to anger."«'^ft^J^^5f»t, and Tettirnc ngerîlilli'thîs npw," said he, " lit victorioul^ but with a however, he cared little,' I^^ wUlbe safe!'" ÎHe wàs not originally intended for the naval prc fessibn, bat for that of a physlcian, and, indeedj utitil within a few days of going to Bea, had neve^ |mplf ♦had anyiB^r"view.^^ie decisioij whioli naîly fixed bis future céurse was made very sudj r^jTrw . . ■ (■ ^m'' - ,f ■ .' . ^ t V x-^« y. RT. [1803. H *^°*'] "VILLE DE PABIS." of his dark his years, heu a persecu the 14^ to mriatiier, iifficuity, and] can't bear to treating little ^ice, ànd thisl re fought, and le Bchool-bell on Saturdayj e to be pre- bim?" Hisl I, aeked himl iras the reply.l y ail yen ci n to prevent ,t, if not cool, and'd( ind Tetïirnc rerîi#thM idhe,**littl lie naval prc . and, indeedJ sa, had nevef icisiop whiolj de very sud-j ^ M,™ Comwalli,,- an intimato friend of Dr ■a S;: f»* Edward should be àllowed to become . «ulor; feelmg confident th^t his character and .«tes wore wejl adïgted for W. active iifHÎ t^ tle cL 1^' ""^"^ "=¥"' -- - commaidof de mis ,y rf,«-Jd be aUowed to make trial of a sea.life.atC |tfor one- cru«=e. When asked his own choiceTe ^r^ 5'"^ ^y *» do whatever his ^^nt^ ™hed and was accordingly, in June. 1803, throngh ' the fc.ndnessof the Admirai, appointedtothe " Vme de Par.,.» as a vota>pr of the first chu«. ' The evemng before he left home t» join his shin «sohappened that a play was to be performedT; U V S"^:°^ "■■• ^^'-B»'» «*ool L aid of 8ome g«»We talent m this Ime. and frequently, with the SWof hts siBlers, would act seenea fm™ «k w ai») M» II -M . "^ °'*''*^ *">™ ohalcspeare, M ^ H More's sacred d«ma,. On this occal ' ^nfassernces were cJled into réquisition by iùs ^ool-fellow, who were well aware of hia skUl in K-g; |u.d, in the course of the everiing, ^1" • M'ia nw.fcom-th» ^totora r-TSëy wbiiia ia^°=' been surprised. oould they hâve foreseen thestri^g: B S ^ ' ^^;^7ii^jEA^ri^«i!^â^' ^yj'S$ïM- t \. '■■ < 6 MEMOIRS OP SIR W. E. PARRT. [1803. use to which this talent was to be tumed în the future scènes of the profession on which he was about to enter. Early the next moming he left Bath, accom- panied by an old and faithful servant of |[ie family, with whom he travelled to Plymouth, and who did not leave him till he saw him finally settled in the " ViUe de Paris." To Parry aU was new. He had never before beheld the sea, and his expérience of naval matters had been confined to the small craft on the river Avon. Thomas B -, on his retum to Bath, described how his young master seemed almost struck dumb with astonishment at his first sight of the sea and of a line-of-battle ship, but how, after awhile recovering himself, he began eagerly to examine everything around him, and to ask num- berlçss questions of ail who were inclined to listen. While so engaged, he saw one of the sailors de- scending the rigging from aloft, and, in a moment, before the astonished servant knew what he was about, he sprang forward, and, with his wonted agility, clambered up to the mast-head, from which giddy élévation he waved his cap in triumph to those whom he had left below. When he regained the deck, the sailors, who had witnes^ed the feat, gathered round him, and conmiended his spirit, telling him he was " a fine fellow, and a true sailor, every inch of him." We can Well imagine with what gratification ^the various me|pbers ofiiis family irould rêcêivTB i;he account of this and every other incident connected H^oing 1803.] with 1 eagerlj as a ha Hei writing his lett ingness sea life, him. "We] ship, «cA that, if cannot tl board a be. In È without f take a w for half a ! op to the prill do y I Bath, to 1^ Parry ' trial of a who were andaffecti jvolunteer, Ikindness ship. " 1 son ■*■£ r 1S03.] "TILLE DE PAEIS.» with h» first entry on hia „ew career, and how as a happj, omen of future eoooess. """ °™^»° wnhng to those most interested in his wdfare • .nH »ea We, and to be pleased with ail he eaw around * r.î' .;™''^""''S '» «"i» <■' kappj i «nd, I assure vou that, if we are uot eo, it is our own fanlt v fnr t»^/ ^' ^ ^""^ ''"^^ *« ^«^ the quarter-deck |£5^p;=-i-rr2eT |B:l,trn:er"'i!',r^ - "«■""« ^'- ^^. «-». Pariy was pecnliarly fortunate in makina his first M o£ a sailor's life under the comn,.ndTf „ffit„ who weredes,ro„, and capable of winning the ZZ hmdaffection.of those placed under them. Our ytr ÏÏ^-tÏ" 1T"T' '™-" *'"' offi-r/of his J^. are mosl ESTto me. They are dwavs io.ng something to n,ake me comfortable.^ He I B 4 KiiiLa' 8 MEMOIRS OF SIR W. E. PARRT. [1804. found'ia true friend in one of the lieutenants of thè ship, the Hon. Charles Powys, of whom he thus speaks : — « Jannary 4, 1804. • Ville de Paris.' . . . . " You cannot imagine how kindly I hâve been treated by Mr. Powys. Ever since I hâve been in j^is ship he has left nothiag undone to make me happ||9|^h which he has certainly succeeded. If he ever séea fne the ieast melancholy, he is uneasy till he has discôvjered the cause. He is always displeased if I do not ask him for anything I want, as he says it shows a want of con- fidence in him. In short, in him I hâve found a friend to whose kindness I am in great measure indebted for my présent happiness, and whom, I trust, I shall never forget as long as I live. I look on him as a kind of prop and support to me in my first setting out. By going into his cabin — by his instructions in seamanship (which he is always ready to give me) — by reading English and Latin with him, &c. &c. — I really believe that I learn as much in a day as, without him, I should. do in a week." This oflScer, whose kindness had so won the heart of his young shipmate, left the " Ville de Paris " in the course of this year (1804), and, not many months j after, was carried off by fever in the West Indies. The tîdings of his death were received by his youth- ful friend with the liveliest feelings of sorrow. "Oct 10, 1804. . ..." I am sorry to say I hâve received very me- lancholy news. My dear friend Mr. Powys is no more. 1- î-i 1804.] "VILLE DE PARIS.'* 9 Ville de Paris.» Oct 10, 1804. TIus account the Admirai haa just received. Few people feel ît 80 much as mys^, as nothhig could exceed the kindness with which he treated me during the whole tune he was on board. . . . To him I owe almost every httle advantage I hâve had since I hâve been hère of whôm, when I think, and while I write, my heart as" well as my eyes are brim full." From the day when his 8erva^t left him on board the "Ville de Paris," in Plywouth Harbour, he adhered firmly to his resolution of letting nothing hmder him m a diligent attention to his étudies. In the prosècution of thèse, he was much indebted to Ithe watchfui care paid to the éducation of the junior officers by the Kev. W. Morgan, Chaplain of the Iship^ afterwards Chaplain of the Royal Naval School |at Grreenwich. He t'irrites: — - ' "April7, 1804. "I am going on wlth my French and navigation, and begmning to make use of my 'Dictionnaire Marine ' I Srst Write do^n in English any part of the ship's duty ^ith which I am acquainted, and then translate it into Tt' tV''^ '^""^ ^^^ ^ S° «" ^itl^ navigation; Qd, though I hâve for some time left off Euclid, I shall how (by Mr. Morgan's advice) continue to dévote part Pt my time to it, as it givea me an insight into plane Ingonometry, which is connected with almost every rranch of navigation, and may, therefore, as weU be ^ oui of oneiooLaa another. t have^been ghi* to— [nd that I hâve forgotten very little of my Latin, not mat I can say as much of my Greek. I find, however Ur'^: '• . . i4„A, |,(SiS:''|;:f;-^>' 10 MEMOIRS OP SIR W. E. PARRT [l805. Bl805.] that I can translate the Greek Testament pretty tolerably. My father says that amongst other books which he intends to send me is a Greek Testament. I hâve one already, but it is so small that they hâve been obliged to 1 make use of the old abbreviations, which, in learning Greek, I had never known." ^uring the whole of his service on board thel " yille de Paris," this ship was employed in cruizing about the Channel, being chiefly occupied in blockad- ing the French coast in the neighbourhood of Brest and Ushant. The eyes of lEngland were at this time fixed upon Boulogne, in expectation of aii invasion by Buonaparte, and the movements of the French fleets were anxiously watched by the British Admirais. Parry joined, witU ail a sailor's ardour, in the enthu- siastic longing felt by dl for a collision with the enemy, and his youthful eagerness for such an event displays itself in many of his letters. " No more newfé of Mr. Bony yet, and the wind bas been fair for kim lately. If he does not make haste, he will lose ail the balls and plays, and he will not like that!"! Not the least attractive part of his youthful cha-l racter is to be seen in his constant clingirig to homel ties. His almost childish delight at receiving lettersl and parcels from Bath, and the eagerness which he showed for intelligence respecting those most dearl to him, are early signs of his appréciation of domestic enjoyment, and the value of family union. We can| rcely doubt HàaA Ûkè reedlectiim of those day » ] their share in the unfailing punctuality observed hypayoured. [1805. ■ 1805.] - ATTACHMENT TO HOME. H him in after life in corresponding with the absent membera of bis beloved family circle, especially with that dear son, whose lot was cast in the same pro- fession 83 his own. The following letter is only a jsample of many to the same effect : — • " My dearest Mother, « I hâve again heen made truly hapDv bv a. «1««r ^g lettor trom my ^ear mothor, J ^^"IZs uT. Nen good «Dd regular corrospondente, for which I do n.. now how to thank them. Whilst I seo others „„ Cd khat ofifera, and alm^t a, often disappointed, I haye the ^Wact.„„ of receiving three or f„„, and ™.er goW kthout ooe. Indeed. ,o happy and fortunato hf"!! ' en in th.a respect eyer since I hâve been in the navy. fer ^ * "''^'*- ï "'"^ >"y dear Ither, î t W wU debght y„„ a, „„ch aa anything ™„ can ' „I , ■ ^'•'P^' ^ "^-^^'y am, aa to my sitnation • ao8t part.cul.rly ao, a» to my dear, dear relaiions-tha P':;i: îzr - '^"" "'"" ^ ^-' '- «» "«p- ^ly connected with the growth of hia reliriou, ' .Toured. H.a home was not merely . happy on^ K'i.'^ïiAM'^i Aà^U^^!^*^x.^%. r 12 M#M0IR8 OF SIR W. E. PARRY. [1805. but he had been trained under the watchful eye and jUdicious care of an affectionate and pious mother, to whom be, in bis turn, was devotedly attacbed, and whose Christian influence be knew well how to aç- preciate. " If," be used to sày to bis sïsters, " wei are not wbat we ougbt to be, it ia not for want of | our dear mother'« prayers, for we are the children of prayer — of never-ceasing prayer." The religion! of hi& early years was, indeed, widely différent in cbaracter from that of bis later life; and of the expansion and enlightenment of bis views, wbich ^fterwards took place, we sball bave occasion to speak at a later period. Meanwbile, the influence for goQd, resultîîïg from youtbful training, is mani- --fested in many of bis early letters, wbich exhibit a conscientious wisb to foUojv the good for its own sake, and a seriousness of feeling not often found inl one 80 young — the germof tbe eamest désire of thel man to employ ail' bis énergies of mind and bodyj for the furtherance of God's glory, and tbe spirituall welfare of bis fellow-men. Tbis may be seen inl the foUowing, penned the y^ar after he weût sea, on the occasion of tbe deatb of one of brothers : — " My dearest Father and Mother, " You may well imagine ipy feelings on receivînfj this morning the account of deàr îi rederick's death. I hop =^that €rod, of His infinité ifcercy, will give us ail fortitï to bear sb great a raisfortune. I. trust that whenever w(| r' 1805.] FIBST 8EA FIGHT. 13 Wm to relapse m o grief, He will be our slapport, and I wm enable us to make the reflection, 'God who laii the , affliction on us will give us power to bear it.' He has done it and what He does must turn out eventually for I DUT gOOd." '' On one occasion only was the « Ville de Paris " engagea in action during the time he belonged to her. On the 22nd August, 1805, a {^^ weefi pre^ hnous to the battle of Tmfalgar, in. obédience to Napoléon s positive orders, thé French Admirai in Brest left that harbour with twenty-one sail of the «ine, to attack the sixteen under lie command of admirai Cornwalhs in hopes that the combined trench and Spanish fleete under ViUeneuve would k^r ^^°^^**r 'r*^T^* ^°^ ^"^"'•^ ^« destruction bf lie Bntish blockading squadron. The expected emforcements, however, never appeared, having Uken refuge m Cadiz, after Sir R. Calder's action • Qd Gantheaume returned to Brest Harbour with ut having ventured beyond the protection of the batteries in Bertheaume Roads. Although the En. Jhfh Admirai was unahle to bringthe enemy to à feneral action, some of the ships were actuafty en- ?l. ,.* 'î'^''^ *^"'^' ^^^ a°^o°g thèse the fla^rship this, his first expérience in actual warfare Parrv liusspeaks: — . * *"V .; "The acçount wMch the newspaperr kegîvenyôuis rather exaggerated. . jt oa linly was the prettjest sight I ever saw in my life. B ==?F ■ ■« 14 MEMOIE8 OP SIR W. E. PARRY. [l80«. H18O6.] \ r 18 astonishing how little fear one feels after the very beginning of an action. Every one is busy thinking of 1 injuring, not of being injured." In the early part of 1806 he left tbe " Ville del Paris," bearing with him the highest character at the end of this, the first stage of his professional career. The opinion enter tained of him by Admirai j Comwâllis is recorded in the foUowing térma:- " Parry is a fine, steady lad. I never knew any onel 80 generally approved of. He will reçoive civilityl and kindness from ail while he continues to conduct| himself as he has donc, which, I dare believe, will be as long as he lives." His next appointment was as midshipman of the " Tribune " frigate, Captain (afterwards Sir Thomasj Baker. This second period of his nautical experienca shows an unabated energy and persévérance in fitting himself for the requirements of his profession, by zealous discharge of duty and attention to the ira] provement of his time. It was not long before his good resolutions wera put to the test. He had not been many days on board his new ship, when his Captain paid him thj compliment of selecting him to petform the dutie of day-mate, which position seems to hâve prevent him from giving so much of his time to his books formerly. It gave him, however, a practical insigli iSlothat portion of a naval officer'8 duties otherwise he could not hâve had .V.-t f-~ SRT. [1806. H18O6.] €( TRIBtJ^E." 15 "'Tribtine,' off Belle Isle. June 21, 1806. ^kILZ f i"^ 'ï "^T comfortably in my new situation, f Eariy to bed, and early to rise/ is my mazim ^t présent, ï find however, that I hâve not, on the whole, so much lune of my own as when I kept watch ; for now I can- bot be sure of a minute in which I am not liable t^ be ^nt for on a hunc^ed différent occasions, haye, in a former letter, given you a true accoûnt of oy situation with regard to the duty I hâve to do. I bften regret our not having any church or prayers hère khichisone of the comforts to which I hâve been so lonstantly accustomed on board the «Ville de Paris' Bowever, the outward show is not of much use ; and f addressing myself, when I please, to my Creator and ^ehappiness of reading books, v.hich wiU serve to ^ach e the religion I profess, I do not see much reason to ment the want of a black gown, a pulpil, or an organ. iy more quiet and composed hours shall be employed in K"^ "^ ""^ ^"^'' ^^ ^''"'''^'y Father, wiilst I m be endeavounng, on occasions of duty, to please my fficers and companions. I hâve lately got into a habit Zt' 7 "? '^"^^^^^^^^ ' "^^^ -P--- at fny J toughout, from the causes to their conséquences .d effects. By this means, I always can dérive some from it, and I never leave off without acknow- Mging that «everything is for the best/ or without Nnkmg, m my hearl^ the goodness of my Creator for Jat very uneasiness (as I was at first pleased to tu i^ Nch ifl always but a real blessing in disauise T -- K^ention fifty instances of this, al they h^ madf Btrong impression on me. and I now make it my usual ypa* tii&mUÈsèM i-j.^'i^^ ^!t*»l 16 MEM0IR8 OF SIR W. E. PARRY. [I80fl > I 1 plan. I am détermined nover, if possible, to bo angi or discontcnted at any of thoso things, which cvory daj take place ; for that is only, in other words, to call il question the goodness of God." #, «he d.Ï lis teste for musîc proved td him at this timp . Vng this s„„™„ orLe ri Ztic ' """""■'"' '^^s^-SrS C 2 M '^/' - / \ 20 MEM0IR8 OF SIR W. E. PAERT.' [1809. I will do ail I can, for there are se many scraping and blowing constantly about ine, that the idea of playing as badly as they makes me quite sick. Music is a delight- fui thing, and I wquld sacrifice almost everyfbkig, ex- cept my other duties, to become a good or tolerablcl player. I hâve never forgotten what I hâve been told,| » viz. that ' musicians are often great heathens.' I there-j V' fore never suffer the fiddle to utter a syllable of com- plaint more than six days eut qf seven. On the seventh,! it must keep its groans to itself." v It was, doubtless, in référence to the musical dis-l cord, hère described as reigning in the ** Vanguard's 1 gun-room, that he was accustomed, in after life, toi relate a jesting remark, intended as a compliment toi his own instrument, made to him by one of thel senior officers of the ship, that he constantly beardl from beloviT "the notes of many Jiddlesy and oneT The following letter on the same subject, is in-j teresting from the.characteristic feeling whichitals displays for another's sorrow. •♦ « Vanguard,' Great Belt, Aug. 13. . . . . " I am sorry to say I am just on the poinlj of losing the most pleasant and amiable companion hâve had in this ship, viz. Lieut. B . I hâve ha 60 many pleasant evenings in playing the violin, accon panied by the flûte, which he plays very prettily inde that I shall often miss him. His health is so very ba and his constitution so extremely weak, that he obliged to go to England by the first opportunitj| I >* ■.:^^^;-i^-^, jrSM.] TASTB FOE MUSIC AND POETKT. 21 Every one esteems him, and he wiU be universally lamented. Hxs complaînt bas, indeed, more of ^e l^ee w th himself in supposing tbat be is not long for witb bi3 sisters, under the care of guardians. We are i::^ZnKA'- ''''''' f ^'^ '^^« Sicilian uZ lone or both of bis parents. I could see the tears gush foom h. eye. as we were playing it, and be was obHgel lie latter part of bis performance." P 7 » Music, howev^r was not the only récréation in hich he indulged. His love for Cowper men- t rf '^ "r °g' --ained the same'^;o:;h: «I hare just been going ou with Cowpér's Poem, T rtoagh I h»re read them before, yet I never UyeL TOold spht your sides, sometimes. to see me when I am in H w,th »y^g, . What a most exceUent mi; and Chris! P"'^ daties. He sjeak, with real pleasur; of OS , K ^n.i.t ^^'tU>J^àU|.^i 22 MEMOIBS OP SIE Av. E. PAKRY. [1809. | fhe appointment of an efficient nayal instructor, under whom he might impjQTe himaelf in the study of mathematics and navigation ; and he always showed a simîlar anxiety to exert himself in the acquisition of every species of knowledge which can be of advantage to a seaman. " My dear Father, "It gives me the most sincère pleasure to know.j that your thoughts on the subject of pilotage coïncide] exactly with what appears to me so reasonable. I havel often taken great pains to make the inquiries youl mention, vîz., the marks, shoals, dangers, and methods of 1 avoiding them, and hâve been as often astonijthed to[ fiîid that few, or none, seemed the least inclined ^ assisti me in thèse occupations, though, thereby, they would bel instructing themselves. The fact is exactly as you sayJ that they are too lazy to attend to this most necessarjj branch of sea-knowledge, because they are not expectedl to know it. Yet, to see the situation in which ships are| sometimes placed, you would suppose that no man, in 1 sensés, would fail to make himself inaster of so invalu-j able a knowledge as that of pilotage." The âge of nineteen, according to th« regulatiomj of the naval service, was the earliest period at whicli a lieutenant's commission could be held. It seemsi however, to hâve been a common practice to fore-| Btall the requisite âge by a false représentation, Ihis Paity was répea,tëdly urgéd to dô, tbë si years' of his service having expired some -mont ( l ■ T -» iP7-*^(-™!^ W^ RRY. [1809. Hl809.] A TEMPTATION RESISTED. 23 asure to know. Ibefore he reached his nîneteenth birthday. To ail buch solicitations he turned a deaf ear, being too lupnght and straightforward ^o take advantage of la praçtice, which, however usual, was stiU unfair land untruthful. His détermination to abide hj thg- Idecision of his better judgment is shown in the Ifollowing : — " • Vangaard,' Belt, June 4, 1809. • • " I hâve made upmj mind very com- Ifortablj to wait six months, 4ill mj nineteenth birth- Iday. It 18 very astonishing to me, that I am every day labused by somebody or other, for not going to pass my lexammation at once, as, soop as I hâve served my six lyears. They teU me I could certainly pass for nineteen lor more, if I chose to try ; ail this I know very weU, but ithere is so much to be said in opposition to it, which seems much more sensible, that 'they may as weU say Qothing more about it." And again, — « Six midshipmen hâve passed their examinations, ehich is not a customary thing at sea, but bas been [rantoi by the Admirai, as we are «t so great a distance prom England. One or two of them were much under *ge, and I hâve been not a little railed at, on this and lany other occasions, for not having done the same. I expect to see ail thèse receive commissions before I pass, but I do not care for that, I am very well satisfied to ' jaitt — — ■.,.. — - — . — -— __t The time, however, at length arrived. The " Van- c 4 h iÉTéd. " Â^ '/ l'K ^4 MEMOIBS OP SIR W. E. PAÉBY. [1801. guard" returned tô the Downs in December, and Parry went up to town, where he remamed' înl lodgings until the ordinary examinations were cou- cluded. He passed for lieutenant on the 3rd of 1 January, 1810, and through the kindness of Ijord| Lowther, one of the Lords of the Admifalty, ob- tained his commission two days after. « I hâve atl length," he wrote to Bath, « the happiness of telling you that you may now call me Lieutenant! ParbyI" 25 CHAP. n. / i ^<'=— ASTR0N0MICALSXUDIE8.--APP0INTMENTT0«LA HOGUE, AKD VDTAGE TO HALIPAX.-BOAT EXPEDITION ^Zr""" ^^^^^"^-----AVES «.A HOGHE.^ -ILLNESS._BERMUDA8.-RETURN8 HOME—APPOINT-'^ MENT TO THE « AI,EXANÏ>EE » UNDEB K088. 1810—1817. i .i^LT m February, 1810, Lieut. Parry proceeded Sheeniess to join the « Alexandria » frigate. Cap- ain John QuiUiam. This vessel bebg of ^^ ^aUer «lass of frigates, a lieutenant's cabin would C^^ be of very limited si^e ; but to a young Mfacer the possession, for tiie first time, of a retreat je can ^11 his own, is a matter of no smaU imt^ pis, hïs « caatle," as he termed it. « • Alexandria,' Sheemesa, February 19, 1810. "I think I cannot botter employ mvself fnr ».oi<^ ^«k^ir '°°'"" ''"«»«»«"• n» door (which en» mto U,e g„„-r«,„, ^hero we dise, &c.) is i„ th« #J À ' ^ 26 MEMOIRS pF SIR W. E. PARRY. [1810. V ' I middle of one of its sides, wid on the rigjit is a ^mftll window, lookirig also intô the gun-room ; facing you, as you go in, is a very pretty chest of drawers, and over it is my library, which makes no shabby appearance, I assure you; Just over the middle of the drawers is a small window, not a foot square, from wliich proceeds ail the light which my cabin possesses. Upon the back row of books stands a small oval looking-glass, * neat but nolf j gaudy.' The bed-place is converted in the day-timel into a very convenient aud pretty 'sofa. Next thef washing-stand is a small table, which, liké- the table in the hall at the Cireus, lets up and down. Let not the table in t|ia Cireus think itself degraded by such al comparison, "for, be/ it knowri, mine is made of cedar ;| Lebanôn itself never produped a finer pièce of stuff ! forl the sake of distinction, call" this' table * Lebanon,' Underl •Lçbanon ' are boots, &c., — over it are hung niy sword,! dirk, work-bag, — and immediately over the ïniddle of iJ is the brass branch candlestick, which, you may remem-r ber, I got at Bath ; and last, thotigh not Jeast, over thel candlestick is hupg the little picture of the * Alexandria,! which, among other things, serves constantly to remindi me of the happiness I hâve enjoyed at Bath." In March the " Alexandria" left the Nore, withi convoy for the Baltic. After a long, contihuanc of unfavourable winds, théy reached the Great Belt where they received information that the Swedia ports were closed against them. " The very nai of Belt," writes Parry, " auggests the idea of ^ Jl"^Ad it was not kng before thèse formîdîl^ii foes showèd themselves as much on the a,Iert 3, * neat but not [•«■«•■mo.]^ SAIL8 FOJÎ THE BALTIC. 27 hnth ths Dan.sh «Shoope™ and gun-boate, ,Sich, bemg anned w>d> 32-p6under8, were ofen Jre Iftan » ,nateh/or the 12-pounder8 of the British 10 corne to close. qnarter, with the men-of-war" but .t was not possible for thelatter to prevei ' détection for some time, and tb, merchant vesseU tinl T^" °**'"-'' *'"'^'' >reat «relessne» land mattenfon to orders, in many cases keeping Ino n,ght.watch. It wae therefore no „atter ^ ^nse that, on the first alann. son.e of the convoy the d.ffioalt navigation of the Belt rendered a re- apture by night.next to impossible. Dnnng the first part of this year, the «Alex- adm» was stationed off Cariscron; where^e «edes, though not yet actnaUy at ..r wi* Ent rild Zt°f- '^''™ P«=P»™«»«- for defenfe t^!^^u\^°''"'^r *""»•" The Swedish rihat fleet, he wnte,, in Slay, «ou„ht to haïe 1)6» in Yarmouth RoaJs bv t his fin,. , »° '^^ nnter, and in Jannary of the next year was placed 28 MEMOJEâ OF SIR W. E. PAEÉY. [I8II. on the Leith station, under the command of Captain Cathcart, for the protection of the Spitzbergen whale fishery. During the two years spent on this eemce, they were again continually annoyed by the gun- boats of the enemy. In the winter of 1811-12, the "Alexandria" remained for some weeks at Cromarty. The hoe- pitality of the Scotch réndered this stay pleasant toi the officers of the ship, especially to Parry, who,* in Company with the captain and surgeon, enjoyed a "cruise" of several days in the neighbourhood He was muoh delighted with ïnveméss, and the new Caledonian Canal. This he pronounced "a truly grand undertaking," little thinking that his own| name would one day be officially connected with it In the course of the year 1812, being stjlll engaged in the protection of 4he fisheries, Captain Cathcart received orders to proceed as far as 76° N. I and to return with the last of thé whalers at thel close of the season. « We must," writes Parry to his sister, « in anticipa- tion of this freezing cruise, make up our minds to cheati the summer as comfortably as we can among the bean and seals on the ice. What curiosities shall I bring you back ? Would you like an island of ice ? a few whitel bears as pets, or half a dozen seals ? Of ail thèse we| shall perhaps see plenty before we return." ...^ tte preeeding autumn he had recorded, ai» «TEë ,c» worthy of especial remark, that phenomenon, witipistinguished ■4i Iwhièh h lauçe; of lin fhiâ £ Ithe ice ô Itheir cou jbetween jgress wai lof floatio Isteenng ; Ifrozen Tû Ifurther ac Itheir attc ftowards I ound di bleak out |was hâilec olate expi r The \er **0n the •r eight sm :ot them ou lad a few ] Lapland 'hich our ] lûch as cou ind. Fror Tospect of little in a ppe sea~ ■..-. V- "éstt^. ... ' ■ * ■- • r' LAPLAND. 29 .aoe of the sun above the horizon at midnightf and m fluS ««mmer he ,„ade his first acquaintafce wl^h the .ce of the Northern latitudes. While holding on a,«r coum, towarda Bear Idand(„hich liea midway between Spitzbergen and North Cape), their Z gr», waa auddenly arrested by in>men«^ ,uantW^ of floatmg,oe. iV a few hours they per^ed fc' " ''"T ■""■ '™""'" «ourse bLeeT4é Ifcrther adyance was eut of the question. Baffled in «W«d8 North Cape which had been tlieir cruising weak outtne of the snow-capped hills of Laoland ™ ha.led as an old and weIcon>e friend, after Z dê- otae expanse of the ice-fields they had just q^itt^d |"The very sno«r itself .eemed famUiar to us.» breght smaU jessels lying i» » „„r„w h«-bour wê ^.^emouta , eveningwithout opposi."., ^ TtJ / "■" ™ '^""^ '"'» «te bargain. ThiT " t«planï\h ^"ïî'^'^'ff r- [miBlSlU.] ASTEONOMIOAL STUDIES. 31 I" "f ""5 ^'"'■•- Thi8 pues me in mind of a little bSt^"''' " Bome prize,, I i„te„ded .„ hâve com^ Jmttedtopaper . ... I wa» on shore in the office of b pe««n whose businesa i. ia to ^ke the o..hs Td de tosifon» „f .he cptor, of .he enen,/s vesaels. I w^ Itoçk „p the Testament which was lying on the table. I V^>A for a few moments, when the mm of law ^,1 fcdof'i"'':'' r""^^ ''■"''*«^> 'ThatTnt In the study of astronomy Parry had alwava K» gfeat pleaaure. The foUowing U dated S l^eptember, 1811 : _ ^ ^o'"'' k.veseentle'eil;"!rm\r''°''.*" "'' '^ ^'»" ' Pn.«d on .bis suyeî, folraire^r 11' "" ^T' SS3ïpa::^ni-tre--r ' '."^fr:'pLrentZi\rsiS^^^^^ ïu*-,,-^ Astronomy ,8 a delightful science: le Knnwlnrln'a ,** * K.ndent,oftb;=-;r;f--- I / -^ . i A\ t . ^Î4. -4. 32 MEM0IR8 OF SIR W. E. PARRT. C18I3.] it carries with it, to the mind of a human créature, the strongest lessons of humility; at one View it sets fortt. the incompréhensible and infinité pôwer of his Creator and his own insignificance." , r For some time past, he had employed .the tedious hours of a night-watch in studjing the situation of the fixed stars in the northern hémisphère. The importance of being able to obtain the latitude and longitude by night as well as by day, « of observing by mor^suns than one," could not, he thought, be too highly estimated. The resuit of his observations afterwards appeared in a small volume, entitled "Nautical Astronomy." His own expérience had convinced him of the want of some elementary work on this subject, and this he desired to supply. ««I hâve seen," he says, "two or three books on the subject, but from the manner their authors hâve treated it,^they must hâve considered their readers as 80 many Herschels. They take so much know- ledge for granted, that, if the leamer possess it in reality, he will not thank thein for their instruction." On several occasions, alâo, he occupied himselfl with preparing accurate charts of the northern navi-| gation. Surveys of différent localities on the shores of the Baltic had been sent by him to the hydro- grapher of the Admiralty ; and, while on the Leith station, he forwarded to the same quarter diarts bf Balta Sound and Vog» a harbour ^ jh^ noi coast of Shetland. M^-jfi'y-f-'^'T-- ' pis.] "^AHOGUE.''-.c,g^j,j.^^^„ ^^ In Januaiy, 1813, Lieut. Parrv left fKo « a^ adria " not without considerab^feo^^^^ ^^hI ""'r from London ; — ^ ^® ^"tea «Imcn to go down.to the (Ale«u,dria' amiîn .v U « I havo lots n i„ .ht r ""^ " '»•" l.«li.g a hundred mUe C ^McH "^ "'" kcted with this tind of change ^ î ^'"'« °™- Hbl7 attached to a sh „ i! wh • ^ ^°°'"™ «> »" K«f good, bad, and f^fef S t "^^ '""'"' ' h m«rwish, for good r.s«„r^ kl iri""""* Whing inconceivablv irloom.: .r ' "'*"* " '■ .-thole.tl.^ofth: alphabet-''^'"'' '"'"" "^ He wj» next appointed to H. M S «T. u „ ^C.p^ntheHon.BWencK>2X ^J^^^, Wi«:detoyat Portsmouth— [T ««7 mnds, Parry, for the fikt tipe; belieîd . Si\ -f j. *: *' '\,.4iSr 1^ k» / . r :Srr^^-,- '^'^ &< b^ ■>f ^ î'^-'.j 34 MEMOIRS OP SIR W. E. PARBY. [1813. a Bteam-engine at work^ in the dockyard of that port. I " Portsmouth, Feb. 26, 1813. .... "Ihave, this morning, been to see the blockj machinery worked by steam in the dockyard. J cannotl express to y ou how I hâve been delighted with thial masterpiece of human invention. I ne ver before saw al steam-engine ; but was rather pleased with myself inl ^nding that, with the pseviouB knowledge I had acquiredl of this wonderful moving-power, I could point out to my j companion the uses'of its several parts as soon as I sawl them, having several good plates of it in Ferguson,! Imison, Gregory, &c. The extent to which it is herel applied in the formation of blocks, &c., does not strikel me as anything more than a tolerable knowledge of me-f chanics might pè^turally hâve suggested, when once thej steam was ma>4^ to perform its office in so wonderful andi perfect a^&l^ner as it there does. The whole, howeverj conveys the most grand idea of the indefatigable inj dustry of man. ... I am confident that, if we livef twenty years, we 6hall see steam applied to a hundre djjSerent purposes'^on board a ship ; I may be wrong inj the method of applying it, but I am sure that much i^ {o be done by steam in a ship." This, hîs first voyage across the Atlantic, wa performed quickly, owing to favourable winds. " We hâve," he writes, " taken fréquent and excellenj observations on our passage, by night and day, and haTeïaTFÎSmols^ôppOTlraî^ W using my ÎHstrùmènti ^hich I may safely pi^onounce to be excellent. i'i 1813.] TOYAGE ACBOSS THE ATLANTIC. 35 théodolite I hâve, of course, had no occasion to use ; it 18 a sweet little instrument. Thé sight of a fuU moon. just about sunset, in thèse latitudes, is one of the most sublime I ever saw : the clearness with which it is seen 18, 1 suppose, to be attributed to the rarity of the atmo- sphère. We did not alter a sail during the whole of our passage, and we made the shortest, but one, that was ever made with a convoy Independently of our nautical observations, I can safely say, with a clear conscience, that I h^ve not been idle on the passage. I don't think there is a lieutenant in His Majesty's navy more fond of ' wntmg than I am, and I am sure there is not one who knows how to make a worse pen ; but, Uke Sterne, I hâve only commenced my tour in the woî^d, and I shall mend as I go oh. I bave been so happy as to meet with a brother officer, who, likemyself, 'knows only that he knows nothing,' and we bave gone hand in hand to- gether m our occupations. We bave been going through Eucbd agam. He plays the flûte, and we bave our regu- lar duets together : lètronomy, mechanics, and chemistry hâve not been neglected, as far as reading will convey kBowledge, without expérimenta in jfeese delightful At Barbadoes, he was kindly received by Sir F Laforey î but the latter, being now superseded in bis œmmand by Sir J. B. Warren, no longer had it in lus power to serve his young friend. He regretted bat Parry had not corne out twelve months aooner, for, m that case, he would hâve been twelve month^ i„ - 1 "«..V- vMMu tw«^ve montnâ but regret was useless. D t 36 MÈM0IE8 OP SIB^E. PARhY. [igla. " H. AL S. ♦ Sceptre,' Barbaboes. / "April23, 1813. « You wiU beîieve me when I say, that I do not re-, pine at havmg missed what, to us, seems to hâve been J golden opportunity. We know not what might Aave happened, had I been promoted' eighteen months aga insteadof six months hence; I might hâve provedone of those intolérable little-great-upstart captains, which on very strict examination, are to be found in our navy I might, I say, hâve been so : I wiU not answer for myffelf that it would not hâve been the case. I consider this (and every other event of my life) as one of the in- numerable means which an unseen Providence employs to educe great good from little evils ; we see it in a thousand instances, and, if we cannot always trace oui the good which resuite, it is because the créature cannot toUow the Creator." The « Sceptre "arrived at HaHfax the 2nd of JuneJ 1813.^ On the day previous, "the glorious Ist of June, the celebrated action between the "Shannon"! and the « Chesapeake/' oflP Boston, had taken place; >nd, a few days later, Captein Broke, who had been severel;^ wounded, entered the harbour of Halifax with hi8 prize, anchoring amid loùd cheers from the ships and epectators on- shore. « Halifax," writes Pai^, " 18 in such an uproax, that, I doubt whether the folks will ever recover their tranquillity." The greater part of this autumn was spent in cniismg off Nova Scotia. In November, a violent Jiarncane visUed H^ifes, driving from îhéîr âncEôd ail the men-of-war and merchantmen in the harbour, [l8U.] HURBICANE AT HALIFAX. 37 which presented a scène of désolation and distress |8elaom witnessed. «^ but for other recels that came upon ua in pretty luiek M,cce.«on , at length o«r tum cai.e, «,d .^""^ ^e»t on shoro, in a very sofl^ convenient ^l^». Twl "7 0» ipP We lay there that night, and got off the mxt ^rrnng, haring recoived no daLge whf tever I ^te,n thua ciroun«t«,tia. in -La logJa'adven' hu** becauae I know that it wiU amoae m, father Z Mke my dear mother easy." ' il the foljowingspring, Lieut Parry wa, engaged inemy lud endeaToured to destroy the British dùps -y me«,s „f «torpedoa.» a apeoiee «f «infemd ,f iwTf • r ' ",^ ""^ "«tt in April, an attempt iX T T °^' »'■ "^'' Hogue,»then lyi4 -Ske, .r „ther in no smoke at au/for aTthê ffect waa the duoking of half-a-dozen people Z lie colon,» of water forced np in the e' pl^on^ At the sape moment, a Wt waa detected by the ■M^tone ^jijgue. ««taining on»™„, wh^= H?*«^ve corne oïlTZ purpoae oTa^^^ |.«.™.ona. The latenesa of the honr'howeve"^! 03 •/te-*!.- .'1 38 MEMOIRS OP SIR W. E. PARRT. • [1814. ■i8i4.1 his mufiled oare, combined with something unoom- mon in the appearance of the man himself, raisedl the suspicions of the Captain« who detaïned himJ in irons. The man would not allow that he hadf any share in the attempt to blow up the ship, but, after a few days, oflTered, in considération of being set at liberty, to pilot tbe boats of the sq^uadroD up to Pettipague Point, in the river Connecticut, where several American privateers and letters of marque Were lying. " Torpédo Jack," as the sailors had dubbed their (îaptive, was willing to prove the honesty of his intentions, by going hiteself, hand- ^uffed, in one of the boats. An expédition was planned accordingly, oonsisting of six boats from «La Hogue," "Maidstone," and "Endymion," under the orders of Captain Coote, of the " Borer " brigiJ Parry commanded one of the boats, being third in seniority of the officers engaged; and the account of this gallant exploit, for which a medal was afterwards awarded, may be given in his own words : — "We pro'ceeded in the «Borer' to the mouthl of the river, where she anchored, and we left herj at 10 o'clock at night, in six good boats, containingj 120 men, of whom 40 were marines. We had onlyl six or eight miles to rbw, but, on account of the tide, which at this season of the year always runs cuti of the river, did liot get up to tbe shipp ing of day, and landed without opposition, after warning the inhabitants, that if a single shot were Ifired in bumt. ployed i: Ihalf-past Itlie strea |that wer< iting ai lin order tiens whi lo, and b( Icoming o Ithe oppos {part, and, grand ren stop our I schooner, !bumt the joffieer, b< of or saT Jwrongly e fltyle in ii« jmake us ] I which th^ wassuffici laild, befo] most expr [mand; an( lypAoz déterminée schooûer ti 1 '-''• ■mrnenfniate^inmfi^^' ■J-^-àHAj ïmsémim^m: - |.'i J ' *jÏ n.'^/f |l814.j BOAT EXJPEDITIOH". 39 jfired in the neighbourhood, the tow'n sliould be jbumt. To make a short ^tory of it, we were em- Iployed in burning vessels from daylight, at about Ihalf-paat four, till noon, when we hauled off into Ithe stream of the river, in two 6f the finest vessels Ithat were afloat In thèse we lay four hour^onger, hating and sleeping, within pistol-shot of the woods, lin order to fefresh ourselves for any ftirther exer- Itions which it might be necessary to make ; when, llo, and behold I we saw a boat, with a flag of truce, jcoming outfrom Lyme, which place, with a point.on Ithe opposite side of the river, formed its narrowest Ipart, and, we could perceive, was destined to be the Igrand rendezvous of their forcée in thdr attempt to Istopour going back. The boat came alongside the schooner, where we wete now ail assembled (having bumt the brig which had grounded); und' nuch an offieer, bearing such a letter, nobody ever heard lof or saw,— a cobbler's hand, and many words . Iwrongly speltl It wâs to demand a surrender. The ^ Ifltyle in which thïs wos demanded was enpugh to Imake us hold it in the greatest possible contempt, which th^ answer that Captain Çoote gave him wasBufficient to show. Three cheers for old Eng- land, before the boat was ou| of hearing, was the^ most expressive answer to their presum.ptuous de- mand; and I verily believe that there waa but où I detennined upon oûr remaining where we were in the whooùer tiU dusk, then to set fire to her, and push 4 O 4 40 MEMOIRS OP SIK W. E. PaBBY. * [18,4. | fewn the river. She made the twenty-Beventh which we destroyed. Whilst day^ht lasted, the/^e afVaia to bnng anything aga\nst us where w^e Z\ iay, for we should hâve landed immediately, and dis- . persed them, but as^on as i^ was dark and t ' were just on the point of leasing her, they com menced a heavy fire of field-pieces and musketl trom the woods close abreast of us. The tide wm runmng at the rate of three or four miles an hour in our favour and we were soon away from the schooner. The grand point, at which their chief force was coUected, as I before mëntioned, was near Lyme and its opposite bank (about two miles and a half below us), and thither we" drifted i sdently without rowing, which^wonld hâve wamed them of our approach. We observed them lightin. theu. fires on the beach, which enabled Àem tf «ee when we passed the ferry, not by the light wbch they threw on the water, which was In- conside^ble, but they côuld see when any object passed between them and the fires opposite. This was very quickly the case with us, and a heavy , fire commenced. We puUed rapidly past them in a tew mmutes, and then oonsidered ourselves safe enough. When we went up the night before, we landed at a fort at the mputh of the ri^r, and, hnding no guns, merely threw down the flagstaffl to let them know we had been there. We knTw, how- ^v^ 4hat 4bey ,roald 4mve had feê êfiôïïirtr get guns hère now. When we came abreast of it, ':^.,i J *'' lll'"BH, ' i't ' '♦ uliftiîB BOAT EXPEDITION. i 41 hej opened a third fire, but with no effect Ousr only I088, m this truly weU conducted retreat, bas been two kJIed bëlonging to tbe ' Maidstone/ and one wounded of ^a Hogue/. Several priyateers, ■vhich would very soon bave been ready for eea irere destroyed. ^ Reckoning at tbe rate of 10/. per on the value of tbe damage done would be near 50,000/.;. and, as an immense quantity of stores" ^ere also bumt, it will not be above the mark value tbe wbole at 60,000/. sterling. We bave ttot yet seen the New London. account of it, but ^e hear that they are astonisbed. Independently Df the stir we made there (five or six leagues from fhis place), we bave also been actually tbe means bt dnvmg tbe American squadron from their an- bhorage several miles up the river. We imagined hey must bave gone up for tbe purpose of sending klarge force from thence round to Sayboro', to : Nt us off m our retreat; if they did go, they little, but weU conducted afikir, of wbich you wiU fcoon see the oflScial account" * In the summerof 1814, Sir J. B. Warren was ucceeded m bis command by Sir A. Cochrane, and fe more vigorous blockade of tbe American ports ommenced. «LaHogue" was stiU stationed off -T^bm^leader-Df tbis expédition, Cajtain Coote, y^^ .y^^rût *w«rtr test stTTéaL piMtT^^ïi^^wîâ^^^^^^^ »> 42 MEMOIRS OF SIR W. E. PARRT. New London, and, with the rest of the squadron, kept the whole coast in a. state of alann. Little, however, was actually donc, the American shipa of war in the Connecticut river not venturing ont tof sea. At ïeng^ Commodore Decatur, finding it had been impossible to break the blockade, even in the winter, and despairing of effecting it in the sum- mer, prudently reUnquished his inactive situation, and sent the crews of his shipa round by land to man the " Président " and others elsewhere. The prospect of peace, held out by the abdication of Napoléon, was hailed with joy by Parry, though it serioualy impaired his expectationa of promotion, 80 long delayed. {le writes, under date of July 20, 1814,— " How glorious bas been the issue of European affain to our beloved country ! She bas calmly and resolutely held out, in support of the common cause of nations, against the arm of despotlsm, which, but for ber, might, ère this, bave laid Europe under contribution. Heaven be praised ! she bas been the means of leading back other nations, one by one, to a sensé of their true interest, andl bas brought them to stand forth in defence of everythingl that should be dear to them. We may now, indeed,! boast of being Englishmen, for ail Europe is our debtori I don't much like the Elba business ; what say you toit?! Buonaparte will never, I think, be in quiet while lives,— it would be very odd if be were! We don't hearl what the Emperor of Austria says to ail this. Indeed, wè l only- gef Bcr api oF Engîish iSewi l?om flie Americaûl papers." RT. [1814.^1815.] BETURN^OP " LA HOGUE." 43 "LaHogue" noW returned home; but Parry, « anxious " as he ^as " to visit once more the shores of old England,»^etermined to remain on the North American station, as the most likely means of ob- taimng his long-desired step. H^ was, consequeiitly, appomted to the « Maidstone " (36). The Peace of Ghent, the news of which arrived early in January, 1815, proved, as he had anticipated, a stiU further obstacle to the attainment of his wishes, and the letters written by him at this time show, painfiilly the sickemng effects of " hope deferf éd." UnwiUing to quit his présent station, and so lose the « poor, and rndeed almost hopeless, chance of promotion," he suc- cessively joined the « Ardent " (64), " Carron " (20) and "Niger " (38). In November, 1815, he writes:- «I am almost tired of shifting myself and my baggage 80 often. However, it cannot be helped, and we oughtto lendeavDur to feel contented, when we are doing'the best we can. You see, my dearest parents, that I am stiU actmg oû.that_^incipl^rte which I trust I hâve hitherto adhered, yiz., the doing whal, under existing circum- BtanceMeemstometobemoetright. .... Ihaveacted Ion tbs fixed pnnciple through aU my changes and ex- now, mdeed.Bchanges." The same conscientious attention to présent dutv memm% letter, written at this time, on the eubject of punctuaUty, which formed so marked- a [^^"'•e of his character throughout lifej — the Americaol body else thinks necessary. This unpunctuality may be V lif^à^i^}. 4âif^ î. ' ET. i happen ; ai^d, not he, but l| > bad hftbit, and leave now wiU l 80 on." his life, was lid, "lusedto 'nce, however, 'om Bermudas PeU (now Sir 3enwich Hos- attack of in- in PeU, who. he disposai of j bis mind, and attentions he g, he obtained of which was ! made many less, that he Q to join his " With the q.j he, at this y. " I know •Id, for whom If 70U knew For your dis- tog newTT ;d continued Ci8l5.Bl818.] DESCEIPTIOI^ OP THE BEEMtoDAS. 45 after their return to Bogland, and remained un- broken untU Mr. Martyr's death, which occurred iBonîe years later. The sorrow which Parry feit a^ the I088 of this valued'friend proved, as wiU be seen, the means of marking the advance and development lof his own religious principles. The Christmas of 1815 was spent at.Bermudas, I where he awaited the arrivai of the « Carron " from jTrinidad, and, during his stay in thèse islands, he Iwas much indebted to the kîndness of the oflScers of Ithe 62nd régiment, who made him an honorary Imember of their mess. * " The appearance of thèse islands, covered with cedar ^s, whose bright green is happily interspersed with Ithe milk-white hou8es,-the peculiar fight colour, and ^iquisite cleamess of the water, .which surpasses any^ tlung that can be imagined from having seen the sea in other parts of the globe,-pre8ent a scène uncommonly romantic and interestmg. Moore, who celebrated its «auties ♦, could not, certainly, hâve found any spot more fcely to mspire the imagination of a poet. Another jet, too, WaUer, bas touched upon it in his song, th^ugh Johnson says he never was there. Last, though not jieast, the immortal Shakespeare bas hiid the scène of ♦ « FareweU to Bermada, and long may the bloom Of the lemon and myrUe its vaUeys perfiune ; May spring to etemity haUow the shade, Where Ariel has warbled, and WaUer has sflayed ' " • Thèse leafy isles upon the océan thrown,"* like stadfi of emerald o'er a aUvM zone." —Id. ^4Sxxamr if il Uk^itl %■* "f) V 46 MEM0IR8 OP BIB W. E. FABQT. Ci8".B'*"'^ his *Tempest' in the 'still vexed Bermoothes.' StilU I think thèse gentlemen would^not bave relished a twôlvemonth there. There is, positivelj, uothing eatablel to be got, and even a poet would soon bave found to hisl cost, that no substantial beef and mutton is to be found | grazing in tbe * fairy fields of fancy.' " Early ili 1817, be was recalled to Englaûd, in conséquence of a severe family affliction. His father bad, in the precedîng October, been seized withal paralytic attack, wbich deprived bim pf the use ofl bis right side, and reduced bim, for tbe remainingBi][ years of bis life, to a state of great suffering andl belplessness. His father*s illness, and bis own despair of promotion, combined to render tbis thel gloomiest period of our sailor's life; but, wben thel cloud which overfaung bis fortunes seemed mo8t| impénétrable, an opening unexpectedly occurredj which threw a gleam of encouragement over darkened professional prospects, and finally proTd| tbe forerunner of success and renown. At tbe conclusion of tbe war, aiîd, consequentlj,! of active service rff'^'t4 J fciiSiSii,/' •*f!V' n >I 1Y ■'•■'/*"'■""■'"' ." '.'•"•#*#«" <• ' *^.| B^T. [1817. B""'^ APFOÛÎTBD TO THE " ALEXANDER." 47 tion continued to be occupied wiOi the subject of \frican discovery. About the dose of the year 1817, in which he etumed to England, hô wrote to « friend on this iibject.^ The letter was ^tten, but not posted, m the newspaper lefittedout to the pen, and added ■<, that, as far as hè was ail one to him. rhen his eye fell on à atire to an expeditio: !fortBern Begions, H( I his letter, by way of concerned, "hot or rica or the Pôle." The friend to whoi£ the letter yas addressed showed it to Mr. Barrow, Secretary ' the Admiralty, and the weU-known patron of Btic discovery. In a few days, Parry, stiU a" lieutenant, waâ appointed to ^thç command of ^e «Alexander» discovery ship, under the orders of [Commander John Eoss in the "Isabella," «for the burpose of exploring Baffin's Bay, and ascertaining |he probabilities of a North-West Passage to tho Pacific" . . . "■'' ' ■.,'•■»*■ ■ ', ■ ' " , ■ . ■ ■ \ i-f ■~y<.-'^. fi ■fl - --;- ■^ " o V -■ ■ * ^ 1 ■ h \ ■.■/ \ ■ -"'.^ ,^^. ' k ' - #:^^ ' / ^ ' / ' ' J-^A —f~- il o> <:y '?r'p. ^ • '• '\- .• Jy^K 48 MEM0IR8 OP SIR W. E. PABRY. CHAR m. BRIEF SKETCH OF ARCTIC DISCOVERT PREVIOUSLT TO 1818. —LIFE IN THE POLAR REGIONS. One day, «arly in the month of June, 1576, wheii| Greenwich wàe a royal résidence, three small s lay moored in the river, opposite the palace, il queen of England stood at one of the windowJ waving her hand, in token of farewell, to an officerl standing upon the deck of the larger vessel. Nearljl three hundred years afterwards, when ^pother queeil sat on the throne of Elizabeth, a naval officerj travelling in ail haste from the north of our islandj arrived at daybreak in London, and anpounced the world, that the Nor^jj-West Passage had discovered. o Thèse three cèiEituries, which elapdl between the departore of Sir Martin Frobisheil Irwi Greenwich, and the arrivai of Lieutenantl S. G. Cresswell in London in 1853, wi|h despatchal from Captain M*Clure, fom» ^n interesting epieodel i# in history, being the time océupied in the eolutionl ( of that problem> which Frobisher pronounced to b«,[ \i^ in his day, "the only great thing left undone in thel Forl d.» ■ - ■_- 1 The discovery of the o^jntinent o^ Alherica, at thel •'. -..^-^ 'V;^^->--*ï:iy SKETCH OF ARCTIC DISCOVEET. 49 close of the fifteenth century, opened out a wide field for nautical enterprise. The flourishing tradci 9f Spain and Portugal in the Indian Seas #imu- [ated the merchants of England to seek a shorter passage thither than that by the Cape of Good Hope. Hence a séries of expéditions, at greater or. kess intervais, for the discovery of a "North-tVest ^assage to Cathaia and lands Orientall." Even lefore the reign of Elizabeth, some attempts had been made towards this object. In the time of lenry VII., Sébastian Cabot, then only twenty- khree years of âge, considering it "a thing more Hivine than human, to sail by the west into the bast, where spicea do grbwe, felt in his heart a great Bame of désire to attempt some notable thing."* ' In those days, however, so little was known of the bontinent of America, which lay as a« great barrier |)etween the shores of England and the East Indies, hkt Cabot, after sailing « as far as the 56th degree bnder our pôle," and "findi^g, to his great dis- bleasure, that the land still continued " to the north, fetraced his steps to the southvvard, as far as Vlorida, still hoping to corne across some openihg vhich might suit his purpose. It is mentioned, in ome accounts, that his progress to the northward vas stopped by «such coulde* and heapes of yse," hat he durst pass no furSer ; also, that he found fthe days very jong, and, in_a manner, without _ ♦ Shillinglaw. Narrative of Arctic DucoTerf. £ géi^'.;yi:^:<::jt-'i^jMÈ: Â-i V. '4 50 MEMQIRS OF SIK W. E. PARRY. nyghte." On his return to England, Cabot wasl prevented from prosecuting his discoveries by the rébellion of Perkin Warbeck, and the war withl Scotland. The impulse, however, given by hisi efforts to arctic research, stirred up others toi imitate his example. Portugal was, at this timej one of the great naval powers of Europe, îtnd thej countrymen of Vasco di Gama were not likely toi leave to England the sole enjoyment of the fruits ofl this nèw field of enterprise. Accordingly, G^sparl de Cortereal, a Portuguese of high rank, 6aild| from Lisbon in 1500, and returned to that pott thel next year, having made his way as far as thel coast of Labrador, and bringing back with himl several of the natives, as trophies of those hithertol unknown régions. He sailed again the next*year| to foUow up his discoveries, but was never heard ofl more. His brother Michael went in search of him,! but he too, never returned. A third brother offeredl to foUow, but the King Eraanuel refused to permiil him to tempt a similar fate *, and the loss of the twol ^ Cortereals will ever remain one of the impénétrable! mysteries of arctic story, a foretaste of that nâorej prolonged tragedy which has been witnessed by ourj ^ own génération. Frobisher was the first Englishman who sailed m command of an expédition for the discovery ofil Nortfc-Weat Passage, «Cabot being of Venetia Shillinglaw. Narrative of Arctic DisÉoreiy. T-^"' *iin'^v:T^., SKETCH OF ABCTIC DI8C0VERY. 51 extraction^ though his nautîcal famé was giîned under the English flag. The first v/ ' V y^j'^ith thé^ Hinfeteenth cei^tury a new era dawned pri arctic history. Withitt" a space of thirty-five years, from 1818 to 1853>|pucce88ive expéditions left our shores, each resulting in vatied success, and the contribution of much valu^l^le scientifîc informa- tion ; until, at length, the crew of M'Clure's ship V'. m pafised homeward tl\rough Lakcaâter Sound, having enîtered the Polar Sea from the Wes^jern aide. To the late Sir John Barrow, secretary of the Admiralty, is owing^ the practical revival of this intçresting question in the minds of our countrymen. He strongly urged the necessjty of accomplishing thatdiscovery to which our old navigators had led the way; and of not allp^^ing pthers, especially Bussia, " a naval power of but yesterday," to snatch from Britain the honour of solving this great problem. But the strongeg ** the increased probability ijciisruption of the vas an four centuries, li ^i^and. This fa( reporia of whalers and ument urged was s, arising from the e, which, for more the shjores of Old ully attested by li jho, while they found LIFE IN THE POLAR REGlOtîS. 55 the higher latitudes comparatively free from ob- Istruction, met with icebergs and islands"of packed jic^far to the sôuthward of their original fastncsses. conséquence of thèse considérations, a plan was Idra^k up by Sir John, then Mr. Barrow, which re- suîtêlf in orders being issued by the Admiralty for the pri^paration of four ships, to be appropriated to the service in question, — two, for the search of a passage ftom the Atlantic to the Pacific ; and two, to proceed\from the Sea of Spitsbergen towards the NorthPoleA . Having thtis briefly traced the history of forme? I expéditions for\the^discovery of aNorth-West Pas- sage, it may be well to consider the peculiar charac- teristics of the service on ^hich the crews of thèse ships were employed. It is a strange life on which the seaman enters, [when once his vessel bas made the ice of the Northern Seiàs. ^ Till that moment, the dangers he, bas encountered bave been euch as his nautical. Lexperienoe bas taught him to avoid or meet ; bût, jthe ice once around him, ail is changed. At this criticaLinoment, when he feels that the périls of an ahnost m^te^ andi^Sè^jain navigation call for every «P'tlâf ^8 skill caj|^^t|ggest, he is, gradually, de||^ved of that frien^ây help which he bas always regirdèd as his'^nfeinstay in the ^ur of need. Pach"" m> ^J^^_^ Pfyo»^e8 nearer to tle ma^tië p otg M 1 ne eàrtïï, the compass becomes more sli^gish, untit. f . t/V" «.u-» ^ ^^ MÉBIOIRS OF SIR W. E. PARRY. \^ at length, it is " thrown asi^Je as useless lumber." • ' The wind riseà to,*^ gale, and instead of the rocks and shoals, whîcn, in other seas, oiFér, if we may so say, only a jpassive résistance to the sailor's course, hère looseirozen masses dash againstthe vesselVside with a violence which no skrll or chart can avoid. Well might the Britîsh mariner, two centuries ago^ be aff'righted by the "very loathsome noise"! so nèw to ihis ears, whé^ an arctic navigator of our owd days describes it as such, that "the orders of thç loflScers and men could scarcely be heard," J as they toiled through the heavily-laden breakers. Strange too and magnificent, in approaching the 1 portais of the Northern Océan, muit' be the first sight of the hûge floating mountains çf ice, past .which the vessél glidèà, — their upper snow-capped surface, of alabastèr white, spartjlkig in the sun, and contrasting with the beautiful. azuré of the base, againet which the surf is dashing. § Thèse giants of the north are, at once, thé friend and foe of*the ad- . venturous navigator. "Now he courts their proximity, making fa^t to them for seeurity, or slowly hauling, pastr their huge sides; while, at other times, be steer^ wide of the glistening masses, fearing lest, lijce the fabled rocks of Grecian story, they should * Patins Voyages. t Wayn^uth'a Voyage in 160? ; Shillinglaw,^. 76. L Admirai Beechey'sNairatiYe-of the^ "Voyage of i « Dorothea" and " Trent," in 1818. § Sce accounts of Parry, Scoresby, and others. 'ty:^,. S:^ roachinff the ) / 4^ LIFE IN THE POLAR REGIONS. 57 meet and crush his frail bark, or, perchance, lose their balance, and fall upon him. In this latter cage, it is but short \»rarning that is given. The sound of a jvoice,the firing of a gun, or a blow with a boat^ hook, isoften enough to detach the loosened frag- ments, and endanger the equilibrium of the whole. 1 Down into the sea, witk a noise as of thunder, falls the mountain, for a moment disappearing from view ; then, suddenly, in the midst of a cloud of foam, shooting up again into the air. For a while it rocks toand fro, as if uncertain of its new position, into which, at last, it gradually subsides, whi Je streams of water pour from its surface, glistening with emerald hues in the rays of the sun.* • ..>. Various and fantastic are the fonns assumed by thèse mountains of ice, to deceive or amuse the Uilor. At whiles, the cry of « a sail " startles him, and, half doubting, half hopeful, he prépares his packet qf home letters, ail to no purpose. Again, jhis fancy spreads before him, gorgeous in tints of Igold and emerald, a palace not unworthy of fairy- jland, with crystal colonnades, and diamond-studded jgate8,--or, once more, it is a huge pavilion that jmeeta his eyè, from whose entrance he almost expects Nome uncoulh form to issue, to do the honours" of pe North, and welcome the strangers to his frozen [abode.f *" \. VJournala'ûn Voyage aux Mers Folaires, par J. R. Bellot. t Ibid. t / 9f% "'W -'■i MÇHOWIS OP SIR m E, PARBY. In thèse régions ail is rude and colossal The !*"^®^®®"^ipiW%elf Ijiindreds of feet in height, is but a siMfhigment.of a vaàifc glacier on the shore, extending often for two or three miles inland. ï^' séparation of the berg from its parent iield Ims Iteen described bj an eye-witneés of the avalanchéP " This occurred on a remarkably fine day, when the stillness of the bay was first interrupied by the noise of the fallïng bodj. We had approached one of thèse stupendous walls ofjce, and were endeap vouring to séaprçh into the innermost recesses of a deep cavem near the foot of the glacie#^hen we heard^ a report, as of a cannon, and, turning to the quarte; 'from whence it proceeded, we perceived an immense pièce of the front of the berg, eliding down from the height of^200 feet, at least, into thes|ea, and dis- persinif (th| water in ^^very diiection, accompani^ by a loud gHnding noisé, folio wed by a quantity of ^at©5||whiehj being preyiously lodged in fissures, now made its ^scape în numberiéss «mail cataracts ^thefyontjtheglac^"* " . ,JQ1 in keepil^too witit the scène are thjp wonden of animated natu^fe^^^erg. spdlËin^lhe water from his n^trilsÀa 4^e%e8 bapking-èn the surface of the sea, iMft, darme^" by the unwonted intrusion pn^his sc^pîdêf he suddenly dives head foremost, lashing thfr' water into foam with his broad-forked tail. .Theie, the scène will be diversified by a Beechev's Narrative. lifeA <' •ÎÉ- LIFE IK THE POLAB KEOIOKS. «9 Iw^a, fonnidable with ils huge tusk, and ponderou, bulk, reclmmg leisureiy on fhe brink of the ice, or A bttle further on, a ,eal i« lyiog in wait at the edge of a bple watching bis opportunity to dive bck. a great wh.te Cear, bimeelfon the look ont for W,e ^al^armed by the dip of oars, or the strawe ^und of Jiuman Voices, plonge, head foremost into the »ea over a précipice many feefrin beight. Should na ™,tor8 be at leisnre for a chase, he is „oï let off ' ta easdy; aftd tbe e«itement of a bear-bmitis "M^to^° '"'''*'™ ^^ '""^ «PP"*'"'"y to beal- eye of tbe mariner is now directed upwards, Ki bcryature seems, in a manner, to change her «urse, m worfc eigns and wondere in the hcaven Jver he»d. Now, the snn appears no longer circolar, tat of an oval ionn,-or, perbaps, tbcre is no longer taesunmjthe sky, but two enns mock his won- 1.^ A ™r' «"'''^ '" ■"" Ph»ntom-like »»«e. Aga,n, the whole of one quarter of the Uvens »41ummated with golden n,ye, dimmingthe ™4«nce of flaoon and stars, whUe flickering shrftsof fght shoot swiftly upwards to the zénith. Tbe Morant native of tbese frozen sfaores. wben he «» X • Pàny's Voyages, BeUofs Journal, &c a^f»'!' ';.y^=:'f|i 60 ME HOIRS OF SIR W. E. PARRT. thèse glittering portents, cjnes aloud to his comrades, that «the spirita of the air are ruÀing by." The wiser British seaman gazes in scarçe lèse wonder at the sight, but he knows that he i^ mgh.Hie " birthJ place of the Aurora Borealis. " • " I Onwards speeds the ahip, — ^but now the ice gathen closej*, and her situation becomes, each hour, more and more perilous. Once caught in the " paci," she is entirely at its mercy. Instances hâve been knom where a Vessel bas drîfted, helplessly and hopelesaly, for scores, nay, hiindreds of miles, without poasibilitj of extrication. t At times, she is violently he^yed up, high and dry, above thevfli»fôce of the ice, and then agaip dashed down into the hollows, her timben groaning, and her masts quivering with the shock The skill of the seaman is of no avail. AdmirtI Beechey relates that in one case, « the motion of the ship was so great, that the ship's bell, which, in the heaviest gale of wind, had never struck of itself, naw tolled so continually, that it was ordered to be muffled, for the purpose of escaping the unpleasant associations it was calculated to excite." Often, • Quarterly Beview, xviii p. 492. « t The American searching expédition under Lient de Hayen,ii ISSl^was carried in this way, from the month of Wellington Channcl J throagh Lancaster Soand, some way down Baffin's Bay. 11» ** Besolute," abandoned in 1853, n littleto>|he «ôuth-east of Melrilbl Island, waa afterwards fonnd in Davis Straks, having drifted a d» tance of about 1200 miles. Sir James Clarke Ross, in 1849, drifted, f ^i i L-i he^ padfc-ieer feem LcopoldHHaad » Pond'a Baj/TTibôBt^ miles. ■' ' . ■ ë " . .' ^ LIFE IN THE POtAB BEQ.Oltg. ^ 'g, fwhej. th« penlous criai» «cem. furthert off îtî. i, fcw«_ dup,, a «temier «nd a transport, weredriffin!* ■V/nannei. ihere waa scarcelv anv «,;«^ j lire«,»d of danger oloee at ha„d ^lu^f^ ."" "Îk' «^ on b»«d thetranaport wère^^e T'^: prouna rnem. iiiere was not even/ tima *« • «.tioe to the deepera in the ka^Zt wL Xn - c^hed, and engulfed in'tht Wingte .t K having only just time to escape with\ • *- «.eir e,e„ he; Sanf AnSlX KewaheyaniahedfromtheirTiew ^ >n the kinter w now fasf orx^ l* ^ -ArctiC/ Lner dmZ / Wroaching. As the brief wnimer draws to a dose, the vesseJ «fîii i , dvancing through the int«SiT '^"^^^^ ^«dually arrested in her fS!^^^^^ :V^' « h au aails L, Ld \ ^^^^ «"^^«- Oiten, / ■îi %■ • Sir Edw.rt Bdcher-, ne.p«che^ isia. \ ■ .r -H '- -u "-»!> ■'■/^. '!\ ff.v. 62 MEM0IR8 OF SIRJW". E. PARRT. remaîns motionless, reminding the baffle^ crew ofl Gulliver, helpless in the toils of his Lilliputian „ antagonists.* The warningis not^, slighted, and a convenient spot is selected for winter quarters. The union jack is hoisted on shore, and the ship is, in a few hours, firmly frozen in, her topmasts struck, and the upper dock secure]^ hpused over, with .thetj prospect of well nigh three quarters of a year ofi helpless durance in her icy fetters. Slfcrter, andJ still shorter, grows the scanty daylight. Magpificentj hues of gold, purple, and crimson, in the clear sky, attend the rising and setting of t^ie glowly d^artingl Sun fj as thouglù to compensate Iot the long periodj of dar^ness now'so cear at hand/ At length, j^n the masthead, his orb is seen to set, for the last j»me.| The dreary, sunless night of three months has %giM.| Day after day, the cracking timbers of the imprSISB|ijJ vessel attest the griidual dèscent of the merçurtl Before nian^days the mercury it^elf is frozen ii^wl tube, the béer refuse!^ to ferment, and the spirits i vinegàr are congealed into a solid maâf'in'the cask.}! Beyond the shelter of the vessel, there is^^ittletol cheer the already sufficlently depress^ spirit^ Iil calm weather, it is possilkle to stir abroa^ withoiitl 9,ny serious inconvenience. But there is not mud to tempt one outside^ W ith the exoi^tion of a ïi% gaunt Wolves, whose hungry, hqwl is ,con8tantl heaijd near the ships, and the little arctic fox, in I LIFE IN THE P0L4B EEO.ONS. 63 m ght have ured ,h,^„„ter to the cbase. havr/eft the bleak inhospitab^ coast for a more I„Ial weaned eye ,9 one monotdnous surface of ice un- broken save by a few "hummocks" thro™ "p ^^re and there, above the gèlerai leveI,-wMe I' certain d»»th Tf.i. ■ P^' •'«''on'es almost certain deatb. If the imprudent straggler at leneth «S^ .iXi^met and rambliog, like those of a .|aA«. m™«nd he is fortunate if he eacape with ,tJ*ff ,J^- ^'"''*'^° *»g*"' «'iffened to the d-pe «f the piusket stocfc or sUff, which he earries mbie-hand . ■ For the use «f those who ventZto >^ce fron. the ^ip, fi„ger posta are plantëd «^ iqnarters. »«* the strange refracting power of the ' 2-«ph«rels a.«onstant source of d^ption To ^de_ his steps m the waste, the feivelfté singles ont r«th h« eye what he conçoives to be a lofty Ck 1 l«ome 4i8ta5ce, but, after a few paces stnmM |.»nalI.,tot.einhispath A 1»»^^ ? °™'" likJpi;.,^^ i.r- . "' ** *" appearance, IS 0^ ciiTT'" ''r '* ■'""-"'^ '=^- fr»™ laetopQiaqiff. Apartyishastayfcrmei whoarm bem.éWuhg„„s aV pikes. L «bX'kT ^ ♦ Pwryîe VoyagM. tN <> V V 11 Mi ,■;■ 1 l! 64 MEMOIRS OF SIR W. E. PARRT. the chose, dividing into two banda to eut off Bniîn's retreat. Meanwhile the animal decamps, and ail marvel at' the unwonted agility of the unwieldy monster. But the m^^tery is soôn solved. A sailor puraues, and in a few minutea returna, holding in his hand a small Arcti^ fox, the real object of ail thèse alarming preparatîona.* But even a Polar wiriter haa, at laat, an end. A seamanclimbs a hill, and reporta that he haa actually aeen the sun, whose beams, ère many daya, once more fall on the housinga of the impriaoned ahip, Hia orb ie yet, in reality, below the horizon, and his first appearance ia owing to refraction, but it is enough,— the long night ia over, and the heartsof ail are gladdened. It ia long before his raya gain any power, but, whenthia iaonce the c^se, the scène changes rapidly. The sriow vanishea from-the ground, giving place to beds of the acarlet poppy, and the purple saxifrage, while the constant and cheerful note of the anow-bunting, the «redbreast of the North," resounding on ail sides, reminds his listeners i of a brighter country, the fielda and hedge-row8 of home. Now the reindeer retum to their haunte.l and the fox is found with hia vrhite winter-fur already 1 apeckled, with gray. Herds of muak oxen frolicj with awkward gambola, in the midst of luxuriant çrossy pasturea, which almost présent the appearance of a plea*ant^ngUsh meadow.f On land, Nature 1 • Bellot's .Tniirnfll. t Parrj's Voyages, BèUot's Jotimal, &c. ■'■'" UFE IK IHE POIAE BE6I0KS. 65 |.h.ady bu«t her chmns, but the ice in the harbour ofrefuge » stUI man^feet thick. The ib^TuZ er«., >s telhng eaeh hour, ^ the loud «porte „f°he purhng massée, every „ow and then, ainounee ita «teady pryeae. The brief enmmer ie abeX h^f over.ere the saw and blaeting cylindjr hâve done their work ;-but, at length, the ship gtdesftom W pr-son at fi„t elo^ly and half doubtfSly L thll Kped by long confinement, and Xn ^ tS fc«--V 0,d 4a:d,ldt;emS ««.ontheir way, and aU the hopes aid ul,7Z l«^c nav.gat,o„ hâve again aprunglntoW Suchns a Pohtt winter, and suoh in iL ■ kture», « life within the irctic Cbdê. '' """•'' .'' ^ ** *.i n }*«! 66 MEMOIBS OP SIft W. E. PARRijr. [1S18. "■^*f; . CHAR IV. - . • - I- --' THE "ALEXANDER" FÏTTED OUT AT DEPTFÔBD. ^LIEUT, FRANKLIN.-^SAILING OP THE EXPEDITION 'djTDER RpS9. BAFFIN's BAY.ii — LANCASTER SOUND AND CSOKEB M0UIÏTAIN8. — ^RETURN TO ENGLAND.— PARRY APPOINTÉ) 1 TO THE COMMAND OF A NEW EXPEDITION. 1818. *■ Op the two expéditions, fittçd out ipa the yeàr 18l8,1 for the purpose^ ôf Arctic discOvery, fhat consistijg of tiie " t83,bella " and " Alexander," with whicà Pany wa8 connected, waa intended, as we havé seen .in the *pi;èeeding 'chapter, to explore Baffin's Bay, atid tOr%eek an opening in the same quarter, wHercj former explorers hàd failed ; while tl^e," Dorothea" and ^^'Trent," under Captain Buchan, were to takel the bolder course of steering for Behring's Strait?) across the North Pôle itself. The second in command of this latter expédition | was Lieut. Franklin, Parry'e acquaintance witl «whom dates from this periodj when both werej etigaged in fitting out their respective vessels ttl • Deptford. Franklin, iti âge four years his seniorj Tîad pariâedlîonsideraHe drsÏÏnction the latel^S^Baoriike tliose m <^ m ,ky.;..;Vïîi;j..,-^:i. ««...>, 1S18.] WECTEKANT PEANKLIN. 67- j»d both were now about to make their entry on the ,t^e of Ar^tic enterprise, with whioh iZ n«ne8 were to be for ever associated. The Z ,™mtance, thus commenced, afterwards ripened into the unbroken fnendship of two kindred naturT for .earty forty years. When the fate of tle . Erebus was yet „ncerb.i„, none feJt more kee-^^ th™ Su. Edward Parry the torturhig anxiAs Jf Hoaged ,„,pea«,. Jo use hU own "words ^ Ll ■ thoagte," and amqng hU own moet treaaured me- monab was foûod one pàper with the touehTnl en orsement,-.. De»r Franklin'a làat letttr ^ „7 Julr lOth 1845." He ets more immediatelv «onneoted pith the peçuliar service to T fch t • W beea chosen. I,^ this he wfe aiâ«d bè^ • Mnesa of many iaflVial frttnds.- ^S •' fdue^on to Sir Joseph Banks was followe^ T^- ■ Lt 1-1, 5 ' T '*'' " ■"'' ■ t'"^ " » ." lie wrote, "arc m hke those of, fashionable life, but arc givTn ir G8 MEMOIES OF SIR W. E. PARBTfSf HlSlS. from a real désire to do everytliing whi<îh cari, in the smallest degree, tend to the advancement of every branch of science." * Of the continued kindness of his warm friend and patron, the Secretaty of the Admiralty, he also writes : — * ^ . " I called upon Mr. Barrow, who liSriiediately sent for me, and shook hands like a twenty years' acquaintance, and conversed with me, forlialf an hour, upon the North- West Passage, islands of ice, bears, Baffins, Hudsons, &c. I jjnentioned to him having seen, while coming from Aniierica last April, islands of ice in a low latitude ; at which he caught, as an additional confirmation of the reported breaking up of that body to the northward, and" desired me to gire him a full account of the situation in which I saw them." His time was now spent chiefly at Deptford, where n» pains were spared in rendering the ships as strong as wood and iron could make them, for encountering the pressure of the ice, and in providing for the comfort of oificers and men. " Everybody," he writes, " is désirons to anticipate our wishes in this respect from the highest to the lowest that are employed in our equipment . . . . I do not mind telling you that the 'Alexander' bas obtained, among the officers, the name of the * Yacht,' from the very superior accommodations we hâve to those of the other ships. Indeed, I never saw aivylhing more snug mentiûned, as people might hfusj I gave myself the ,-=# %-y ':!«#: 1818.] DEATH OF HIS SISTER. 69 crédit of at, whereas the truthjs, that, during the pro- gress of our équipaient, the officers of the dockyard the principal of whom l knew before, haVe attendecf t^ my wishes in eTerything, an advantage the otbers could not possibly h^ve. * . « - ^Jn the midst of thèse active préparations, he re- ceived tI(ïing^ of tHe death of his beloved sister, Mrs Eardlejr Wilmot The tidings afiècted him deeply, but, he did.uot suffer thèse feelings to in- ' terfere with^a vigorous attention to his more im- médiate duties, as wiU be seen from the followiii :— "Deptford, March, 1818. "My dearest Parents, ^ "If it were not that t knew you would expect a letter from me to-morrow, I should hâve been tempted to tear up that which I despatched to-day. and which wa8, hterally, written chiefly upoq a cask, while our men were at dinner. After the most busy day that I think I ever pansed in my life, how happy am I to be able to sit down quietly in my lodgings, to attempt to answer the many anxious inquiries you hâve lately made respecting ** : our expédition ! I consider it to be our business to coUect f materials, and to préserve those materials in as perfect I a State as possible, for the exammation of scientific men rL'^r*"™i "°'l"^ ^^^° *^" ' ^^^'< * précaution Irem^ber my dear fatier ^We given me some years r J ^ \^\^othing escape me that comes within |°>7 reacb, and I hope to be abia to produce, on our I 'The -AlexiSer" was fitted out in t6e Dockvard «nH ,».- I olher ships in Merchant Docka. dockyard, and the F 3 / ./" ^M'^'' lïU 70 MEMOIK8 or SIR W. E. PARRY. [1818. return, a tolerable collection for the leamed to work upon. I will take care to procure eyerything, minerai or fossiL that I meet with. My hammer stick, which bas been much admired, is hanging up in my cabin, and will, I hope, be often brought into use during the summer. Indeed, I shall never go on shore 'without it, for it will \ t)e useful as a weapon, as well as in the other way. " The observations upon the magnet will form one of the most intereating objects oî the expédition. A variety of compassés are prepared for us, and 'greàt expectaijons are formed of the results we are likely to obtain in high northern latitudes. The connexion observed, in many instances, between magnetism and electricity, and between thèse and the Aurora £|^ealis, i? very eurious, andit is expected J;hat the obse^ations we shall be enabled to make may throw considérable light «pon it. There are great spéculations on foot, as to what effect\may be anticipated upon our^ compassés, when we approach the Magnetic Pôle, " You will easily belieVe how deeply I felt the con- cluding page of my dearest father's letter. x Wfcether it shall please God that I am ever, in thls world,\o h&n the happihess of seeing yoù again, is ^ the disposai of Hrai who ' doeth ail things weU/ " The interest excited in the |\ublic mind by the contemplated expédition, had attracted large crowds of visitors to Deptford, and the decks were thronged witlydghtiiAeers from morning till night. When the ehips dropped dowh to Woolwich, he says, " We hâve th i i' Alftxaud e r'' to 0ttrftelve», ibr1irefa8lrtîin^ she wa» put into commission.**' southward oi ^- is' ■^ 1818] SUNDAY AND DiyiNE SEEVICE. 71 On the first Suhday of the voyage, the « Alexan- der's" ahip's company were mustered, in the gun- room for Divine Service, a duty never om^tted, except iû cases of urgejit necessity. «Seamen," he writes, "with ail their imperfections on their heads, are certainlj a very attentive congréga- tion. It may be said, in opposition to this, that, iri a man-of-M^ar, they are afraid to bg otherwise, but the 'Alexander' is not yet enough a man-of-war to pro- ducè attention by any such means ; and I never saw a more orderly congrégation than that to which I read prayers t»-day. Nothing could be more satis- factoiy and creditable than the attention of my men ItreaUy was delightful, and,,you may dépend upon it, that nothing but very bad weather shall prevent my constantly attending to it. If it édifies o«^an only of my crew, it cannot be said to be of no av^^ but I/^ sure it wiU do more. At ail events, î ^ doing^duty. Let ustrust with|implicit confidence in that God, whose eye is everywhere, and whose mercr âîTd beneficence are equaUy conspicuous, whether we tUverâe the fft)zen régions of the North, or bask in the sùnshine of tour native plains." Onthe 3rd of May^ the shores of Shetknd were left mind, and, on the 26th, they r<ï■*?'■*.; SS; ' --^pf-, !<.;'i -ji^-. ■ y - / K^ i « 72 MEMOIRS OF SIR W. E. PABRY. [I8I8. now proved^to be very unequajr The eluggishness of the " Alexander " was a continuai source of regret to Parry; not merely from his natural eagerness to press onward towards the field of dîscovery, but bécasse hia ship was unable, like her consort, to spare the time for heaving to, occasionally, for the purpose of obtaining soundings, and making observa- tions on the direction of currents, &c. In a polar voyage, the sight of the first iceberg Is an event of some interest, and, on the same day that they rounded Cape Fàrewell, they passed a berg at the distance of a few miles. The lively imagination of the " Isabella's " cre\«' traced, in its fantastic peaks, Bome resemblance to the Lion and the Unicorn of the Royal arms, which was, at once, interpretéd as an omen of good luck. A few days later,, the ice of Davia' Strait was fairly entered, and the ships, at timea, completely stopped. « The masses, or lumps of ice," Parry writes, « sometimes resemble the huge piles of stone at Stonehenge, two upright pièces supporting a third placed homontally upon them." Whenever advance Vas rendered impossible by the State ol the ice, the delay was turned to account, for the purpose of making observations. The usual practice was to make the ships fast to one of the many icebergs in thé neighbourhood, which was then converted into a site for the temporary obser- vatory. The strange character of the scène, which the eye at thèse tiinës,Wa3 as tl\ough one entered on a new world. r^' " ' " »' > 'WWp*WW»< t l ' « i» i ' lii i « i mmi^vmmSS^ '1> . 1818.] DESCBIPTIÔN ÔF SCENEEY, ^3 «The magnificence of the view is far beyond anj description I can give of it. One half of the horizon, that to the eastward, was occupiéd 'by the mak hills of Groenland, and some of its islanda not pR than two miles from uâ. Within a few miles allVoUnd us, the water was clearj. but the whole of the wktern horizon from land round to land, was coyered with innumerablé masses of ice packed close together. Hère and there, a tremendous berg appeared, each assuming some peculiar /antastic shape. If the scène >round were grand, that upoH the iceberg was nbt legs /nteresting. In one part, was to be seen a group atten<ïvely employed in making the requisite observations ; in anoiher, a party of sports- men, finng at the numerous loôns, mallemukes, kitte- wakes, &c. Below, were the boats taking ice on board for water; hère and there, a sa/lor or two amusing them- selves m sliding do.yn from the top of the ice to the Valley below. The whole scène was extremely interest- ing and novel. We were employed in executing some the most important objecta of our mission, and this alone, would hâve made it delightful." * ' ' On one occasion, while waîll»g for the sun to break through the overhanging veil of mist, the interval was employed by the officers in a *iock tght with snow-balls. «Some who had gained the summit of the berg, on saddle, lookmg down an almost perpendicular cliff po pelt with snow those who had not been soXTd, V^ * Lieut. Parr^-'s Journal. ,-% # ,>■: !^, .- ii s^ 1.0 M ëii£ lia 2.0 11! 11:25 1 1.4 1.6 ' / •- /%»^^JI Photographie V ^Sdâicês Corporation 23 WBT MAIN STRHir WnSTIk.N.Y. 14SM (7I6)«72-4S03 -*!' '\ ■ 'i.l^«ikW,4 ■ , •>■ , 4P •if ■ • k ; 1 • ■ ■ -• ''.^il » • o • 'V?.'''?i ^^. » * • ■ ■< J i ' - * - • »• ) ■ " ' ' ' ' '3 ■ \ s# ^ *». * '. *:'&'• ''^ '• " '''^' % • < ,.■..^^M^^ ;:-■■.' "^ 1 1 t, p *fWiiWk*{W?fe^ hi^hIHJ^^^H i^M^ . .^IfâtSLJ, i.-.*, . i » i. Ijljf»* :.' 74 MEM0IR8 OF SIR W. E. PARÊT. [1818. quick in ascending. A sharp conflict ensued, the assatl- ants returning the fire, as they continued to mount, till, ai length, the summit M^âs gaîned by ail, and a truce proclaimed by both parties. Thèse are trifling incidents, and may, perhaps, be considered by some as unworthy a place in a journal of this kind; but, to oûe who witnessed the scène, and reflected on it, on the spot, it could not but ihduee some pleasing considérations. To see 'the officers of both ships joining with the utmost good humour, ^n such amusements, was a pleasing proof o( the good understanding that existed between us, and the cheerfulness that animated ail ; and one could not help going a step farther, to consider that the^same unanimitj which prevailed among us, in partaking of that relaxation whtch our duty allowed us, might i^lso be expected to ex- tend itself to the most hearty co-operation, whenever those difficulties should arise, whiëti we hâve a right ta antici- ' pate in the exécution of the great object of our mission/ At Waygat Idand, they fell in with a large fleet of whalers, waiting for the ice to open to the northward. "Hère, a proud sight to an Englishman présente^ itself to our view; for our surprise may, perhaps in Bome degree, be imagined, when on opening the land of this island as we ran along it, we saw a fleet of between twenty and thirty sail of British ships at anchor, giTingto this frozen and desolate légion the appearance of a floo* rishing sea-port of some great European nation. Eveiy ahip cheered us as we passed, and our men retume^t* Whil^ detuned at Waygat Island, some Esqui* j -inainr-oïnnBTni bôâri^ John Sadchonse/ prêter, or *' Jack,** as he was commonly called, acted Tm ■ n 1818.] VISIT FEOM ESQUIMAUX, 75 be northward. ^ master of Ihe cérémonies on the occasioii, and Scotch reèls were danced on deck, to the merry Btaûns of a Shetland fiddler. The likenesses of some of the parti were taken, and they seemed much plwsed on béing shown the drawings. The behaviour and manners of thèse poor people were very pleaskff, aoddo high crédit to the Danish missionaries residing among them. Some traits of their character deserve toberecorded. CaptainBoss, wishing to hâve some of their dogs desired they might be brought, in retum for which he promised to give them some guns, pow- der, and shot, which they value hîghly for killing game. told^they might take the guns with them then, an/bring brought the dogs the next day, and received their equî- the effect of the instruction they Kave received from their ttal, though they are honest among themselves, they think it no harm to cheat Europeans." The ice, at length, began to separate, and, a bree« taTing sprung up, préparations were once more made toadvance. Jack, however, was missing. He had eworted his countrymen on shore, and had net yet «torned. A boàt was sent in search of him, and Ae.poor fellow was found-in one of the buts, with h«i^ar.boae broken. The accident had ^eeT" ctUBed by the recoil of his.gun, which hç had over- M-i 76 MEMOIBS OF BIR W. £. PAEKY. [1818. loaded on the strength of his own maxîm, " Plenty ïwder, plenty kill." vi*. The ships now advanced slowly along the coast of rreenland. Independently of the many tedioiu 'stoppages caused by the glosingof the ice, they were Continually delayed by the slow progress of the ** Alexander." The motion of the ice was so constant and rapidj^^that a passage, through which the.** Isa- bella " bad passed, was often closed before her. consorl came up in time to take advantage of the same opening. When the wind failed, the ships were towed by the boatàj'^iv** tràcked " along the edge-<)f the floe, and the services of the ** Isabella's " fiddier were again called into réquisition, to piay to the men as they walked along. Nor was this species of navi- gation less dangerous than tedioi^^Bpne of tbe whalers, which stili accompanied tnal^vas crushed between two moving floes, and '«the crew barely escaped with their lives. The shtps, selected for the expédition, had been biult so strongly, that they escaped unhurt from the pressure, which would hâve stove in a weaker vessel. As it was, the violence of thèse repeated shocks was such, that the whole frame of the vessel trembled from stem to stern. •* We ought not,** Lieut. Parry writes in his journal, <' to complain of the ' Alexander's * sailing, while she stands thèse squeezes so well ; fpr it would net be easy to make a ship sail, even tolerably, with so Iditional ^mber ia hcr." ~^ On the 31sl(0f July, in lat. 70" 33', a nuipberof ■^'asiness is lY. «m, [1818. H 1818.] PB08PECT OP ADVANCING NOETHWARDS. 77 ■(( Plenty g the coast of oany tedious ice, they were )gres8 of the as 80 constant ich the ** Isa- re heri consort of the same } ships vrere g the edge^of eUa'8"fiddler iay to the men jecies of navi- ■Dne of the Pwas crushed crew barely ilected for the [y, that they îh would hâve the violence at the whole tem to stern. n his journal, ing, while she would not be bly, with 80 , a nuipber of whales were seen in aU directions, and the beats, being sent in pursuit, succeeded in killing oneabove forty-six feet in length. On the same day they parted from the last whaler, the «Bon Accord," of Aberdeen, with three hearty cheers. The "Isabella" and «Alexander"had now fairly entered the field of diflcovery, and were left to pursue their course alone, along a coast unvisited by any European since the days of Baffin. The hopes of ultimate success, entertained by Lient. Parry himself, will be seen -from one of the last letters written by him, just before parting with the whalers. " H. M. s • Alexander,' July 25, "Davis* Straits. Lat. 75" 30', N. "My dearest Parents, «The Groenland ships having at length, in this latitude, found a plentiful harvest of wfea^es, which are Bow 'blowing' about us in ail directions, the ice being open for us to the liorthward, it is prol,able that we may hère leave them, In regard to our advance to the north- ward, it may be said that the seasoi^ bas been just like any other ; for the whimsiealities (as I cannot help callkir ^em) of the ice are such that it is impossible to say, from theappearance of the fields of-it at one moment, how it wiU be m ten minutes afterwards, so suddenly, and ap- parently without any cause, does it sometimes open. when it could be least expected. There is one great leajon, however, for thmking that we shall do wonders ILj c°l? !^L ™<*°*^î »" *^e masters of the Green- Ltead ihipa alli>w-that^ at this Teiy timê,^wfiên thelr ~" buaness 18 finished in thèse parts, the most favourablo ■fk 7$ MEMOIBS OF 8IB W. E. PABBT. [1818. opportunities of getting on to the northw^rd occur, and they ail look upon it as a business of little or no diffi- culty. At this season thè ice is very rapidly dissolving. Every field is covered witli innumerable ponds, or pools of water,** which are increasing in size, every moment, from the warmth of the air, which is that of a spring day in England.^ There is no doubt of our getting much farthçr than any Europeans ever haye been before, and the gênerai opinion among us is (though it should not be publiely expresse^), thàt we shall winter very com- fortably, somewhere on the coast of North America ; t. e- ' if Baffin's Bay be a bay — on the west coast of it. On exàmining BaflSn's oWn account very . narrowly, how- ever, we incline to the opinion, that, however he might hâve intended to imply that he saw the land ail round the north side of this bay, he bas ne ver said so. "I enclose a paper upon the subject of magnetism; which ié a copy of duplicate letters I hâve written to Mr. Barrow. This is a subject which bas, of late, proved very inter«sting. Since I wrote that letter, the varia- tion of the compass bas increased to 89°, so that thé North Pôle of the needle now points «oàrly due west ! The dip of the needle is about 84° 40'. As the needle is supposed to direct itself constantly to the mag- netic pôle, it follows that this pôle must now be west of us; and, as the dii).is not far from 90°, it follows, ako, that it must be placed somewhere not very far from us in that direction. The greatest variation obserfed bj Baffin hère, 200 years ago (and the greatest, as he says, in the world), was 56°, sO that an amazing increase bas takep place during that inter\'^aL I bave remarked to -yotti i a n^ fwmer lettCT, two er toee &eta ralatiag^te .M, 1^. 4 1... «,.'t.Mii„i)s4^"j, «1 A«-^ '," Âéi 1818.3 PEBILS FROM THE ICE. 79 Baffin'8 journal, which prove his accuracj, as far as we hâve yet gone, bejond any. doubt. « How delightful, my dearest parents, is this occupation of miùe 1 If I could know that those whom 1 love most dearly in England are well, I should not hâve a wish ungratified. You know that God's mercy and protection are not confined to one particular quarter of the globe He bas created, but that they are equally extended to ail. The dangers of the service on which I am engaged (I mean danger as estimated by our short-sightedness) are, in reality, nothing, unless sailing in the smoothest water and the finest climate can be so considered. You would be délighted to see our 'two or three gathered together' in our little church every Sunday, which the men like Very much, and which the service has only prevented one or two Sundays since we left the Nore I keep a very rçgular journal of every occurrence, which I never suffer to go one day behind, but put down each circumstance as it happens. I think I never enjoyed such uninterrupted and exceUent health in my Hfe as at présent. Adieu! Let us trust firmly and uniformly in God, and that He may ever bless you ail, prays your ever affectionate " W. E. PAKirr." A feV days after leaving the fishing-grounde, the two ships, becomjng entangled ia the ice, fell foui of one apother with a territle crash. The etrength of their^imbers was such, t;hat they escaped without material damage, but spars, riggins, and boate, were ^te^v j orn to piè ces. Tbi84an^,howeTer,wa8- tnfling |n comparison with what foUowe^. The floe ^#, .j. ^*^A '• 80^ HEMOIBS OP SIR W. E. PABET. [1818. to which the ships had been moored after the last disaster, was found to be drifting towardà sorae stranded bergs, and ail hands were set to work to eut a dock*, for the security of the vessels in case of a collision. The ice proved too thick for tbe sawsto make sufficienjtly rapid progress, and, as the next resource, the ships were warped, with considérable difficulty, along the edge of the floe to some dis- tance. Hardly was this donc, when the very part of the floe, where the dock had been commenced, came in contact with the berg with such violence as to be forced some fifty feet up its steep side, and the broken fragments fell back on the ice with a loud crash. Had the ships been docked there, they must bave been crushed to atoms, and no human strength aoid skill could hâve saved them. On the 8th of August, a landing was made on a small island, about fix miles from the mainland. Hère were some piles of stones, such as are commonly found in the Esquimaux burial grounds. The next day, some of the natives were seen advancing rapidly along the ice, in their sledgea» towards the shipS After some hésitation, they were induced by Sack- house to venture on board, and great was their astonishment at ail that met their eyes. This tribe, it seems, had never before ^d any communication with Europçans, and, thoui^h their language was a * To ** cat a dock " is to saw ot^ a hole in the edge of a floe, largt enongb |tô contâîn the sSTp. Tltflse oflt ff to secûre the E£3p SonT being ''nipped " by the suddcn advance of another floe. J -tàî j( <**, . ■il .t'.i. ^ n .Y, [1818. ■18I8.} OPENING or THE BARRIER. >. ifter the last X)warda some it to work to isels in case of sr the sawsto , as the next L considérable to some dis- the very part L commenced, ch violence as eep side, and ce with a loud îre, they must man etrength 18 made on a he mainlani are commonlj Is. The next mcing rapidly rds the shipl iced by Sack- îat was their w This tribe, ommunication nguage was a dgeof afloe,luge cure tEe ffip fiOT^ rfloe. dialect of tbat spoken by Sackhouse and his country- men of Soutb Groenland, they appear. to hâve been eut off frora aU contact with their southern bre- thren. Unlike the other tribes of the Esquimaux race, they posaessed no canoës, and the very name of «Kajak" was unknown to them. Like Monte- Ws Mexicans before Certes, they spoke of the ships as hvmg créatures, and mistook the movement of the sails for the flapping of wings. " What great créatures are thèse?" Ithey cried. «Do they corne from the sun or moon?" During several days, while the ships were detained by the state of the ice, they received several visits from their new friends ' but, at length, the wind dpened a passage, in the bamer, and the water beyond was found tolerably dear of ice. Some spray, which now, once more, teU on the forecastle, was hailed as a pleasing novelty, when the ships, so long entangled in th^ floe, renewed their usual pitching motion. In this V they passed the Wolstenholme and Whale bounds of Baffin, and, at midnight, on the 19th of August, the «Isabella» and « Alexander" were off ,the entrance of Smith's Sound at the northem ex- tremity of Baffin's B(iy, but did not approach suffi- cieotly near the land to détermine whether it were ^7 an inlet or a strait leading into the sea ^yond. In the same cursory and unsatigfactory ^ay was passed the mouth of Jones' S^nd, on the On the 30th, a wide opening in the land to G 82 MEMOIB8 OF SIB W. E, PABBY. II8I8. the westward was obaerved, and the water being deep, and entirely free from ice, the ships made for the entrance of Lancaster Sound. The expiBCtations of many were now raised to ^e highest pitoh. The «crow's nest" was continuaUy visited throughout tlie day, and the -«yes of iJl Btrained t» catch a glimpse of the laiad they eagerly desired not to see at the end. «Hère," wntei Lient. Parry, in his journal, «Baffin's hopes of a passage began to be lésa, every day more than another; hère, on the contrary, mine begin to grow atrong. I think there is something in his account, which gives cause to suspect he did not see the bottom of Lancaster Sound— i. c, whether it were really a sound or a strwt — nor hâve we yet seen thej bottom of it" The next day, they were fairly within the Sound, the « IsabeUa" a few miles ahead of het slower consort. « We continued to, run with aU the sail we could presa on the ship. I never wished » much that the * AJexander ' were a better awler ; fa| the inlet looks more and more promising, the swe" cornes from the north-west compass (that is, sont* south-west true), and continues just as it does in ti océan. It is impossible to remark this circumstano without feeling a hope that it may be caused by th inlet being a passage into a sea to the westward 1 it." Thèse hopes were still as high as ever, t water as deep and free from ice as before, when, --t>f a 8adde% ^e « Isabella " taçked.^ andrejoinèi* « Alexander." Both vessels retraced their cor- 1818.] HOMEWABD VOYAGE. 83 and Lancaster &)und was left behind îo «ibse oh board the ktter vesael, such a proceeding on Hhe- part of the commodore waa inexplicable. In Lient. Pany's journal, not a remark is made on what must bave been a severe blow to bis confident expectations of succesa; but bis voyage up the same-sound, the next year, is the beat comment he could make upon the existence of the Croker Mountains, wliich the imagination of the conmiander of the " Isabella " had conjured up, as barring ail advance to the westward. The private journal of another officer on board the "Alexander" is more emphatic.on this point. « Not any ice was to he seen in any directio^^ and at seven o'clock, the weather being remarkably fine and dear, land was not to be discemed betwëen N. 21° W. and N. 44" E. At this time, our distance from the northern land was estimated at seven or eight leagues, and from the southern six or seven leagues ; but, alasl the sanguine hopes an^^igh èxpectatio^s excited by this promising appeai^ of things were but of short duration, for, about three o'clock in the aftérnoon, the 'IsabeUa * tacked, very much to our surprise indeed, as we could not see anything like land-at the bottom of^tlie îhlet, nor was the weather weU calculated at t^e time for seeing any object at a great distance, it j^eing somewhat hazy. When she tacked, the ' IsabVlla ' was about t^jse or four miles I ahead'of us." ■ l Buring the-homeward voyage, littlé occurred |worthy of mention.* In Davis' Straits, thé ships " o 2 _ \ Éjg^'SikJà.t-^fjii^ *rt- -; ■*:.'%; 84. MEM0IK8 OP 8IE W. E. PAR«t. [laig. parted Company in a heavy gale, but atrived at Lerwick within two hour* of each other, on the aawe day, October 30, just six months' «ncô they léft that : r^- ^^TJ^P ^^^ *h*t the «Dorothea- apd Trent had retumed to Èngland, havmg failed in J • accomphshingtheirobfect. Bofh hrfd^ been roughl/J handled by the icé, and the former ve^l, at oie ' time, waà 8o disabled ^ to be in a foundering^on, duion. ', * / ^ The foUowlng was the first letter written by LieuL ' .rarry after his retum : / . /No7. I, i818.^H. M. s. * Alexinder,' Shetland. " My dearest Parents, * / « I am delighted at having an o^portunity of con- veying to you the intelligence of ô^r arrivai. A few moments only are allowed me U> Wite, and we shall be m England^ ,n a few days, ours/ves. For the présent, therefore, I shaU only say, thiii I have'never had one 1 hZT " :f f P°f ^"' and a^Tnow in the ;post pekect heaith, and hâve dçné my dâty. ^hese are blessings for'' - which I am truly gratéf/to God, and for which your thanksgivings wiU, I k^w, be offered to Him If î only knew that thôs/l love in England were ^ell, l' S T r";î "^5*^'*^*>1«- ^"^ *h« «"hj««* of our ex- pedrtion I shall no/say anything now, for reasons whicli, by and byè, wiUAe obvions. The.nnanimity tfcat bas 1 prevailed amon^ ns, and the exceUent heaith every man ' haapjoyed^delightful. Adie»! God bless you alL" _ The r^wrn df the expédition sadly disappointed 4he Hopés of those whô had 80 Banguinëry tëlTevW , m m existence of a north-west passage. Capteiir r »> ^ ■s,' n ' ji- 85 been accoa.pfohed. sufficient h«d bÎen do^« î'^ polir reirinn. L j*"'"'"?'» a'iseoveryin tte »«« lighu, fo^.^'ttt oXrz« ri':!:;"'' " - of our familj j and I am «„ J . T ^ "ttered.o«t . you th«t everr fZt ^ '* "^ °°^ ^^^n I assure ' condition as evAr o«i *.^ * ®^-P^ *™ »« «« «ood ^ . p •« ever, and, wath a few sl^rea, I «hénlS ie a 3 ■,s'-. isï "^ . f è'\ 86 MEMOIRS OF SIR W» £. PÂRRY. [1818. ■ai.-,' m S'- content to go again with them next April. I only wish they would let me I *' His opinion of the matter was, howevefi soôn known at head-quarters, and, doubtless, had con- eiderable influence in the measures promptly tak'en by the Admiralty. • He writes : — " London» November 28. **în my îétter of yesterday, I purposely avoided telling you that, on that day, I had, by Mr. Barrow's advice, sent my card up to Lord Melville, Wednosday being the day appointed for seeing officers. We, that is, Franklin and myself, saw Mr. H^y, who acquainted us, from his Lordship, that he would see us on Friday About three o'clock, Lord Melville saw us, Franklin, as senior officer, the first. He conversed with me upon our expé- dition, and, what was more interesting to me, upon what yet remained to be done. You must know that, on our late voyage, we entered a magnificent strait from thirty to sixty miles wide, upon the weçt coast of Baffin's Bay, ànd —calne put again, nobody knows why 1 You know I was not sanguine, formerly, as to the existence of a north-west passage, or as to the practicability of it if it did exist. But our voyage to this Lancaster Sound, as Baffin calls it, haa left quite a différent impression, for it has not only given us every reason to believe that it is a broad passage into some sea to the we8tward(pro- bably that of Heame and Mackenzie), but, wtat is more important still, that it is, at certain seasons, practicable ; for, wh e n w a wcr e t he r e, t her e w a a not a bit of ice to be seen. This truth has been fully communîcated to Lord Melville by Mr. Barrow, who had, with his usual .,i»' ' 1 ' November 28. 1819.] NEW EXPEDITION BESOLVED UPON. 87 discernment, immediatelj discovered it, without any information from me upon the subject. Lord Melville wPVPf «nnn H <»°^®^^ ^^*^ ™e, pretty freely, on the probability of a wever, socn ^ passage there." -'—7 "~ ^^H mptly tak'en ■ Under thèse circumstances, it was not likely that the energetic Secretary of the Ad^Jty would allow the great question to rest, and, âSRrdingly, in December of the same year, two vessels, the «Hecla " and « Griper," were selected, under the advice of Parry himself, and taken into dock to be repaiied and strengthened for arctic service. «Who is to command them," he says, "we do not know yet, but it is plain that I shaU hâve some finger in this new pie, which is aU I care about. It was also very gratifying to find, on going to the Hydrographical Office,^ that they were making copies of my charts of Baffln's Bay in préférence to any others." It was not long before his highest hopes were confirmed. On the 16th January, he was, to his own intense satisfaction, appointed to the com- mand of the " Hecla," and of the expédition, Lieut. Liddon being placed under his orders in the "Griper." «There was a great discussion at the Admiralty, as Mr. Maxwell's letter informed us, before they would flnaUy décide who was to command the expédition. Mr. Barr^w was fbm», fiiri^tî. Cockburn was wëfl in- cluiez towards me. The latter, however, being déter- mine^ to be govemed by no feeling but the âtness of the 04 lA >.•:,. W^i' ~ "f 'S"^'* ^ ' 68 t te. MEM0IB8 OP SIB W. E. PAERT. 1!l8l9. person he should choose, was requested by Mr. Barrow to take aU the journals, and to form a judgment by them. It was on this score that he told Lord Melville that I was the person he should recommend, and I was chosen accordingly. This is very gratifying to me and to you ail. 1 hâve the account from Mr. Barrow. You will be pleased to hear that ail our stf'ppUes will be on the same libéral scale as hist yeari expédition, which is, indeed, taken as a sort of standard, and, as far as regards thè material part of the equipment, they cannot do better." He was net less gratified Nurith the Admiralty instructions, in which he was recommended to attempt the passage, in the first instance, through Lancaster Sound. It will be a matter of surprise to many, as it was, no doubt, to Parry himself, that, notwithatanding the confidence thus reposed in him, promotion was still delayed. For this, however, he now cared comparatively little. " When I look," he said, " at the ' HeclaVand at the chart of Lancaster Sound, oh, what is pr(jluotion to this I " m- '\\ ^ )'" r'' 89 CHAP..V. PABBrt FIHST VOrÂGE-^^HECLA" AND «GRIPEB" PA88 THEOUGH LANCASTER SOUND. -« WESTWAED, HO I "- WINTEBAT MELVILLE ISLAND. - RETURN HOME. - PRO- MOTION TO COMMANDER. -PREEDOM OP BAT&, ETC. wuh bondance of pt^vûions. warm clothing. „d fuel/niight wX* 1819—1820. Deptford, the former in the very spot in th. dûckyard where the « Alexander" had been com. miBsioned hj Parry in the preceding year. « I can «««ely, he says, « yet bring mygelf to beHeve, that oneBhorttwelvemonth haa conferred upon me the command m an expédition, of which I was then proud to be second." The equipment of the ships r^"f'^y to hîmself, a nd no pains w^ «pwMlin followmg^rattis îns&ïîctiôns. In ordèr to «pedite matters, the work was carried on by t»rch- Ught every evening, after the uem^j^oor» ; and it" M :%• , I i..iMt^a 90 MEMOIRS OF SIR W. E. FÂRRT. [1919. was said, that the same amount of work had scarcelj ever been done in the yard, by an equal number of men, in the same space of time. The confidence placed in his judgment was so great, that no offîcer was appointed to the vessels under his command, without first consulting him, and without his full (ionsent. With the exception of Lient. Liddon, an offîcer, in Parry's opinion, of great promise, and one beside, ail had been employed in one or other of the two expéditions of the previous year. Franklin, with whom Parry would gladly hâve been associated, and under whom he would hâve been well content to serve, was not of their number, having been appointed to the command of that land expédition to the shores of the North American Continent, which was invested with an interest, if not in its résulta, at least in its adventures and misfortunes, even greater- than that which we are about to describe. With such officers to serve under him, Parry felt success to be doubly sure. " I really think ** (are his words) " that we are going out under the most comfortable circumstances, in eveiy respect, that can be imagined. How delightful it is that we shoiild ail know each other, and, I may add, how mach better for the service ! Ail will, I trust, be confidence and good humour. We are ail looking to one object, and I am certain there is not an offîcer on board who will not do his utmost tOAttain it." t 5 "TThe sfiîps^were réadily mannëdT No sooner were they commissioned than crowds of volunteers offered Èik^ÊSi:^!*^^ • r f li Mit] 8AILIN0 OP THE EXPEDITION. .91 themi^lves. and the onlj difficulty w« thrt of th. Bntish Nary could boa,t a finer set of petty office», «amea, and marines, than the foarscore and «ftem who answered to their names at the muster «. board the «Hecla» and «Griper,» on the monung of tEe Ist of May, 1819. "Perhaps.» T.f"^^'-^ «"g"" »»' to praise my ship too ff i- • ^^l fPP'"' to me to be perfection «r th., eerv.ee. I beUere ehe « as complète a. tonan „t can contnye. Ohl how I long to be «nong the .cet" Wi.h the « Griper » he L not » ifeU content and, before the ehipa left the riyer, ke had actu^y contemplated the poesibUity of l«™g her beh.nd altogether, and boldly proceeding Jme M h.9 farour-te « Heela.» On the passage to tw JNore, however, ehe answered botter than had h«n e^pected .„d he abandoned the bazardons rr /"Si"??* ""^ ™"''»"' «« that of the «iJexander-Vd been in the year before. On tije llth of May, the shipe left the river, «.d ■ I»»d the Oricneys on the 24th. Fonr dàye after- ™*, they were in sight of the email eoUtiry crag cJbd BockaB «There is. perhape." observ^P.^ ■"■Mte s tntang proof of th« infinit,. whwi («RmoDieters at sea, than the certainty with which • «iip may saj direetly for a single rock like this. •I V raïï!^, iSâ^irêViÏJWiki' ,. -■* ""f*", 92 MEMOIBS OP 8IB W. E. PARET. [18I9. H WWO r rising like a speck out of the océan, and at the distance of forty-eeven leagues from any other land." In obédience to the Admiralty instructions, bottles were thrown overboard, each containing an account of the situation of the ships, with the date and a request in six European languages, that whoever found it woùld forward it to the Secretary of the Admiralty. This was donc, every day, during thig and subséquent voyages, except when the eh^ were beset in the ice. On. the 15th of June, they had >a view of Cape Farewell, at the extraordinaiy distance of forty leagues. This was attributed to the increased transparency of the atmosphère before rain, aided by the well-known effects of refraction in those seas. As the ships advanced along the east side of Davis' Strait8,'\they found a uniform and almost unbroken sheet V ice to the westward, interspersed with numerous icebergs of a large size. Against thèse the heavy southerly swell dashed the loose iec with tremendous force, sometimes raising a white spray to the height of more than a hundred feet, "accompanied with a loud roar, resembling the roar of distant thunder, and presenting a scène at once sublime'and terrifie."» They had now ahnost reaohed the latitude of Lancaster Sound, but the barrier of ice which intervened waa as obstinate as ever; ând, for Bome time, ail efforts to pierce it were vain. At * Pany's Narrative of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North- WestP&ssage. * KBY. [1819. I »«"-3 ABBIVAL AT LANCA8TEB SOU^TD. 93^ night, the fog uaed to freeze 8o hard in the rigaing and sails that some tons had to be shaken ofF In the ZT;; « w *ï'r^'' '""^^'*^^ Properiy handied. Once, the «Hecla " was nearly nipped between a floe and an iceberg, against which a strong carrent was dnvmg the former. The boate were lowered only jast m time to tow the ship clear; for one nunute afterwards, the ice came violently in contact with the berg, surrounding it on every side. Convinced, by hia expérience of the last year. of ^? the probable existence of clear water on the other «deof Baffin s Bay, Parry made one more strenuous effort to force a passage to the westward, and, this time, hifl exertions were cro wned with success. After a whole week, of most laborious and tedious sailing tnchng, and towing, sometimes not making more than four mi^s in one day, or a few hundred yards m a n,ght the barrier was passed, and clear water ' gamed. Sir James Lancaster's Sound was now open before them. The best months in the year for ^navigation of the northern seas were yet to Ne. whde the magnificent range of mountains at ^e entrance of thé' Sound, recalling forcibly to mind p« events of the preceding autumi^, inspired aU W f«.hogs of animation and eager hope. On the oveiy of a Noith> lin, f^T ^ ^ ^ °^^^^ as if imprmted yesterday, shpwing that little or no snow Q 1 / 94 MEM0IB8 OF 8IB W. B. PABBf. [1819. had fallen for the last eleven months. This, too, was a favourable eign. **We were now," writea the commander of the expédition, <'about to enter and explore that great sound or inlet, which had obtained a degree of celebrity beyond what it might otherwise hâve been considered to possess, from the very opposite opinions which hâve been held with regard to it We ail felt it' was that poini of the voyage which was to détermine the success or failure of the expédition." A westerly wind and swell, setting down the Sound, for some time tantalised thèse ardent expeo- tations of ail on board the two vessels, in those dajg unaided by the power of stëam, now so invaluable an assistance to deeds of naval enterprise. At length the wished-for moment came. An easterly breeze sprang up, and a crowd of sail was set, to carry to the westward the impatient and eager discoverers of seas before unploughed by any keel, and of lanè on which the eyes of civilised men had never yet j rested. ** It is more easy to imagine than describe the almost j breathless anxiety, which^as now visible in every coun- tenance, while, as the braeze increased to a fresh gale^ we ran up the Sound. T^e^mast-^heads were crowded b; j officers and men during the whole aftemoon ; and an | unconcerned observer, if any one could hâve been uncon- cemed on such an occasion, would hâve been amused at | the eagemess with which the varions reports from tl "^crow'Srhest* wërë recëivéd-^^ Ï6wêvér7^tïïerft1 favourable to our most sanguine hopes." p^'^- /' ^'tr RBF. [1819. ■ fBI9. CROKEB M0UNTAIN8. 9& Vanous were the alternations of hope and fear Some flattered themselves «thatthej had aotuaUy entered the Polar Sea,»- othera «began to calculate the distance and bearings of % Cape/'-whUe «gain the cry of « land " from the mast-head cast alî their hopee to the ground, until the dreaded barrier was diflcovered to be «only an island of no verv large extent." Soon, however, it was évident to aU, Aat, as^far as finding the entrance to the North' I West Passage was concerned, their efforts had been crowned with complète success. Croker Mountails Kphantonj-hke fadedintothinairbeforethebows 8hore Lient. Pariy gave the name of Croker's Bay, being anxious to seize, as it would seem, the earliést opportumty of making,some compensadoifor^fng Wormed, as with a tonch of Harlequin's wILd hje^ificent and insuperable range of moun^; wbch a former expédition had assigned to oné Secretary of the Admiralty, into a broad and ni^n! Lit ^""""V' ^" ^"^*' '^either mountei^, hor ,ce, nor any other obstacle, real or imagina^ OEposed the progress of Lient Parrp> ^' - • Qaarterlj Review, xxr. p. 180. After the retorn of the expédition to Enriand. th« fnii« • Um .ppeared in one of the moming pape« -- *^ '^'' ^^^ehn^itaeemedapidandgree,, _^ =1tef pw Ha» told the conven» of thi» taie. TheIandA,sawwa«-"„e^/iieawAa&/» iAt&' " r 06 ■>-%?5?^^-T."^»^^^V^i\S;w--'VT^^!^ MEMOIRS- OP SIR W. E. PARBY. [1819. :;:'. Hitherto, the water had been entirely free from ice, but Bocm a compact body of floes waa found blockirig {ip the pasaage to the westward. The weather, whieh had been for some time rather hazy, now cleared up, and a large opening was seen to the southward, over which the dark " water-sky" seemed to promise an open sea. In hopes that thu might lead to a clear passage, in a lower latitude than that of Barrow's Strait, the ships stood dow| ^ the east side of Prince Regent's Inlet, so named \ in honour of the royal personage, the anniversary of ^ whosé birthday fell about this time. As they sailed down this inlet, they were apprôaching rapidly to the Magnetic Pôle of the earth, afterwards visited by Sir J. C. Ross, then a midshipman on board the ** Hecla." The sluggishness^of the compassés had been ^adually increasing ever since they passed Lailcaster Sound, and now they ** witnessed, for the first time, the curions phenomenon of the di- rective power of the needle becoming so weaik, as to be completely o^èrcome by the attraction of the ship, so that Ûie needle might now be said to pomt to the^nortji pôle of the ship." For the purposes of navigation, therefore, thfe compassés were no longer of use, and the binnades were stowed away below, while, for magnetical Observa- tions, the compassés had to be removed to the shore or the ice. jnhe hqpes whic h Htd been gradually ris in g wiA the increasing width of the inlet, were Boon rudely y V . l'h 'I r 1819.] WBLLINÔTON CHANKEL. ; 97 -daahed to the ground, by the bight of an extensive barrier of ice before them, bejond which no water oould be seen. They retraced their ateps, accordingly to Barrow'8 Straits, where, to their joy and aurpriser the barner of ice, which had before stopped them, had entirely disappeared. Fogs and light winds rendered their passage sldW, but, on the evening of the 2^d August, they were off the mouth of a froad channel, eight leagues in width, on the northern shore of the stiait To thi> the name of the Duke of WeUington was given : — «The arrivai of thia grand opening was an event, for which we had long beçn looking with much anxiety and impatience; for the continuity of land to the northward h«d always been a source of uneasiness to us, principaUy from the possibility that it might take a turn to the flouthward and unité with the coast of America The appearance of this broad opening, free from ice, tfnd of thehmdoneach side ôf it, morê especially that on the wert, left scarcèjy a doul^t on our minds df the latter being an island, and relieved us from ail anxiety on this Bcore. Every one felt that w« were now, finally, disen- Ungled from the land which forms the western side of Baffins Bay, and that, in fact, we had actuaUy entered .the Polar Sea." • The sea being stiU sufficiently open tl) the west- ward, Parry did not consider himself justified in ^<>^g^WelUngton Channd. Their progresa was "*"* ^ietaraea4^-=^^^ which ofcseurêd^^t^ — * Pany's Narrative. • ♦»»■ 98 MfeM'^ïRS OP 8IE W. E. PAHRT. [I8I9 view at" times so cômpletely, that the "Qriper" could not be seen from the ** Hecla " at the distance ^ of a cable'a length astern. In the absence of the ^^ 8un, as well ^8 of the compassés, the ship'a course : could only be regulatéd by the direction of the biteze J which, fortunately, biew pretty steadily frqm m l eastward. Notwithstanding thèse difficulties, con^ ; siderable advance was made in the desired direction, : and, on the ^rd September, the cheéring intelligence ; was announced by Parry to his crews, that they had becomô entitled to the first in the scale of rewards grahted by parliament to those who should succeed . in penetrating ^^ongitude 110* W. of Greenwich, within the AroÉ&Xircle.. A promontôry of Melville Island, off which they were at the time, was named h^ the men "Bounty Cape," and hailèd by ail as "the- first fruits ofsuccess. Boyond this point was another cape, to which the ice'wâs so closely attached,,that further advance, for the présent, seemed impossible. Fortunately, an excellent harboiir offered itself, an^ the ships were brought to anchor in the "Bay Q^UlMi^Sicla' i^ ' Griper.' " Th#(^as thé fii-st «^^MNpe'siupi had anchored since leaving Yarmmllw^l^^and, as it seemed to mark, in a vei*y decided manner|thE cdmpletion of one stage of the voyage, the ensigns ipd pendants were hoisted. " It created in us," ^j^s P^y, "ho ordinary feelings of pleasure, to É ^ the J^ti^h flag wa vin g, for the first time ^ in flhose r^^fis^ which hâd hitherto beeh con^idered r~t y. 1119.] MELVILLE 18LAND. io'».J MELVILLE 18LAND. OQ ^^#lj«^it8 of/the habitable parte of the np# the 7th/of Séptember, and the Beaaon jot nflVtgation waa, ev^dentlyKaet dra wftg to ite close. Parry, however, felt that every moment of the time whichryet remained was precious, and determined to extend hia opérations toihe Wt possible period. The^chors werç^ accordingly, once more weighed, and the ships crept slowly àlong the south shore of Melville Island. The nigEte were already so daric that, dephved of the use of compassés, they cohW not yentare tomove between the hours of t»n and two; and, even in broad daylight, the dangers to which they were every hôur exposed, were such as might hâve daunted the stoutest heart. Once, a floe rmmmg against the ice to wWch the « Hecla » was' «ecured, tumed her violently round, as on a pivot- and, on another occasion, both ships narrowly es^ caped destruction, being withia a few hundred yards of the place where an enormous floe dashed against ^ isnpêt was driven on shore by the action of the ice, and was only'got afloat agaia^fter sevefe labour on the part of both crews. Lieut. Liddon was theo^very iU, and Parry proposed to remove Jum to the « Hecla," «ntil the « Griper « should be ' a^oat To this offer he tumed a dLf ear, J, Z remamed, throughout the tlme, seated on the lee ' H 2 ^ in. tflftàV ,j tft- ^^ •^. 1 •r .-* 100 *^ MEMOIRS OP SIR W. E. PARRT. [1919. side of the ship, giving the necessary orders. Thèse continued mishapa brought ail reluctantly to the conclusion that the time had arrived when it becarae necessary to look out for winter quaiters. With the concurrence of his officers, Lieut. Parry deter- mined to regain, if possible, the "Bay of the « Hecla ' and *Griper,'" which alone seemed to offer con- venient shelter. This, however, was not sd easy ; ■- the ice jn the bay had incrëased much since they left it, thongh only a few days before, and, to add to their difficulties, the young ice was forming rapidly on the surface of the water. Befoye they could reach the harJi^our which had been sclected in the bay, it was necessary to eut a channel of more than two miles in léngth, through which the ships were drawn into their winter quarters. For three days, both 8hip§' companies were employedin this arduous task, in which officers and men shared alike ; while, foremost among ail, ever ready to devise expédients, and, by example and word, to encourage the rest, was Lieut. Parry himself. Up to their kndes in water, with the thermometer nearly at zéro, not a complaint was heard, and when the ships at length, at three p. m. on the 26th September, reached their station in Winter Harbour, the «vent was hailed with three as hearty cheers as ever burst from the lips of British seamen. ' ^ . The most diflScult part of Parry'î task now began. -Hiljitîrlo, while the çecêraî^fOT active exertion re- mained, and constant watchfulness of eye and hand f:^fti ■-•V -1 1819.] WINTEB HARBOUB. 101 were requisite in the prosecutioa of the dangerous Toyage, it was comparatively easy for the commander of the expédition to préserve the health and cheer- foluess of the crews. Now, however, it needed ail the resources of a fertile mind and an active example to prevent the evil conséquences likely to anse from want of regular employment, during the dreary hours of a northern winter. But Parry was fully equal to the emergency. , •' . ^ «Having now reached the station where, in aU pro- babihty, we were destined to remain for at least eiffht or nme months, during three of which we were not to see the face of the sun, mj attention was immediately «Bdimperiously caUed to various importantduties, many of them of a singular nature, such as had for the first time devolved on any officer of his majest/s navy, and nught, indeed, be considered of rare occurrence in the whole history of navigation." * ^ Th6 secùrity of the ships, and comfort of those on board, wfis the first concern. Both vessele were housed over with thick coverings, and the berths warmed, as well as the circumstances would allow by a current of heated air from an oven. The upper deck was cleared, to leave room for active exercise, when the weather should be too inclement to leave the ships. On thèse occasions, the men were made to run round the deck, to the tune of a hand organ M^one of their o wn gon gs; whil e, as a further safe- goard ^mst^BCUï-vy, ûr<^ were obHged to drink7 • Pany*« Narrative. ^^r&: Bt3 .,'-' .-.. ■<"■''■•'■?•&■«: 102 MEMOIES OP SIR W. E. PARRY. [1^19. each day, a certain quantity of lime-juice and water, under the iiftpection of an officer. " This précau- tion," says Parrj^, « may seem unnecessary to those who do not know how much sailors resemble children in ail those pointa in which their own health and comfort are concernBd." During the first few weeks after their arrivai, hunting parties weré sent ont, when the weather. allowed, and some deer and grouse weré added t* the comm'on stock, from which ail shared alike; but before the end of Octqber, ail the animais on Melville Island had migrated to the southward. The I tedious monotony of the view beyond the ships may well be imagined. " When viewed from the summit bf the neighbouring hills, on one of those calm and clear days which not un- frequently occurred during the winter, the scène was such as to induce contemplations, which had, perhaps, more of melancholy than of any other feeling. Not an object was to be seen, on which the eye could long rest with pleasure, unless when directed to the spot where the ships lay, and where our little colony was planted* The smoke which there issued from the several fires, affording a certain indication, of the présence of man, gave a partial cheerfulness to this part of the prospect, and the sound of voices (which, during the cold weather, could be heard at a much greater distance than usual), served, now and then, to break the silence which reigned around us— a silence far difièrent from that peaceful com- -4>Qgl Jr e wh ich c baracteriseft the^iadaei^^tr c u l tivate d - t f country ; it was the deathlike stiUness of the most >.li^k4 tii* «-t"*»'f4'»*-'' I8W.J BEAPPEARANCE OF THE SUN. 107 ! day for the crews of the impriaoned ships. A few minutes before noon, from the refractive power of the atmosphère, a glimpse was cawght, from the -Heclas main-top, of the sun, which had been beneath the honzoh since the Uth of Novei^er On the 7th, his orb was fully visible, and, thou .^^"' ^'''' «i aoutû'» Sound. Tim Ho^rr"^ of the three winter month. at MelviUe Uand îL Kli^âçi^^ ^«^^'i|^,'*r,'*-TT4j -^r '''Vt . ■îyw«-s'5!'S:^*^r«-'Ç| / ^ if: 108 MEMOIRS OP SIR W. E. PARRY. [1820. another winter in the ice. •* It is a pleasure to me," Parry would often say in after life, " even to stir the fire ; for I hâve known what it is to hâve to hide the poker, lest our coals should be made to burn too quickly." One day towards the close of the month, a fire broke ont in the observatory on shore, and, in the exertions made to extinguish the flames, many severe frostbites were incurred. • "The appearance," writes Parry, "which our faces presented at the fire, was a curious one, almost every nose and cheek having become quite white with frostbites, in five minutes after being exposed to the weather ; so thst it was deemed necessary for the médical gentlemen, to- gether with some others appointed to assist them, to go constantly round, while the men were working at the fire, and to rub with snow the part afifected, in order to restore circulation." The month of March set in mildly, and the solid ice, which had for some time lined the ships' sides, from the accumulated vapour, began to melt. From the lower deck of the "Hecla" more thaû 500 gallons of ice weré carried away, being the accumu- lation of less than four weeks. In like manner, on opening the deadiights on her stem Windows, more than twelve large bucketfiils of ice were removed from between the double sashes. On the last dayof April, the température rose as high as freezing, or Fhat,^tô them,^ mighfe rather be called Ûie tba point, being* the first time such an event had oc- Il si- I8S0.3 RETURN OF SUMMER. 109^ curred for nearly eight months. The contrast to the previous excess of cold waa bo striking, that it required aU the Commander's authority to preVent the men from imprudently throwing aaide their winter dothing, an altération which might hâve been attended with serions conséquences. The expédition having been victualled only for two years, of which one had now expixed, Lieut Parry considered it expédient to reduce the daily aUowance of food to two-thirds of the established proportion. The cheerfulness with which this réduc- tion was received by officers and men was most gratifywg to him, as an additional proof of the zealous pnnciple of duty which had marked the The appearance of the first ptermigan on the 12th of May, and the discovery of some tracks of rem-deer and musk-oxen, were hailed with delight as Bore omens of retuming summer. The «g^e W8, as the men called them, were now revived/ every animal that was killed being regarded as pubhc property, and as such regularly issued, like any other provision, without any distinction of per- Bons. The ice round the ship, six feet in thickness was now eut through with considérable labour ^d. before long the ships were once more afloat. ^mtheM^bourandto^^^^^ eror, stilTâfl thint ami o. «1^- . , . ~" P«ry consxdered that in aboot three weeka the 8un .'.I ;#;■ ■»!<».„'n. MT- '■ 1 K» ' i A* i- % 110 MEM0IE8 OP SIB W. E. PABRT. would again begin to décline towarils the southward, he confessed that even his most sanguine çxpecta- tions of the complète success of tke énterprise were somewhat staggered. The thaw, however,Twafînearer at hand than they had reason to suppose. - ^Early on the morning of the 24th, ohe of the mgllTeported that hehad felt a few drops of rain—an évelt hailed with much satisfaction, nothing being so ëfectual as rain in dissolving tbe ice. The same evening a Smart shower actually fell. So unaccustoined were ail to the appearance of water in a fluid state, that it is stated that every person ha^t^ed at once on deck, to witness sô interesting a phq^lmenon. To occupy the time w hich mûsît elapse before the ships could be sèt free from the ice, Parry spent a fortnight on a joumey intp the interior of the island Thirty years afterwarda, the tracks of his cart wheels were found by Lient. M'Clintock, as dÎ8tinc m the flhiiie from England, and the seeda of disease mm to hâve been sown in his constitution for some tlDlO pSSt» Jlt ^"°'^^' *; ^"'' °^ ■'"'y- «"»'• Di"-» Service m-tted io the earth, i„ a level pièce of ground^urâ which the occiou demsnded, a-d the circinsto^rf «=«m,t.„ce, sufflciently top,e„ive, the pecXTty"f H» «ene m,und us, a,d of the circuaistanoes l^wl ' «were placed. could not fail to imf^T^^^t M"» of awfal solemnity, which it î, «. U.. *h.n to deseri,». ^I^tolre "r'ir r* f^"^ «t «>e head of the grave bv Mr liH.h! It wa. not t.n the let of August. after mo.« than te.*e«T,month8 of confinement, that thei<^^ Aently loosened to aUow the shiJI ? «««■'WînterHarbour; and, Iven ,ht i. ^ limllonéi» , ®* ^^^ some days thev piloe,, wh.oh Beemed to increase in thicknessl. \ ■ A- .-1^, ■,-t^--'- 112 MEl^QIBS OIT. 8IB W. £. PÂKRT. [iSSa H mo.] they advaiioed. I^e sbips were often in danger of, being crusned to atoms. On ^onè occaeion tlie whole< body of ice in the nj^ighboui-hood came violently in contact yrit^ a pièce of a flôe cloae to theifi. Thié, at once, split across in:^ différent directions with a loud crash, and, prese^tly after- wards, they " eaw a part, several hundrèd tons in weight, raised, slowly and majestically, as if by the action of a screw, and deposited on thé top, of the field, pr^senting towards them the surface vhîch had split, and which appeared of ft fine blue coloitt, and very solid and' transparent. This mass of ice vu forty-two feet in thickness, which will give some idea of the dijffîcul^es of this portion of th^ j voyage, and the dangers to which the ships were hourly exposed.** Several times, ail hopes of saving^j the " Griper " were given up, and, once, they were on the point of cutting large holes in hèr decks, in i order to allow ,the casks of provisions to float up, eut of the hold^ instead of sinking wiâi the shif in deep water. • Her ordinary bad sailing qua-! lities were now increased tenfold by the •* tbngues " of ice, which adhered tQi the hulls of bothl vessels, and which had to be constantly eut away, > tedious and most laborious task. AU their efforts,! however, to get beyond the south-west extr<6|iitj of Melville Island proved unavailing, IRfld^ conyinced at length of the impossibility of obtaining the desired] ab jec t, P a rry, after Consulting withrthe^Ae^< attëmpi fruitlesi On 1 heads w fkvourec thatin t Sound, in the o L8DCa8t< regiirded the tidÎDj the Duk they took 30th Oci aad| in ( withQut d t Admirait] -Sachv this time, «eason of c thecoastof Inota^Bingle ftom one or Jthe bappinei lioth ships, native count after an ah khich time ^ Morces." of the expédition, determined that any furtherB q^ ^ ar M ^-#/*»-kW aVi-'Vy^ 18M.] HOMEWABD VOYAG^. 113 ■.^"wtriftoif' ~"='^'' ^"-^ '■■>■ Sound Thef „„„^fdl •„?! *''"''8'' ^'»«"*e' mthe CQu„e „rrhe 11 *rr "'^''"■> '^'>i<=''. «ke Duke of Kent On ^"MT'^^ i"" '»'' "'■ ,%toofc their^nyj kave of tt, • ^"P'»?'''»,, JAtoiralty. °''^;î^*»«P<'« W^ «rival at the kecoMtof Shetland to"'; ^"^-ter Harbour la |f™n one or two accidents rf r^^»^ "'^ ^^ «"«P' »«™oo„„,rri„ ™„'b„°;;.«7''<>». ratum ,« their hchti^.e^,tnXglt:îv "'*•"''''• """■"« ' [wycea." _^ "^ entirely on our^p^n re- On his arrivai in Scotland, Pa iTJ writes : — ■o .,,i.'.y^JtHtil* i*î>i j.iH'il X. I8XU.J PUBLIC THANKSGIvilTG. 117 the expédition to the Rev. Mr. Ellia :— «Sir, , ;''I*ndoii, Nbv. 10, 1820. liberty I hâve t^In • 'T'^y»""'!'! «""so the dmmZ, ?f : propriety, and without «ny «„. ■ Peanmce of parade or ostentation on our nart „l^ IK' » particulariy anxioo,. on eve„ acZnrl '"'î/ ^ that offlee for., at yo!^ e^^lVs:™^ . °™ *•■»' I hâve soUcited this farour in\„rf . «V " ^**^ g'eat respect, Tour obedient and humble servant. "W.E.PARRT, " Commander of H. M. S. * Heda.'» waapublishedbyorderoftheAdmiraify. Previously ,4 -, /" V 118 MEMOIRS OP SIE W. E. PABBT. [1820. to pubUcation, the whole was revised by his father whose mental activity, in the midst o£ great bodfly fiuffering, waa etili unimpaired. " No onè," it was Baid of this work at the time, « could rise from ita perusal without being impressed withthe fullest cori- yicùon that Commander Parry's mérita, as an officer and scientific navigator, are of the highest order; that his talents are not confined to his professional duties ; but that the resources of his mind are equal to the most arduous situations, an4 fertUe in expé- dients undôr every circumstance, however difficult, dangerous, or unexpected."* In a scientific point of view, the results oî thig voyage are most important. On the subject of magnetism, especiaUy, ^the observations, constantly andcarefuUyregistered, were the first which had ever been made so near the magnetic pôle of the earih. No opportunity was ever omitted of gathering information which the means at hand could supply, and the exertions of th« commander were ably €6- conded by those under him. The labours of Captaiu Sabine, «.A.^ who accompanied the expeditioh as astronomer, speak for themselves, being arranged in a valuable appendix to the narrative. Of his officers and crews Parry had, throughout, but one opinion, nor were their feelings towanlp himself less warm. — ^UoiLjnay-imagiBe,'^ ha wr ltes, jittt befbre the s h ips • Quarterly Beview, voL xxr. 1^3 ^TTACHMENT OF HI8 CEEWS. II9 ^ were pjûd off, « the high gratification I experienc^^ *i th^malïsafeandweUatL^^^ - "^ '""^^ woB 80on in a positio.n to prove. He had but to hoietbs pendant once more, and ihe first of the ea^!! oowd of volnnte who offered themselves X the old seamen of the - Hecla » and « Griper!" ^'^^ 14 '.\V:it^iL*jA ,« :» 1 120 (V^ MEMOlèS OF SIR W, E. PABRT. . [rsjà y. ' CHAP. VI. SECOND VOYAGE.— "FUSt" AND « HECLA."-- JOHN QOE- DON. i- EEPULSE BAY. — TIRST WINTER AT WDÏTER ISLAND. _ pQUIMAUX. — ILIGLIUK. — DÎSCOVERY OP THE 8TRAIT OF FURY AND HECLA.— SECOND WINTEB AT IGLOOLIK. — RÉTÛRN TO EN GLAND. — ILLNESS. - APPOINTED PYDROGRAPhÉb TO THE ADMIraLTY. 1820—1823. . ' -Of pie actual existence of a North-West Passage it was hardly possible to doubt, after the sucCess which had attended the voyage recorded in the pre- ceding chapler. However, the stubborn barrier of ice to the westward of MelviUe Island, which had checkèd the «dvance of the " Hecla " and « Griper," seemed to render unadvisabie any fiirther attempts to force a passage in so high a latitude, and Parry'a decided opinion was, that any future expédition which might be sent out ought to endeavour to fikirt along the northern shore of the Continent of America. Of this coast, it must be borne in mind, that nothing was then known, bfijAnd the fact that H eam e a nd^ Ma o kenzie faa d^viewed^^rfola r Sea at the mouths. of the Coppermine and Mackenae 'mMi i3i«rAft*3Sffifc4fï^r ■■■"'*''("■ ■■-■'■.;.- ■-r-f."'iW?V^P^r- 1'- i«flO PMPABATI0N9 POR teC0}«D VOTAGE. 121 mers. Ue north^à^t angle of the great contiient w«, « yet. unfcnown; and, i„ „X to «.^ t . I««»ge would hâve to be sought through iome^^ ttechannels wlucheristed to the north ind no^- aever fceen faUy ezplored; and, by many, t w» thought not improbable that it ^ht, after ^ «dl; 'ir ^"^^ «-' «"» '-^ -^ 21rt of December, 1820, and, on the 30th of the ««ne month Pa„y., eommWon W.S signeda^lt mnder of the " Fury ; » the « HecU.» Com^;^ Ljon, bemg again plaped nnder his order» Tofl «n»k or inlet that appeared KkM^ » ?j 7 / ... «M7 dear^t Parent,,' ■ ■/'-°^°°-J-«. >82>: J^" ■»" »lre»>iy been o/erwhelmed with offers of f"»». to .eooMp«,y „e A au kind,,of ™;!^Se: / . ■ ■ / ^ / *jj , 122 MEMOIBS OP SIR W, E. PARRY. [i82l. I WM.] « Â'ti i Two lieutenants are, by my désire, appointée! to «Fury' Nias and Reid, who were both on the last expédition' and accompanied me on our journey across Melvillè Island. Lieut Lyon, who bas lately been travelling a good deal in Africa, bas been induced to accept the command of the «Hecla,' with a promise of instant pro- motion to the rank of commander. He is spoken of, by ail who know him, as an exceedingly élever feUow,'and bis drawings are the most beautiful I ever saw, Hooper of course goes with me. I hope Edwards, th^ surgeon, will go, but I fear he bas had enough of iT Iwould give 100/. to bave him, and I know, if he w<^ld go with any one, he would go with me. My nui^er of daily visitors is now about doubled, balf of th2n coming to talk about the last, and the other balf âbout the next expédition *Fury»came into dbck to-day, and our men are beginning lo find their ^ç-ay back again, being very desirous of trying a third trip.»* WbUe engagea in fitting ont his ships, as before, at Deptford, he thus alludes to a Sunday spent at Green- wich, on a visit to his friend Mr. Charles Martyr, of Halifax, of whom mention.was made in an earlier chapter. « I have juà« retumed to town from Greenwich, where I have spent a very pleasant day with the Martyrs. We went to the chapel of the hospital, which is the most beautiful Protestant place of worship I ever saw ; and its beauty is not diminished by the association of ideas, pro- ^daeed^ lookingtlow» from the pfflëiyûpoù the i^ heads of more than a thousand British seamen, wom oot kP^K^ ';"j'' .V ^i. .*! Y ■ -■">'■;" * " ■■ '■ "'^ ■ "" ' ■ T'-^}r\'^ mu: « ri^T " ^XB " HECLA» AT DEPTITOBD. l23 in their çoum^'s service, and for whom the gratitude nf their countrj Bas thus noblj provided." S'**^*"^« «^ JJrom eome cause or nfli*»r P„«- i. j i "'"^'-J- ùM M^eaty felt httle interest on the subiect ùf ûthc discovery, and was, tWefore, agree^bW pnsed with the way in which he wssZZd.^ > «The king, whose manner instantlv set Tn« o* me, quite as much as if I had h^Sil ^^ "^ any other gentleman, said, 4^ l"pf ^ ^T"'' '' tulate you on ,our r^turn^o^^ ZlUe'lZ iotrodueed him as 'about t^ . ""<^ "'"> ''«e «iose by. •«■ ÏiIm ^£^if^ 'itWflï n 124 MEMOIBS OF SIR W. E. PARRT. [1821. give a grand entertainment on board the " Fury." The idea was hailed with glee by ail, and Monday, the 17th of April, fixed upon for the day. Under the direction of the captain himself and his first lieutenant, both of whom enjqyed the " spree " fiiUy as much as the youngest on board, ail hands were set to work, and the ships gaily decorated with flags and green branches for the occasion. It was ar- ranged that the upper deck of the " Fury " should be the bail room, while the hulk, outside of which she lay, was tastefully fitted up as a kind of gênerai promenade. The sun shone brightly on the assem- bled guests, and, aided by the enlivening strains of the Artillery band, the festivities were prolonged to so late an hour, that the moon had already risen on the dancers before the first boat quitted the ship. On the 27th April, the ships were reàdy for sea, and the wind ftûr for the Nore ; but it was Friday, and Parry, though eager enough to be ofi", was unwilling to cast even the shadow of Hb evil omen upon his enteiprise, by loosing his siûls on that day of the week. The next moming the wind changed, and, after waiting in vain two day s for it to shift •to a fayourable quarter, the ships were towed as far as the Nore, and finally left the .river on the 8th of May. His forbearance in not leaving Deptfoid on an unlucky day was thus rewarded by the curions comcîdence, that they badêtarêwèll fo thé Thamir on the same Tuesday of the year as that on which ■^•^k ,v iiii^i>k'i\'>M£!AiAà'Âaii^Jèi:'ii,tSbMÊii'< ■vS^V-^ SÈ^Vt j "K*-' )8Sl.] JOHN GORDON. 125 they had^ aailed on the former voyage. « Thia is pteasing, he wrîtes, «because sailors are super- staùous and hâve a great fancy for lucky daya, ""tibTe^' ^^^' *^'°^ '* ^''* *^ coraply, if mae the 8hip8 were on their way down the nter, a melancholy accident occurred. John Gordon oneof the "Fury's" seamen, had accompanied the I vT-n 'îPf ^*'^"* ^^^' ^^^^S the long winter at MelviUe leland, ^ derived such benefit from the uffitruction received on board, that, from a reckless, sweanng man, he became an altered character. Tte rest ,8 given m Sir E. Parry's own words, in a d^ ** Southampton the year before his «Uave bis fine, tall, powerful figure now before me, steftiDg acro88 the ice, when it was breaking up with viofence, ahnost under his feet, with the end of a six- m tne JLname» Hordered if n*i.z.,«„- t^t, r — Fiwvmence, naci ■fr ,.- /' ^#^'. 126 MEÏ10IE8 OP SIB W. E. PARBT. [1831. ' f' to Gravesend, Gordon' Wi» sent iû a boat, one morning, to laj a kedge anchor. In throwing the anchor out of the boat, one 6( the flukes caught the gunwale, bringing it to the wf^^B.edge. The tide running Very sttong, Gordon saw that the boat must be swampcd, and the crew greatly endangered, if the anchor were not instantlj released. He flew from the stern shoets past the other men, knd, by the utmost effort of his pwn muscular power, lifted the anchor clear, just in time to save the boat. But, in )S0 doing, he neglected his own personal safety. As the anchor ran down, the bight of the hawser got round his body, and dragged him out of the boat, — and we hâve never seen John Gordon from that moment to thisi I cannot describe the sensation this melancholy catastrophe occasioned in the ship, for Gordon waa respected and beloved by ail." Owing to contrary winds, it was a considérable time before the ships were clear of the Orkneys. " However," Gaptain Parry writes, " I do not in the least regret our détention, as I am certain -wç are top early for con»nencing our opérations in Hudson's Straits, and it gives me an opportunity of confirming the good accounts of myself and our ships to a later date. Mj dearest mother anticipated, & one of her letters, our | having commenced our regular Sunday church-service on board the *Fury.* This was not the case, however, till to-day. .... Nothing can, possibly, be more de- lîghtful than our little church. We had, while last in England, the Morning Hymn and Hundredth Psalm added to Our organ, the formter to be played at the fiom mfince- ment of tiie service, the Ifttter at the end of the Litany, ,k;v:- IMU] DAVIS' 8TBAIT8. 127 îjrhich adds a good deal to the solemnfty of the whole, 88 does also a regular chaplain perfonning the service in hiagown."* * Nothing of conséquence occurred during the passage across the Atlantic ; tke ships, whose sailing quaUties were well test^ in |tlie gales which they encountered, were found to be of very equal pow^^B, an advantage fully appreciated by Parry, who' on his two previous voyage8,.had had his patience Borely tried by the sluggish movements of llie «Alexander» and « Griper." On the 14th June,, they fell in with the first icelierg in Davis» Straits, about seven degrees to the east of the mouth of Hudso^ Straits. Hère, the « Nautilus » transport, which had accompanied them from the' Nore, was dianiased, briûging hçme the W despatches and letters. Among the latter was the foUowing from Captain Parry to his parents,iwhich, though, in some of its expressions, difièring materially from what he would hâve written in later Ufe, exhibits a tone of deep religions feeling : — ♦*fi.M.S. 'Fuiy,' off Hodson's Straita. "My dearest Parents, " June 21. 1821. " The time being near at hand when the transport. wiU flnaUy leave us for England, I gladly commence my ietter, which wiU probably convey to you the last infor- mation of our movements which can reach you for a ^^JEho^Eint. George^îttlwr aceompaitied thls expédition, aiXSàp-^ tun and Astroqomer. : ■■'f (4 , '^4Sif.i^ •* '* S; î # // «^ h'^ ■y^^ r" \i>' jsr"' »^~. I ■ ".••V - 128 MEMO|BS OÈ MB W. E. PABRT. [I82l. long time. I feel, in thf^ event, as if a second séparation were about to take place from those most dear to me in the world; but I also feel that the Being, who bas hitherto kept us, will keep us still, howeyer distant we are from each other, and to whatever length of time it may please Ood to continue our separatiqn i thank God that I am in excellent health, to enable me to perform, by His gracions assistance, the duties of the station to which He has called me." I*trust I am duly thankftil for His mercies to me, for the success He has granted me, and for any future worldly prospects ; but I am much more thankful that I can safely say I never . felt so strongly the vanity, uncertainty, and comparative unimportance of everythjng this world can give, and the paramount necessity î)f préparation for another and a better life than thifll . . . . My dearest Parents, may God, of His infllw^mercy, bless, protect, and make yon happyî He^ Sày witness, that I would willingly lay down the liib He has given me to secure your happiness or comforï, if thèse can be expected in this life. Whethei^we are to meet again hère, Godonly knows; but of 4his He has assured us, that we can, by eamestly imploying His grâce and assistance, and by our own best en|^avours, secure to ourselves a meeting where shall be joy and happiness, without a single drawback, for ever and ever. Once more, God bless you 1 He who knows the secrets of ail hearts can alone know the deep and ardent affection of your grateful and affectionate son, «W. E. Pabby." J bhe Be çond d ay afteif portj/the ships cntéred Hudson's Straîts ; but their |^]#C^''l^ .« ".,^i^^«#^ v^;>^,,ja^ ""^^ 18».] HUDSON*S STBAIT. 129 a. p^ WM mnch impeded by ice and dense m.W a» ,^press,on, left bymoro antoated la-d,c.pes -Tnd Huiften çerhap,, doe,„d>e eyo becomo fajlia id H ae nund reconciled, to prospects of utter barreonm |»d désolation, such as thèse rngged shores.» '"'™"""='» CToft"!;! r""" ^* ^^ *'""'' ""'« the L» «^u ""'"' ''"'"g "^o™ *» «t™t. every Zr v'° '"?"**"'' *° ""^^ sufficiently to K ^ ''"I",'*'"'"' t^" «« «lo-gside, wUh a force ton. vessel strengt^ened in the orfinary way Hd We w.u^tood. As they worked thei way |w*those of any they had before seen, and whose py «°»ton« «lUgnsted ail on board. fcl^lr'" ' T «"'•«''oun.ble ^pression of the > .« âi..ii •"^v^4 •^k \ ^: ^^ 130 The difficult navigation of Hudson's Strait occu. pied a whole month, for it was not until August 2n(i| that they reached the north-east corner of South- ampton Island. Of the existence of a passage tii\ the north of this island many doubts had beeiif raised. Eighty years before, the name of "Frozen Strait '**had been laid down in the charts, upon the authority of Captain Middleton, but some at home , had'hnpugned his honesty, and boldly asserted tliat| this strait was a chimaera of his own imagination. Such being the . case, it rested now with Parry to i choose between Middleton and his accusers ; in other words, to décide whether he should at once assume the strait ifli question to be a reality, or take the more certain but circuitous course round the south of Southampton Island, by which the dis- tance to be traversed before reaching Repuise Baj would be increased to nearly 160 leagues. After the most anxious considération, he determined t» pursue the bolder course of attempting the .direct passage of the Frozen Strait ; " though," he con- fessed, " not without some appréhension of the risk he was incurring, and of the serious loss of time which, in case of failure, either from the non- existence of the strait, or from the insuperablej obstacles which its name împliéd, would thus b«j inevitably occasioned to the expédition." The resuit proved that he was right in preferring the ocuk timony of his predecêiSOT^Thë gpêcâafîÔJQS of hi«( accusers. The Frozen Strait, which Middleton had 5.*?>1 MEMOIKS OP SIH W. E. PABET. [182lH WSL] seen, bu be by ne Slowly, way thro dangerou covery, n freefrom would ha rate dim Tork, hai Boyal Hi continued suddenly < immédiate beiog awa Aboat ^ira TOw roum from the ( smallest ho Mon retur tme to it robject was The first tbe grand c (as Parry corner of A gamed, thaï oontment iti ^ô mouST^ But they y f' ,« ■- *V™ fr4 ' - 1881.'] EEPUL8E BAT. 131 «en, but not attempted, was found to çxist, and to Slowly, but surely, the discoverylSU made Zh^ W t^ugh thefloes andhumu^ks, S.^ ^ oove^, worthy of mention, was a magnificent bay «te dim^yBC^ uivaluable in a more tempe- Mr C'iP" "" "»"«'' *^'«' the Duke rf I«4,Iay.^„ entered on tie binfinlay of hL Boy»! aghnes,. Leaving thU inviting Jt «T »âtoly clea„„g up, &ej found a continuons ehore "»ed«rtely ahead. Thej had. in faot ydZ^t bang aware of it, actnaUy entekd Cp^^!* A boat KM at once detadied fi»m the « Hel » to «« -und the further «trenùty. wh^klonr ^^h^nT ;""«"' "'"' "' *"» headUnd^X «maUert hope of a paœage could ezist The iLtv «»« «turned, and reported that EepuUe bIv^ (as Parry expressed hîmaelf ) « of the nZhT . corner of America.» Tkî- \ » north-eaet l^.d.th^^e^^JtrC'::^--'^;- BDt A^ ^^' ""^ Pfoceeded northwards |B«t they were not yet dear of the etrait of ffl- X 8 t^VjJi.. Ml:. omened m«no. " The obstructions and diffioulti to be encou^tered were a» Kttle known a. ti^l Zw '^ '"'''*• "^^ ■»«•'* afford.p™, ^bk^age to the westward. L. faUilling'^ P*rt of hw instructions, ncTer, since the v«W indlftf M ,^°™ "»««' «plored ,rith mj indefatigable zeal and persévérance, «r wifh m!!' — ness, under the nfost appalling diffiT^r jlhe tides now encountered were so strong and J «e-laden eddies so violent,-that the shi™ wtre It' tunes co-npletely t„,.ed round, to the hnSn^ t vrer"è::tr'"'' *^ '"»'« *--»*1 north, ti,rough the labyrinth of ice, the fl«I wh,ch they were atteehed drifted soûthwU J ^ua% ^ed then. back to the same ^^^'^^l aware of the position and extent of^L^ ^"T"' tinen^ abont this «.eridian, ÎJl tolf t^?"^ «... i°g. but it serves to show 'tl^l^^'^'^^'^:;-'^- •QuMter]yReview,voLji«. •H _: I» ^^ 11821.] BOÀT EXPEDITIONS. 133 Igèographical information in «*.«= ^i, commande, ,et . worthy example to T ^w - lowaeion. he wm aWnt from L Tbi™ .• \.. .^'■ iMtoaUjr discovered, and laid down m thl \. Konted to two hundred-leagueT T^etll"^' (in,iidT_ ^' l'y those under hi» corn- I Ko rs >■ •■■ :"ï«X„i^ t"**^ J tf^A.».'*^ ''»ï 1 4^ 134 MEMOIRE OP SIB W. E. ^ARBT. [i821 -panied again %y 4. Ross and Mr. Sherer, in thel Hec^s boa^ witl^ Mr. MXaren, assistant surgeon of the HecVIeftus atifouro'cU^k, on the 14th Septen^ber, to pursue his examinWion. î / ' ' I " On the inorning é£ the 2l8i^ the ships were got under way, and aU sail m|uie to the;sonthward, ke'eping i close to the western, ^r rîght h^^d shore of the inlett « possible ,n order to «yoid missing the beats, shonld they be on the retum. en the moming of the 22nd, the wmd bame from the Oorthw^ and graduallj freshened to a stiff breeze, continuing' «iroughou^ the day, with occasional showers of sleet and stiow. In the evenin. the weather became kore /indement, and a very heân faU of snow added cWidejably to the apxiety we began to feel on account of Cap^ain Parry and his party, who were vxctuaUed for eight days, and had been abre! 86 von» " The whole of the â^rd passed without any sign or appeamice of the beats, and (though I felt sure Captain Parry had not neglecte4 such precautionary measures as would enable him to ^xtend his resources for a day or two,) theidea of their being reduced to the neceésity of even a short aUowançe of provisions in such a climat at this season^ exposed, as they were, to aU its inclemen- cies, was sufficient tj excite ail our commisération and sympathy, mdependeky. of the more fearful considéra- tion that some senpus Ôisaster might^be the cause of hear that Captem ^yon intended to get un^er wayat dayhght, and ron to the southward to look for them. C.^i^'^l l't^^^ '" '^' """^^ of the da^i>nl Ukj wind became tt»lî* o«a j^_-"-::i j t . , —^^ J^^^JWànddi^roundtothe wéstwari At dayhght on the ^4th, the ships' anchors were weighed, ^x .b -:Wi^. C182, ■issi.j BOAT EXPEDITIONS. . 13.5 lfe«me direct contrary ; and when the night cWfn b.^ ^° "PP"*"™»™ «ha* thi» »ight ou thêm H and woHld equaUy provent our approach to theoT î u.v-w3SM»,V--..«„ >. 138 MEMOIBS ÔF SIR W. E. FARRY. [1831. Iissi.} / be assured, that, in thèse remote, and desolate régions of the globe, it bas often fumished us with the most plea- surable sensations which our. situation was capable of affording. Independently of the mère gratification tu . the ear, there is, perhaps, scarcely a person in the world really fond of music, in whbse mind its sound is not, more or less, connected with bis far distant home." Fyr a couple of hours, during those evenings which were not thus occupied, a Bchool for teaching the mon reading and writing was established on the lower. deck of each of the ships^ that in the " Fury " under the superintendence of the purser, Mr. Hooper. Attendance waa quite voluntary, but 80 good a use was made hj the seamen of the advantages thus afforded, that^ when the expédition returned to England, there was not a man on boord who could not read his Bible. In the midst of thèse occupations, the shotrtest day passed over their heads, without any of the interest which ît had excited on a former occa- sion. "In fact," (as Parry observes,) « our winter waa no | longer an experiment ; our comforts were greatly in- creased, and the prospect of an early release from the j ice as favourable as could be desired. In short, what with reading, writing, making and calculating observa- tions, observing the Tarions natural phenomena, and taking the exercise necessary to préserve health, nobodjj -fAt any symptoms^of ennui, Mining oor imprisonment isj winter quarters." With ô continued the polar pue of antii dition. G mustard an owing to nov carne amosiDg in mon, dorin^ thèse veget detained at with some carpenter ( beloDged to m away ] |to gnimblej article in qu John P mîndl Dep his head, an |ttcfci were, a [voyage acroa for the carpe P mère fancy ( icmembered. rior was dete: i , into IDsys and mi j,t»i* v^el -■Jr^vt;-.^r* JET. [1821. |,3„.3 jHiE CABPENTER's DILEMMA. I3g With ôDe exception, the health of the crewa wntmued excellent Scurvy, the great enemy :of the ç>Iar voyager, was kept at a distance by the nBeofantj8corbutic8,liberally8uppliedto the expe- dition. To thèse was added a regular growth of muatard and cress, in boxes filled with moirid, which, owing to Ae superior warmth of the ships, was nov camed on on a larger scale than bçfore.. An amusing incident is connected with the preserva- toon, dunng the voyage ont, of the monld in i^hich Aese vegetaWes were grown. While the ships were detamed at Kirkwall, a boat ciune off to the « Fury » with some sacks full of earth, which the ship's caipenter (an Aberdeen man, who, had formerly Nonged to the merchant service,) was ordered U> Piow away below. At this he ventured somewhat 1» gnimble, and to question the uti}ity of the Nclein question. - Never mind I " says his mate, r*^, r— ' ^°» whom the account cornes, « never mmdl Dépend on it l£e Captain haa sopieAing in ' lu» head, and it 'U be aJl righti» The obnoxious «cks were, accordingly, stowed away, but, durin» the voy^e across the AtJantic, they proved toc much Ifor Ae carpenter»8 patience, and, at length, he or- I 1 ^ ^^^ *^® ^"^'^er overboard,^ a Kembered. P— - shook his head, but Ws su^- n^as determined ,^d„awâ y w entthe bggs, ^ FWr, into the sea, but, at à events, outTf si^ p8 and months passed, and the affair was for- 4 -■H^^ ,<, -',îj 140 MEMOIRS OF 8IB W. E. PABRT. gotten. Winter Island was reached, and the shir were frozen in. One daj, an order was given to V carpenter to provide some long shallow boxes. ^ done - «Now then, ray man," says the Capt^u for iiose sacks of earth I « Down cornes the unJ tortunate carpenter to his mate, in a state of ïnà crous perplexity, "Ehl P— _, but what wiU do, man ? - Here's the skipper singing ont for m saoks we heaved overboardl" «We, indeed'l says P , « but never mind, it's aU right; the^ never went overboard at aU I " and, doubtless, man of his^messmates had cause, at Winter Island, to 1 grateful to hira that it was ail right _ Christmas day was now past, and the" new ye had aUready oommenced, when a circumatance t expectedly occurred, which served stiU further wkle away the tedium of the yet remainiiig montn, of mipnsonment, and gave, moreover, ta this seconii voyage a character of its own. On the Ist i^ebruary, the look-out on board the **Hecla" r portedthat aparty of strange peoplè were advancir over the ice towards the ship, from the westwart Ihe glass bemg dir^cted towards them, they wer found tobe Esquimaux, and some appear^mce Mts, at the distance of about two mUes in the sanun durection, was then, for the first time, discovered Parry, with iwo or three officers, and a few men, at once set out to meet their unexpected visitors, witii whom they were, ahor tly , o n tno s t - l ntî t A J r" ^lîfothing could exceed their orderly anrquietbS •tlf '?' , ^ l^'^'l^ 7^ PARRT. [jSîiBm-] ESQUIMAUX. 141 le, intended le of the clothes of sers, began, strip, for the Loar cratea.tu,g strongly with their br^thren of ^rZ ,° ?" ^rt? ^"' thej^^ved, on ne^er «peotioB, to be a fenr blades of , -**'' a peace-offering, or for k ' lomen of the party, whose , ■wskin attracted the notice of i. die «tonielunent of the ktte^^o stnp, for fte ™.« of ecUuig their garments, though the tfier- Ueter waa at 23° belo^ zéro. It «>„; ^jSZ ^Z^'^Z""" "T' ve^ dread^S-^ê W»er, as each hwl a complète double suit Parry k «pressed, by signs, bis wish to, accomZ^ Uwthe.rh«t,, with whichrequest LjlZZ ftleet they ehonid run away at the sight of «, .yrtrange face^ The Es<,nn^n. J^, if^^ ^ tr,^"'' '""'''**^ of five buts, witM co N. «.tobhehment of canoës, dedgeVii d^- ^ed « ,f they had been there for nK.nths. °lî «ed Pa^ry, not a I.ttle, -to divine how they had ped notioe on board the dUps, where ao «««• Wconld affi,rf ™„ety or intereat But theV^ te -'"^ «me days after, when. ha^Lg"^ ^^.1T .r'^-rï« «»<'» to go through the » to complète the whole village as it steod. ^ • ni .«LÎ-». \ M ( Vi ^f"^ A •*/ ■VL. l'/'f %^ j^m. M' VJ'l ii il ( f if «» 142 MEMOIRS OP SIR W. E. PARRT. [l82 party now entered one of tbe buts, ail of which wer formed entirely of snow and ice. After creepin through two low passages, having each ita arche ^ doorway, they found themselvès in a small circi apartment, of which the ïoof was a perfect arche dôme. Frôm this room three doorways led to many others of a similar form, lighted by roui Windows of ice, neatly fitted into tbe roof. Tlj women were seated on tbèir beds of skins, each witi ber little fireplacQ. or lamp, and surrounded by ha domestic utensils, wbile tbe cbildren creptbebind thé mothers, alarmed at tbe sound of unknown voice^l and' tbe sight of so many strangers. The respectful and good-bumoured behaviour thèse poor people made a favourable impression od tbeir guests, which was not lessened durintr abnost daily intercourse which now ensued. WitI one or two exceptions, tbeir honesty was alway strikingly displayed. If a glove or bandkerchid were dropped, or left bebind in-fbe^uts, they wou restore it to^be o^ner, often taking tbe trouble travel to tbe sbips for tbe purpose. On one occasion some of lie "Hecla's" officers baugbt two dog which made tbeir escape to tbeir old quarters. ** Tli , next day, after tbe departure of '|he Esquimaii • from tbe sbips, it was found that they had M tbe same animais carefully tied up on board. Theij t integrity will appear tbe more remarkabïe, whei( we co r der that ne ax ly ail tha articles, -yre^t of ^ifling value, which met tfteir eyes, were r, |l822.] ILIGLIUK. 143 Buch pnzed by them, as gold or jewels would lave been by civilised people. Their delight m g Imusic was unbounded, ai!d the fiddle on board the F Hecla,» as weU as the organ, were endless sources ^ lof amusemeit. One day, Parry paià a visit to the Ihute, and prevailed on one of the women to sing him ' la 8ong, which she wiUingly did, and displayed a jtemarkably soft voice, and an excellent ear. Her Iname was Iligliuk, and, almost every day, she hhowed soûae fresh symptom of the superiority of . lunderstanding, for which she was so remarkably Idistmguished. WhUe the majority of Êèr country* meQ would stand stupidly at the armourer's forge, jcaring 0% to hâve some spear-heads fashioned by Ihismeans, Iligliuk would watch every stroke of the hammer, and each blast of thè bellows, showing jplaiiily that her attention was occupied with the utiKty and apparent simplicity of the process. The IfoUowing anecdote, related by Parry, displays a Ipleasing trait of her character. ' « She had promised to cover for me a little model of a canoë, and had, in fact, sent it to me by the serjeant of mannes, though I had net rightly understood from the Utter from which of the women it came. Believing that hhe had failed in her promise, I taxed herVith it, when «he immediately Sefended herself «ith considérable vannth and seriousness, but without making me corn- I?" ,^^'' '^^'^^S' Finding that she was wasting hàerwonfe upon me, ^hêysàîd^no niore tîll an hour after- ^ wards, when, the serjeant accidentally coming into the ,' ■ . â . ..^ : i*-:^,^ 144 MEMOIBS.OP SIB W. E. PARRy. i;,gj cabin, she, with the utmost composure. but with a d^ cxsion of manner peculiar to herself, took hç,ld of Û armto engage his attention, and then, looking hk steadfastly m the face, accused him of not having faiî fuUj executedher commission to me. The mistake M thus mstantlj explained, and I thanked IligUuk for hel canoë ; but itis impossible for me to describe the quil yet proud satisfaction dlspkyed in her countenance, J havmg thus clearpd herself from the imputation o breachof promise." 1 Itoccurred to Parry, that the superior intellige J of this Esquimaux woman might be advantageouslv employed for the purpose of communicating son, knowledge of the geographicai outline of the coast along which they were,to make their way when the ice broke up. The first attempt of this kind wJ made bj placmg several sheets of paper before her, aiid roughly drawing, on a large 8cale, 'an outline of the land about Repuise Bay and Winter leland. Ihis being done, the pencil was placed in hef hwdj and she, soon comprehending the nature of her task, contanued the outline. naming the prificipal placçs as 8he proceeded. The scale being large, it wa« necessary, as she arrived at the end of one pièce of papef, to tack on another, until she had, at Wth. fined a dozen sheete, and had completely lost sîghtof , Winter Island at the other end of the table. Her Teady comppthension induced Pany to try again on ^Bmftller scale, and this succcedpd KAttpr Af nhr -yraced Se wînàings of the coast to the northwwd of thejr present.quarters, ' ^*i,. r- tan.'] ILIGLlDK'fl VANITT. 145 "It wouW h.ve amu8ed an unconcerned looke,-»!, »^ R>ny wntes. .'to hâve obser«d the .r.^,t^,^ 2- 2Jt "-^ ««««plisheâ, for never ^ere t J TT™ ri " •*?' ""'"'"'^ '^^ ""•™ ""S* ««lieitude r »un.n«, and satis&ction may, therefore, i,i»«,me i<««e, be |mj«i„ed, when, withont takiSg it frlTe . the westward, and afterw*dj to H,e S S W TV. .tofce w.th Wager Eirer, a, we fc^w i. to e^sH b» Ao .mmed.ately dropped tie pencil, and .aid " ho inew no more about it." ô ne »orth^t point of America wa8, in fact H «fte"ja«i. to be where IligUnk-W r^t Imted^t. Meanwhile, the spirits of aU otoceraed in te expédition were raised, by the expeotati,n of S4':f''Ssr'~'^"r*""^"''" %I«.k had. Wever, W fitiling8,'and the chfef ftlie«wa,v«.ity,_a feeling which, as n,.y be PP<»ed,w«, „ot . Httle increa^d by the attentif U teceived from her European friends. C^ ^LZr°^^ *" «otoowledge ttat, in proportion a. te «penor nnder,.«,ding of tbi, enraortf».^ C^ 'i âij.^ > m^ift^ ItttJ. fJ ^^Sfsr- :-.'*}'. ' * ♦\ 146 MEM0IR8 OP SIE W. E. PARRY. [1822. became more and more developed, her head (for whati female head is indiffèrent to praise ?) began to be turnedî with the gênerai attention and numberless présents shel received. Tbe euperior decency, and even modésty, ofl her behavioi^r had combined with her intellectual qualif ties to raise her, in our estimation, far above her comJ panions ; and I often heard others express, what I couMl not but agrée in, that for Higliuk alone, of ail the Esqui-L maux women, that kind of respect could be entertained,! whiah modesty in a woman never fails to command iiil our sex. Thus regarded, she had been^aljrays freely adf mitted into the ships, the quarter-masters at the gan»! way never thinking of refusing entrance tô the 'wisel woman,' as they called her. Whenever any explanatioj was necessary between the Esquimaux and us, Jligliuil was sent for as an interpréter, and she thus found herselfl rising into a degree of conséquence, to which, but for u J she could never hâve attained. Notwithstanding a morel than ordinary share of good sensé on her part, it will noj therefore, be wondered at, that she beCame giddy withl her exaltation. In short, Higliuk in February, audl Higliuk in April, were, confessedly, very différent pçrf sons ; and it was at last amusing to recoUect, though jiotl very easy to persuade oneself, that the woman. who nowl sat demurely in a chair, so confidently expecting M notice of those around her, and she who had at flrsj with eager and wild delight, assisted in cutting snoFforl the building of a hut, with the hope of obtaining a singk! needle, were actually one and the same individual." The end of May had now arrived, but there wa8,i feroo ptospect tîf rélease ftï the shipsT "Oh èKôr végétation seemed labouring to commence, but yji^y^&aL^ ' ^^^> ^^ '**■•' ■»-*^'«(' .^•lîl f!S2.] DEIPAETUEE OF TaÉ ESQUIMAUX. JZ^ "'''*'^ '" '"°" P"'^' -"lé to eea. »Md, appearanoes were even less promismg. Durin,, «en before this penod of thé «a^„, suerai hour.- if luuJ ram ch.„gi„g the white surfa^ of the "ce <» d«6olut.on. , The .Esquimaux wL however ■"' -"^ •» 'r ^ *e shipa, and to Xr te ,o he^ «Bmer place of resideuce *„ the no^^rd. Thcy rf, on more than one occasion/ when the seaî «nt™ had retumed empty haude* for days togeth« be who e party had been saved from aotual sta^vS «tongs, they had 8ho,.ed, fr^in ,he first, a child- b ««uphcity ,n (he ir wiUiugn^ss to part with th^r ~ ;»•"»"« P^^^'ons i buyParry had tafceu good » that «,ey should be no Wrs in the end,^„d m at the final leave-taki^g. he preseuted the™ keeve»! valuable gifte /Ti,g..i™„ediate Jsulte ^^.addeu au nflu. of wUh^seemed likely to be m^ eapecMUy to the ^.men, wBoae j„y Jt »™ jnto hysterical fits ofT i^^çd^r^Wangh^r oce^ed by floode of .ea«; I?they u^o^fd «ff ^.th Ae,r sledges. drawn by themaelves, for wa.t of ««fficeut number of doga. thèse 1 igh.râld opiegreeted their benefac.on with th^ eheers ^«troe Kabloon. (Euglish) sjjl.. Thoy Zt ^^W ^^«^i*^ and. h^oya^e^-^e ::::::: L 2 ^ ,^' .'^Sflt wJf'T'. ^ L. ■;#: %. 148 €* I I :^EM0|B9 WF I) on. Hlhe ni] i ^ At Iffl^, on^^ùd ÏSJ9, aft^r'^havîngneaffj compk^^he niap-^q^ atjfaàter ' ;ing tiW>avy icié frol^ ^^^nd^flli eMto|)4 »^<^ stood to the ndrth, up J^ox Chann âe,i the shore was con^pletely lined ^with^L, « £^ ,r *^? *^^ °*^^ ^"g® fl<^ ^'ere drifting rapidlj >Bp#,jvith Wind and tide, lea^g a^channel of a fei lïundred yardlp in wi 'hJ- f ^ ,r * \ -:*->. mi.} POLAR SEA. 149 ^Srj r '"" '"''' ™"y «'"t^^î '^th -^etetaon, and forming, ,n one place, a ma-mificent .taract upwards of a hundred feet i^ heighfwh ch -«honoured with the name of ,he secretary „f*e "oured mth an ttnintermpted run of fifty n^/^ tbch lay huddJed together on the loose piec™ „f liey tound thernselrç, off a wider openine than amr ley had yet discorered. Their vLaZ 7 •««îned, when. instead of a naZbtr'' ,' ' tee met their expectant eyes. ' For nearly a «tbe N6rth-Wert Passage. During this period leenorea ot ^e strait of whAotethpv h^it Xi «*/ inus aeserroes : j^^' W % " At half.^t five on tfie feornine «f thfi l«^i, a . '«"^reg^^ fqr it a ppeareg ta l ea A-to-tfee '^V.L^. *om the aet of the tide and the |rehdi„ J«^J .^ ae ,t«it was^^es. Ukoly^ be7„u„^ *;";; \'^?#\ **1S^i \J 150 ■% MEMOIÇS OP SIR W. E. PARRY. presented, at the same time, a geological character difpçring from any we had before met with. We now turned nearly due nortb/and, after passing over a inile| and a half of rocky country, we arrived, at about 7 a.ii, at the ultimate(object of our journey, the extrême northem point "of the peninsula, overlooking the nar- rowest part of the desired strait, which lay immediatelj below us, two miles in width, and apparently very deep, Beyood as to the west, the shores again separated to the dist^ce. of several leagues, and, for more than thm points of the compass, in t^at direction, no land could be seen to the utmost limits of a clear horizon, except one island, six or seven miles distant. Over this we could not entertain a doubt of having discovered the Polifj Sea, and, loaded as it was with ice, we already felt agi • we were on the point of forcing our way through ^ along the northem shores of America. "After despatching one of our partv to the foot of the point for some of the sea water, Swiich was foud extremely sait to the taste, we hailed the interestinj event of the morning by three hearty cheers, and bji â small extra allowance of grog'to our people, to drftk a safe and speedy passage . through the channel just .discovered, which I ventured to name by anticipation, The Serait of the Fury and Hecla. Havin» built a pile of stones at the prômontory which, from iti situation, -with respect to the Ipontineni of America, Il called Cape North-E^st, we walked b^k to our tent and baggage, thèse fiav^Bg, for the sake of greater et pedition, Bfeen left two niiles bejiind, and, a|ter restinjj a few hours, set out on our returti." r Xïïght easterly breeze at length enabled the shipi pro^plctrof fefeÎK. :* imIo WINTEB AT IGLOOLIK. to strugBie through the new^iacovered .trait for «me distance. The main body of the ice was" ZJt2,-"'''^\^'^^ herald ofwinter. w.« «teady formmg on the little open water that re- r±"" "t'""'^ '•'^'^^'' «-ecting afrel «L Tel: 4r IT. d''™"""" ^ -'"'^ _^t^ Sora^yiS^Itr^r^Î m,that it waafor some time doubtful, firat'ofT whether the «hips wouM be able to et,^e hrir Attnl !^ K ^""P" beingfrozen up at sea. il fof^af '' ^""^ "'"""' «»-g the floating a-t^h», k T j^ ' °*"y' »» *e last day of October hauIed,nto theirsecon-t^inter-quartera a thç Island of Igloolik. Hère they found them^dve' s ot rû'" '^'^ "'■«<»"« "' *eir former S''JohnVn* "'"' "■""" *« «ailorshad chris- Sly "^b,""' T '" "^'J-'^»" "' ««'■eting the L,:. j . . ' "^'"S the first ofiérins of tmI »re:f-d5t:^^^^^^^^^ ^'t afe'J^f «^winte,,^ l^c'-fthe'Î.i^»*^^'^^^ I. 4 * *A * A,;.w i-'1 -i* ' W^' ':?•<• -^ ^Èi MEMOJIBS OP 8IU W. E. PARUT; [I82II their opérations during the coming year, Parry was inl ^reat perple»fep|p|S||| «^o^ts, at length, resolved tbemselves i|taa*definite s^emô of a daring and hazardous nature. This was to send the «Heèla" home, and, takîng from her stores a year'a.provisiqik to coptinue his voyage aloneîn the "Fury." mil the greater part of the winter, he kept his plan to himself, and wheù, at length, he made it knoWn, notf a murmur was héard from any one of the galli crews he commanded. Each waswilling to retumj or to remain, as ^s commander should ^cide. In a long letter to his parents, written at trfltime, to be transmitted to them by Captain Lyon, he thisl .^^expresses, in simple yet manly terms, his détermina- won not to relinquish the main object of his voyage 1 without one more struggle, and breathes Ûm spiritof | that calm *eliaijce on a l^gher powter, in whîch l resplutic^ii had beep taken!. ; TÏj yesterday, communicafted to ail in "l^th ships ._. »d^r^nation to which I had long agocome, of sendingj the ll^a ' to Engi^d, aùd ^litiniiing our eflTorts in the 'ï^ry'sin^ly.- Nbthiflgf can excg^i th^lrvdyand anîmated bustle nqwjrill^^çn'in'our ïittl^f&îony; andi»| is a source of vajt great gratification to îné, at thîs par- ticular,penod,^Pbe|he gwd health generally enjoyed | by va. «May ^Tcomînue to us His all-merclful guid- ance and proteèlSon ; and I cannot despair of still ulti- mately effecting our object. I am determined, however, with the continued assistance of Providen(r»fi, to g how i that ]^rseverance has not been wanting in this eDte^ Vfc 'Am^i ■ anàk. , I V. .^. ^\j.t."«RlaW lElS^^ " •■l'rf" /•■ *■' jSS' BY. [l823!Bi823.] RETURN HOME. 153 Khii? '^^^I^t''^^'^» «hall induce me to relinquish tt, wWe a reasonable hope of success remains. What- kver the event may be, our efforts shall be worthy of our koon 17 and our return, I trusl^ at least not inglorious. U l .' r' " *" ""'' " ^° "^"^ ^^**«' ^^-^3 tha^ r f f «'^/»«- • • • The 'Hecla' will teU you our tory as far as xt goes. For the cofeludin. part df the kwhjch ,s 'm the womb oftime,' our dfar friends in Engliçd must patiently.waiffor the next post, which I mt may be vi& Kamtschatka. They wiU not fail to b^^nf V^ rr? ^^'^^ "^ -« «-- -der tht" i^T ^r ""n" ^' "^""* ^"^ P**h' »»d about our ■i*nd spieth out ail our ways.' " •hr, haâ this intention been carried out, the <-'^„". . ""'" ^^ "Terror" might hâve , '° ?*'«**"^'>y that of the - Fury.» Oaly a few kiys, however^fore the libération of ihe ships, a u^umstence^curfed, which effeoted a total change 'n bs view8., The ecurvy, which had hitherto been Jkpown, savçjiri a few cases among the officers, "'hose sedentary pursuits rendered them lésa gene- % attentif to habite of regular exercise, now me its unwelcome appearance most unequivocally «nong the men. The surgeon was consulted, and 8 opinion being, decidedly, against the wisdom of f^pmg either of ,^e ships out a third winter, Parry's better judgment prevailed over his zeal in the cause ^discove^ and, with a passing sigh for the Polar bea Ah Jayat^ ho w c^U-in gaten ot ^îs newl^— overed strait, he resolved to make the best of h^ é i.^.. .-t i-::i-^^-r- j" ■Pr / -■-, 11823. 154 MEM0IR8 OF 8IB W. E. PARRY. <^ ■ way home in company witb^he « Hecla." Hè wai further confinned ii* this change of détermination by a last sight he took ôf the atraît, ^f hère the barrier of| ice reiiiained as firmlj and apparèntly as hopeleasly, fixed as ever. The unexampled lateness of the season also convinced him of the little progress he could hopetomake in an onward direction^ duriDg, the coming summer. As it was, ît was ^Dt until th^ end of the second week in August that the ship» werefinallyreleased; and, even then, .|he singular mode of their progress southward, from Igloolik to their old winter-quarters at Winter Island, proved how httle could hâve beeà-éCcted in a Contran direction. The wind failing, and the ice closing ioi around them, they were, wjthout^the smallest possi- bility of exertion on their own part, drifted at random down Fox Cbannel, now driven amon» shoals, with only a few inches of water to spare, now whirlmg round a headland, at the rate of Uo or thrfee knots an hour. Nor was this ail. The seasoD was so far advanced, that, at one time, it seemed by no means improbable, that, though on tbeh- way home, they might be detaîned for a third winter in thé ice, ahnost within sight of open water. At length, Hudson's Straits were passed, and they bade fâr^ well to the last iceberg in Davis! Strait «It can scaroely be imagined,*' (Parry wrote, on thej homewa rd voyage acr^ss the At kntiVJ » by thoae gk[ bave net been simîlarly situated, with whateage7ïnte3 r^-^tti ■•f- 1* ri823.Bi8«8.] RECEPTION AT I.ERWICK. 15^ one or two vessels were, this day, descried by us, being the firât trace of dvilised man that we had seen for tbe spac© of twonty-seven montha," On their arrivai at Lerwidc, they were warml^ greeted by the inbabîtants, eager to welcome them baefc to their native eouqtry. V « I feel it impossible," (he coûtiûttes,) « adequàtely to eipress the kindness and attention we received, for the three^or four day^ that we were detained in Bressay bound by contrary winds. On the first intimation of - oar jmval, the befls of Lerwiek were set ringing, the inhabitants flocked from every part of the country, to express their joy at our return, and the town was illu^-^ - mmated at night, as if each individual had a brother or I ^ among us. On the 12th of October, being Sunday, tiie offlcers and men of both ships attended Divine hervice on shore, when the worthy mipister, the Rev. ^. Menzies, who was before weU known to many of us, ! o&red up, in the most solemn and impressive manner, a thauksgiving for our safe return j at the same time calling BpoB us, with great earnestness, never to forget what we owed to Him, 'who had been about our path and about our bed. The peculiarity of the circumètanpes under whwhwe joined the congrégation, the warmth of feeUng exhibited by every person assembM wil^in the sacred w^ together with «le afi^iSb energy of the pwacher, combined to producei^ ept, of which words TTr^ but little idea, but w&^i^i^ „ot easily b^ effac^ from the minds of those présent on this affecting occasion.'' spe^lf, for I am |*BPhen8iffe of :)içt conveying what, indeed, can never teéonveyed adeqitately in worcfe, my unbounded admira- «i*--of wh«t yoù Kaveï uQdèr the blessing of God, been ^ ''^^o perfonn, and thè manner in whïch you hâve * Je it. To place you, in the rank of travelters aboyé. Park, and Heam^ and others, would, iii\my esti- maboft, be nothing in comparisOn of your me^ But- in yoij, and your party, my dear friend, %e seTso sub- Juûedn-mstance.of Christian confidence in the Ajlmighty lof the Buiieriority^f moral and religions energy over mère brute Strength of b»dy, that ii is impossible to con- temgI«te.^^l^ and pleasur^^ V.,. -Fi^at.bemgVur feUôw-'countryihan, ^ Wh^t '^' #-'■ •■*• %■*■* 1* , ■ ■ J.» -, ■ ■-■' -.jjiy. ^JL,. .'4% - •î-1 j^ ^1 T^3^^ il *'- 108 MEMOIRS OP SIR W. E. PARRY. [1823,1 officer, and friend ; pleasure, in seeing the virtues of thel Christian adding their first and highest charm to the uni conquerable persévérance and splendid talents of thel officer and the man. I hâve a promise of your book thisf day from my brother-in-law; Mr. Martineau, with whoiL (surrounded by ail my famiiy) ï am staying for a weeH at Stamford Hill. I cannot, at présent, enter into anj| shop business, — I mean geographical détails; but I long! very much to see thé connection between our disco-| veriés. Ours are small, for our success bas been smallj on this occasion. Briefly, (for the doctors insist upoDl it,) the north-eastern portion of America consists of af singular peninsula, extending from Repuise Bay in 66j lat. to 69|°, and resembling a bastion at the corner of u fort, the gorge of the bastion being three days of Esqui- maux journey, across from Repuise Bay to Akkôoleeij one of, their settlements or stations on the opposite, orj Polar Sea side. ïhis great southern indentation corrcj sponds, I imd^ine, with jowr route, which led you intoj 66^°, I think, in proceeding eastwardf but I hâve reallyj 80 vague an idea of your proceedings, geographically,[ that I «Jan, at présent, say very little to gratify curiositj] concerning the connection of our discoveries. I shallj hâve volumes to say, or write to you hereafter, but doj not bo alarmed at the supposition of my expectingl volumes from you in return. " I shall only add that I am, my dear Franklin, ';*^our ever faithful, and most sincerely admiring friend, ,. / -^ "W.E. Parrt." having been promoted during hi's absence, as soon asl ^ :.ik. ■.>■•♦.. I ..>■ V- m HYDEOGRAPHÎCAL OFFICE, 159 le twdve months of service as CommaiyJer had Ipired. The resuit of the late expédition, though Wecessful as tô its ultimate oWeet, had at least |own what route was to be avôided, in ihe eearch a practicable passage to the weâtward ; ^ile to Ive up the matter, at that stage, would hâve been, I Parry's opinion, to lose ail the benefit of the expe- fence already gained at the cost of so muph toil, and which other nations might possibly talie advantage, jsnatoh from England the gjory of the great dis- fvery. It was, therefore, soon generally understood lata third expédition would be-sent out, of which - jry would again take the command. tJpon his overy from his illness, Lord MelvUle o%red to I fhe situation of Hyd^grapher to the Admirait^, iwas, at first, unwilling to accept an office w|ich [ouldshut him out from active service, wheilier in earcticseas, or elsewfaere, but this diffichlty was on obviàted. X** ^ i •' Lohdon, Nov. 26, 1823. h Lord MelviUe has said and done so handsomely about k Hydrographer'B situation, insisting on keepin^ it «n for me, even ëaring sm expédition, that I hâve, e»Uy per force, «ccepted it, and shall be appointed otebly this day. How I sball get through the worjc * d inoth^ equipment, and my book, I know not ; but this I must make the best I can, having, in fact, no Nce. It wiU, in short, be &fag, but, of course,* highly. httenn n r for Jhg présent and Ib c noftcial fui Ibe futureT -^ Hlbther expédition is not quite deterrained on, liut wiU ■ soon, I bave lit^ doubt." - r*. \i' '.' i-' f .Ci*. 'v* . M u, . ( 160 MEMOiae OP SIE W. É. PABEY. Cl8^ This was written in November ; and, before u end of the year^ the "Hecla" and "Fury" wa «>Bgain selected to renew the search for the Nor West Paaroge, and Parry was once more in his (j place, and at his iA^ occupation, fittin^ out his shii in Deptford Dockyard. W'i \ . ■y ^ V ^ ^ ".■■■ ^ .^* '.'.If . 7 (• > our ( *7i in some mf 161 h CHAP. vn. ^HIRD AND LA8T VOTAGE EOK THE DISCOVERY OF X NOBTH-VVEST PASSAGE. _ WINTEE AT PORT BOWEX _ MASQUERADE.^LOSS OP THE " FDRY." — « HEbLA » BETUBNS HOME. -DEVELOPMENT ÔP BEUGIOIJS CUV- BA€TER. ^ . r" " : 1824-1825. - - ; ■ . FEW days^efbre Pany received his commission for the exj^dition now to be recordod, he was loaoured with the freedom of the city of WinchesA-. tW"^^"^ the compliments, contained in the Jpeech of the jViayor, he spoke as foilows: «The merits which you hâve kindly attributed to me Pnt^h seaman, an^ every Christian commander, under te:r*'T- '' *^^'i^«*^«<ï' »>een my fortune, «der ^videncô, to meet with some sudteg^nk mv en- javours. To the zealous- co^operation of inybroiher hZ2Tf ^^,^°tf«^^ <^»duct of the faithfulmen Njusted to my charge, it has (under the same superi^- at! T^ ^'" ^"^' *^"* '^^ «"'• co«»parative uures hâve not, perhàp^, been altogether withnn. «ofit U» our countfy. By thèse, any future •tteZ *7,ui8ome méasure, be directed, and the attainipent ) / H *«#v .;, t c ,.„••<-• ♦ ■ * ». ■ 4. ■ ,: H W 162 MEMOIBS OP SIR W. E. TARBY. IlSZiKsj^] CO of itbs desired object, to a certain extent^ rendered mon easy. Should anj call be made on our futifre exertion the libéral and friendly, nay, afiectionatè receptjonwJ hâve experienced at h6me caâoot fail to eiicoura^e us i our labours." » As 800Û as it was settled that alS^ther expédition should be sent out, the next point to be ^etermilDe was, in what particular direction the ne\Y attemp should be made. Franklin*s récent perilous journe to the moutn of the Coppermine River had establishe bejond a doubt, the position of the northetn of America, and along thisvCoast it was still Parry opinion that the passage must be sought, in pn ference to the higher latitude of Melville ï«l But the question waà^^now raised by some at hon whether, consideriijig tob difficulties experienced ^ the late voyages, 'it woUld not be wiser to revJî^n . the mode of opérations, by seeking to enter ■ Polar Sea from the west through Behring's Straiti rather than from its eastern entrances, as heretofon Of this proposition, Parry at once signified unqualified di|iapproval, and concluded a letter on i subject to Lord Melville with thèse words : " Tl| information lately obtained makes it less advisab than everfor Engla^d to make the attempt fromi but the Atlantic side; because it is obvious, any difficulties of a more thwi orj^inary natu should be encotintered at firat, wiiilé the resoi are co mpla te, the rth ip s uninjiired , and the energy^ the^crews whoUy unimpaired." This decided opinia ,-; ^!v . t i, il, „-.V ., ' • .:, t", ■ É"^ /^' p2^] CONCEETt>N BOAKD THE «HECLA.'' 163 oupled with his own expérience ôf the hopeless amer of ,ce near MelviUe Island, and in "the Strait' bf the Hecla an"a Fury, reduced the question to veiy narrow hmite. ^ The only ot!ier known opening hvhich remained, was that of Prince Regent's Inle^ Uted by bmseiqn his first voyage. It is true hat the ice to the sOi^thward had then-presented an apromismg appeamnce j but the chatpel was wide, nd the weU-known rapïdity with which, under brdinary circumstaûces, changes in the sfeite of the\ ice occur, even from day to day, during the summerA jade it^not unlikely that it would be found more ayoumble on a second visita Thèse views he :)ngly urged on the Admirait^ and, as might be pposed, hiâ advice was favourably received, and prmed, as before, the basis of his instructions for the ^01^ voyage, "The confidence," such were their "TOrds, 'which we are justified in placing ip your ludggent and expérience, détermine us to authorise fcndjdirect you to pursue the course which you 3^ "nTet r'^'"'''^' ""'"^*^' *»»r«»gh Prince The success which had attended tbe entertainment Moard the « Fiiry » in 1821, emboldened Parry to ^t the attempt now, on ^ Wer scale than before. his tmie both ship» were gail^ dressed out, and ' he proceedmgs varied by a concert on board the ^^Several of the best performers of the dav^ iinii ' '' mH^&< it •J ! Il wHI ^■. ï WL JnlBw r 1 ■!\ ^Hini ' / i f ai % t--^/-#! %*£:•* h ! "j aiong the bulwarks of the vessels. -* was," writes Captain Parry's sister, 164 MEMOIR'S OP SIR W* fe. PARRT. [l824i their services, and seémed, to their delîghted hearer as though really inspîred for the trceasion beyon their usual powers of pleasing. As the twiligh closed in, a novel and brilliant effect was produce by coloured lamps hung-amongst the riggipg, anl " It certainlj "a beautiiî sight, and, un<^r other circumstances, we shoi haVe thoroughly enjoyed it." The ships sailed frbin the Nore on the 19th May, 1824, and in ten daya were off the° Orkney whence he thus writes_ tp his mother.' " ' H^Ia,' off tli6 Orkney», May 3a | ' '"- \ " My dearest Mother, \ ■ " Being, by a very ciMous coïncidence, o£F Orkney Islands, on ihe saiïiè day that we took our parture from them tlfree years ago, an opportunity offej of sending a few Unes on shore, and of this l'^làdiU ta advantage, though I hâve only to say that we are weU, comfortable, and happy, and abou^ tq begin voyaî^e across the Atlantic with a fair breeze and mcj charming weather. We shall not put' in hère if Ii help it, and the présent wind is so fayourable, that tha will probably be no occasion for it. Everythipg is \ complète as possible, and I do not know a thing that i want. My own hoalth isperfectly good, and I am i my deareSt mother, tïiat even you, with ail your anxiej and affectionate sotieitude . \i Wî--' .J 1834 -^ rkney», May 30. COOLNESS IN DANGER. 165 dd my dearest love to ail that are dear to me, from. my eloved mother, "' " Your fondly affectionate son, ^ • , " " W. E. PAIiRY." He took the same opportunity of writing a few st words to his friend Franklin, who was already neditating a second journey, to the scène of his prmer sufferings on the north coast of America. «God bfess you," he concludes, 'tmy dear friend, in m your noble undertakingâ ! May He be your guide bd support in evçry difficulty and danger, and bring bu baek in health, with i:enewed honours, to the |iumerous friends, to whom you*are jûstly dear." Qi» the 18th of June they feU in with the #|d; ice i Davis' Strait, and,, about thig time, an iSent lurred, strongly ilbiçtrative éf his great *natural ►béas in the hour lof danger. It was Sunday >renoon, and with the exception of a small \çatcjh |h deck, the ship's coni|)aDy were mustered below ^r divine service, at which, in the absence of a laplain, he officiated himself. He had finished the loramg service, and had nearly reached the cop- lufli^n of th^sermon, when Ihe quartennastei-^le »a%jdown the halchway, and whispered a few [nmed words in his car. Parry, without exhibiting ly signs of emotion,^asIced some questions in a loV > •ne, and bade hina return to his port. He then^^ I oponc J hia book, and "cominued 13 ^ |»ough nothmg had occurrçd, concludi M 3 t'^' . 4 ^ 166 MEM0IR8 OF SIR W. E. Ej^RRY. [l824. ■l824.] /■ blessin^. Then, raising his hand, he said, « Now, my lads, ail hands on deck,— but mind, no bustlel" On reaching the deck, it was found that a mist, which had been hanging over them ail the morning, had liftld, showing the land right ahead, and now only a short distance ofF. Parry, whose apparent indifférence had only resulted from his persuasion that, according to the quartermaster's report, no immédiate danger was to be apprehended, now took up his usual post, and promptly issuing the needful |)rder8, the sKip's course was altered, and the danger fvoided. "We knew we could always trust himl' ire the emphatic words of one of his own seamen, iresent on the occasion ; and those who know what seamen are, will scarcely wonder that volunteen were never wanting for any service in which he was engaged. His example was lio less conspicuous, in the contempt of fatigue and the power of enduraace. «*I hâve known him," says the satae seaman, who acted as his stewatd, *' pass hour after hour on the *spike-plank'' ^yithout going below, in ail weathers, often, for hou*& together, taking\io refreshment of | any kind, but a glass of lemonade with one t€a- 1 spoonful of rum in it, I was often very nearly doubling the allowance, but, thinks I, he is sure to | find me out, he' "s jso sharp, and then he'll never trust me again, which I couldn't bearl" The unusual severity of the season retarded the ^h^ beyond aU expeetatiosï- The âiffioultira of thej icy barrier, through which they had, on a former j I occasion, now iûcr were in f befoï'e th caster Se accounts < of the vei than two length, h deserved and, on th north-east they been weeks eari they woul( puflhed th inlet, and of the Am tion being to winter i tJie east co covered in This wai lot of our was, in sok of former and the spi hopes whic TH^iréd; v présence of ''.- - -t^ *1 % ■'# / : '•,,;■■' '■ « ^M ^ ■ ,. 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At/^ort Bowen there waà a 1 total absence of all^^human créatures, save themselves, Judeed, almost a total absence of animal life, while- at the same time they were still on old ground, not having, as yet, passed even the threshold of disco- very. 1 "The account of a winter passed in thèse régions' (Pairj writes in his journal) « can no longer be ex- pected to afford the interest of novelty it once possessed, more especially in a station already delineated with tolerable geographical précision on our ma^s, and thus as it were, brought near to our firesides àt home. Inde- pendently, indeed, of this circumstande, it is hard to conceive any one thing more ^e another, than two winters passed in the higher latitudes of the polar régions, except when variety happens to be afforded by intercourse with some other branch of *the great family of man.' Winter after winter hère assumes an aspect so 1 much alike, that cursory observation can scarcely dis- tinguish a single feature of variety. The winter of more temperate climàtes, and even in some of no slight severity, is occasionaîly diversiâed by a thaw, which at once gires variety and comparative cheerfulness to the prospect But hère, when once the earth is covered, aU is dreaiy, monotonous whiteness, not merely for days and weeks, but for more than half a year together. Whichever way the eye is tumed, it meets a picture calculated to ici-' press upon the mind an idea of inanimate stiUness, of that motionless torpor, with which o ur feelings hâve -aothing^^congenial, --^of anythlng, in ihorl, butTIfe. In the very silence there is a deadness, with which a humjûi "^S.''j!if-ii-:::i\' . t,;.. ;-"/'^%;^ 18S4.] EVENING^SCHOOLS. 169 , witness appears out of keeping. The présence of man «eems an intrusion on the dreary solitude of this wintry The schools were now again set on foot, under !^,7r !?°^^^^^ of Mr. Hooper, purser of the aecla, and it was pleasant to find that the benefit was not confined to the score or so of individuals, whose want of scholarship brought them to the school tables on the «ïlecla's» lower deck in the long levenmgs, but extended itself to ail the ship's com: pany, "making the whole,» writes Parry, «swîh a «cène of quiet rational occupation aa I never before jwitnessed on board a ship." «I do not speak lig^tly," he continues, « when I ex- press my thorough persuasion, that to the moral effects fcusprodpced on the minds of the men, were owinf^ a the^ui^I T;' *'' ''"^*'"*' ^'' ''^'^ cheer^lness ^e xtraordinary state of health, which prevailed amon.. 18 dunng the winter." «uiuuo Of one of the Sunday evening schools Mr. looper writes in his journal: — ind Captain Parry read to us an exdfeUent sermon. We ea rea d over three or fogr timca tha ^....a i..„„. 7 iter fh ^^P^^^'îed it to the best of my ability. Jter this, we went to prayers. and having closed, I 4U ■''rji '•■"' ■*,'-''-^;.- ;'v.^:; iv'M'f 170 MEMOIBS OF SIB W. E. PÂBRY. [1824. ■ 1824.] wished them good night as usual, when mj friend John Darke (one of the * Hecla's '^«eainen) said he wished to say a few words. He then retarned to his knees, and, in a few simple but afiècting ^Qirds, retUrned thanks for the blessing enjojed by hi^sejl^ and shipmates in t Christian captain, and. a Ch^stian teacher, imploringthe blessing of God in behalf of both Captain Farry and j myself. After :this, he desired, for himself and ship- mates, to thank me for ^be trouble I had taken, and the | countenance of every one spoke the same thing, showed that they had deputed him to do this.** The officers and men of the présent expédition having almost ail served on the former voyages, it was thought expédient to devise some novelty in the way of amusements, which ail acknow^^^d weie ''by thîs tîme almost worn threadt^areJHp^hey set their wits to work, and, at length, CaptSiTHoppnet of the "Fury" proposed a gênerai* masquerade.! The notion was at once eagerly caught up and acted upon, tvith the utmc^t zeal, by ail parties,} None were more delighted thaû Parry himself. "It is impossible," (he writetl,) "that any idea couUI hâve proved more happy, or more exactly suited to onrl situation. Admirably dressed characters of various de^l Bcriptions readily took their part, and many of thèse 1 were snpported with a degree of spirit and genninel humour, which would not bave disgraced a more refinejl assembly, while the latter might not hâve disdained, and| would not bave been disgraced, by copying the ôrdejp, deéorum, and TnoSensive clieerfdiness, which oï humble masquerades presented." r SXt. tl824. H 1694.] MAfiQUEEADES. 171 m^ the proposai was communicated ;to the Blpps ôompanîes, t|iey heartily responded /to the caU, and, m their o^ phraseology, « passed ée word hom«dto prépare /for action The préparation of the difierent char^ters waa, in itself, a/fund of amusement, occupj^ng several days. « wi] Jack »' Ue would say, «ÎVe put my consideri^ 'cap on, and I think 08 how l've rummaged ué^ summut queerl and nondescript enough waaAie usual resuit of thèse cogitations! Before the first enter- Itamment, which was to be held on board the « Furv " the captain" would teke. They fcew him ^ enough to expect something worth eeeing, and, at pe same time, to be sure that they should feel at WJ)"' ^r'°''' ^«°>«t"'-^« grev. mo,e.rife as Itiie festive day approached. He was well scanned by many cunous eyes, âs-he emerged from his cabin mpped up m a large boat cloak, ^d ail that could be seen was h,s violin, which he held under hÎB arm ; K f '^ ^' "^"'y'^" ^"^^«' <ïe<'k. And ^w ^e^ fon commenced in good earnestj thé Nt^n bmself for some time at least, attr;.ting Ith^attentionofaU. ïhe cloak had been throwf «de and there stood the facsimile of an old marine J^ a fiddle^ng for halfpence, on a road aear Chatham. The part was admiinbly sustoined. I "1 ). J 172 MEMOÎRS OP SIR W. E. PARBY. [1824. f( \ édf Give a copper to poor Joe, your honour, who's lost his tîmbers in defence of bis king and country I" and then would corne a scrape on the fiddie, s^nd al stave dolefully drawled in a cracked voice. Thel appeal was not in vain, and the coppers fell fasti into his hat. In anotber part of the deck stood al neat public house bar, at which a steady seamanl actpd as John Barleycom, and supplied liquor iol modération to those who presented tickets, withl which they had' been provided for the purposcj Mine host had a ready tongue, and it may bel supposed there was no lack of customers at the signl o£ the «Fury, No. 1, Arctic Streç^** The affaiil enéed with a dance, in which the whole of thel motley assemblage Joined with right good will;i Turks, sweeps. Quakers, and old clothes men, footin it as merrify as though the scène of the festivail were Portsmouth instead of Port Bowen : and pr senting a strange contrast to the dreary waste wit out, where an arctic winter still held undisput reign over the desolate shore and frozen waste waters. At length, four bells (ten o'clock) is stnick the boatswain*s chii^ is heard above the ** Away there, Heclas I " and, in -another hour, no* i Sound is heard on board either ship to break stillness of the long polar night. Next day, votes were taken, and it soon appeared that, fn thie captain's cabin tp the forecastle, there was ba ôSe ôpiiuon, vîz., that " this time, at least, ther^^ nail had been hit on the head, and no mistake! ^ (^ HFU^. ^. -T- fTs, 1824.] OBSERVATIONS. 173 Darmg thèse entertainments, which took place î!X*u- ** ^^^^ intervais, alternately on board Iboth ships, not a single instance occurred of anythinff that could interfère with the regular discipline, or at ail weaken the respect of the men towards their hupenors. " Ours, in fact," Pany pbserves, « were Imasquerades without licentiou^^ess, carnivals with- |out excess I " During the long winter months of imprisonment, be officers of both ships found ample employment in the scientific observations, which their vicinity to m magnetic pôle rendered particularly important. Tie observat(Jry had been erected on shore, as soon ^the ships were seçured in their winter quarters Dd the mterest in thèse occupations was so great «tt its neighbourhood, before long, presented the pearance of a smaU village, from the number of Mises set up for the réception of magnetic needles. ne mterestmg fact was discovered that,- since their rt visit in 1819, the variation had increased by as auch as nme degrees, z.e. from 1 14° to 123°. Close pention was also paid, as usual, to the varions me- •«orological phenomena, and it was remarked that S f?f ""^'i" ""^'^ ^''^"^°*' especially in the MhofDecember. The Aurora Borealis; though Nuently seen, was not often very brilliant ; and, as In pavions voyages, the neecUes were never affected 1» the s hghtes t degree du ringite continuançe. Z^" (Parry writes), «whiS Lieutenants Sherer' [•;^A 174 MEMÔIBS OF SIE W. E. PABBT. [I824.|l8a5.] of this phenomenon, we ail) simultaneously, uttered ai exclamation of surprise, at seeing a bright ray of thel Aurôra shoot suddenly downward from the gênerai maal of light, between us and the land, which was distantl only three hundred yards. Had I witnessed the pheno-l menon by myself, I should hâve been disposed to recelve] with caution the évidence, even of my own sensés, as this last fact ; but the appearàace conveying preciselj, the same idea to three persons at once, ail intently en- gaged in looking tocards the spot, I hâve no doubt tbtl ray of light actually passed, within that distance of J et, in ho iid«Gr aving k( «Henc€ ilhis perio( The labou Iwinter, we selves on i apparent j as the nati The extrême facility with which sounds are hea at a great distance in cold weather lias often be remarked, and a well authenticated instance of occurred during the winter at Port Bowen. Liéut Poster, of the " Hecla," had occasion to send a . from the observatory to the opposite shore of harbour, a distance of 6696 feet, or about one mild and a fifth, in order to fix a meridian mark, ani| placed a second person half way between to repe« his directions. This he found on trial to be quib unnecessary, as he could easily converse with man at the distant station. The thermometer at . time w»s eighteen degrees below zéro, arid the we ther calm and clear. On the 20th July, the ships were released fron their winter quarters, and stood across to the wesl shore of Prince Regent's Inlet, along which theJ jow çoasted to the southward. This land had b© named by Parry, in his former voyage, North Some Thèse l Idôuded. the land, i Jprocess tl the « Hec Iwhich mi jThey wei liinfortunat Ifonr pump ci^to ke Ihiomcerj their incet jfor heavin keel ; but, destroyed been consti [foond neci th& I danger. I kfe*S PABBT. [I824,|l885.] BELEASE OP THE SHIP3. 175 jouslj, uttered ul bright ray of thel 1 the gênerai mastl i^hich waa distant! ^nessed the pheno-l iisposed to receivel own sensés, i » nvejing preciseW ), ail intentljei- lave no doubttbel i distance of u&l sounds are he: bas ofiten b( instance of îowen. Lieut n to send a te shore of about one mile dian mark, aoj itween to re] irial to be quit iverse with rmomi^ter at x), aiidthe wi î released iiron ross to the we )ng which thejl s land bad 5, North Some et, in honour of His native county, but the " Hecla nd " Griper " had not on that occasion explored it, aving kept to the ei^ost shore of the inlet «Hence" (he writes) "At was the gênerai feeling at Ihis period, that the voyage had but now commenced. The labours ^ a bad summer, and the tedium of a long winter, were forgotten in a moment, when we found our- selves on ground not hitherto explored, and with every apparent prospect before us of making as rapid progress as the nature of this navigation will permit." Thèse bright gleams of hope, however, were soon Iclouded. The ice to eeaward gradually approached Ithe land, untîl it drove both ships on shore, in which jppocess the "Fury" was swept irresistibly past Ithe « Hecla," only avoiding, by a few feet, a contact Iwhich might have been ruinons to both vessels. JThey were got off again at hi^h water, but the limfortunate " Fury " was so seriously damaged^ that Ifonr pumps constantly kept going were hardly suffi- ci|±to keep her afloat; and Captain Hoppner, with |lÛ8T!fficers and men, were almost exhausted with theu: incessant labours. Préparations were made for heaving her down, ta, repair the injury to her keel; but, in theveryact of so doing, a gale of wind Idestroyed the basin which had, with great labour, Ibeen constructed in the ice to receive her, and it was found necessary to tow her ont to sea, in which pmce the^« Heda " herself was exposed to no Httle ^ Manger. For a few houra the «Fury» was kept i\ »>'<•« '"•>**'s^ I I' 176 MEM0IB8 OP 8IR W. E. PARRY. [1824 afloat, by means of sails passed under her keel t» stop the worst leaks ; but on the 2l8t August, she was once more on shore, and this time hopelessly stranded on an open and stony beach, with her hold full of water. The officers and mon of both ships were now so harassed and«worn ont, as tabe scarcelj capable of any further exertion without rest, and more than one instance occurred of stupor arisinJ from excessive fatigue, amounting to a certain d^ grée of failure in intellect, rendering the individual so affected quite unable, at first, to comprehend an order, though still as willing as ever to obey it. A survey was held on the stranded vessel, and the unanimous opinion of her officers confirmed that to which Parry had reluctantly corne, that she must be abandoned. This was rendered more vexatioua by the unusual absence of ice to the southward, as well as the navigable sea, indicated in that diïection by a dark " water-sky." The condition of the « Fury," ho^ever, forbade ail hopes of being able to take advài^tage of thèse favourable prospects, and Parry saw't^t one course only was open to him in t extremity. "Our resources only being sufficient to hold out to the-autumn of the following year, it would hâve been folly to hope for final success, considering the smaD progress we had already made, the uncertain nature of the navigation, and the advanced period of the season.' ^yra s, therefore, reduced to the^only remainjng cgncfc BTOH, that ît was my duty to return to England, ini (ê^ >»>■] L0S8 OF THE « FCBT." 177 te"' hradS^ify '''■-:.,*«»" "f -y '-'action. Eyery s,»re corn«^of the « Hecla » being renuired for Ae «commodation of a double complément the nl;î loi iT^^*^ *^ north-eastwaPd. 'v I ^the 12th of OrtnKAr r««^* • i^ , v PO présent his papera at the- Admiralty, whence te^ounced his arrivai to his .oj/in t:: ''I >^ \ "I^ndon, OcL 16,1825. My beloved Mother, #1| >on thJi ^^l^fn, "^^""^^ °^ comfcicating to UnoeLeCblr^ tr ''^'^ <^^'^ fH«I.vrill\* ^'r'^'y *° ■»«• 'AU the kwhen wê il P„T' ^' °" ^"^ providence, bett,r' ^«.blemllXe'.nTS* "* "" "^ » <"-«> •"/ P'ace, and n.der any circumitances." L ^*# ♦ l ■f^ 178 MEM0IR8 OP SIR W. E. PARRY. [i8i:. .T- 1825*] I fkr we Itaarks hisû*ac hithertc hâusted In oompliance with the custcanary régulations of the service, a court-n^irtial was held, at Sheemes&^on the- commander and officers pf the " Fury." ** By cyrious pecessity," Parjry wrote, " there not being câptain9 enough tp form the court, I sat as s member myself, although it was, in fact, ^ myselflleaving that the responsibility rested 1 ** The intereat excitedB the last by the aifair waç ao great, that the " Gloocester," onB juet lon^ bokrd of which the court was held, was crowdd|Bare woi tirith pereons desirous of witftëssing ^e proceedings, and of leaming the particulars ■■■ oÇ the di^aster, After goîng through the form of acquitting Captabi Hoppner and his officers, a âattering encomium waii passed on the exertions of ail engaged in the ei pedition. As to the loss of the vessel under conunand, Parry remarks, that the only real cai for wondèr was his long exemption' from suçh catastrophe, in a service in vol ving such constant una^oidable riafc as an arctic voyage. The voyage of 1824', resulting in the loss of *• Fury," was the last^expédition in which Parry wi engaged for the discovery of a North-West Pasi his next public service having a diïBrerent end view, though it led him once .more into s: scènes. Still, while the great problem remaini unâolved, his own exertioQst had not been withoi brîlliant results. To him w&'owe the passage Lancaster So\}n4 and Barrow Strait, — on the soui andijo rth. P rin ce Rege nt'e Inlet and Wellin. Channel;^— Melyille Island and Banks Land to' «Ifeel i^tive of deemed a one day oi lucidents iost be 1 irise well t'may be Me and f te accom{ ultim 'I should ting que 'tion and labours of , ecessary, < the 8uc< lOst happai dividual. lish this u 'e the Jea( vancemen^ i-'^^j."- m--:- h. *, ^^'•-k. I ■' -■*■■ >m.] HIB COl^îDENCE.n. n-TIMATE 8UCCE88. 179 fo westward Even hi, failure, Berv«d a, land- h» frack, and the extent «f hî, suoceea, on I„und Jkauatedtfie more difficulf. ,,»« J^ measyre, ex- lnâïin» M 1.:. °'°"'"'* P«rt of £Ee undertakine, tie hst Imk m the ohain of di,coverT. He «yi juj^long snongh to aee this link add^ ^^JfeU |me would eventuaUy be the case. ■ htive of «us voyage) "that the underlakins if it K lonedayor other, be accomplished • for Jî^ -^^^ U «U^l ,r ''"l'""'" it to be an éatT . prue well with.n the^roasonable lii^ils „f practicibilitv *weMd fortunate oircumstances muet be combineH fL KZ^Ï"^ ""' ' "^"^"^ ""ertheCL.. fUl ultimately be accompUshcd. Haonv" iL .jj\ • h .heuld hâve co«ide„=d n,y,elf i„ Xn/thl î^ h»«o„, instead of ,eaLg u\tZ f p^t Won and conjecture j happy shaU I be *!«> ;(• [riwurs ofoine in the humble tLrt it iJ ""' U«^ office of Pioneer. shô^Idtûf^^^^^ K^cccs of ,oni. n,pre fortunate indi^dûa^°C N 2 ' •\ .>»(*■ \ t 180 MEMOIR8 OF SIR W. E. PARRY. [lM5. the welfare of mankind at large. Such enterprises, so disinterested as well as useful in their object, do honour to the country which undertakes them, even when they faîl ; they cannot but excite the admiration and î-espect of every libéral and cultivated mind ; and the page-of future history will undoubtedly record them, as in every way worthy of a powerful, virtuous, and enlightened nation." s ' We cannot conclude iMs chapter without noticing the increased clearness with which Divine tritth pre- sented itself to the mind of Captain Parry during this voyage, and its effect upon his religions cha- racter. In the case of many persons, there seems to be flome tuming point, as it were, in the life, dividing the old from the new. Hère, the change j appears to hâve been far more graduai, and yet that there was such a change is very évident While, hitherto, "virtue" had been his watch- Word, it was, henceforward, a simple, childlike faith ih the iierjtB of his Saviour; while, in former yeart, he had been content to bow reverently beforel the footstool of the Creator, he was now led to cling confidently, and yet humbly, to the Cross of his Ke- deemer. Such a statement may, perhaps, seeml inconsistent with the high moral character andl unmistakable piety of his early years : but, little as] he was accustomed to speak of his own inner feelings,! no one who knew him can doubt that he, hhnselfj iiHled the religion of his eariy life as^^ fering from his later expérience. The former vul l^O BELIGIOUS CHABACTER. igj ComVKu;, that he iJd bTen ! ^A "^ '^'"' " "^ t^ G.;d. and r^!,T.'';''r?'"°'-.»»Aat, <^ God, a„d V^y^ioGTZlyjZZ Uubtie», lead Umi t'^^i^' »' "^"'''' «.îumes he waa not left alone to the ,Ja^Z of S loim keart. but found in Mr. HooDor If ima accurred more than oncp in' *i,^ h r^y U. offer ^^ «dX^^Vr d™gth«w,„ter spentatPort Bpwenf; Le «e rf Chnsùan fnendship waa fonned between tb.„ Kage. contains the foUowinKentrv o„ rt.T? ■ » s ■ N 3 ' / 182 MEM0IR8 OF 81» W. E. PARRY. [1825. to Wmself the words of the Psalm, « The entrance of Thy Word giveth Hght." The following extracts are from Mr. Jlooper's private joumaL / " January 2Srdy 1825.— My esteemed friend is more earnestly alive than ever to the importance of living for another world, and not for this alone. His views beQome every day more clear. We hâve much delight in conversing ; and, I hope, under the influence of God's Holy Spirit,. in increasing each othpr's knowledge on re- ligions subjects. I frequently spend half an hour with him after our school, and fiud some of the time thus passed both precious and delightful." " February 13/A. — Captain Parry is most earnest in his désire to awaken the people to the importance of etemity, on which subject his own views hâve, in thelast few months, materially expanded, and, under the divine blessing, I hâve confident hopes of benefitting many of them by our mutual endeavours." That thèse efforts, on the part of thèse Christian brother officers, were highly appreciated by thosefor %^ho8e benefit they were intended, may be seen from the two following letters from a seaman on bôard the « Hecla," the first written at the time, and the other addressed to Mr. Hooper, eome years after- wards. " H. M. S. • Heda.' Port Bowen, Dec. 1824. 1 iTiU flt be plain &iul hn^nat. în m^v «Tnnlo-i-of î/\na Lord has been pleasedHo snpply us sinful and unworth^ créatures with a Christian and faithful captain, andl ^.«■■If , " é 1825.J DEATH ,0P MR. MAETYB. 183 preacher of the most sacred and Holj Gospel, and, like- ^ace, and shall we still rebel against such a good GqJ as tbs, and go on in sin ? SbaU I noi, with my smalf .bat mo3t g teful acknowledgments, contribua som": thing towards the support of religion^ This Sir I s ould wish to keep secret from the'world, for «in ;our alms-gwing, let not your right hand know ^hat your eft hand doeth.' But I am so circumstaneed now, that wnte how it should be done, the sum of 10/. shall be g.ven^^asyouthinkwellof. May the I.rd be w^you and with mj spirit, and I am. Sir, « Your obedient and veiy humbi» servant, "John Dakke, Seaman." "I respect jou and Captain Parrv so f»r .1... i would wilUngl, ,ay down ly life {ZyJZTyJ loannot bear to lose sight .f the persCin "^1 h"e «"eh fnend^ and who, by the Trace of 6^ hâve been the means of eaving my soûl. ' "J. D.» Shortly after the arrivai of the «HecU» in K' V\ ''*' ^""^ ""^'""^^ « »™'^ trial ^ AedeaAof hisesteemed friend, Mr. Charles Marl^ The fo lowmg etter. written towards the close of h^ &^mness. « .ndioative of the expansion of his o J ^ «» f«Uy aware, is, I fear. no les. th^J^ng Z^ . .bo would die for hin^ c«,„ot, as yo., g4cîLI ^ N4 ^^ 184 M^MOIRS OF Sm W. E. PARBY. [1825. see hiiù. Yé8,>he is, I believe, going to reap bis reward and to isceive a crown of glory. He is, my dear Aiend, the happiest man in England, I bçlieve, at this moment The calm con^posure with which he contemplâtes his dissolution is^ I am told, most delightful. He says he is sure the (îod he has endeavoured to serve will never *leave 9br forsake' his wife and children. He speab of it, ^t as many do, in gênerai dependence on God's mer^y, but in the sure and certain hope that it wiU be 80. His, in short, is faith, the true scriptural faith, and b^ this he trusts, through the merits of his Saviour, to enter heaven himself, and feels certain that He, without / whose permission not a sparrow falls to the ground, will / préserve from want those whom he leaves behind,'who are of more value than many sparrows. Yoû, my dear fnends, will forgive my iiitruding ail this upon you, but the object of my présent affliction is not unlmown to you, and you can deeply appreciate every feeling of mine upon the occasion.'V^^ After Mr. Martyres decease, Parry had the melan- r choly satisfaction of testifying to the worth of his departed friend, in an article for the «Christian Observer," and the spirit which pervades every page 18 a stiU further iUustration of the remarks we hâve ventured to make upon his own religions viewai The memoir concludes with thèse wotrds ; « At length his happy spirit was releaséd, and retamed to God who gave it. Th us at the early «g^ pf thirfar Ihree years, this faithful servant of God'« feU ^wp in Jésus.' He is now del^vered from the bondage of 7". ,J/ ET. ap bis reward, ly dear «friend, this moment itemplates hig He says he ia ^e will never i. He speaks ace on God's at it will be rai faith, and ï Saviour, to He, without groand, will behind, who où, my dear, pon you, but nown to you, iing of mine ^j^-s'. i [1825. ■i8S5.] AETICLB IN "ciTTlTflTTAXT ■ " *^HKI8TIAN OBSEEVER." 185 [ the melan- orth of hifl ** Christian eyery page ks we hâve 0U8 yiewsi Dd retarned i of thiriy - fell asleep bondage of i%ih^ \ 4 *" % ' ! J • • • ■ \ 'Wiy , v^iJsS.^J ,, ' ; i tS •> ' 1 KBBffi >l^., \^j.(j^ -^ W ■^'^^ t ^ H^ JB 5wd?vt\ ^ 1 'JtiV Vf ^ 1 186 MEMOIBS OP SIB W. E. PAKRT. [1826. ■ 18S6.] ^>- CHAP. vni. I^EREST m SELIGIOUS SOCIETIES APPOINTMENT TO 1 THE COHHÂND OP AN EXPEDITION FOR THE PDRPOSE OP AÏTEMPTING TO REAOH THE NOBTH POLE. — MAB- BIAGE. SAILINO OP THE EXPEDITION. THE " HECU" ' LEFT AT 8PITZBERGEN. — BOAT AND SLEDGE JODBNîî 1 TO THE NOKTHWARD. RETURN TO THE " HECLA."- 1 HOMEWARD VOYAGE. SHORT TOUR ON THE CONTINENT, — DEATH OP HIS ELDEST CHILD. \ 826 — 1828. Immediatelt after his return from the expédition j recorded in the last chapter, Parry resumed duties as hydrograplier at the Admiralty. On thel 15th February, 1826, the freedom of the borougkof Lynn was voted to him by the corporation, "inl teatimony of the high sensé they entertained of JibI merîtorious and enterprising conduct." At this tune, his interest in religions societiffll seems to hâve been first awakened. The Sodetyl for promoting Christi anity am ong the Jews, m Xhùrch MissTonary, and îhe Naval and MilM Bible Societies, are frequently mentioned in hij tjtiT^^ 1-tT.' " |,.„i 11 lu» ^BT. [1826. HE "HECLA."- THE CONTINENT, rporation, "inj irtained of iiisl 1886.] SPEECH AT THE BIBLE SOCIETT. 187 Ictters, the latter especiaUy, for which he spoke at Ae annual Ma^. meeting of this year, besides tekii an active part in thp fr>T^«** e wii^mg Chatham. ^n-^fon of an association at «I have often wished " (he remarked on this occasion) «nay truly say, the sweetest of my life tK ? smnlythijL ♦lia+*i,« 1. "* "".y "ïe- lue effectuas were to be rn^ ^. .. " "'°'' scrupulous sélection « ': '.^«i^ic, ' ■■;-^* 188 MEMOIR8 OF SIR W. E. PABRY. [1828. W"^^ l: In thus openly espousing the cause of religion, he felt that he was now, as it were, nailing to the mast the colours of his Christian profession. "My speech at the Bible Society" (he writes) «hm been talked of very sneeringly at this great house (the Admiralty) ; but oh! how insignificant does ail within thèse ^s appear, when the imagination turns, but for a ipoment, to the assembled host of heaven, and men, and angels! In this I had long ago counted the cost, and am, I trust, ready, in dependence on other strength than my own, to bear much more reproach than this. Pray for me, my dear friend, that my gtrength fail nol» and that I may be encouraged and aupported by G(M's Holy Spirit, in every humble endeavour to advance His glory, and the salvation of men's soûls! " After the imsuccessful termination of the récent efforts to discover the North-West Passage, it seemed useless, for the présent, to pursue the attempt further; but this did not hinder Parry from tuming his attention to another quarter, where success seemed more hopefiiL The interesting expérimenta which had been made, during the late expéditions, in the neighbourhood of the Magnetic Pôle, had induced many scientific men to speculate on the possibilité of carrying out similar observations at the verj pôle of the earth itself. Parry employed the few leisure moments he could snatch from the duties of his office inrdrawfngùp^a statemënt respectiog the practicability of eflPecting this objectby means of Isledge b( I friend a I the diffie I aware ; 1 jtiieii hin Icovery, Iseel" ' I before Le I suppOrted Davy, th< [Parry, as loated his I opposition fhrtfaer di |and Parr édition [theNorth "lam in Ijoicedinthi jnwntjbettei I than the pn lywterday t Iwenton boi I few trifling I feel very gr< I «ny former ( [way." la thfl I I were, fora .>«ijî *egSfeî#îœfcl5 J?1»ï:- '"*■»] POLAB EXPEDITIOU. 189 d«i^ boate „ had been before proposed by his Itod ™d brother offioer, Cptdn F«nklin. Of thearfaBulfaes «volTed-ia the scheme he was fX \TJT^ ''^"* 'T ^»8l»d on arotio die- CIt ^m , T"*^' "''*'" «»»Pl«ted, WM laid bef»™ Lorf MelvJle and the Lorfs of the Admiralty Kl»rtedbyarec«m,„endation from Sir Humph^ I^, Ae pre^dent pf the Koy.1 Society, to whom P«J,« amember of the Society, had communi- eated his Tiews A, might be «.ticipatcd, aome M.« -J""»»!»», the objections were ove^Ued, |^U^n^.for^thepn,poseofatten.ptingto„ach ^ ' "-^dmiralty.Julyg, 1826. ment,^ better suited both to m j tastes and early habl Un thepresentsedentary occupation ofm/office Ïwa \j^.jthe whole day at Woolwich lo7ZlZ wenton board my dear old 'Hecla.' t n Tf ^- •ny former one, as it is my own plan, and unique in ite h^aTîT? "^ ^Ae year, tfae^preparations ji wre, for a short tune, interrupted by an e vLt of a j iïi' ï \+ * *■ '" '»1^ .^"( l''« ,"* * l'y 190 MEMOIRS OP SIR W. E. PARRT. différent nature. Among the familles who had souglit and valuedithe acquaintance of the arctic navîgatorj was that of Sir John Stanley, afterwards Lord Stanley of Alderley. His fourth daughter, Isa- bella Louisa, had, long before herfirat introduction to Captain Parry, taken a peçuliar interest in the eubject of polar .enterprise ; and it wiU not be a naatter of surprise that the friendship, thus formed, soon ripened into a warm attachment on his part. JJnder the circumstances of the expédition then im- pending, the question was naturally one of anxiousl délibération : but, at length, the sanction of her parents was obtained, and consent given to the ma^| riage,ju8tfivemonths before the "Hecla" waa to leave England. ' ~ | On the 23rd October the ceremony was performed in the^parish church of Alderley, by the Rev. Edward Stanley (afterwards Bishop of Norwich), with whom Captain Parry had long been on tenus of cordial fnendship. A silk ensign^ worked for the expédi- tion by the bride herseMTwas hoisted on the church tower. When hai^led down, this was carefully folded up, not to be again uùfurled, as they foudly hopedj except at the North Pôle itself. On the 18th of November, the "Heôïà." was formally commissîoned for the approaching Voyage to Spitzbergen, ' ^ **November20, 1827. " On Satu r day, at 10 o'clo ck. we set o ff for D^pt .,. and found Ross there waiting dut arrivai The day wJ y RRT. [1827. fc.] ** HECLA " RAPIDLY MANNED. 191 let, but Isabella dobs not mind trifles. As everybody that shô was coming, a great number of our former ople had coUected on board the * Hecla,' and the access' her had been made very convenient by steps, &c. forin of comraissioning is merely hoisting the odant, and when a ship is paid off the same is hauled wn. I cannot exprtss to you the pride with which lie hoisted, and I saw her hoist it. Everybody^who was \j was quite deUghted. This is just what seamen klight in." ^ • . . This expédition was as popular as its predecessors, nd 80 many were found desirous of sailing under Parry's command, that, with the greatest , care to ilect none but first-rate hands, the ship was com- bletely manned in three days after the hoisting of lier pendant, as many men being refused as would "ave served to man hër a second time. Though obliged, by his duties at the hydrographer's Bce, to réside in X^ondon while the " Hecla " was litting for service, Parry found leisure to go down Ito Deptford from time to time. Qn one occasion he Iwas accompanied by his wife, who for sevçral -flays jtook up her quàrters with him on board. Sbe Iwrites: — • * v; . • , "Febniai7 22, 1827. H. M. S. • Hecla.* "I delight in ha\«ng returned to the bells and the |itry*s 'All's well,' at night; there is something so mfortable in the sound. .... I hâve now also some lideajif whatitis to beamongst ice. The river isqnit. fiill of it The first evening I heari the sound of thé -^ \\ 4j '^«"^il"' . 192 MEMorasOF 81B W. E. Pabrt. open a communication With the ahore. S 'rntl two hours in getting two boats' length, wWch ^iH you ^ome idea of the labour. Mr Bos IT.h ¥l seem to delight in it, and perhaps ifî LT H of it as the, hâve, i shoù^Lni^Lk ml^f ^^^^^^^^ than thej do of this." °^ '*°^ '«' ^ Qn the 25ih of ^arch, 1827, the « Hecla» J w^^il'r '"^^ "' "^"^^ '^^'^^ ""' ^--«u M P-ed b, some ^ers of her fa.il^, one'of Zj senltt tl^"T.* H°' *^' ''^'■"^^ ^*« »* *he door. TFel sent 1 across the street to pick up the luggage and Fido» and followed ourselvés Woiio^- -i ^^«"©""""'lao. drive to DeDtforT tk u * ^'^^""^ **"* comfortable and floon came out again in full uniforn^CLi^' never seen -him sîn#I knew tod I^MK.^, breakfaet we read his Admiraltj inetrl^Ké fece Inol? * ' : J^^ «^^^^ «P«°«' and Mr. Ro^'J ^e looks m, with an expression of more th*n| fc'tij""' ""'^"^'"^ ^ ^ Pan7..which accompani^ -^» r «/ /•«S f ^jP'TjEBS ON EMBARKATION. I93 i^eamboat is ahead, sir; we aro ail , , ' ™^°"te he cornes again, with «Càptaia ^ppliments, sir, and he^ is hère widi his gig, of.anyuso!; The ofïfer was aôd^pted for iTe went up,and, taking a hasty glanée at the busy ïec^ and ail those happy, sanguine faces, we shook httds, and were seated in the alun^ chaAr. We then rowed alongside, cheered hy ail the crew as we passed till we amved opposite Greenwieh Hospital. The pen ' «oners were arranged along the shore, and the «Heda' cheered then.. ^rst, and thej returned the compliment. Bjthis time she was getting ahead of us, so we rested Pa^stm standing m the gangway, loaning with onJ hand on the side, and looking as if he were, indeed, in tus proper place, with that commanding and dienified rfTtwf^Tr;'' '" manner ^aU great occasions. I felt then a. if I dxd not wish to seelim again, and as if Aat were the proper place to lose sight of him. The wayinwhich he gets through aU business, ail worries Unddetads with so few words and such littîe troub e «o much considération and t vision, is very striking • ^nd rlP^ *^aû ^^ has ever been before." I .J^l ^"1^^ ^' *^'°"^* «^ *^« cîrcumstances a^ndant on his embarkation, it will not be uninter- esting to the reader to be made acquainted with 8ome of the mote secret feelings of his mind, as eipressedmliisletters at this time, from which it |n«y be see n how rapidlv hia ^Pliginne ^fi&wê were • Caj)tain Boxer tbcn commanded tfae'" Hussar " frigate. ».». • t * ;^j-*?^ï??!Svï.^' 1 iji^ 194 MEMOIRS OP SIR W. E. PARRY. [1827. r now maturing. The following were written to Iw wife, after the « Hecla " had left Deptford. * "Sheeiliess, April 3, 1827. ^ " Let God continue tp hâve a place in eVery thought, i and, in exchange, you will fce sure to reçoive His peace i ' which passeth ail understanding.' Yes, it is indeed His strength, not our own, which has enabled us to hear thij trial of séparation, and it shouldj and, I trust, will teact j uà how utterly unable we are to do anything of ourselves^ 1 but that His grâce is'sufficient for us." " ' Hecl^,' at 8ea« April 4, 1827. " You will be glad to hear that I leave England without a single letter unanswered. I think I must hâve writteif nearly fifty sînce I saw you; but this, you know,B no new thing. How I shall dwell with delight on communion^between you and L -. Live, both of you,! in the constant spirit of prayer. Do everything witk prayer flowing from your hearts. In your going out, and in your coming in, — whatever you do, let a littk fervent, though silent, prayer ascend to His ear, who never refuses to listen to us. This is not, as some would tell us, gloom and melancholy. Who is who can be so cheerful as the Christian ? -None. He has i peace which the world can neither give nor take awaj, Dwell as much as possible, in your readhig, on the veij wonderful scheme of rédemption by Christ^ a schemewhicl none but God could hâve devised. Continue, as you now do, to weigh every verse of Scripture which you re«^ and you will find new beauties, and new proofs of "tender mercies of God displayed in the atonement of Saviour, as you proceed vith tliis delightful study, Y K^EBir £!, '"«,n-'*j^'"-«r,'>*:,g'- " — •■ r 1887.] AERIVE AT HAMMEEPEST. I95 arequite right^m supposing you wiU hâve difficulties ; but take your Bible in your hand, and see if the whole New Testament does not predict the veiy thing which you rit "^Pf"''''^"^- '^^'''^''^ ^ °f ^^^ <^heer, God wm be with you, you need not fear who is against you.. Weigh^equently m your mind the enonnous dispropor- tion which exista between time and eternity, and how hghter than nothing wiU aU the little trifles appear ta you, with which we are so apt to tease ourselves lamafr^d you wiU find me a more unread man than ever for I do not see a chance of my being able to read anyboofc b«t onê, our book, the book. It is astonish- ing how very little I hâve read on the expéditions. Ilgnorant people imagine we hâve such a quantity of fci':^ht \or ''''''''''-' ""^ '^^'-^ -'^«^ il^^?l7'\"^ ^^' ^«27.-On this day last year, iLr T^ ^^*^^ ^^fd MelviUe, proposing tkis expedi- f m It was an eventful day; occupied, I well remember t r^ ""t^ "?!' '^^ ""^^°^ everything about it a Hplete as I could. To-day. though now employed on fe veiy expédition I was then so anxious for, I hâve Ibeen endeavouring to turn my thoughts to a much more unportant even^ I mean the crucifixion of our bi |Saviour, as on this day." ffected ea.,lyJwiA fair winds. In Aie harbour bey remained some time, for the purpose of obtain- - remdeer, which they hoped might be useful in *^^*"**^*%e r~-*- - — '^ . ^« — — ieicè/ "Eeaving Hammer- J|Th^ rein^per wer« not employed. in conBequence of the rugged «ww of the ice, as described hereafter. ' ^ 2 jM ^Z^*?*!^^ ^ ^ ^'^^^ ^^^^■^>'^^^'i h-ifvf^^a'.-v^"-' X- 196 MEMOIRS OF SIK W. E. PAREY. Cl82?. fest they art^red, on the 12th of May, off the shores of Spitzbergen, where a long and /exatious det 1 awaitedthem. Tè provide for the safety of ' Bhip, as well as that of the boats on their return wasabsolute^^necessary to find a safe harbour ^ be left and the boat expédition know where to rejî ' th^ir efforts toreach ihem proved ineffectuai, fro. he large fields of thick ice which pressed closi/o the shore. So tantaHzing was this unlooked-for hmdrance to the departure of the boats, that Pam was tempted, more than once, to give up the thoughte ofseemg the «Hecla» safe in harbour before W i^g; but, perhaps fort^nately for ail, the rough state of the ice to the northward rendered it impossible for the men to make any progress with Uie boata More than a month was thus lost in ihe attempt to iind an accessible anchorage, when, at length, Treu- renberg Bay presented iteelf, in aU respects suitable fortheirpurpose. «Icannot,» writes Parry,«d^ scnbe the satisfaction which the information of our success communicated to every individual on boanl Ihe main object of our enterprise now appeaml ahnost withm our grasp, and everybody sccmd anxious to make up, by renewed exertions, for the time we had unavoidably lost" The ship was quickly secured, and every préca ution taken to pro- ^indea^nstThe coStingêncy orher being driven to Bea again by the ice. Lieut. Foster waa left in ••^. PARRY. [182?. |»M?] " HECLA " LEFT AT SPITZBERGEN. 197 charge at Treurenberg Baj, and, aU arrangements being completed, at five p. M^on the 2l8t of ;Jiïne, the two boats, "Enterprise" and «Endeavour/' respectively commanded by Parry, and his lieutenant, James C. Ross, bade farewell to their comrades on }^ the ship, and, with the usual sainte of three Iprty çheers, set ont for the northward. •i ^® ^.^^^^ employed on this novel service were fitted with strong runners, shod with smooth steel, in the manner of a sledge, to the forepart of which the ropes for dragjging the boat were attached. The crew of each consisted of two officers and twelve men, ofwhom two were marines. For three days they pnlled through the open water, but the ice gradually gathered round them, until, at length, they were compeUed to haul the boats up on to the floe,'and the actual labour of the expédition now commenced, Unless compelled by circumstances to act otherwisej the usual plan was to travel only by night, when the* mow was barder than during the day-time. It will, however, be remembered that the day%ht was con- stant, and that the terms " day " and « night " were only relative ; indeed, several of the men declared they never knew one from the othçr, during the whole excursion. «When we rose in the evening, we commenced our day by prayers, after which we took off our fur sleeping ''""-'"■ ^ a nd put ^B^ t h o s o fo r tr avellmg.— 1^ m ade a — point of always putting on the same stockings and boota for travelling in, whether they dried during the day or o 3 ••çtq ^ .„ T ' ' "^fF^ •** ' 198 MEM0IB8 OP SI^' Ç; E. ^AKfiT. [1827. not, and I ^lieve it was only in five or six instances, at the most, that they were not stiU wet, or hard frozen This, indeéd, was of no conséquence, beyond the discom. tort of puttinothefton in this state, as they were sure to be thoroughly wet in a quarter of an hour after re compencing our journey, while, on the other hand, it yna of vital importance to keep dry things for sleeping in. Being 'Ijgged ' for traveUing, we breakfasted upon Wâïm coeoa abd biscuit, and, after stowing the things in th^ boats and on the sledges, we set of on our da/s journey, and usuaUy travelled about five hours, then stopped an hour to dine, and again traveUed four, or five or even six hours, according to circumstances. After this, we halted for the night, as we called it, though it was, reaUy, early in the morning. The boats were placed close along-side each other, with their stems to the wmd, the snow or wet cleared out of them, and the sails placed over them as awnings. Every man then immedi- ately put on dry stockings and fur boots, after which we set about the necessary repairs of boats, sledges, and clothes, and went to supper. Most of the officers and men then smoked their pipes, which served to diythe boats and awnings very much, and usually raised the température of our lodgings ten or fifteen degrees." ^This, it maybe remarked, was the only part of their daUy occupation in which Parry himself took no share. He used often to relate, that, whenthe others produQpd their pipes, he was wont to regale himself with the scent of a bottle of eau de Colo(rne, to which, misonaequencey the ffl^ gave the " the captain'a pipe." '-^iè^!SMhM.^î^àîi^X'ùfi^C^)êt-'^.')- [ÛiM-^i'É^^É p:^r 1827.] BOAT AND SLEDGE JOtJENET. ]99 «Thîs part of the twenty-four bours" (the narrative continues) « was often a time, and the only time, of real enjoyment to us ; the men told their stories, and 'fought aUtheir battles o'er again,' and the labours of the day onsuccessful as they too often were, were forgott^n. A regular watch was set, during our resting time, to look ont for bears, or for the ice breaking up around us, as well as to attend to the drying of the clothes, each man «dternately taking this duty for an hour. We then con- cluded our day with prayers, and having put on our fur dresses, lay down to sleep with a degree of comfort, which perhaps few persons would imagine possible under Buch circumstances, our chief inconvenience being that we were somewhat pinched for room, and therefore were obliged to stow rather doser than was agreeable After we had slept seven hours, the man appointed to" boU the cocoa roused us, when it was ready, by the sound of a bugle, when we commenced our day in the manner befbre described." The rough nature of the ice, combined with the softness of its upper surface, rendered each day's work very tedious and laborious. Often their way lay over small loose rugged masses, separated by little pools of water, obligmg them constantly to launch and haul up the boats, each of which opérations re- quired them to be unloaded, and occupied nearly a quarter of an hour. More than once, they were upwards of two hours in advancing one hundred Msj^and the sng\o?M_QÛeiLM a^^ •bore their knees at every step, so that they were Bometmies five minutes together in moving a single o 4 \ . ' t ?00 . MEÏIOIKS OP SIR W. E. PAKRY. [l82r. empty boat with the united stren^h of the whole party and the men, in dragging the sledges, were obhged tp crawl on aU-fours,, to make anyprogress at au. In parts, the ice was composed, onits uppfer surface; of irregular needle-like crystals, which becoming loosened by the thaw,. rendered it very' fjtigumg to waîk over, beside cutting the soles of the boots, on which account the men caUed it «pen- kni(e ice.» In aU this troublesome work Parry took an active lead. Whenever ike beats landed on a floe, he and Ross used to .walk on ahead to sélect the best rpad. On arriving at ai^jr point of more tban usual difficulty, they would mount one of the hig&est « hummocks " near, to pbteîn a better prospect. " "Nothing could weU e^çeed the dreariness which such a View presented. The eye wearied itself in vain to find any object but ice and sky to rest upon. From want of vanety tlie most triflitag circuiflstance engaged a more than ordmary share of our attention -a passing gulL ors mass of ,ce of unusual form, became objecte which our situation and circumstances magnified inte, ridiculoua importance, and we hâve since often smiled to remember the eager interest with which we regarded the most msignificant occurrences." In the course of one day's travelUng, the only notice of animal life consisted in their having « heard a rotge," ♦ while, at another time, a couple of smaU t^^'^p^f^^^Wi^^^^ï^^m^T^w^mw er " little auk." M I' Jli! »"--'••'-'«- .*- '««•3 BOAT AND 8LEDGE JOUENET. 201 aies upon the ice were an cTent în fl.» j . • Wined, then. how eheej g it wa^ T^/^" ""^ flÙB scène of inanimW. ^„. f « ""« «o "tum from 1-ta in the dis°~ ^ 2" "^ •'''' ^ "*"« tke «en winding with Zir !lT™° "^"^ "^ wildemess." ^ "^^ "^''^«' «^ <*« icy theÏ Î: tuf rrlt "^ '^^'^ "»"■»<'-. »ai. AU honed aS 7 '='">«rf"l»e88 and good P»yhin.aeat ^^^^r™ r"" 7>, *■"■ were now toUin» wnnM 1 ' "^"^ '''"'='' ^"r ^ *e ».oo:^:';rir;Ltv;e''*^""'" «.«n to expect to the noZ ^ ste" ""^ '"'' *' da,, however, wen:!:^?^''- .^^ provement were ïi«;Ki. e ' »"" no aigns of un- % were hborioudy tr«Wn^ A ^"*' "^^ """'' 202 MEM0IE8 OF SIR W. E. PAKRT. [1827. velled could be regarded as progress in a northerly direction. This mortifyîlQg.truth* was, for some time, kept from the knowledge of the men, who used, however, good-humouredly to remark that they were " a long time getting to this 83 ° I " • For a few days more they peraevered, in the face of heavy snow-storms, and torrents of rain, which Parry had never seen equalled, but, the drift of the ice con- tiniiing as great as ever, he was, at length, compelled to confess that further labour were useless. Between the 22nd imd 26th of July, they had dragged the boats only ten or twelve miles, and were, after ail, actually three miles southward of the point they had reached on the first of thèse days. " In fact," says the author of " Voyages within the Arctic Régions," *' the commander of the expédition, the officers and men, had, ail of them, been laboriously and uselessly employed for thirty-five days of continuous and moet fatiguing drudgery, to be compared in ils effect to nothing less than the labour of rolling the stone of Sisyphus, the floe on which they were traversing, as they supposed, ten ot tw*'elve miles one day, having rolled them back again ten or twelve miles, and often more, the next." • One day's rest was given, for the men to wash and ,mend their clothes, while the officers occupied them- selves in making observations ii\ the highest lali- * On reaching the paràllel of 83° N. lat., the expédition woald haye been entitled to a reward of 1000^, bj Order in ConnciL -«<-v ; •t^r^'>f • 7-* ^'•e"> .»70 ««HE8T lATIIODE EVEE AITAIkL. 203- Attlus extrême point oftheirjoumev fh„VJ-. \ fiom the "HecV after five S tl .îf "^ o.Jy 172 miK to .cco.p.i«h Xh they h^' Z T««d upwanfe of 290 mile, with the Z^ f a^;T:lerrrn'"f"^'»^' "7 siores, they reckoned the xrhnU distance over which th^v i,„^ wnoie *.«te miles, " LTi^ 'ZZ:1:' ^ ««hedthePoleinaLcTii^,™"'''" *" ""^ we.thertheAadCî,:,;^:^^,'»:'.'^ *<'.*''« »d pondant..» Parry writfs, « ^^t diaS^^TT' mff the dav • «t,^ <»• / a^piayed dur- , kiglest latitude to whiÔhwf Jw > "u*^" P«*.pe be excnsed havTnsfeH soZ'f;/'' '^ ' i« being thebearera of it m T! '*"'' P""*»' • , l«70«d'that »~d iTa:/";! T''t"""^ record.» ^ ^eU-authentîcated "Betwcen 8 and 9 l-.k. on tho mtt. t i . , ^ «d irdinr 'X' rh.^»*' "^"^ '" '>°«' «t« .Uow«,ce of g4 r' frien^ T . '^* * ™"» * The highert latitude actually reachad in ♦>..• «««ÏSrd instant, viz. 820 45^^ ^ *° **"" e»P« Stanley, whose prayers, he was sure, had been fervently (Sfefed up for our safety . . . . I am sure you will vali^lhis little account, written under such circumstance|t>^yen though mt at the Pôle." ^ f ■ The next day, at half-gast four in the afternoon, they set out an their return to the sonthward, and tfie commander of the expédition spoke the feelings of the whole party, in- remarking that, ' dreary and cheerless as were theQipenes they were about to leave, they never tumed^homewards with BO little satisfaction as on this occasion." The southerly drift of the ice, which had befQre retarded their advance, was ûow, of course, in thêir favour, but the actual difficulties of each day were the same as ever, and the men suffered much from snowblindness and chilblains, which last became serions from the irritation produced by walking, and made some of them quite lame. Some excite- ment was caused one day by the sight of a bear, who, however, escaped, to the great disappointment of the hungry travellers, as they "had already, by anticipation, consigned a tolerable portion of his flesh to their cooking kettle, over a fire of his own blubber." To make up for the loss, however, ano ther bear was k illed by Lient. Boss a few days afterwards, when a îaughabîe scène ensùéd. ^^*^l'he animal had hardl^ donc biting the snow, when one men were ""^Trt.-, ■ ti i '|f; i .i„. i| i , V i- fjy _;..,. .-'f.. « > 1897.] EETUKN TO THE " HECLA." 205 of the meq was alongeide of him with an open kmfe, and, being asked what he was about to do .feplied that he was going to hâve some of him to put into the pot, which happened to be boiling forsuppw^. In short, before the bear had been dead an hour, ail hands were employed in discussing Ae ments of his flesÈ.» This sumptuous feast was foUowed by-the evils of indigestion, as far as the menwe^concerned; which they,amusinglyenough,., persisteâ^in attnbuting to the quality, rather than ^e qudntity of ihe rteat they W been eating. Notwithstandmg thèse excesses at first Parrv was reaUy glad of ihis additional supply of meatV having observed for some time that the men were not so strong as before, and would be better for more food. Another bear, attracted by the fire was wourided, but, "luckily for us," he remarks,' " escaped." • * mie «.uthward journey over the ice oecupied a fortnight, when, at a quarter before seven in the «mng of the Ilth of August, they heard, for fte firet t.me for eeven week», the «çund of the «wdl of the open sea, dashing with heavy eumee ' jpunst the outer maigin of the iee ; and, in another 7^ *« ^f » were again fiùrly afloat On arriving .trahie l8land, where provisions had been dep.^ «^n n Î'I "^"'' '^^ '■"""'^ """ *e bears £d .^SLfiikibr^. which flcoarioned a rematk .meng = œe men, m référence to the quantity of the fl^ •f those annnals they had eaten, that " Bruin h only ■■ ." ' " * t'.l.». 206 MEMOIBS OF SIR W. E. PAERY, 11827. square with us I " In sailing to Wald^n Isknd, the boats-^ere taught in a severe gale and snow-storm; and when„after reaching the island, they were un- loaded, tfie officers and men, who had been fifty-six hours without rest,. had barely strength left to hm\ them on shore. A dày was spent upon the island to recruit the strength of the party ; when they re- emlbarked, and, after some few days of bad weather, finaUy arrived at Treurenberg Bay, at half-pa«t four P. M., on the glst of August, after an absence of 8ixty-one days, and were met with that warm welcomefrom ail on board the « Hecla," which as Parry truly says, « can 4one be felt and not de- Bcribed.r Considering the constant exposure to wet, cold, and fatigue, the whole party were in good health, though ail had, for some time pa8t,become gradually weak and thin, the day's allowanpe having proved barely suffioient for persons engaged in the constant and severe Mour to whiôli they hafl been %Ttfie 28th of August, the «Hecla" weighed anchor for England, but was so long delayed on the north coa^t of Scotland by contrary winds, that Parry left her anchored at the Orkneys, and pro- ceeded in H. M. revenue cutter, the «Chichester, to Invemess, and thence by land to London where he Idst no time b Uying before ^is ^^«7^ HighnH ilie Duke of Clar ence, then Lord High AdmM M -~ r ^ - — -■- — . — ^ — — ^^— — ~ y _.<• -.-^ ^„—UnUVo «nn»i report of hi8 proceedingsr By a remarkable ««^ cidence, Càptain FranHin retumed from his Polar __y ■>^- I, r, .[1827. I «M"-] ABRIVAL OP "HECLA " IN THE THAME8. 207 Expédition along the north coast of America at the eame time, landing at Liverpool on the eame da7 that Parry reached Inverness. They'arrived at the Admirâlty within ten minutes of each other, andmpst joyful was this unexpected meeting between i the two friends. - "Admirâlty, Septèmber 29, lg27. «Tou wiU be^^ehghted to know that the Duke and the Adm^ralty hâve rec.eived me most warmly, and I huTe already received a letter from the Secretary, ex^ pressing his Royal Highness's satisfaction at our exer- tiOM. The Duke himself proposed to me à fortnight's leave of absence, -«yhich I hâve got " Letter from Lord Melville ta Captain W, E. Parry. " MelvUle Castle, 29th Septembcr, 1827. «MydearSir, "Thoughyouhavenôtsucceé^edintheachleve- ment of the main object of your expédition, it bas, cer- tainly, been from no want of the Aost ' extraordinary exertions on the part of yourself aniyour boats' crews. ïou may, probably, bave pèrceived that I was never veiy sanguine as to the resuit of the attempt, and I am ^ notiurprised, therefore, that the obstacles proved to be pf such a nature as ^ven you çould not overcome. I rejoice greatly at the sfefe returr^ of the ' Hecla ' and her Icrew, and I bave the fiofibur to ïemain, iny dear sir, &c. 1 ,n "MELVILLEt** i 1 1 lun , o^^« ^i*ï|f'^ llisii DOMESTIC BEBEAVEMENTS. 213 vember 12, 1828. Duch, very much, nearer to God, through Christ,_that lit has taught us to feel more assuredly our lost state Ivnthout a SaviouP, and the mercy, the infinité loving |kmdness of -God, in providing such an one for us ? » Many years afterwards, on the sudden death of Iris »tepdàughter'8 first «hild, he thus referred to his own |early loss, in a letter to her husbând : — :^ „ "Northbrook, Jannaiy, 1853. .... "Ineednotsay that our thoughts hâve Ibeen drawn out towards you, and to our gracions God Ifor you, in this your hour of most bitter trial. I know Ifewthings 80 hard for flash 'and blood to bear, as the ^088 of a first dear child. The experiéice has been my own, a first lovely babe taken in an instant 1 I can JBympathise with you very keenly in the remembrance of Ithut event, which has përhaps been more deeply im- Ipressed on my mind than any other in my life, though it Ihappened four and twenty years ago. Butif Iremember ^ sorrpw, I remember also the censolation, — the Imother stiU spared, the babe with Christ, another lamb Igithered intp the Saviour's fold, safe for ever, happy ■vjd glorious in tha présence of the Lord. May the omforts of God's Holy Spirit be abundantly vouchaMed 5 you, in this, the first great trial of your married life I lit will, I am persuaded, drUw you doser to Him, who hath IpTen, and taken away, apd, then, you will together bless •^ for it to ail etemity.** m 214 MEM0IE8 OP SIR Vt. E, PA»BT. [l82?. \ CHAP. JX. . APPOENTMENT AS COMMIS9IONEE OF THE AUSTBALUK AGBICULTUKAL COMPAîi^. — HOJfORABT DESREE AI OXFORD. -^VOYAGE TO SYDNEY. LIFE AT PORT STE- PHENS. — IMPROVEMENT8 ^FFECTED IN THE COLOIfY.— EXCURSIONS INTO THE INTERIOR. MOTHEp's DEATH. — BUILDING OF A CHUBCH AT STROUD FAREWELl SERMON AT CABBUSQ'J^^ RETURN TO ENGLAND. t 1829—1834. . It was a remark of Sir Edward Parry, in his later years, that the coursé of his former life reminded him ofla séries of dissolving views, or the micon- nected images of a dream/ so varied were tte changes, and eo strange the cohtrasts which it pre- sented. Of this nature was thè new scène on which he was called to enter at this stage of hia histoiy. The desolate ice-fields of the North, and the dreary polar winter, were now to give place to the luxu- riant végétation and buming sun^ of an almo'sti tropical climate, and, instead of the coiiipanionship of a few wanderiiig tribes of Esquimaux, he was j about to fix his abode, for upwards of four years, on the outskirts of an Australie for^, amongst the «onvicts and aborigines oï New South Wales. In oonsëqùencë of the mîsmanagement and n^^ Içct of the agents resideflOap the property of thè /. bi , îtCm / r\if^ •1839.J HOÂOKA^T DEGREE. 215 Anstraban Agricultural Company», the directors had, for some time, been anxious to secure the services of some one of sufficient ability to restore matters to a proper footing, and whose known character and name would, at the same time, be a I gaaranteé %ainst the evils from which they had before suffered. With thèse views they offered the po8t to Captain, how Sir Edward Parry, for he and Franklin had-, on the^29th of AprU, 1829, recéived the honour of knighthood at the hands of His Majesty George IV. For some time pàst. Sir Bdward's health had suffered considerably from cW attention to the duties of the hydrographical offi^, and this, combined with other reasons, had mducè4 him to désire some other occupation. Ail professibnal difficulties were overruled by the kiud assurance pf Lord Melville, that his acceptance of the Coœpany's offer should in no way interfère with his future prospecta. , Accordingly, în the spring of 1829, he recéived his appointment as Commissioner of the AustraUan Agricultural Company in New South Wales. \ , ^ A fortnight beforô the time of his embarkation the honorary degree of D. C. L. was conferred on him and his friend Frankjin by the University of • The AufltraKan Agricultmal Company was established in the ' jp»8a4.imd e ra nAc to f^lù«Beat, and Incorporated by RwaI-- tW. with a grant from Govemment of a million acres of land for the pnrpose of promoting the growth of fine merino wooL and «her agncultural produce suited to the clim^e of Australia. P 4 i^^i.- .... . . .216 MEMOIRS OP SItt W. E. PABRY. [1829. Oxford. Those who hâve witnèsged the sattirnalia of an Oxford "Commémoration" ^vil easily imagine the shout of honest congratulation with which the roof of the Théâtre would ring, to greet the manly bearing and atout English hearts of thèse two brave seamen, and how cordially the i-ecitation of the concluding lines of the appropriate prize poem for the,year would be received: — " But fairer England greets th A^râbderer now, Unfading laurels shade her Pa jrt's brow*; And on the proud memorials of her famé Livea, linked with deathless glory, Frankldï's name !"• He often alluded with gratification to the honour bestowed upon him by this University. « You must not forget," he would laughingly remark, if his scho- larship were called into question; « that I, too, am an Oxford Doctor I " and would relate, at the same time, that the gown he wore waa the same as that used by Marshal Blucher on a similar occa8io4. A few days before leaving England, he received the foUowing letter from Franklin : -— «MydearParry, ; " ««^""S Hall, Notts. July 9, 1829. " I cannot allow you and Lady Parry to leave tHe shores of England, though it is to embark in a very • « Voyages of Discoveiy to the Polar Régions. A Prize Poem rected in the Théâtre, Oxford, July 1, 1829, by T.Legh Claughton, Trinity Collège." The motto selected for the poem was fromArirtoph. -Achsnir, -— ^■.-^-~~^^-— — — — —— — ^^ _™fc. ♦•x«M^p«a Ta xpiyfura- (" Wintry doings thèse 1 ") ■/ âAi:".'"„'^i.x Wf [.«.. |. m..] . lWb feom tranklin. , 217 effectuai praver of n ^.v»,* *^® fervent, ™ sure tKwiÛ 2 „„r.T/"'''''' """=''•' I Wng *eir .arlua ta^Cr «r»„iZ °T'"? "^ eiample of better «.„J. T v "^ ^^ ""'- ""d «"o ^ your timr Toù mi«r ^„^ r. , "P^? lûeportiop— Lf 1.....1 - * ^ "^"^ ^QQ^ P«>c * upoa the nAi.*î«» pw your timr Tôù rnav ir^À i a *^ portiop wX'- J!1. '^*jJ;Cvi«i a twin son Jd Ke*l!^t.::,*!r"\^-»»*ed once^o. Ir^J ^ambton, a smaU cutter beloneinff to fH« pmpany, and arrived safely al CarriS^.ft ""* » boat put off, manned by tl«,'6ffice« of N ftHïr-i.;; i: I .'•p^fï?';!» 220 MEMOIRS OF SIB W. £. FARBT. [1830. ■ igso.] I i ï T-.__ the Company, who were desirous of testifying their respect for the new Commissionerby rowinghim and his family to land. At the moment of landing, a sainte was fired in honour of their arrivai, and the Union Jack hoisted on the flag-staff. Such was th« welcome to their Australian home. * The harbour of Port Stephens, situated about ainety miles to the north of Sydney, is guarded^ its entrance by tvro conical hills, called by the natives Yacaba and Tomare. The estuary itself is aboyt fifteen miles in length, and, near the centre, is contracted to the width of an English mile. Within thèse narrows lies Carrington or Carribeen*, the settlement of the Australian Agricultural Company. Half a mile farther to the west stood Tahlee, the résidence of the Commissioner. The house, a long low building, with a verandah in front, was on the' side of a steep, grassy slope, with lemon and orange trees interspersed, reaching down to the -water'sl edge. The front. Windows commanded a beautiiîil view of the harbour, and of several thickly wooded islets with which its surface was studded. The ground inuuediately around the settlement was irre- gular and undulating, and mbre or less covered with Jrees, which formed the outskirts of one of thoM forests known, throughout Australia, as the " Bush.' Through this there were no regular roads, or ev( paths, but the native horses were able to "" • Narrative of the voyage of H-ltar" BeaglëT'ln 1839, bj i 4 M^ Stokes, B.N. / I their wa equalitiei would sh Beauti neighbou were moi I of the 001 rafled to words, " 1 ' of this ui iapply ail IcoDsisted land sërvai jworking s acting as < that of th jlastly, the land whose |few yards < « There a [natives aboi [hetween us ^0 pièces < They appea] Terent froi id horrible- appearan id none of Be"wôm«m~\ ^hoitheycai v-\ RET. [1830. ■ lasax TABLEE. 221 would shnnk from attempting. ' ' • ^ """* BeautifuI «, wa, the couptrjr in the immédiate were more than counterbalaoced by the moral a^o Med to préside. It waa, i» truth, to U8e hi, own Uord,, « a moral wildemesa ; " and to the culti4Z WljoU the.r énergies. The pêople around them »n«sted of th«e distinct classes: first, the offit^ :?,™*'f the Company ; seoondly, he oonriel" w^g Jso m the employ „f the Compiny. „ CT^h T" ''•'"^■""' " *« oœeers'^Kee n, J Çommissioner himself inclnded; and. IMy, the natives, whose home was in the "Bush " «d whose eneampmente were often found within a |fe» yards of the setUement I J '^ '^" ™"* ^y ï""^. " « gre«t number of iMtiyes about the nbx» «nj»»!... v "umuer ot Iw-™ j , '^^ ° ™*y hâve an encampment Nween „s .„d the yiUage, thoir hnls being fonTed of fc/Z.: to^h^ P>-d "pright againstU ol^^ IMtaint from those ne»r Sydney, who a« so very bad «^ horr,ble.l«,king. ,1 eannot, infleed, «.y mnch^ îo bZL ?"" '^ ^J m y clothing, exceptn.me4^ Zr^ " *^'' ' *""''«' »^" tteir shoulders, 1».th.yc«.getone. lamnow beoomingrathermo™ -r -V»' N" .* ufc *--^ -■ sâ»i^i if' 9. 0^' &i_ r^ '"\. fi ■t£ 222 MEM0IR8 OP SIE W. E. PAKRY. used to thia, and I think I may even learn to admire a httle native black chiW. I often long for 1- to 8ee| the small black things, running about like little imps.» Owing to the neglected state of thia part of the colony during the administration of Sir Edward's, predecessors, the condition of the frep population, m a moral and religions point of view, was hardly ^perior to that of the ignorant savages by whoJ they were surrounded. Immorality and drunkenneJ prevailed to a fearful extent, schools were a thing unknown, and, at the first establishment of divine! service, scarcely a ^(lore of persons were foundl willing to attend, andnone of the women. /^'/' ■ I «It 13 80 ney a^thing to them," Sir Edward write^ to hare any^ ëne to take an interest in them, that thejl hardly knov what to make of it. They hare beenl whoUy witlwut instruction, and, I fear I may almost saj,! without ^ampl^ either religions or moral, for more thanf four years, since the first settlement at Port Stephensl htera^ sheep having no shepherd. It cannot, there- fore, Be a matter of wonder that they are ail runningi wild. This applies more particularly to the poor chilJ dren, many of whom hare not even been baptized ! W 18 a great pleasure to us to think that we may, with GodJ blessing, prove instruments of much good to thèse poorf people." ' The^rst step taken tqwarda the introduction of Jîettcr-^étate^ ©r thiag» ww the estetaishmenl ôf . regular service on Sundays. There waa no church i>ù-^- ^gSHtt f t *it \f '■tf'ï.%^^ "î^'^-^^v r^"îî? TAHLEE. 223 like little imps." »> «y» Mr. Ebsworth. his f„dd ^f °'°''°'''" |«th 80 muoh révérence kJ. j '*"Sy ""^ Itl»reading.desk- andlT *'' "°°"«" he entered powenng The fruit of his iabourHiU L 7T Iknown only in the etemal world " T .T ""^ h degrees, to form a resDeftahi. u- 1° "*'"'S«I, [of which need .0 n.eet "^"^1»'^ ' "T*"" h P»otise. Under ti,e 'nSei"''"^^' Pany a «shool was onened Jfc- k °'^»dy ff *eir reddence at Port S^^^I :t" ''" ""-"^ V ^y ''"''^ t" Sir Ed„a»e> Uother I wish yon could see vourdear PH„ j ■ ■ l«H>l c.i«city on Snnda/ h i 7 "'' "" ''" ™'>'»- J<5- ♦ma""'"»"! 224 MEMOIR8 OP SIR T«:. E. PAREY. [mo.\ tures ! For four years they hâve never heari the word of God preached to them, and they really àppear to live 'without God in the world.' There is always now a fuU congrégation, and, I must say, a most attentive one. OuTBchool is also going on as weU as we could wish, and we hâve forty-two scholars. No little heathen could hâve been îhore ignorant; but I hope that, in future,! God's name and word will be more known and loved tiian hitherto. Earnestly do we pray that this may bel the case. We mustexpect to meet with disappointmentsl and trials ; but when we consider whose work we anl doing, no difficulties ought to discourage us. May Godf give us strength to persévère ! You might, perhaps, sup-l pose that our grtatest difficulties arise fromthe convict3,f but I must say that we hâve not found this to be _. case. The free^people are far the worst, and most diffil cuit to manage, because they think they may do as thejl like ; and, while they set such a bad example, we canno wonder that the prisoners do not improve. For th latter jre hâve set up an adult school. Some of the wished to leam to read, and we are anxious to encou] rage them, as a means of keeping them out of mischie and amusing them in the evening." ^i> Edward Parry to W. H. Hooper, Esq. ' " Port Stephens, May 13, 183a *I trust we are, by God's assistance, making son religions impression. The Bible was sadly neglected, *may say almost unknown, before we came. By the lit rality of our excellent Naval and Military Bible Societ ~we h»ve distributed npwards ôf^rfitmared Bibles, and raany prayer-books from « The Society for Promotiii f w';.r^-"t#-»'if'j 11830.] TAHLEE. 225 IChristian Knowledge :' anrî th^ Li^therto .0 lu^td «ri '"'''"" '"'"''^'« "> ttke «f the water of HSv^r""""^'" '""• '«' W« M M présent, ,™rf „„, " " ' • • • I <=M only beSpirif I„deeJ»^ 5 "^^ "«' ''^«^ of The fask of reformation proved ind^.H »«■ The almost total want If ' "" ^^-'^ te.new «ystem of order and rSrftv tT' '*"e,g.inedtherlt^ Jn '" ** «""«"^ ««rfednotMng^3S^?f'"""'^«'«"- »« !«', in little UnnL Sfe bond t-T'"''' *" **" » cnctet club nnH « ronnation -..«erno„n:Xt;-U:SaaS Q t h r i-i ri «?' 9l-S 226 MEMOIBS OF $IR W. E. PABBY. [183 in the week as a sufficient number of hands could 1 mustered. Some of the mec were natkes of Ken and Hampsliire, and were delighted to be thus minded of home and old times. Occasionallj, whe business permitted, Sir Edward would take part thé game himself. Lady Parry's birthdaj was alwàys a gala day J ) the settlement, and Sir Edward writes of the un festival of the kind : — r " We had a large dinner and bail of ail the Con^panjl 8ç|yants résident hère, beîng the first tinie auTthing^ the kind had been given. Isabella and I danced a\i with them first, to set them going, and then, I belieri they would hâve danced the whole night, if we allbwed them. Our great object is to make them sociable and happy among themselves, which has hitherto been the case." The foUowing refer to the Christmas festivitij in the first year of their résidence at Tablée. ** December 23, 1839;| " Yesterday was the bre^king up of our school. celebrate the day, and reward the little people for good behaviour, we gave them a dinner, after distribua the prizes. We had a kind pf tent rigged up for I occasion, on the middle of the ^a.t at Carribeen, which| a place something like an Englisb^^pmmon, in the mid of the eettlement. The people were ail delighted the ideai^fiSving had^ no f êtBRTïf «nyiriinlnrtfflCB came to the country; and the head carpenter enb .tJÎ^:^. 227 ^8SQ,3 CHBI8TMAS FESTIVITIES. nto it with great spirit, deCorating the Dlace wîfl, K. x, "T r™ "'8» «^"8 «t '««l' end, «.d .n ^ t^t Uttgetùer, mth the woodj «senérj «round. Fifty-two H*» -.t down to dinner, «,d no Cheshire ohUdrIn ^^em to ptay M different game,. Thoy haro nev» tTtîf T.T"^ """^''^'^ thoreforewo hTto Mh them, but they aro lively childron, and ,00^0^ taMs rfordod nracVamu^monl, and football, at which . k«1^1ack, «.d whitos jotoed. both old and yo»tf r. Ebsworth «an excellont assistant, and ™ â^S fe^î'thtat'^'" "^"i-'V*» » ^■■«^''' t^ ims was, 1 thmk, the gênerai feefing. They ail sai,^ if r&c th!fl î P"'""""' ^ith whèelbarrow kietiesoïrt f '^ ^aypartake of the nleasures a^d MeUes of Chnstmas ; for though they are prisonera, a^d kjof them verj bad, encouragement is V no LZt own away upon them, and they feel kindness Td^^ fprove by it as much as other people " ' / " December 27. L2"*r.^!!"P""^:"^^«<> ^-> «^ has gone on W^ _We W commeiiioratéd it wtth jeasure^^r 2 te rf -: *^" '''**"* ^*»'^' «^"d hâve end?a- »^ to make ,t as much like English Christmas aa -• -i. '■■] — jLii.J'. « u- ■^^^■ 228 MEMOIRS OF SIR W. E. PARRY. [1830, possible. We did not wish for your frost and snow, though we did wish that the swc^-had not beeh quite sol hot,— the thermometer beïng 87° in thd shade bf our verandah I Our singers had prepared hymns for the season, and on Christma» Eve we had the carols, which they sang very well indeed, going round to ail the house* seventeen in nûmber, where every one seemed quite happy to be once again remin^ed of England. We also kad our church decorated with evergreens; we couldl not get holly or yew, but tbere iâ a shrub vhich is very common hère, like the laurel, only, I think, handsomerJ and which quite answered our purpose. It was a bean-l tiful evening, and when we were ail sittipg out on lawn, we could not help thinking of the différence of yooi j climate to ours just then." Towarda the close of tliis first year of his résidence at Port Stephens, Sir Edward, in a letter to Sirl John Stanley, thus describes the nature of the dii-l culties he had encountered in the colony, and thtl resuit of his ezertions : — " I may truly say that my officiai duties hâve beeil most arduous, demanding ail the thought, and temps;! and décision, I can muéter, and, now and then, a grew desLaiOTe. I found the Company's affairs, on my arriv4| in a loose and disjointed state, as circumstances had ledl me to expect, and it is only by keeping a tight rein tbitl I can succeed in effecting anything. The conséquence of the absence of strict and systematic government for 80 long a time naturally was, that any attempt ta br t' thîngrtnîo OTdëf, and to put dôwn the îrinùme abus^ which existed, caused no small kieking. I hsT '-/■^c Alt "^i-t ,7 rx"» lasft] TAHtEE. 229 Ihowever, a tolerableshare nf ^K.1: '. Un. and hâve gone teadUv n ''^ ^° "^^ «^'"P^^^- Iwlierever I hâve found a !!:« ^ ^^^^ * ^««"«dj kind. I hâve, of course fadT'' k" ''^ "'"^« <^' «"^ Uy disagreeable tS t enT^ '^"^ *^ ^^H and llbegin to see improvemeVt. ^^ '^ ^"* ' ^°P« *h-' (exerdons. The/ beg-H 171? ''^^ ^^ ™^ H;* e-i7 'get to windwarS Je j "" *'^* *^«^ pâe pari* .„„ his ^fe we Lt""°ri "'«"' P"^» > power, the cômfort of everv fi.^^ ^ ™*"' '" Ved, were running «bout wild im °' ""^ ^« k«<»W»g eduo. AïïXTdt'Ir'^'"' "^ «■»«>. kted childreo At a H,-.. . ."* ""* "««-in- Ur .oho,i.hou«, « „„^ a" y--,.::^»"- » enone,andpreachfi,l*ur«n «rauous. I hâve a preached tivosermona everj Sundar.^ f 'à 230 MEMOIUS OF SIR W. E. PAHRT. tl8m^| 1«»0.1 christeneA a great many children (some of them four chnstenett S ^ nuÉibers of women,-visited the years d4),-churched J things, asindeedin one, h«8 been given," The Bucce» whieh attended their effort» for tfe Mn^. ^nm\ «>d temporal, of thoee mmi ri f^ther wtth the domestio happine» of the. £:;:rl::L:comWned-enaertbey^^^^^^ ,at Tahlee Wmongst the brightest of *err mamri / îife In the régulât employment «f*»* ?»?'"<* ' 'fd month, flew so rapidly. that, -^en " <^ pr««,hea '^ «]»^2apa»ea rince they landedl S r<;e, e«>h moming, between «v» »d "Itwaaqùiteenliveiùngmtiemormng, ^y«Mi sLorth. " «ben .11 were well. t^.l'-J^J'^^^^ ashe c;mefron.the ■"«-■7'.^°S.-|^Mt;!^ S'tJ'^g^rS^lng to eee." Bre^ ^o:^^r^r~„::3ro:-n'S If i;„ Zemente. If « gentleman came after * î,,>W.-rfj» 18S0.J TAHLEE. 231 time which had been agreed upon, he would good hiimouredly remark, on his entrance, " Hère cornes the late Mr. • 1 " and the gentle reproof was seldom taken amiss. An early dinùer separated the business of the moming from that of the aftemoon, for his officiai duties usually occupied him until tear time, to which meal Mr. Ebsworth, or some of the officers, with whom Sir Edward was anxious to bé on inthnate terms, were often invited. The evening, if fine, would perhaps be spent on thei lawn, in fronib ofthe verandah, where the spreading branches of a large castor-oil tree afforded a pleasant shade. " It I is «carcely possible," are Mr. Ebsworth's words, " to i depict a more delightful family scène than the lawn before Tablée, on a fine summer evening. Chairs for the elder portion of the family were placed around a table, on which were grapes, melons, and other fruits, Lwhich Sir Edwàrdr-wtmM ^spense, not forgetting jtfiNjl^dren, who were usually playing about in Ithe fimoSftNg^ss. I never saw such happiness, nor Idq I ever expecï**to see it again in this world." At I other times. Sir Edward would read aloud in the Idrawing-room. **No one," says Mr* Ebsworth lagain, "could excel him in reading, and I hâve [heard people reraark, on thèse occasions, that *he lought to hâve been a bishop instead of a sailor I ISametimes Lady Parry would play on the piano, ISir Edward accompanying her on the violin, or Sne manly voiee^ which hwinomsed^ pweetly with hers." At nine o'clock, ail assemblée Q 4 .'i*. 232 MEMOIRS OP SIR W. E. PARRY. Cl830. '*■ once more for prayers, and shortly afterwardâ retired to rest. Sometimes Sir Edward was obliged to leave home for days, or even weeks together, to conduct explor- ing or surveying expéditions into the interior. At thèse tîmes, the want of his présence was greatly feit in the settlement, and other eyes than those of hig vr'i(e would joyfully hail the Union Jack, hoiôted on the flagstafF close to Tahlee house as the signal of hig return. " It is not only at the Church services," writes Lady Pàrry, during his absence, " that my husband's présence is wanted. I think it is a général feeling, throughout the settlement, amongst ail parties, that nothing seems to go on with spirit when h^ is away, and no one looks so contented and com- lortable as when he is at home, watching over their cpncems and interests." Of one of thèse expeditiong she writes again : — "We heard tidings from our absent party three after they left us, and they were going on prosperotjsly, having reached the Myall River. They are obliged to make short jo^meys each day, as they are accompanied by eight pack buUocks, which carry ail their goods, and proceed slowly, as they are travelling through an nn- tçacked country, and hâve Trequently to eut their wsy " through the bush. Their party consists of twelve, in- cluding blacks, of whom they hâve taken three, as they are of great service in the bush, when they fall in with other natives. They hâve two tents to pitch at nighJ, and every Ihing was arranged-most^comfortably. ît twb like a large caravan moving, when they set out,— -ail the ■^.i 1990.] EXCUB8I0NS INTO THE INTERIOR. 23â fldvM! ThJrr -^'''''* '^^ ïooked 80 proud of them- flelvea ! Thej soon get tired of tlieir clothes. hnf .1 want to hâve them at first, and it J one of th« ' 7*^' ments to make them go ^® '°^"^«- * «t th.t température i„ Enriand fr„„ T"" S ' r^'to*' r V"" ""^' - -"«Ton hZ- ho doubt/4rrs Edirf-'r'ï'r'"" |.t4e„„„.ent,-..„o doubt, b„tl We not^S ™ away, and the buUock. were turaed loose to . ^ ■ 234 MEMOIB8 OP. SIR W. E. PARR^. [1831. ^Uh for themadves. Such of the party as were able swaîû over the creek, and the rest were hauted across by means of a rope secured to a tree on either aide. Theae éventa were only regarded as intereating in- cidenta in buah travelling, but, in the course of tho summer of 1831, a circumatance occurred, aufficîently alarming in its nature, though very characteriatic of Ahiatralian life. Lady Party to Lady M. Stanley. "December 19, 1831. " We hâve lately experienced another disadvantage of anewly cultivated country, and hâve witnessed whatl hâve only heard of before, and ^ead in Cooper's novek- I mean the burning of the woods, and it is, indeed, » fearful and extraordinary sight. For the last fortnighV the whole country around has been in a blaze, and between this place and the Gloucester, a distance of more than seventy miles, there is scarcely a blade of grass kftr it is one continued black plain, and the stem8"ôf the trees are alUscoçched and blackened. We were in hope» 1 we should hâve escaped, near the house, bu<^ after two or three days, we saw there was but little prospect of m avoiding the gênerai destruction. Just as we wwel coming home from church, last Sunday, a man camej running to say that the fire had reached his house, and j was rapidly approa'^hing our garden. Immediately ail hands were sent oiF io save the poor garden, and, I an happy to say, succeeded, though it was" only by i few minutes. Edward made them set firé to a broad f space ail rou nd, and t his was only ^nst^ çempleted the fire reached the place we had burnt, and, finding no flf II ; IM'O A CONPlAOBATIOir.. 235 « waa leariul to hear the crackl ne souiikr^ ,v «„ d»0»gh tho b«*ea,.àd the vo^uidOteL ? Ml w^nnd, it w«8 « most cùrious sM^CTfc, tu «me «me to corne, io cutting dow^^heTaX ^f I Se^^^t «■» "-'^ - - «'-•'■. ^ ;^.: Craring^n was not the only partof the settlement which proéjed from the résidence of the cS ™ner aad h« fa„ay. At Stroud, a vilCZal l-en^-fiv« Bùles distant, aitnated on theTa^" tke nver ^.mah. a sch«„l wa» also estaSed l«lrPMiy thue descnbes a visit theypaiA, tUa [g-^the beauty „f whioh exoeeded^even tW „- ■' "^'"«HoiiM.March 17,1831. a. Tuesday lest we set off in a boat for BooraL h^ae Company.» &rm^ a,,,, ^ ^ loun. .„/t /T ' "°°™' "e remained two '^ «.d I met the™ an old Alderley acquaintan^ f*. K m,- rwk 236 MEMOIRS OF SIE W. E. PARRT. [1831. Daniel B , who had been tranaported for poaching; and when I asked whose pheasants he had been taking, he said, * Sir John Ôtanley'a ! * Even though a convict, I felt quite kindly disposed towards him, and glad to see one whose face reminded me so strongly of old Alderley! The distance from Booral to Stroud is about eight miles, alons a most beautiful bush road, and in many. parts yoa mignt almost fancy yourself in an English park, the trees being not too close, and interspersed with green slopes. I heard, for the first time, many of the birds of which IhaVe read, — the *bell bird,' and the 'coachman's whip.' The former is always found near fresh water, so that his note is a cheerful sound for travellers. We also eaw quantities of cockatoos and parrots. The situation of Stroud is very charming, but I had no wish to live there instead of Tahlee, for the sea is everything. We paid a visit to every cottage, and made the most of our day. I enjoyed my expédition very much, though I was not sorry to return home, fpr this is not a coteitry where one likes to leaye HSme for long. It is impossible to feel suye that ail tùII continue quiet and without alarm, when surrounded by such characters, though we hâve never yet experienced any danger." Keference has frequently been made to the pecn- liar tie of devoted affection that existed betweén Sir Eêward and bis mother. So acutely had she felt the triai pf their présent séparation, that, at ^rat, j ^ there seëined danger of her health gifteg way : but, | for two yeajl, h e was permitted to^maintain the ~~ inost Intïmate communiaations with "her, althbiïglï obligedi by th^ressure of officiai dulies, tp forego -iM* >M(^' f~, ' iRT. [1831. ■ 1882»] HIS mother's DEATH. 237 almost aU other private correspondence. His fondest hope was that, on his return home, he ^ight once more embrace this beloved parent, and présent to her his children born in a distant land. This expec- tation was, however, not to be realised. In the month of May, 1832, he experienced the severe shock of seeing, in the columns of a Sydney paper, die announcement of her death. By some accident the private letters had been delayed, and^reatly was the blow aggravated by its coming in so unexpecte^ a manner. ^ Some extracts from his last letter to his mother may not inappropriately be hère given. " Port Stephen^, Febraary 1, 1832. «Be assured, my dearest mother, that you are very mach in our thoughts. We may truly say, that some of our happiest moments are those in which oxir thoughts and conversation turn upon those we love a» dearly in England. It is impossible to express how thankful we are to receive such continued good accounts of your restored health; and we pray^ as you do, that, if it so please our Heavenly Father, we may ail be permitted to meet again in England. But we also feel, as you do, that He wiU so dispose every event, that it mhy be most conducive tb our good, and to His owi^lory, and are content to leave aU that concerns us, entirely and unre- servedly, ih His hands Every day of my pilgrim- «gç hère convinces me, more and more, that we should from the beginning of life to its end, feel and act as [Wms seefin g a « better co imtry^thaLis, an. heavenly,'— p make this pur home and rest, is to act in direct op- Iposition to the plain precepts of the Lord and Master ■ s Vi" -:Mk' :i I - V ! '>: 238 MEMOIRS OF SIR W. E. PARRY. [1832. whose name we bear. The first and principal business of life ought, unquestionably, to be a préparation fbr| death, in the manner, and by the means, which God „„, graciously revealed to us in the Bible : and oh ! what unspeakable comfort is to be found in that blessed volume I How wonderful ia t^e scheme of redemptioa through Christ, and how astonishingly suited to. owl necessities ! What indescribable consolation to the con- tnte sinner in that one assurance, that *God was ini Christ reconciling the worid unto himself, and not im-, puting their trespasses unto them!' Maywe ail be counted worthy to be written in the Lamb's bookf of life, and it matters little how few, or how many, the days of our pilgrimage may b« hère on earth." The folio wing letters, addressed to his brotherand sisters, were in answer to those containing the par- ticulara pf his mother's death. " My dear C- •Port Stepheûs, July 16, 1832. "I need not say with what deep and solemnl interestwe hâve perused, and reperused, every line of your description of our sainted mother's death. Dear, tender, affectionate, pious Parent I as long as we hâve hearts to feel, thy beloved memory will be fondlyche- rished by ail thy children I Deeply as we hâve felt thia séparation (for 8u.q^ it is even to us at t^jis great distance,) we cannot but feel, my dear C , how selfish is ourl sorrow, and how indescribable the gain to her for wh(» wé grieve I Could we behold and hâve communion with JLer glorified spirf t ij ow^ what-jcatiso-^ thankfulness and joy on her acéount ! Her long pilgrini' |lie was no i! , w-. ' if ï«î tt^^y^f*^'^* PAERT. [1832.1 1832.] BUILDS A CHURCH AT STROUD. 23^ âge 18 ended, she bas fought the gqpd fight, sbe bas fimshed ber course, benceforth tbere if Maid un for ber a crown of righteousness, wbicb tbe Lord, tbe rfgbteous Judge, abaU g,ve ber at tbat day.' .... Qod, of hft mfinite mercy, grant tbat tv^ «ayf fbus be ^llowed to close our hves wbetber long or sl^ort, and tbus 'fall [asleep m Jésus,' even as sbe bas dfeèt" "Septemberl2, 1832.- ?ard as tbe lesson is. my dear sisfers, for flesb and blood to learn, ,t is most certain tbat 'Xm tbe Lord lloyeth He cbastenetb.' Every day's expérience sbows me, more and more, tbat affliction constitutes tbe prin- «pal means wbicb the Abnigbty is pleased to employ to brmg ts to Himself, tbrougb His son Jésus Cbrist, wbo .8, emphatically, tbe way, tbe trutb, and tbe life. Ob my beloved sisters, if we are deemed wortby* at the H tbrougb His merits and righteousness, to be îeceived . Irnto the blessed flock of Christ, witb.wbat joy ^ gratitude sbaU we look back on thèse 'Ught afflictions/ et *r'.77P«^**i-«^7, 'but for a matneni,' and !r ' .T^ ^°' "' '* ^"^ °^^^« «^««eding and letemal weight of glory.' " ^ lie want of a regular church and minister be- commg more and more felt each day, especially as ti.e tme drew near when Sir Edward's connexion iwith l'ort Stephens would cease, he determiried to jtoke acùve measurea to supply the need. He felt l!li ."^"^^^ °^*. ^^ ?V ^^^^^ ^^g^y to those over pnoflo^ifaWrcBts^hehiid^BOlOïg^^^^^^^^ ■HA nroo n^» -1 i M • . « * er long pilgri.|he was now about to quit for eve;, than a buUding / fei \^^ 240. MEMOIBS OF SIR W. E. PARBF. [1832. ■ 18^8.] consecrated to the service of Him whose glôry been his constant aim. A site was accordingly de- temiined upon, A)t at Carrington, but at Stroud, a« being more central, and the principal settlement in ^he Company's gntnt. Monday, April 29th, 1833, was a day long remembered in the colony. At the ^ appointed hour of eleven, a large concourse^ of people from the différent villages assembled together/when the first stone wae laid by Sir Edward, and a sùitable service, âfelected for the occasion, read by the Xev. C. P. Wilton, chaplain of Newcastle. "You may /* imagine," said Lady Parry, «what an impressive occasion it was altogether, and what our feelings were. In dedicating this little chapel to God, eamestly indeed did we pray that He would send down His^ blessing upon it, and permit His Holy Spirit to dwell in that place, and bring forth the fruits of true holiness, so that peace, and *the Gospel of peace ' may reign throughout this settle- ment, when we are far away." "Our littie church," wrote Sir Edward, after anj intferval of two months, " is making rapid progress, flnd we expect the framè of the roof will be up in another moDth or six weeks. God grant that some faithful minister of Jésus Christ may be found to preach the Word tût God within its waljs I I think it will cost me nearly — l., but we are not afraid of our ever wanting the money, or our children after us. I wish wewcre more willing to spend and be spent in God's service;] The time is short, even at the best, and we must «work whileit i I man can A letti I shows thi Irealised. «We hi Iwhom we limagine tl lacquainted Ithat we ai Immister, a: |of our Utt limtD ail I his manner ht the |engagemei Dd Col. E h would 1 bccessor. prepared to * Onthedei •ej", Captain B Company's md well kno\ coatf ^>>death,whicl » Twy «uddei *»lôflj în pui 'dial regard a ,f <• VKUr. [1832. ■ I8â.] LETTEES. wlule it.is called to-diy, for the nigbt cometh, when mancan wnrt r»» " . > wuen 24] man can work ! no Aletter from Laây Parry, just a month later, ms the pleasïng way in which thfi«« K««.o „._ ' shows realised. easïng way in which thèse hopes wère "Augnst 1, 1833. «We hâve latelj had a visit fr„„ » pe„on, towards .magme the taterest we hâve e:.perie.oed, m bZm^ r' 7« •" »■»?!"« to receive him amoagst us as onr h^^ter. «d are g„i„g ^ deliver „p the^4i.„"eZ tfooT Mefloek t„ his charge., ife haJi„t™d«SI Pm to rfl our people, and were reiy much'pleased wj!h k» maimer to thm aU." '^ * W the spring of the next year. Sir Edward's ten' ''* *« Company q^ to a close |ie would himself hare selected, «as app,«nted his h^r. The feeUogs of «gret with wfiffl^ he f «p^ed to leave a country, ^iieh had èeen aTh«e On the deathof6oIonélJ)tunare8a which rw.^„«-^ r "^ "»r -dde.. c«^ -,r:^;r^ru:i r.: Jr ":"■ """^ ^î~^.irjrœ«S ■M. M ■'242 fi MEMOIBS^^vSI?L^^f:. PAkS¥. pf avLQJ^ enlargeâ bénQyolencè»Jjjp -"iQ^h â^|i||^c h*ppin^s, were not^^s any^ldteans uni»ixed|^- ^'J^'- ■''■;. >:.*.' U*^>a ' " il' >^ !^^ l^try to Sir J. Franklin. ■'is.;. sure, be desirous of knjç^ing wnetht. ,, ,„,„^. ,^ ,. _ountry Jias answered my expectation- ^, tib J)liiÉii of embiiiment, I answer.that ït l^. But th 'iJéountitif 18 80 dreadful an one in a iaoral p^t of viev. ^ and th« dutîes I hâve had to perform hâve bïpm often ^ ^^(■yaainfulj that I certainly should not hâve undiMiiaken tl ^fàce, had I known what it was. Still, we hat«, I trost, fceen the meahë of doing much good, not only to tb^ . Worldly concerna "in whidh we havp been eng^ed, bu;, w© hope, to thè reUgioug piid moral ^well-being oîm: little cominunity," , ^ ' , . , , % F. Cresswell Eisa. "Now that we are aboiït to quit this country lot Engjand, it ahno8t looks like a dream that we hâve beeal hère at ail. We can hardly believe that we hâve beec already, nearly four years and a half absent, and you may ^ imagine with what pleasure, and yet with what fear i trembling, we now venture to look forward to^eeing m\ dear friends-at home once more. We oanno] our voyage of 16,000 miles, , with fou? 1 lering it a great undei immit them and ours Creator' and Almi without ç deavour >^ ujdto a ta^ninii Urp ■v^ill.be gratified to hear that the affai nnofwiQ T /*Q,TïiQ fini', to contiToI- most cheering aiid satisfactory aspect. ihe satis-l '!^* ■ ■ •«* ' ■ ■ ■:w MH ^^Jm^^^^^^^^ sermon AT CABRINGTON. 243 ^^ of feeling that my exertions hâve been the means ■4'ji^a?8ing an Augean stable, which, even to myself, .seanâW hopeless, for^^e first two years of my résidence in this colony. But it hag cost me more than the foar years I hâve spent hère, havîng told on me like ten." *^' * ( • • On Sunday, the 9th of March, 1834, Sir Edward preached bis farewell sermon at Caxrington. The text was from St. Paul's address to the Ephesian elders at Miletus (Acts xx'. 32.) ; and deeply solemn and afiecting must hâve been the words, whicïj^hen, for the last time, fell from the lij)8 of one, who, like Paul, « through evil report and good report," had faithfully discharged the trust committed to him, and whose face his hearers were now about to " see no more " in this world. E|jrnç|tly an^ affectionately he urged ail to ponder dieepïy on thé. words of etemal life, which, by- the grâce of God, he had sought to impress upon their minds in that « carpen- ter'sshop;" while, at the same time, he humbled himself for what might hâve been lef|; undone on his part. ^How different|,5^^ ^tj^4y,language be from Paul's I Ho»aany occasi^ l^^ I neg- lècted of pressing^ jrour attention tîie concen^^ of etemity î But, th^ugh I desiri to be-hui^bléftin I "self-abasement before you, aad i|^the sîght of God, . for this, Jimay, perhaps, be permitted to say that, ^ during more thàii four years, I have\ entÂined a^" Mnœre-desire to proraôf^^ybaFspirîtÏÏ "At the conclusion o£ thé!«aermon," says Mr. EbihsS..>f i V^^H \1 '*3îi ■ff^ , i* ^ . ÏJ^" f-À 244 MEMOIRS OP SIR W. E. PARRY. [1834. y 3. worthi"^** I was walking from iGarrington towards Tahlee with Col. Dumareiq, fwhen the latter re- marked to me, * I hâve travellêâ a great deal during my life, ■ and mixed mu.ch with men, but (pointing to Sir Edward, who was walking a short distance in front) in aU my travels I never met with his equal!'" In Jufae, 1834, Sir Edward and Lady Parry, with their four children, embarked at Sydney in the " ** Persian," ai^d arrived at Gravesend in the following November, after a voyage of five months. ** I feel it a silrprise, every time I see Parry,*' are the words of one who met him shortly after his return. " There seems to be a power of simplifying whatever cornes near him, — an atmosphère in which trifles die^Aa natural death, — a single-hearted steadfastness mt does one good to look at. He is like a rock in his firmness and fixedness of purpose, and yet so ready to toke into considération the other 8iident to a ,p fitu'tfo™ "^f «^cted a small'^t beautfgfchnrch "f 2 .^u borders of the calm Kirt^where a flo^ Zl ^l7 assen^ed, t» joia^the sweet Cens^^f ^erjmd p.^, where_Mver pn.yer C^ teTand his example AyS^ . Jm:. ù. v-'^^Mk m 246 MEMOIBS OF SIR % ^mm- as-: ÉÈm ;y*. [1834; lika'.y. . . It, was at the clpse of â beautifiil Sa^ba^ day, that I once sallied forth for an èveslÉig's stroU, and almost uncpnsciously vfindered f^onvict's but, which stood Ojitt the bordera of éoast. Attracted by the .soiind of voïces, as 01^ children reading, I pausedf to listen, and, al- ^ tbough too, far from the dweUing to hear distinetly, 1 saw, through the open doorwi^, what was passing within. ïhe father of the fattiily, a convict, sat near the entrance with a young child on bis knee, sjiliirhile thré^ older ones were grouped around him, ,readmg frontyihe Scriptures, whidi from time to tiine he explained to them. Unwilling to intrude upon a family thus en^^f^, I returned home, un- perceived by those who hïâ| thus attr<|cted and in- terested me ; b^pn^followmgday I^eard, from the lips of bis \vSfethe ôircmnstancesp of, the convict' transportation. j Providentially,'he had been assigned Ib^the service o^^ Agriculipal Gomgtoy, açd, under the ChtistiàS^iteaching of Sir lidward Pap and bis wife, had been led tp ee^^if^Uj of worl% ;;^ickedne88, and thedêep |j|brtance o| those better :flii^^g§, which now formecMrl^est privilège and ^^oiktion. Th^8e*i)lessi^ were among the many fruits of the niissionary exertions of Sir Edward Parry and bis now sainted wife, who both lived in the grateful affections of many a chastened heart, long after they had ceased^ take a personal share % 4 ïn the intèrestô of that far distant colbny.^ é .. .J^'i ..'M' ' '•W'- , . ' 247 *^»i CHAP. X. APPOINTMENT AS ASSISTANT POOR-LAW COMMTSSIONER.-^ CONGHAk..-DEATH OP ELDESJ DAUGHTER.-^RESIGNA- TION OP OPlf^ OP POOR-LAW COMMISSIONER.— AP- POINTMENT A^jÉDMPTROLLER Op'sTEAM MACHINERY DEATH OP^YoaUteST CHi;jD.--AS8AAD Y. KAYAT. — DEATH OP LADYjfalY.—" PARENTAL CHARACTER OP 183^^^840. ■M ToWABDS the end of th^ year !n Vhich Sir Edward retumed from New South Wales, a vacancy having occurred in the representalion of Bath, he received a formai intîtation, from some of the most influential Imçmbers of his native citj, to allow himself to be knominated as a candidate for the vacant seat He had, however, nothing of a party spirit in him, and hefeltthat his previouslife had so little qualified him for the efficient discharge of Parliamentary duties, that he had no hésitation in decUning so flattenng an offer. The state of his health, which for some time had been much impMred, induced him, at first, to désire a period of relaxation from work of ***** t rm^ ^ J-x- — Tt— -* ■ ■» * ■ — :— - . " " " ' ' ■ :::^i:-::v: „ •- . --- :— - ^ .:■■ — — : .-, v • - _. . — ■ — -liind; but fhê pospèct of a comparatively idl7 hfe, even for a Hmited time, proved so irksome, that. B 4 >&»- ,iiJ£, .'':e- ■/.. -a'.. 248 1^ MEMOIR8 OP Sm W. E. PARRT. [lô35. | IJM.] afterNgbme considération, he applied for the vacant posjt of Assistant Podr-Law Commissîoner in the ity of Norfolk. " Winchester, Jan, 31, 1835. " From liiy late masters (the Directors M theAustralian Company) I hâve received the most /useiul testimony, because theîr recommendation affecte ' my character and abilities in the management of civil affairs/; whereas a very good Polar navigafcor, in which capadty alone I âm publiciy known, might make a very bad ^oor-Paw Commissioner. As for the work in that posiiiion, which is said to be most laboriou^:"''ïh8ve wc^ked pretty hard ail my life, and do not expect to be et;cempted from hard work, sq long as the Almighty is ipleased to givè me bodily and mental power for Soing it." In March', 1835, he received the appointment as Assistant Comniûssioner, for which post there were upwards of a thousand candidates. The act, passed in 1834, to remedy t|ie abuse» which existed under the old Poor-Law Administration, rendered the duties of the situation arduous, and often verj unpleasant, by bringing him into contact with those who were unwilling to acquiesce in the new order of things. Thèse duties, moreover, involved a kind of migratory Ijfe from one part of the countr^ to tâcher, which precluded the possibility of any fixed resrdéjnce with his family. He was continually obliged to be absent from home on business, anà, Bve n when th e r e , ^as ^asu^ly^mploy cd froW m^ ai» ing till night in officiai correspondence. SRT» [1635. lu».] poor-laW commission. 249 "Aprila, 1835. the morning t.U eloven or twelve »t night. I hâve «^«1 urf„„at.on rdating to my „ew v«.ti„° . I feet ttobe» arduous task, but I also ftel th.t in » ,h^ U. ™port.nce, and take » greater pem„al i„ter«J "„ At the end of the fim two months, Lady Parry " "Mattishall, Jane 10, 1836. ,T .", , ' "^'^^^®*^J8omework for Sir Edward ndl w.eh he could hâve a little more repose, W S n very ^lerably with his duties, and. though drc/tS fc r °T ^^^^-°*^ï^' he says he sees histay K «learly, and seems to be going on satisfactorily;Tut H-rea much n^ore time and caution, as may be ex- Ï^rl"'' "" ^"^^ ^^'''''' ^^^'^«*^r« are concerna reiy da/s work, and every new place he goes to ^k^ . ^jeé more clearl^iow great the nece^sity Cf^ ^ «me change. He finds this country faH of r Nent party spirit, but he contrives to Bteer qûii Nlets them ail see he belongs to no v&rJ ^w i. h nght uninfluenced by any political or party apprit Mas had one or two very satisfactory meeLgs Sy Nwe ha^^en told that he h^ orLmeZ^ H^: peparisheshehaslately visited^ » «iue oi 'iûî 9 ■■>s ri' 1 ina 250 MEMOIRS OP SIR W. E. PARRT. [183,Î. 1 The foUowing, from Sir Edward himself, is to the | same efFect : — * " Mattishall, Aug. 8, 1835. " It is astonishing how little opposition we liave met 1 with, considering how mighty a change it is wh|8hm| are employed in bringing about, and lïbw opposed the new measures are to every person'g notion, on thej subject, botU among poor and rich. In this county. il hâve the satisfoetion of finding that the préjudice is fastj wearing away ; and, though it will, for some time, con- tinue to be up-hill work, I see no real difficulty ioj bringing the measures into complète opération, if tbe| govemment will only support and strengthisn us." V In the early part of the year 1836, they removedl from Mattishall to Congham Lodge, near Gpstlel Rising. This was, on many accounts, a pleâsaDtl change; and they found" mîfch refreshment a&dj comfort in the friendship o^ the Ho^. and Rev, W. J.'-Brodrick, Rector of Ca^tle Rising, and hiil wife. Tt soon, however, became évident that Sifj Edward's health was entirely giving way under the| pressure of work ; and his médical advisers déclare positively, that totq,l resjb of body and mind w«i absolutély necessary. Ûnder thèse oircjimstat he was' at length i'ûduced, ^ith much relîictanci to telider hjs résignation to the Central ^oad i Commrssioners in Londoa. Inàccepting U|H" nation, the Commiseionerg expressed thpir. re ~^o¥"tKèîr owii àccourit, personàtly , but»atîÛ^ account of the loss of his public services, 1 .res ••A' .» fit. ''' '1 .*s"<| |l835.] ' CONGHAM. <*. 251 lo^'O^Iiich they had learnt fuUj to appreciatei'vfrom Ithemany proofs they had received of the discreet, Ijudiçious, and efficient mannér in-which he had Iconducted his opérations in ^Norfolk." .♦■ •■■'/-: • ■ ■ ■ 'é- "Thç cômmissioners" (jïe writes to his brother) «hâve ehaved infa most ki^d and handsome way, and evinced uety gratifying reluctance to part with me as one of Itheir assistants. But the case has become so clear that [hâve sent ifi my offidal résignation, and expect to bê Hîjeved from my lâbouxÀ, w^iicèa r^quire more and more. It as comfortftble m on«.sens^ut uncomïbrtable nanother, to kn«lvr that;^y a,ccest: in this county has ^considérable!! H^èrduld,» cert^iily, hâve been more eable to bave reaj^èd the full benèfit of my exQJetions, Nthis cannot.,g| J|gbed,:a9.I am s^o unstrung that I Mhave rest. .•. illàAvill not wohder thit I «hould 3 sick of the very .8J^B^4,en and ink, when I tell you Hat, for months past, I bave beep writing about'sixty fctters a- week, by way af filling up the Jntervals which- N Be spared^from otljer dutiês ; thelktter involving fe travelling of leço-mileà per. quarter. chiefly in a- The second year sperir fc îTorfôlk was marked Ijïa sfèrç family tHak,; ' The-Bcatfet fe^er, which Nfor some Urne r^ged like |wx^^epidemic in the ' m tàs their eWegt d^nghtei", I^beUa, one bf tlié ' ^ bora to Agir arrivJ^a|PJfln ej . ' /{]^ a , t m^ \ fe&tély ïïefore fier death,-€e wrote to h& friend' y,.. p»JJrea8well:— . 1 \ aj,. • •• -t II ( 252 MEMOIRS OF SIR W. E. PARRT. [18% " Congham Lodge, March 4, 1836. " My dear Cresswell, " When the event îs to take place is only known to Him vrho orders it, but We hâve no longer any hope of our beloved child's life. Lady Pairy has had a bitter night, but not the worse — certainly, I should say, the better — for having been permitted to see her dying chili Foi: my own part, I long to feel that my child is safe for evçr in *he Saviour's arms. You and I, my de« friend, well know there is nothing in this world k which we should désire to detain her." Her death occurred on the 6th of March, and i was buried in the chancel of Castle Rising Churcli,| " one of the lambs of Christ's blessed flock." " Theml which siée^ in Jésus shall God bring with Hb'j is the motto on the little marble tablet, which marb| the place of her interment. " In the course of about seven weeks, we had thirteq! cases of the complaint which carried off our belovedl child, though it was variously modified in différent iii'| stances. We had, at one time, seven in bed at encei| until no more beds could be found ; and we had to ! almost a duplicate set of servants to supply the place ( those who were ill, including two nurses. You miH imagine, therefore, what an hospital our house has been.] They left, Congham ih December of iJie year. ♦ " We dined" (Lady Parry writes in her journal) "i (Jastle Kising Rectory, on our fai:ewell visit. Before! left it, we four met in the study, and had a pa V f |l836.] DEPARTUBE PEOM CONGHAM. 253 Ith. dear p^ace, but no distance ean separate l. froL luch dear fnends, and in spirit we shall often ZZ r ^.^* ^^^ T^ ^«ry Painful one altogether, for tht ^e day before they left Norfolk, Sir Edward ™te he foUowmg to a triend, who had been f ,-, , "<^onghain, Dec. 6, 18a6.\ 'My very dearfriend, "You.were indeed right in supposing that I Uld .ot leave Congha. without a partL'g Uni How H the conflict which your dear child' iSness haT fc r^"^'"^ • ^^^ ^^*^^« hâve beea deep and De not afraid,' hâve sounded in your «ars, ^and .ngthened your hear, throughout the whX V t faU-merciful, as well au ahnighty. How *>,r«ntiJ^ l^io". It i», indlTth^Ûght M rf ZL^' Cr ,, ? """ *■•'' '"•> ■""' «' I hâve no doubt bysjH . ._ - "^ proportion^ îOETs îs the ^ ^^e led tô see the love of God in ^ch events^^ S r,f J. •> 15* \) ^' V- . ■ ;.. '■.!■. ; "m V:"?' 254 MEMOIES OF SIR W. E. PARRT. [1836, ■ ise?.] COM K X ^•> that love \^ more aiid more clearly manifested to you, and may you be led to j;ru8t Him more unreservedly, whô j is worthy of ail oui*' trust, for He is faithful who hath | promised." The first month àftertliey Hadleft'Conghiam wasl 8pent at Alderley. In February, 1837, Sir Edward was employed, for a short tiiùSy by the Admiralty, j in the organisation , of the Packet service betweenl the Liverpool, Hcdyhead, and Dublin 8tation%.' ForI this purpose, ^le went down with Lady Parryandl one of his ohildren to Holyhead ; and, while he engaged iii going to and*frô between that port and] Dublin, they remained at Penrhos, Sir John StaD| ley's seat in No^th Wales. Thia engagement, hot-l ever, did not last long ; and his health soon becamel so far improved that he was Anxious to be once mon actively employed.- While on a visit at Basil Park,'in Hampshire, the.leat of his brother-in-lawj Joseph Martineau, Esq«, an opportuiiity présent) itself. The introductipav of steam power into navy had wrought a great èliange in the servie during the quarter of a centurf which had el since he, ibr the first tirae, saw an engine at wori in Portsmouth dockyard. A new départaient wa about this time, formed at the Admiralty, and Sîiperintendence offered to, and accepted by Edward, under 4he title of Comptroller of Ste Mttchinery. As his duties required him to be close nommunicatioy with the Admiralty, he nojj for the first time, made a peuuancnt home in Londai iman \ '«*:' A' i!- l 18870 COMPTROLLEB OF STEAM MACniNEEY. 255 and purchased a house m-Devonshire Place. While this was preparing fb/their réception, Lady Parry and her children spelit a few weeks in the autumn at TTorthmg The youngest child, born shortly after the fatal lUness of her sister at Congham -- "lent to them," to use their ,own words, «to comfort them for the loss of their beloved child -- kd for some time past, been drooping, and much ad been hoped from the bénéficiai effectsof sea air Itwa8,however,ordaipedotherwi8e; and her parents were, once more, c^Ued «pqn to r^,ign themaelves, in hnmble submis^ion, to >the' decree of a higher will.. bir Èdwaj-4 thus acknowledges a letter of sympathy from Mrs. Fry,.with whôfi, he had, for many years, been on ferms of the inost affectionate friend- . . ' "•AdmifaHy, Sept. 16, 1837. ; "My dearfwend, * . t :"Jt was very kind of you to call upon me Admiralty when you came to my office ia N^w Street Ineed net say how welcome a cordial ybur sympathr's tom, dear wife and myself, on such an'^occa SÏ th «four late loss,^a Ipss ibr us, for the prese„r~tVou Idear.babe mcalculable gain. We hâve now four little M je bless and praise God for it. ^When we see àll kl *°\«^^'°^ ^••«««d us, we ought to esteem it a pappmess when our little- ones are rembved fl-om it ail neir y^ w lion th c ro eau bo i iu reaBonabl e xloubt of safety. I am thankful to say that my wifo bas • 41 .V'^ T7' ». •tr • - y". * SI ^ it\ ^t. "m y} ( 25Ç jj^kissed the rod on this, as on former occasionSj with the sweetest Christian submission. She bas been enabled to see, once more, with peculiar clearness, the lo?e, the tender and undoubted love of God, in this trial. She % reçoives it as an assurance that she is still His child, and that He will not leave her to herself. Hers is the simplest, and most childlike faith, and she reaps its pro- mised rewartl, on such occasions as this, * peace ind jov in believing.' ; , "On Monday I brought to town the remains of our dear babe, and laid the m,, until the morning of the ré- surrection, beside those of the two others who died in London at an early period, three in one grave, of whom this lived longest ! * Them that sleep in Jésus shall God bring with Him.' " The same to F. Cresswell, Esq. ** What bitter, bitter lessons we need, to bring us to God at ail ! That we do need such chastisement is mosi certain ; for we know that ail smaller trials pass away as a moming cloud, leaving no substantial trace behind them . . , . . . No matter how rough the way, if heaven be the end of it : only let us mXke sure work of it, for we hâve no time to lose ; and may every event be [ blessed to us, whether prospérons or adverse ! " About this tipae, Sir Edward took great interest m the cause of Christian éducation in Syria. Assaad Ya/coéh Kayat*, a native* of that country, had accom- panied the Persian princes to England,, in thel ca^acity bf interpréter. He waô then, as he con- ^feased^ muçh etruck with the position held by women 1 Now English Consul at Jaffa. l- ■ ■'^ MBMOraS OF SIB W. E. PARRT. [l837. ■ 18S7.] ' in Ën^ish e felt a great their ignon I time, hiè Ch raj)ened into I Christianity he was furtl pious Ameri jacquaintedj i I England to Iwhich he des htion of sel Ihouse in Loi land, ever afi pupport iri hif [considérable i Ifitted to carrj |lie had embar Toceedings a i^ann and an nvited a larg Ion, in 01 Btereeting otl "Thèse reuti |ecretary of th m vtere mari dûess and gé pember the pre pbourers i^ th( ■''M r. [1837. ■ 1837.] AS8AAD Y. KATAT. 257 . in En^ish society, and, when he returned to Syria felt a great désire to raisé his countrywomen from their Ignorant and degraded position. From that time,hiè Christian princîples, before merely nominal ^pened mto a zealous désire to ptomote the cause of Chnstianity in hîs own country. jt , thèse yiew»' he waa further encouraged and strengtliened by a pious American missionary, with ;^hom he became acquamted, and the resuit was that. he returned to England to gain assistance in his labour of love wWch he desired to promote especially by the form- hbon of schools. At Sir Thomas Troubridge's house m London, he was introduced to Sir EdwSi land, ever afterwards, received from him a cordial support iri his plans. Assaad was, himself, a man of considérable intjelligence, and in many respects well Ifitted to carry out the benevolent scheme in which ■he had embarked. A aociety was formed, and in its eedmgs and résulta Sir Edward always took a fann and active intArest. More than once, he nvited a large compaAr of friends to his house in London, m order to gile Assaad an opportunity of nterestmg others in the cause of Syria. "TTiese réunions," says the Rev. W. Nîven,/onorary kretary of the Society, "were admirable conducted, .I^'^T y * delightfuV spirit of Christian «ijesa aoa-good feeliiig. On one occasion I %eH re- & / P'^r? "^ '^^. ^^^ ^^^- Fry, Mr. Hoare of a mpst p ad ^ , . , wliu Ua(nçïrg^ëën-Honoûrëd" ^bourers «, the great field of Christian philanthropy, V "v i; 258 MEM0IR8 OF 8IB W. E. PARRT. [183Î. and whogo feelings seemed -warmly called forth in thel cause of Syria and her fallen churches." Another fçsture in Assaad's plan was to sélect a| few promising Svrian youths, and to send^them this country for éducation. Thèse young men, i their arrivai in Eji^land, were hospitably reçeivedbyl Mr. Niven, until a suitable homè^could be provit]eii| for them. lïe relates, — "I took sèveral of them, in, succession, to the Admil ralty, for the pjurpose of introducing them to Sir EdwaiJJ Parry, and I cannot forget the truly paterïw^kindneal and cordiality with which he 'welcomed th«se youn»! strangers. His manner showed me that, as he looked oïl them in their Eastern costume, the remembraiice of al| that we owe to their native country, an^ the hope thil th^y might be instrumental in promo^ng its"^ regener»- tion, were evidently présent to his mina." The time was now at hand, when Sir Edwa was to be called upop to.undergo a y et morè severj trial than any whicH had hitherto befallen him, i the lo^ of her, Who, for nearly thirteçn years, been tlje partner of ail his joys and sorrows. In i spring of 1839, Lady Tarry, with her children, wh were ail siiffering from severe wbooping cough,we down to Tunbridge 'yjf èlls^ -for chMige «f air, Edward's "duties at the Àdmiralty afiowirig him be with his family OAly for a few days at a tin lived only a few hours. and, soon afterwards, ■weafeened ^tate I.] ILLNE8S OF LADT PARRT. 259 ame^ut too évident that the mother's strength was faibng, and that she^could not long survive In the midst of this éevete anxietjî. Sir Edward wrote [aaiollows: — _ " Tunbridge Wells, May 13, 1839. Your note, my dearest friand, haa reached me hère t(Hiay. Indeed, you would notreproach. me fof not wntmg, if you kuew the deep waters I hâve beeh in 8.nce I saw you, and the deeper stiU I am now passing through- Of my dear wife's state now, I can scarcely venture to thmk, much less to write.^ I belle ve that her precious hfe hangg on the most fragile thread / but I know that the dear Eedeemer's everlasting arms mu^ I» around ^is own child, and that ' it js well ' ' I feel now that I^an dolittle„.orethan pray, and my faith hn the efficacy of prayer continues to increase with the urgency of my necessity. I earnestly erttreat Vour prayers, my dear- friend. WVrle I write;itho8e of the congregarioîi .in the church are ascending, I trust to th^throne of\race for her. May the Lord hear and accep them, j„ the multitude of His tender mercies, for Chnst's sake ! Will you kindly write to and -1- land earnest.ly désire their prayers ? I need not say how n shall value them." ^ Shortly b^fore her Confinement, which took place on Sajurday morning, the llth of May, her chUdren were brought to her. The eldest of tfîfese was only rrt f;''^ l!*"^' ''"^^ '^'^ '^'^'■«^ th^t this She did not fleé ther^ again, and, in her ned *tate, could scarcely bear to speak o/them. ,- - 8 2 ' X ' ■ ' ■ \ V* -4 i If'': ! y 1 t ^faith." ^ At thre was feleaa himself shoul 260 MEMOIBS OP SIR W. Ê. PARRY. When Sir Edward, who was praying by her bedside, alluded to ^^ his dear children on earth," sbe, with great diffiinilty, exclaimed, " Oh no I I cannot bear that î " be replied, gentl^y, " Yes, my love, we will commit them to our Heavenly Father," and she became at once composed. " Jésus," he continued, « is with you, I am sure He is." She replied earnestly, but faintly, " He is." From time to time, he re- peated'her favourite texts^ and, among others, " look- ing unto Je^|p j^he Author and Finishef of our repeated, " — and the Finisher ! " iday mornûlg, the lingering spirit ir Edwara desired that none but mform bis children of her death, and gave orders that they should be sent to him, when thèy came down at the usual time to breakfast The elder ones were, in a measure, prepared for the announcement by the evasive answers of the ser- vants to their questions, but they can never forget the deep solemnity of bis maûner, as he rose up from the sofa, on which he had been lying, and, evidently j with a ^trong- effort of self-command, said, " My dear children, it bas pleased God to take your dear mamma j to Himself! " He then laid bis head once more on the sofa, and gave way to bis sorrow, as they had never seen him do before. He soon, however, re- covered himself, and, rising once more, led the way into the chamber oi" death. There,Ndiile ail knelt ^j-ôund the bed, he poured forth his Ml heart to God, praying that this chastening might bring forlli T. [183», ■ |83d.] DEATH OF LADT PARRY. 261 «the peaceable fruits of rîghteousness » in lus now desolate home. She was buried at Tunbridge Wells and a tablet was erected, iii Trinity Church, bearing the 8ame text which she had herself selected for the resting-place of her Uttle girl in Castle Rising Church, IThess. iv. 13, 14. That he himself w^ not one of those who « sorrowed without hope," and that to him, at least, the consolations of religion were a hving realitj,the foUowing letter, written at this time^lamly shows : — „,, , "Admiralty, May24, 1839. "My dear > " Your kind and Christian sympathy is indeed most mtinng and welcome under this heavy bereavement, «.d I smcerely thank you for it. You hâve pointed to the only source of consolation, - to Him who is emphati- caUy, the God of ail consolation.' Blessed be His name, I hâve fourid Him on this occasion faithful to His pro- mises, ' a very présent help ' in my time of trouble. No words can express the comfort derived, at such a time, from the confident assurance that my beloved wife was a true child of God, and that, therefore, she is how m the^bosçm of her Saviour whom she loved, safe, w.th sax of our little ones, in the Redeemer's fold, and I tor ever I After the death of his wife. Sir Edward continued to réside in London, his sister living with him, and undertakmg the charge of his four children. The Mbwing is addressed to the ddest, dming hîs fif st™ ûalt year at school, and is a «ample of the way in 8 3 ■L-'. % # ;\' >.-> ,,-^_„,,, „ — „ , ._, .^^ „ — „ _.^ — , . .„„..™ .^ ™_™-.,^ ^ — _____^ ^..^ — , „ 'i " / ' ' ■ ■ ' ■'''■" / à ; .■ " a '' /«S ;V •iSU- ■■.*•■ -. 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[1840. ■ 1840.] which he ever strove tb keep alive in their mindâ the memory of her whotn they had lost, and to impress upon them the necessity of walking with God: — " Tanbridge Wells, May 13. «MydèarE — -> " I do not know whether I told you that I hoped to spend this solomn day hère ; if not, ypu will be sur- prised at the date of this letter. I feLt that I should be happier hère than anywhere else, on the return of the day when it pleased God to take your^preçious mother from us, and to reçoive her to Himself for ever. I am now writing very near her tomb, at which, as well as in the church, I hâve spent some quiet and pleasing hours to-day. I have^so béen putting to rights thé littk .shrubs at the two ends of the tomb. It is a very great gratification to me to be hère on this day, and I wish, my dear boy, to remind you, on this occasion, of ail your dear mother's anxious desires and eamest prayers for jour welfare, — most especially, your spiritual and etemal welfare, ~ the good, not merely of your body, but of your never-dying soûl. I earnestly hope that those prayers will be abundantly answered, and that you will not fail to add your prayers to hors. You are now of an âge, dearest E , to think seriously of your soûl, and to read your Bible with a sincère désire to become ' wise unto salvation.' God bless you ! qs^ " Your most affectionate FatHer." Some years before this time. Sir Edward had "ïiHjrtôyed his few ieïsïiw nftomënte^lofîng dôws^ as thfiXiî^itfu^red to him, thoughts on the character i,4' >,m^ . .. v;v re "Wells, May 13. A.RRY. [1840. I 1840.] PABENTAL CHAEACTE^ OP GOD. 263 of Grod as our Father. This occupation he had ktterly kid aside, under the pressure of officiai business. In the course of the year after Lady Parry's death he again took it up, and his evenings, at home were generally employed in completing tlfe treatise, and preparing it for the press. He used I to sit at the table in the drawing-room, With his children, round him, and employed iem occasionally m searching out the chapter and verse of any text to which he had occasion to refer. In this occupa- tion he took great pleasure, the subject being one of which his heart was fall, and, moreover, connected in his mind with the memory of her whose loss had ied him to see more of the love of God in His dealmgs with hi^ children. " Three years ago," (he says in the préface to the "Parental Character of God," *) « I was encouraged and assisted to begin writing down, as they occurred, my thoughts on the parental character of God, by one who was not only the chief comforter of my earthly pilgrim- âge, the sharer of every joy, and the alleviator of eveiy sorrow, but a faithful counsellor, companion, and friend, through many a rough and stormy path in our joumey (as I trust) towards a better and more enduring inherit- ance. She has sinc^ been called to possess that inherit- • This llttle volume wa», at first, printed for prirate cîrcolatlon only. bat afterwards pnblished by Hatchard and Son», Piccaàilly. I the Royal Naval Female School at Bichmond. The wdrk has since been translated into French and German. • 4 "t1 m P*^4W s^»" ./ / 2^4 MEMOIRS OF SIR E. PARRY. [1840 ance, to behold face to face/the Saviour, whom not having seen she loved, and t6 realise the glorious |>ro- mises made to the children fî God. I now, in accord* ance with her expressed /wish, print thèse tholights, which hâve infused no sniall comfort into my own éi^ in the humble hope that thej may not be without use to others, and, «bove ail, tnat they may, in some degree, show forth the praise,/and promote the glory of Him who is emphaticsilly <^e Father of mercies, and the God of ail comfort.'" J m '4 ï^ 1 >'au 265 CHAP. XL SECOND MARRIAGE.-CALEDONIAN. CAKAL.- REMOVAL TO HAMPSTEAD.-RELIGI0U8 CHARACTER.-VIEWS ON THE IlIPORTANCE OP PRATER._RUGBT.-PUBLIO MEETINGS. -RELIGI0U8 INFLUENCE. -LOWESTOFT—HOMBURG.^ BESIGNATION UNDER ANXIETY AND SUFFERING.-DUTIES AT THE ADMIRALTT. — «EREBUS# AND « TERROR."- LETTER FROM FRANKLIN. 1841—1845. On the 29th of June, 1841, Sir Edward tarry waa mamed to Catheriiie.Edward8,daught;er of the Kev. R. Hankmson, Rector of Walpole, Lynn, and widow of Samuel Hoare, Jun., Esq., of Hampstead. In dus second penod of hia married life, he felt, each day, mcreasing cause of thankfulness to Him who M thufl permitted him to fiU the void which had «HJen left m h» heart and home, and to supply. to « extent not often ..itnessed, Ae loss which his cWdren had experienced in their mother's death. In the course of Uie autmnn of ihe same year, fce was employed, by Sir Robert PeePs govemment 2^wmg up ^a^^p prt on the Bl .r . .f th e €ale. 1^ ,, i^^ *?^ ^^"^ advantagé which might «suit fbm openmg its waters to larger vesgek. ■V r-'f >m '^^^ \ 'f r .^ 266 MEMOIR8 OF SIR W. E. PARBT. [1842. This involved a visit, not merely to the canal itsélf, bût also to the ofeief seaports of Seotland and the north of England, where he was occupied in gather- ing évidence from those persons who might be expected to profit most by the proposed measure. The duties of each day were sufficiently arduous to occupy his whole time^ and he confessed that the responsibility and work, which devolved on him eingly, might with advantage hâve been entrusted to ^' three commissioners, with ail their parapher- nalia ol âecretaries and clerks^ rather than toone perspn." " I hâve," he writes on his return, " béen marvellously preserved, prospered, and helped in the business of mj late excursion, having travelled 1600 miles without one accident or delay, examined and i^corded the évidence of more thnn a hundred persons, and been at work every week- day, from seven in the morning till nine at night." Tlie report drawn up by him, after Ôiis survey, resulted in the completion of the Caledonian CamJ, which was reopenèd in Àpril, 1847, and has been ; in opération since that time, with ail the advantages of inçreased depth of water, and other accommoda* | tions for the transit of larger vessels. In April, 1842, Sir Edward let his house in 1 Londbn, and went to réside at Heath End, Hamp*] nJBteadyrfcr the ben e fi t of 4i^- hç t alth, wliich foi^H mdnths had been seriously impàired. The addi*| vy- .iu 'X^^^^É^tÉMÉ^ÊÊÊ^: ■>lÉ' iAs^î^bÙ&À^-- '4 J ' -Jt.iS**^*"*' ■ *■;■ ■ ■ *.*= ■■■^'■«H'!' '' IS42.] EEMOVAL TO HAMPSTEAD. 267 j tional distance from his office at the Admiralty was I càmpensated hf the gain,of fresh air, and greater i rebrement. « I cannot express," he wrote, « how I continue to enjoy, and, I am sure, to profit by, the lovely views from Hampstead, and its charming air » Among the advantages of this change of résidence, he always reckoned the friendship and ministry ôf Lady Parry's brother, the Eev. K. E. Hankinson, Incumbent of WeU Walk Chàpel, and his letters contam fréquent mentidSof his visits to " the dear pe^le at Elm Row," aa a source of peculiar pleasure. The five years of Sir Edward's résidence at Hamp- rtead présent few events worthy of notice. We kye not now to record his conduct amid the stirring hcenes of a polar voyage, or whUe holding a re- kwnsible and honourable position in a distant colony. Itremams for us, hère, tp exhibit other features of Iiu8 charaoter, which can scarcely faU to be equaUy interestmg to many ; to portray the private life of janEnghsh gentleman, -ofone, injwhom couahi^ Ipietywas the prédominant prindiple, and whose liaflaence was ever ready to extend itself beyond the lumer circle of hi^ own more immédiate interests and |occupation8. ^ , .^ ^ The first point to be notîced is the prayerful spiriti i which he entered upon ail the duties of life, and^ »mch pervaded his whole conduct " When, after wme hésita ti on in the choice of a oblic school,rhe liâd detènnïned upon sending hi^^^ son to Rugby, he was not content with pro- '%..\ •^. t^ " îft' '■'^f^. ■' '■■ff \- [1^42. ^ MEMOIRS OV 9IB W. £, PARBY. viding merely for hiç temporal welfare. Soon afiter- wards, he took the lead in drawing up an addresg to the parents and guardians of Kugby boys, pro* posing that a spécial time in each week should beieet apart for the pùrppse of offering up, in privjite, their joint pétitions for the welfare of the schiiipl in gênerai, and their own children in particulair This address fo^med the model for a similar pro- posai of " Union for prayér in behalf of the Navy," which he drew up some yeàh later, and in which he was joined by several distingnished. naval officers.* Another no less striking exandple of the impôrù ance he attached to the efficacy of prayer will be found in bis conduct with regard to the public meet* ings of the varions societies which at this time he attended, when his officiai duties would permit He was not content, as too many frequently are, to take his place ùnprepared on the platform, or, relying on habituai fluency of speech, to leave even the words of his address to the happy inspiration of the moment. The spirit in which he entered upoâ such duties is manifest in the following, addressed to Lady Parry : — " You must not think yourself cheated, if I send yoa but a shabby scrap to-day, when I tell you that, never liking to enter lightly upon saying even a few words tt .a religious meeting, I hâve been occupying an hour or 80, this moming, in thinking and praying over the little See Appendix, A. » ■*^»i'. -. ^^h- '**>: T. [1^42. ■ IW».] IMPORTANCE OP PEAYER. 269 I propose to say' to-morrow evening. I always think th.8 due to the holj cause which such a society as the MiMionary has in view, and I know you wiU understand ind appreciate this feeling." And, on another occasion, «rm you be sure to be with me, very specially, in prayer, at sxx precisely to-morrow evening, that I may C.ri'' TT' ""^ ^'^^^ '"^ P^^^d ^"^ Master's [cause, m the spint of our Master Himself ?" It would hâve been strange, indeed, had 8uch a spmt been content to confiiie itaelf to bis own famdy, or to an occasional speech at a religions meeùng. We find it, accordingly, seeking a yet wider range, a^d extending its influence in an eamest desnre to employ aU his énergies, wherever te might be whether in business or récréation, in 4e service of his Master, and in aiding the e«>rt8 of ^ers m the cause of toie religion. " His résidence m "«. ^ wntes the R^v^ F. Cunningham of a Hmer visit to Lowestoft, in 1844, « was so marked \l!l f^^^T''' ^^ »>e°evolenf purBuits, that Ae whole population became intei^sted in him. His |e^ure by the steamer I havelt forgotten, fo" ^as one of much feeUng on both sides. His stTy I^U» uj^was. I may truly say, a time of instructien ^^«^^ten^V^^^^^ fc#^ 270 MEMOIRS OF SIR W. E. PARRY. [IM5. " Admiraltj, Augast 21, 1844. " My dear , " Yoa ^?m havo gathered from C 's communi- cation that our A«*ît to Lowestoft answered more than well. It was a prosperous, privileged, and delightfnî one. Those. most dear pQople at the Vicarâ^p are 80 entirely after our owq hearts, that we seemed to live io an atmosphère of/Constant enjoyment. Enjoyment, how« 1 ever, often invo^ves responsibility, and I am sure we ought to feel this deeply, considering the remarkable spiritual advantages we were recèiving at that delightful place. I never saw anything like the unbroken chain of laborious pastoral work which is there going on every day, from morning to night. It is a constant succession of faithful effort for the salvation of soûls, and this not only by themselves, but by the many instruments whicii, as you know, it is their peculiar ybrte to raise up and cultivate. It is, indeed, almostimpossible not to désire to help such people in their work and labour of love !" We hâve, hère, the key to his conduct on ail such occasions, viz., a firm convictioii that seasons ofl leisure hâve their duties, no less than the hours spentl in the office. Another instance of the kind is af-l forded in the folio wing, written from Homburg, inl Germany, to which place he had gone, in the neitl year, for his annual holiday : — " Homburg, July 17, 1845. " We have had a most charming walk to a little village called Dornholzhausen, about a mile and a half from Hombu rg, to visit the^ delightful past w of a F rench congrégation, resulting originally from "the révocation] y. ^Vi HOMBURG. 271 ^.ugast 21, 1844. the revocationl I of the Edict of Nantes. His name is Privât, a pious,^ I Uborious,, simple-minded minister of Christ. He is a ' Swiss, from Geneva I believe, and has been hère three , years, on a salary of only 3SL Mr. R , who was with M, and who belongs to the Committee of the Foreign Aid Societj, was very désirons of ascertaining whether inything could be done for religion in this place. M Privât named two things, which may possibly be effected if attempted cautiously : first, a colporteur to dispose of the Scrîptures ; secondly, to place Bibles in the rooms of the several hôtels. To thèse two objects we propose now to direct our attention, with M. Privat's help, and >f we find that money is wanted, I think we can easily «ise a few pounds for this good work. « When we rose to take leave of our good minister, he said, tan you spare one or two minutes longer, that we may pray together ?' To this we, of course, joyfuUy assented, and nothing could exceed the sweetness and spirituality of the prayer, which he offered up in English We took leave of him, as you may su^ose, with no ordmary feelings of Christian love, IMig with him wme French and German tracts, and a G^rman copy of ayhttlebook.». Truly, that village is a pleasant little oasis m this spiritual wildemess, and very fervently did î'^"* ^rZ ^ remember the pastor and his flobk in our tamily prayer this morning." On his retum to Englind, he succeeded in raising j a Bum of money for the increase of M. ï^rivat's wlary, «as an expression of Christian sympathy oPd to enable him more efficien tiy to di ach»ige thé , -., -. :-r. ^_ -._--- _ * The «Parental Character of God." ■ N \ t* .i.'A^^iiMè T " >:'jÉ&^.t- "â^. ':"■#* r ii II 272 MEM0IR8 OP SIR W. E. PARRT. [1845! » duties of his sacred office." A ^nt of copias ôf the New. Testament/ in French and ûerman, waa alsô obtained from the British and Foreign Bible • Society, which the landtords of thédifi^ent hôtels in Homburg undertook to place in their roomé, as Sir Edward had desired. In the midst of thèse labours of love and uaeful- iiess, the crowning grâce of his Christian character, qalm trust and subraissioii in the midst of anxiety and suffering, was inade.to shine forth most brigh% under thç pressure of a two-fold trial, of the seVerity and extent of which only his most intimate frienà were fully aware. . During his résidence at Port Stephens, he L. invested a sum of money in, the Bank of Australia, j and intelligence now reached England.of the failuref] of that concém, owing to the négligence or fiiud of the directors. The bankruptcy of the proprietori residcnC in the colony made it évident that the whole pressure would fall heavily on the English ehareholders. For soïne months he was keptina Btatë of the most painful suspense, while, to Use his owû words, " bankruptcy stared him in the face, and that without fault or imprudence on his own part" It must be remembered thatj at that time, the liabuity attaching to shares in a joint-stock bank was hot understood as it is now. Th| prospect of serions pecuniary embarrassment jTwas not,however, the only tria^ which he had to .bear at this perîod. Fôr some time, he had been ''■^■f- ^iii 273 ri ^ tETTERS. ■ ^yg picture of Christian sGbmi^n ult th' '"'"^"^ pewonal discipline. ""^^"^ *^« «evere brance of me and mL a' «^T^^ f"' ki^lremem-^^ ffestnponour horizon- h„* ; " ^''°."^^' *nd olouds atill I«t8yed upon God.^?^ "ecause ôur mmds are DearestLadj ^ \ \ i»» . >^ ■ . t 274 MEMOIBS OP SIE W. E. PARRY. [1849. f, ■/ it is called, at the âge of fifty-three, and after a life of toil î but I do not bélieve my children will ever be suffered to want, and, as for myself, * the time is short T," • "London, February 16, 1845. " My dearest Children, " It is rarely that I write a letter on a Sunday, but I think I may be permitted to pen a few lines to joa j thisevening, for il long to tell you how thankful I am to the Giver ôf ail good, our gracious and heavenly Physician, for the success which He bas been pleasedto give to the means used last week for the restorationofl my health. I désire to ascribe it ail to His unmeritedf goodness, and to dévote myself more entirely to EisI service, who bas dealt thus tenderly with me : and m,i you also, my dearest children, feel, both now and ever,j that *every good and every perfect gift cometh doinj from the Father of lights, with whom is no varîablene^j neither shadow of turning !' I bave not been allowediol go out yet, but this is only a ma^terof précaution, as Ifeelj ' perfect^ well. There is, however, a good deal more I be done for me, and I do not expect to be released the end of this week. I am, myself, getting very bon sick, and long to see you ail again, but God's time isj ^ best time for this and eve^ything." " My dearest Mrs. H , " You will be sorry to hear that an adverse ju^ ment bas been pronounced by the Frivy Council in ( long-pending case of the Australian Bank, and we pn pose to call a meeting of our proprietors to consult «1 ~^hat clui Be done by us. Thè afikir bas now, as; , will perceive, r^ached a very serious point, involvingl * ■>*-' y LETTEES, 275 February 16, 1845. Kire, ■ndivida.Uy _we know „„t what , but oh! te^'* ' f*^ ''^ "^ '■»'^ -Menée i/'ou^Z^::; K Md «n ab,dmg assurance that this trial «s "o fr« maa's hands, but from Him who -makes aT^hi U.H. togethe. for good to them that Ct^^^^'Z Iboth desire/hot to be nermiffo^ *^ ™* ® I X permitted to say one woH i^ /i« oneact,Qi^to think one thousht in J, "°® '^°'^^' *o «l» L^atis agroeabloto oX^ZZZlTT^ tS.'-" -'^^ ■"* -««^ " «o us, aud o^-dTa^ r "«"T ""ter than by ber/aveu-eV.. iT^ôrtm! "iy be given us, and aU the rest we cheerfnllt ! j Wu ly leave in His hands, who is w^nrand 1^^^ «dertake for us in every time of iièedT' ^ ' '"^ ) StriJdi^Iy did he expérience that th'e fiùth now . «trougly exer^W, waa „.t in vain. TCZ br^ I7. though heavy, wa, considerably let Khe had fearedi and, singulady enongh/some I 7 2 ^<:;fzâ 276 MEMOIRS OF SIR W. E, PAWIT. [I845. ■ »««•] years later, he recovered from Australia itself nearly the whole amount of his loss, by the sudden and unexpected rise in the value of property which he held in the Peel River Settlement. Thèse letters afford, in themselves, sufficient proof that the religion, which could produce the fruits of j euch ùnshaken and unquestioning résignation to the will of God, mu^t hâve been grounded on something , more than merely gênerai principles of piety. The \ next, addressed to a friend in wHose spiritual welfare i he took especial interest, shows, yet more strongiy, the nature of the foundatîon on which his rested, and may be regarded as a confession of futh | on the part of the writer himself. " My very dear friend, " The description of your présent state of religions j feeling is most interesting to our hearts, and we truljl and warmly sympathise in ail you say about it. hâve, in fact, watched your mind and views, in this moetl important particular, with greater attention and interest,] ^or years past, than you are yourself aware. We wenj solicitous about you on this score, because we had ob*! served that, with a devout and pious mind, the minigtTjl at had exercised a decidedly bad influence upcal you. Your regard for the minister had plainly led m to accept, too readily, the doctrines of his ministiy,! which we believe to be essentially erroneous. It is much easier to accep Jhe Sacraments aa the way taheaven, than to into the heart, by humble faith, the Lord Jésus CI who ordained the Sacraments. The ' Tractarians ' atteiij^ Our obje indght i Iward Pa "PPosed th * h\ -r-r:iar^-^ 'ARBY. [1845. ■ !««.] LETTER8. 277 lose sight of Christ Himself nut «p „ -° „. "" ^"tuseu, out 01 an erroneous rpvo». ence for His ordinanppo Tr, oi, x .i ^""eous rêver- M «impie. h„„,ble, chUdlike f«thTa ffi^Xl ? h.dFi„isherof o„rrS' Z^r'™"'- '"^ ^"'««»: l»aedto giTe to them that a«k ffim ïr .. " '"'°" |- Hop, ,„ AI, i„ au'r ErCie^rr '" ^""^ " Your trolj attaohed friend in Christ, " W. E. Pakbt.» Onr object, thu* far, haa been to rive the «ad», "■^l" into tte p rivatfl ijfi. „^ f * """^ PPoM that the year. of hi, life .&,p,;J^ T 3 l* 278 MEMOIRS OP SIR W. E. PARRY. [l845. Il were, in any way, a season of leisure or retîrement On the contrary, the duties q( his office, at first sufficiently arduous, became each day more laborious. Since the time of his appointment as ComptroUer of Steam Machinery, the application of ateampowerin the Navy had beconie ahnost uniyersaL Among the most important improvements effected was the introduction of Ûie screw-propeller, now justly re- garded as indispensable in every man-of-war. Those who took an interest in this invention, and were consequently, able to form a judgment on the subject, j acknowledge that its success in the Koyal Navy (which led to its gênerai adoption in the merchant service) was, in no small degree, owîng to Sir Edward's constant and eamest advocacy. Certainly, few were more sanguine in their ezpectations of its ultimate success, and none more energetîc in tiô support of its claims at the Admiralty. The yew" of the visit to Homburg, of which men- tion has been made, was one ever mémorable in the history of Polar enterprîse, being marked by thel eailing of the ill-fated " Erebus ** and " Terror "fitaDl the Thames, on the 26th May. In ail the prepi>l rations for this expédition Sûr Edward took an actiTel part, being consulted by the Admiralty on ail points! of importance connected with the fitting-out of thel Tessels. It may be imagined with what eager intereetl he regarded the departure of his fiiend Franklin ont "ïêrticê,^lô^wtiicî,*^ M^e ôû^^^^^ *' he had devoted the best years of his own life." 4 , ''■ PABRT. [1845. ■ 18450 Us return from Hom^nW, • xt "MjdearPany, " ^*^" ^«^ ^«^a^d. Jnly 10, 1845. ^. I hâve corne down t J^f *;'"^^'' ^'^^ *^« 'Erebus,' I 'or_jr w^, tull and comoletfl fn.. ♦».. ' l»nded with their instr,!! . «»agnetic men were «bservers, on Cb ^S ^..'^."«"^ ^^ ^^^ other («l» to tell you that 7w ° ^"" P^*^- I «n happy longitude of:C;*^j^^^^^ the latitude S 70U assign to it. ^ ° * ^^"^ «^"^s of those |d«^ captein, who is inl^''^^ "P^^^' ^^<>"» * k station ' '" ""^^^^ °f *t« Esquimaux at IWe for the openiL of the d a " """'* *^ ^*^°'«- 'heideathatLahaUbfqX^^^^^^ ^elhappyi, - f»7pa88age from Enffland Tlfo? ''*''• ^"««g W, of four voyage?* Ifi '"'"^""^ '^«^ «^«r ^ voyages, as well as some notes of Richard- T ± T 4 '-."■ .■j.'^L-i^r^ ^^■^i^Èà^l'^'^ât ^"''■^^•r^ii t. 280 MEMOIRS OP SIR W. E. PARRY. [1845, ■ 1M4«] I, r son's and my own, which were made on the- occasion of Back's expédition, deduced from our previous observa- tions at, and about, Point Tumagain ; and I am inclined to think from ttese, and from the observatioH%,of Dease and Simpson, that there exists much.land betw^n WoUaston and Banks' Lands, which I hope may be found to be separated into îslands ; and, if so, I trust we may be able to pènetrate through a channel betweén them. ••dt would do your heart good to see how zealously the oflBcers and men, in both ships, are working, and how amicably we ail pull together. Knowing what an ex- cellent instructor and fellow-worker Crozier was, and will prove, to Fitz-James, I hâve left the magnetic ob- serVations of the *Erebu8' to the latter, who is most assiduous Irespecting them. I hâve also endeavoured to encourage each ofi the officers to take some one branch or other under hiamore immédiate care, from which, I trust, he wlll ultimately reap real, substantial benefit, so that my share of the work, at présent, seems to be more the training and overlooking of thesé gentlemen than doing the work itself. I hâve now, for instance, at the table in my cabin, ft- lieutenant constructing the plan of the survey he has made of the islandô of which this group is composed, and Mr. Goodsir, the asBistant-8u^ geon and naturalist, with his microscope minute!^ ezamining and sketching the Crustacea MoUuscœ, and which he describès at once, whilst the colours are fresh. He is very expert at dredging, and has found many rare, and some unknown créatures, with too long names for me to write. Beyond this table lie lots of skinned "^birdi^ the handiwork of the surgeon, "wbo^ is skilteâ^ such subjects. Around the deck of the cabin are arranged the ship's stores of preserved potatoes, packedi 184}*] LETTER PROM SIB J. FRANKLIN. 281 in Beat tin cases. With the above description you, will be able to bring me before your mind at this moment, ind, in tuming my head, I recognise yoUy like asi life, in your picture. ^ ' "Again, my dear Parry, I will recommend my deiarest wife and daughter to your kind regards. I knowi that they will heartily join with many dear friends in fei^vent prayer, that the Almighty Power may guide and supiport us, and that the blessing ojf His Holy Spirit may [rest opon us. Our prayers, I isrust, will be offered up, With equal fervour, for thèse ihéstimable blessings tolbe TQuchsafed to them, and to ail who love the Lord Jeàus in sincerity and truth. I humbly pray that God's be\t blessing inay attend yourself, Lady Parry, and youi family. Believe me, ever, " Tour affectionate friend, / "John iWïklin." Çi'A V ,^;^^ak»4.i^*Wfii^»»l^i*«»i *>.*., ^*.vi) , AtasiA^^^H I : ^- i-'-'T^^T 282 MEM0IB8 OF SIE W. E. PABEY. [1846. « CHAP. xn. HASLAR. 1846 — 1852. It was now more than eight years since Sir Edward had been appointed to ^e post of Comptcoller of Steam Machinery at ^he Admiralty. His health had, latterly, derived mueh and lasting benefit from the skilful and generous care of his friend and early schoolfellow, ÏT. Salmon, Esq. ; but it soon became évident that he coidd not much longer stand the severe and increasing pressure of work to whiçh he was daily «ubjected. Accordingly, on the Ist of November, 1846, he wrote a letter to Lord Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty,accepting, conditionally, a proposai for retirement, which had been recently offered to post^K^ptains. It would hâve been a matter of surprise, had his long and important services been recompensed with retirement, at a time of life when his powers of body and mind were, under ordinary circumstances, as vigorous as ever. Almost by return of post, he received an answer ^?em ht» lordship, in which heexpressed^the esteem he felt for Sir Edward's personal and private fi. . A**^ 5 àBBY. [1846. 1846.] HA8LAB. 283 character," and, «lamenting the cause which hatl induced him to make an application for retirement," offered to his acceptance the post of Captain-Super- intendent of the Royal Clarence Yard, and of the Naval Hospital at Haslar. It is almost needless to say that the offer, made in so handsome a manner, waa gratefuUy accepted. He felt that the position was one in every way congenial to his tastes, as brlDging him, once more, ihto' immédiate connection with members of his own profession ; and, on the 2nd of December, he received his officiai appoint- mentto Haslar. On the same day, ail the officers of the estabUsh- ment were, according to the usual custom, separately introduced to him by his predecessor, Captain Carter. Among the number of thèse wàs Sir John Richardson, the friend and companion of Franklin, in liis perilous expéditions along the northem shores of the continent of America, with whom Sir Edward was weU pleased to renew his acquaintance under aromnstances which necessarily brought them into d«l/ intercourse. Of this first interview one of the officers speaks as foUows : — "I had never seen Sir Edward Parry before, and waa «ngnlarly struck with his handsome and commandinir appearance, tempered by an expression of benevolenct of which none of his portraits give a correct idèa. His mwner tojis aU was most cordial an d the few hinA Iropefol wordi addressed to each had a v^imiing^ effect. Upon the occasion of my first visit As hous^ . ^£jH;^4j^|Aïîi'iif "■*. .^»^V't^w ■•.A:' rj .•,X ,►'^1 \ ,- ■ i \ i' --4 *iSrt 284 MEMOIR8 OF SIR W. E. PARRT. [1846. when I was introduced to Lady Parry, I recollect that my companion and I were so much pleased with our réception, that I was ungracious enough to remark after leaving, * This is much too pleasant to last, and by and by we shall see an altération 1 ' I had the happiness of meeting them often afterwards, at their own home and elsewhere, and ne ver without feeling the injustice of what I had said. If their, manners were charming to us ' at first, succeeding expérience found them unchanged." The house of the Captain-Superintendent at Haslar was a large building with twq wings, in the centre of a terrace occupied by eome of the other officerg of the Hospital. From the front door a straight carriage-^oad led along an avenue of small trees to the chapel, a somewhat unsightly white- washed building, immediately behind whioh was the noble quadrangle of the Hospital itself. At the back of the house were a lawn and garden, opening intoa paddock of some acres iarektent From the lawn a light staircase led upf the side of the house to a balcony outside the drawing-room windows, com- manding a beautiful view of Spîtheaâ, and the opposite coast of the Isle of Wîght from Bembridge to Coweà. * * « While the houâe at Haslar was beîng prepâred for the accommodation of his family. Sir Edwaid resîded, for three montas, at Anglesey-ville, about a mile distant, and it was not until the month of May "^at hë actuaUjlôol: possession ofiiis néw home. 1847.] HASLAB. 285 "Haslar.Fcbruaryl 1,1847. "MydearH . • » «Your friendly letter is most gratifying to us, ind I hasten to reply to your kind queriea respecting as,«Uidourmoveme«ts. I am permitted, by the mercy of our gracious God, to give a very prospqrtous account? Indeed, aU our movements seem to hâve been most gra- ciously ordered ^nd controUed, so that we can 'say 'mercy and truthî hâve foUowed us' at every step ' Whether from the change of air and place, or the relief from heavy work, or bpth together, I am thankful to «y that. I am WonderfuUy ivell for me, and I only désire to employ my improved powers to the glory of God, and the benefit ojP my fellow-creatures. Our position at 5aslar is highly interesting, and we pray to bemade God's honoured, though unworthy, instrumenta , «f good to the inmi^tes. The lunatic department is par- ticularly so, and very valuable, an^ I am much in it ^ "When your letter came yesterday, Lady Parry was orgamsin^ a ladies' association for making clothes for Aoee poor famishiug Irish ; and we are sysjtematically [bent on saving H. a-week froik our housekeepfng, to ma, m money, as our own contribution. I hâve just proposed to the Admiralty to send a great quantity of oJd,^useless sailors' clothes from Clarence Yard to Ireland for. the same purpose. It is charming to hear what you and yours are doing towards the same object, jnd I rejoice to see that it is ahnost universal. May the Xord bless the endeavours, and 'stay the plague ! '" ,^* '^^ '^" readay supposed_that one of Ski, ^nâ*8 firet objecte at Haalai^ as before at Port i>tephens, would be to take an active interest in the ft^« Jkïr^^^^|i%^«^l%'''4'^'^ ev f > ^-' 286 MEM0IR8 OP SIR W. E. PARRT. [l847. ■ '"''J spiritual, no lésa than the temporal, tirelfare of the patients in the Hospital. " We are," he wrote to a friand, " thank God, flouriahing, and entruated #itL many talents, for whict we shall hâve to renier an' account when the Master cornes tô reckon with His servants. Our position is, indeed, fuU of hear and touching interpst, and we are tempted not unfire- quently to say, or, at least to thirik, * who is suffi- cient for thèse things ? * " With the exception of the lunatlcs, to whom one wing of the establishment was devoted, thjj^èame individuals seldom remained under his conifol for many weeks together, but the number of patients actually within the walls at one time ûsuàlly amounted to several hundreds. Dé- sirons of providing thèse with an opportunity of religions instruction, independently of the regular services conducted by the chaplain, Sir Edward, on the second or third Sùnday after h^ arrivai at Haslar» commenced, with the chajdîdn's consent, a séries of SundaX evening lectureÉÉMÉlijalrere con-l tinued during tnl'whole time of The were always well attended, ùpilï^i^^ hundredl patients being sometimes présent, besides othenl coiinected with the establishment, and a large com"] pany from thé neighbourhood. A few minutes befowl ^m the pBrij used to assemble in one of the large! P^tods o^J^e Jlospital, and punctually, almost whilel %e clocl^as striking the hour, Sit Edward entered] ^■ffie Toom with his ho^: Bible nnder his arm, took his seat afe a table prepared for him, Hàl John, finthé spo] enlarged, u kord. The] of an hour, "I hâve li^ the words oi pital, " but i in the powei was pleasin^ and suçh as remark of h m.,*that,wl {an hospital n thèse lectun iheir way to itjsfadti^ o loàe wh( will r the ward, i !r listenei 611 from his ] )f the thingp «Oh how e ilike other th '^upom ing his stati Vj "-"**,*■#*" à*'\' ■ **?''" i [1847. I •««•] ^j^^^A^ EVENING LECTURES. 287 K#«^uriDg fivè yeaw, included the ï>ara. Joht, and'the Actapf the ApostJes, w^e alwaya ^«JT^'^rT^ ^ri°g the previous week. At riinfrhe spoke from notes, but thèse were by degrees I :^'t W *'" Tî^^'^ "^« wntte/ou7worf f" woid. The lecture, which last^c^about three-quarters of an hour, was commenced aad closed with prayer! I hâve lis^tened to many eminent clergymen,» are piW, but tb none who surpassed Sir Edward Parrv in the power of commanding attention. His deHvery WM pleasing and earnest, his voice clear, sonorous, «d such as wentto ihe heart I remember one tLf ^;^,*^;^ rP«<^î'^7'C^Ht my attention ' m. that,whdedeathoccasionaUyTisitsallhou8es,to 1^ hospital men^çoihe to die I' In such repute were hm lectures held, that numerous visitons found H^aéti^^ of attending them.» , ^' who were privileged to spend a Sunday at Jar wUl not soon forget that eveningîbur spent 1ieward,andthe ii^resting group of pale and from his hps. It waa a eailor speaking to sailors |)fthethingpof eteniity. , ^ke other things, were those Had^mdingalAlom^ king his station at the table on the Uttle raiséi pj • x-î - '»1 '.«^/^i u î<% i88 MEMOIES OF SIR W. E. PARRY. [l847. form, and reverently kneeling before them ail, to ask sileotly a blessing, then seating himself with his Bible and exposition, and looking round upon his sailor au- dience, to see that ail were comfortable, and as near ïô him aacould be, that they might hear the better,— the attenti\\e looks of the men, his plain but beaùtiful te^ch- Ing, with familiar illustrations such as ail could under- Stand, — his deep earnestness, as one who had their seuls' interest at heart, — his kind words to the sick, and, when the little service was ended, the clustering round of those who had corne to listen, and to witness this interesting scène; then, the walk home of the large party, increased by some privileged ones, young officers and others, who had been invited to spend the evening with him. And lastly, that happy Sunday evening, who could describe it ? How sweet it is to call it ail into vivid remembrance, — the large party sitting down to tea, the conversation suited to the day, refreshing, easy, flowing, the adjournment to the drawing-room, reading aloud of some choice book, — then the singing of hymns, — his singing, with heart, and soûl, and voice,— his ex- trême happiness and enjoyment of the whole,~the ' wonderful charm there was over it, so that we could not B « bear to break the spell when night came and time of re- tirement, — the prolonged good-nightïf^d reluctance to separate, feeling how intensely happy we h&d been !" Many a token did Sir Edward receive that his kbours had not beeïi « in vain in the Lord." The following was addressed to him in the third year of us emnmand ot Haslar ^ . . »■ ^fâ ^ ji-ifj Mil). ^ ^ ^î' i. 'img a Word of spiritual comfort to the sufferers phen apy patient asked tn gee Mm h« p^.u:„!I pom the Hospital, and many an hour, during his five ■^1 v^ 290 itEMOIRS OF SIR W. E. PARRT. years at Haslar, did he thus spend reading by the bedside of a sick or dying seaman. On one occasion, a man, who had been prevented by the weather from attending the Sunday-evening lecture, had heard 8uch a report of it from a friend that he ventured to forward a request, through the matron, that he might j be permitted to hâve it to read by himself. Tfe j favour was at once graiited. Sir Edward himself brinsins it to the man as he lay in bed. The subject which had thus attracted the attention of his friend .was the narrative of 'St. Paul's shipwreck at Melita.* The organisation of the Dockyard battalions was first commenced during the time of Sir Edward's command at Haslar, and the labourers and artisans employed in the Clarence Yard were formed into « separate corps, of which he received his commission as colonel commandant. Under the zealous superin-j tendence of Major T. T. Grant, Storekeeper of Yard, the " Royal Clarence Yard Battalion " wa8,iii| an unusually short time, rendered as effective as if»l small numbers would a\low ; and the men were mon than once complimented on their appearance bjl military officers of high rank, under whose inspectifflJ they passed. Sir Edward was not a little proud his soldiers, and waa frequently présent at the rej drill which took place three times a week, as weOi at the occasional field days on Anglesey Comme In the intervais of his work at his office, he migi * The lecture to which allusion is hereimade will be found in II Appendix (B). 291 nen weremon ill be fonndiDll 4 CLARENCE TAED BATTALION. ohen be seen diligentiy studying hi8 text-book of mihtarj evolutiona, «getting up bis lesson," as be tennedit,«fortbeafternoon'8performance.« Once \M were bonoured by being allowed to attend thé ^n, on her landing at tbé Clarence Yard, instead the usual guard of honour, on wbich occasion Sir .Edward receiyed her Majesty, not in bis nsual capa- cty of Captam-Superintendent, but in bis colonel's umform at the bead of bis gallant battalion. A fe^^ ^48 ZrT^ "^/^^ weU-known lOtb of April, 1848, aU ihe regular ta-oops stationed in or near Gosport were summoned to London, in anticipation f the expected Chartist démonstration, and, dnring U^an. absence, the Clarence Yard Battalion perfônned aU the nsual mihtary duties at the differenV stetions on the west side of the barbour. ConsideJb" préhensions were enterteined there, as elsewhere, ^to the resuit of tb, day's proceedings in the me- , ^po .8, especially as information had been received that the expected insurgent^ had resolved, in the event of success, to attack the dockyards and burn the naval stores. Constant télégraphie communica- tions were kept up with the Horse Guards during the whole day, and Sir Edward was not a litUe relfeved when apprised of the succesa of the précautions tokenby Government. « We were aU of us readv " h ITu ""u^l «on afterwards, «and, dépend u^L . hwe^should hâve donc our duty; but it wu/L rraxious time for some of us I " Upon the return of Sir James C. Ross from tho V 2 'HffU^ ^^Rf II 292 MEHOmS OV SIR W. E. PABRT. arctic régions in 1849, and the report of hîs failure to dîscbver any traces of Franklin, Sir Edward waa continually summoned to London, to consult with the Admiralty as to the best mode of continuing the eearch for^he missing vessels. This was a subject in which, ^om his own polar expérience and his anxiety respecting the fate of his friend Franklin, his own feelings'were deeply involved. ** I bave to make my report to-day," he writes to one of his children, " ai^id I trust that I may be led, by a better wisdom thani my own, to give soimd and judicîous advice." The arrivai of Captain Austin in England, with the relies discovered by Captain Gmmaney at Cape Bilej, was to him an c^bject of peculiar interest, and it wa8 his own and Sir John Bichardson's careful reports on the subject which ultimately settled the question of their connection with the long-lost ** Erebus " and " Terror." It may well be conceived with what eagemess he followed the steps of the searchiog expéditions, and the graduai advance of geographical knowledge inthose régions to which he himself had opened the way. He eagerly përused the graphie account, in Lient. M'Clintock's journal, of the -visit paid by that officer to the scènes of his own early discoveries at Melville Island. He read the journal aloud to his fainily in the course of one evening, that they might share with him in the absorbing interest of the Bubject. They saw ihirtr lie could scarsif restrtûn hU émotion, as the narratiTe detailed the >>'> EELIGIOUS 80CIETIES. 293 first sîght of the weU-known rocks of Winter Harbour,and ihe finding of his own records beneath the cairns, and wheu it proc eeded further to de- scnbe the place of his encampment during the sprint joumey across that iôland, where the boues of the ptanmgan on which he and his companions had ^ted stiU lay scattered on the grotihd, bleached Jî frosts of thirty winters. He was not a little grafafied with the complhnent paid to the accuracy of lus own account, « which," to use the words of one ofthe officers, «they carried with them like a Murray s Handbook," and by the aid of which the e^lormg party were led to the very spot where ihe' wheels of his own broken-down cart had been left, aod on which they had for some days confidently reckoned, as a welcome addition to their almost ex- hausted stock of fuel. to r^;-^' ^^^ ^" ^™"^ g»™ •'^ f"« apport to the différent rehgiou» soeieties of which he wae a »» er. At Gosport a„d Portsea he waa ^n- tmud^y caUed npon to take the ehair at their pro- ™c«l meefng^ «The ve^ sight of him,- saye . faend, «a, he entered a public meeting, what anima- t»n and We .t ,een.ed to give I A ^rt of electric Igh ed „p every face a, it looked „p to his. I hâve m A« often M going with him.» In none did he tue neighbourhood he usually presided. f;8 '^fyt^t, ir»<- ^j- -érî- ,294 MEMOIRS OP SIR W. E. PARRT. " I love the Bible Society," he said on one occasion, "as oue of the most valuable, and, under GOd's ble^ing, the most successful instruments for promoting His glorj, and the highest welfare of men ! I love it, becaoae ' I see that, in thèse times, men are peculiarly apt to départ £rom the simple truth as it is in Jésus, and to aim at being wise above that which is written. I love it, because it unités in one common object the différent dénominations of Christians among us. With whatever regret we may contemplate' the fact of such différence, yet a fact it is, and, I suppose, always must be,' while the world lasts. For my>^own part, though I ente]::tain an ardent and increasing love for the Church of which I am a member, — though I hâve a sincère, and, I trust, a coHscientious love for her articles, her liturgy, and her discipline — yet I do not see why ail this is to prevent my joining, whefe I can, heart and soûl, with those who differ from me in this respect !" A$ the time of the well-known " Papal Aggres- sion " in 1850, a meeting was held ^t Gosport for the purpose of presenting an address to Her Ma< jesty. The chair was taken by one of the magis- trates, and the résolution, enibodying the proposed address, moved by Sir Edward Parry in an energetic speech expressive of his own willingness to take a foremost place in resisting a movement, which he felt to be opposed to " the Protestant throne, the Protestant liberties, and, above ail, the Protestant faith of his country.'* *' On thèse grounds,." he concluded, '* I cordially a^ prove of the address proposed to be presented lo our . most gracious Queen— and I heartily hope, and I f$r- s;*' liïîABrti i A'^ ^ /»^*y 'Ç^ "^T*' ^-^ ■: Cf., 8AIL0BS' HOME. 295 v«ntly believe, that thèse arrogant pretensions will turn rto our good,— that they will serve to rouse that noble Protestant spirit which bas been so long dormant ajnong 08, but which the events of the few last weeks bave proved not to be extinct. I confidently anticipato that a universal burst of honest English Protestant indignation vill be unanimously sent fprth, through the whole length and breadth of our land, such as will produce among our- selves a reaction in favour of good, old-fashioned scrip- tural truth, while it thunders in the ears of that pre- somptuous Pontiff, to teach him that, however cunning he may think the game be is playing, he bas for once made a false move, — to teach him that 'the wise are' flometimes 'taken in their own craftiness,' — to teach him, in short, by a practical lesson, îthat England, Pro- testant England, is not prepared (though some of her recréant sons may hâve led him to expect that she is pre- pared) to be trampled under foot, to be held in bondage, either of soûl or body, by any foreign potentate !" In the.foundation, at this time, of a Sailors' Home at Portémouth, Sir Edward took an active part. Of the great importance and value of thèse institutions* he was fiilly CQnvînced, and always condemned in the strongest terms the idea, entertained by not a few naval officers, that the character of Britîsh sea- men would be lowened in the eyes of the world, by any attempts to itoprove their moral and social condition on shore. He, on the contrary, made it hjg constant aim to impress upon t hem the fact, a Christian saiïor waa not only a better and happier mao, buta better seaman also. U 4 a ^ï ■' ^f îT';^^t ^-^'f 'h lt^^'ê^'*^'-^ ■''■■''•■'<' •'''^ l'rti'liiiii '.^'.-^ 1 / ,jp 296 [EMOIBS OP SIR W. E. PARRY. "In adVocating /the cause of the Portsmouth Sailors* Home," he said, ai a meeting at Bath in support of that institution, the ye/ar before his death, " we do, in fact, désire to advocate a mpst important principle ; I mean that of the necessity of establishing Sailors' Homes not only at Portsmouth, but at ail our seaports, — not to be limited to this or that class of seamen, to sailors of the Royal Navy, or those of our vast mercantile marine, but applicable to ail who bear the name (may I not say, the honourable name ?) of British seamen ! " Ibe chief feature in Sir Edward Parry's religioiw life, which could scarcely fail to impress itself on ail who were brought înto contact with him, was its eminently natural and consistent character. It was not with him as a garment put on at particular sear sons, or for statéd purposes, but was, as it were, en- grained into the very constitution of the man,— the mainspring of every thought, word, and deed, in pri- vate as well as in public. At the same time, few hâve ever exhibited a more striking réfutation of the charge, often brought against religion, of a tendency to cast a shade of gloom over the pleasures of life ; for his piety was as cheerful and génial as it was active and practical. Its simplicity, also, was no less conspicuous. Holding the love of Christ to sinners as the foundation of his faith, and looking to the glory of God as his constant aim, the subtle reafion- ings of theologians and the discussi(m of theoretical ^fficiilties had no charm for him jnor could hebeffl- duced to enter on any subjects of controversy, which PABRY'S EELIGI0U8 CHARACTER. 297 he did not consider to be of practical importance to the Christian character. To him Christ was « ail in aU," the Atonement the central and ruling principle of his creed : while the living fruits of his own Christian example formed an évidence of the eamest- nessand depth of his religions character, which even those who differed from him in points of doctrine were constrained to acknowledge. AUied, as he undoubtedly was, by conviction and feeling, to the viewsheld by the Evangelical party, — ever ready to proclaîm his distaste to the sentiments of the so- caUed « Tractarian " school, and willing to hold out the right hand of fellowship to his Pissenting breth- ren where he felt he could meet them on common ground,— it was, at the same time, impossible to ac- cuse him of undervaluing the dignity of the Church of England, either in its services, on whose beau^/ and spiritùality he loved to dwell, or in the positîoi held by ils authorised ministers. If a clergjrman werestàying in his house, no arguments would in- duce him to occupy bisusual post at family prayersi and, on one occasion, being anxious to complète a course of scriptural exposition which he had com- menced, he was not ashamed, humbly and touchino-ly, to request permission of his own son, then Just ordûned, to allow him to continue for a few days lofager in the place which, for the future, he con- Isidered as the right of the latter. _ To his owû iaSiTy the five years of their ïife at Haalàr présent one unvarying picture of domestic -fr» ^v *■*' *,raja ri' \ r,' 298 MEMOIRS OF SIR W. E. P^RRY. ^ enjoyment. For the firet time sihce hia résidence at Port Stephcns, he was enabled to combine officiai duties with the daily interests of the honj"^ circle, and he reckoned this as npt the least of th(|)ftd?an- tages conséquent on his new poaitioi^ ^^Ben be left Hampstead, his second son was just-éntering the Navy, an^ the el4est still at Rugby. Ait the end of his sojoum at Haslar, the latter was shortly aboi\t to take his degree at Oxford, his step-daughter already-lnarried, and his own jeldest daughter en* gaged; and it was to him a iPkttex of unceaaing thwikfulness thus to hâve been kblé to watch over the spiritual, no less than the temporal welfare of those so dear to him, as they grew.up arouûd hb, and emerged from childhèod into the responsibili- ties of riper âge. The folio wing letters, wntten at this period, fonn an interesting sample of his afiectionate intercourse with them, and of the earnest manner in which he always strove to impresa upon them the necessity of acting up to theh: Christian profession. To his eldest Son, at Rugby. "Haslar, June 5, 1847. "My dearest E , " I had not time last night to assure you, half fi strongly as I wished to do, of the happiness I experi- enced in receiving Mr. C ^'s most welcome announce- ment , and your own, on the s ubjec t o f yonr prize. This i n was an'hpnour whioh I had not ventured to àntrcîpë] for you, believing that we had no right to think of it, at -1 T'" COBBESPONDENCE. £99 yoiir présent standing in the Sixth. Let us be thankful .Jdear boy. for this success, and let it be our pu^^t t^ent to Xîod'8 glory I I trust that nothing wiU 00^» the way to prevent my accepting Mr C Z' Tt to t. présent ^at the VecLf Î l'^.^ve;" g^^^ U ."Everyouraffectionatefather, '^ "W. E. Parbt." To his Daughter, at school „„ , "Angustg, 1847. 'Most thankful am I, my dearest child, that it haa * iJeased God to place you in a situation so likelv to b^ ^v«jtageous to you! Nothing but this tnviln OWB roof, and from under our own eye ; but we do fed ^ much confidence in those in whose charge you are ^d, that we cannot entertain a doubt tKder Gods blessing (withont which aU human plans ^d jne«.s are unavailing), you wiU dérive il LTfit bmyour présent position. Above all,.let us ^ 1 hâtant prayer to God that this step may be blts^S toyour etemal, as well as temporal good Thl^ ^%.g to be done and nothing l be e^ J^^ Lt^ We can do nothing of ourselves,' says the ^^ 'but we can do ail things through Christ ^ngthe^mg us.' ^Frayer moves the hand that mtves Et^r^^'ïl^^"* '^view^w-bâttalion-âr- n 1 f 5 ^^ ^""^'^ ^^^''' «« Saturday. The ' P^rformed capitally. The Prince was with us L -aW - xyifTT'-*''^ .x'jRv-jppv 300 ÙjBMOIBS OP SIR W. Ei PABRT. hour or, more, and expressed high gratification. God blésa and keep you, my belçved child ! and ever believe me, , " Your fondly affectionate father, "W. E. Parrt." , To the same, on her birthday. \ ••Haslar, September 15, 1848. "My precious L 1-, " This is not only my regular day for writing to you, but it is a day of so much interest to us both,— interest fer eternity, as well as for time, — that I am desirous of making my letter to you to-day the first act of the day, next to that Wnich I hâve ah-eady performed of imploring God's best blessing on my child, and the child of 80 precious and belovéd a mother. My prayer to God has been, my dearest L y that you may be His child as well as ours, — *a, member of Christ, al child of God, and an inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven.' This was ever her most fervent and'incBssant prayer for you, that yo#might be born again,— bom of the Spirit, as well as of water, — that Christ may bè made unto you wisdom; and righteousness, and sanctification, and rédemption: thait you may be justified, pardoned, and accepted through faith in Him, who is the Way, the Truth, and the I 301 J^. .u«acient «nd iever-failiag rule of Jife. She would «^tio Charch,-of putting human imagination» fin thé tevMWrth theinfaUiblewordof theeternal God -of ont. ^ tte ob»erT«,ce of the aacran,en.s in 2 pl^e "^ 11» nghteonsnoM and deatli of Christ. .» « ™.?r° P^d of hopo in the great conce W «nld'ïh"' U.g religion . b„,ine,s of ontward^lTc^::! «.M, matead of » burines, of the h'eart Alî LTâ . »i "d pervo«ion of the th..h as i. is in Je^ ^a w^ ^ fron.experience.now that it leads to aU tCl™ |«d.„pers...,ons. and idolâtries of the.hnrch of S 'Searchthe Scriptures,' for they are Rhl«>+«* % * ™«B.o salvation, t^rough Zh^jÏ»-" CM^-Î h^^on a valnable little tract, wbioh I wish ^o"tull |*«.(W.b, .i™20.) ^"*«^''«"> «o ae TestiMony.' " ^«^ your most loving father, "W. E. Paert." To AU Son, àt'ua. " October 21, 1849. "My ptecions Ik fl,,-.".™""^'' y^^^l^i^'o another note from me |»f flus s«ne post, jet 1 cannot refrain from writing ^^*::rj\' >w 4-« ^ . "^ " Your loving father. " W. E. Pabkt.' .^^-M ^OK^t^t^A^^ *< ■^i.ffii.'-t^^i. .1 '.A^ï ^"éa^^ Jet ^SMI lit i^ti ^u i ■ mm"' ■W^-» -a ~ *ri COEBESPONDENCE. 303 To Lady Parry, after parHng with his sailor Son. ^ "Haslar, Jan. 31, 1851. Me a^count of our day th«s far, which, in the midst T)f Zty '^.^7"^^ i- o- Partings, demands our w^est gratitude to Him who ordereth aU things " The day, as you were aware, cleared up just as we meet the Admirai. If we had been superstitiously in- cbned, we should hâve caUed it a good omen, but it was cheenng, and I hope we were thankful to Him who sent L?l' ^'""T ^ '« ^"*^^"g ^««^e ^a« a reaUy t^mg thmg. He was greatly overcome in taking leave f aU-sisters, servants, everybody. I really L not bow how to stand it myself. and felt it more than a ^mfort, a real mercy, to hâve to take him on board r^ls, &c. The Admirai came before half-past ton, and off we went, taking not more than twenty minutes to ZtV .' '^P^itrite'at Spithead. The 'captarwa^ most kM and, indeed, ail seemed as favourable for 6ùr l^oved boy as we could désire. He at once mixed with half breaking (as I am sure mine was) at our p^ting, ^ behaved like a man, and, after two or three^vf: takmgs, we came away with the Admirai, getting back torny office at half-past twelve. Ifeel it tol^ anCnt- ulday, and when faith is weak,-as, alaal it often is,- I could giyewaytomanjforebod in gs o f n ovcr s eeingmy^ % on earth again ; but I earnestly désire and pray to commit it ail to Him who care? S'* '"''f '-'■■s'' COERESPONDENCE. "''Si 305 ™r report, we recTZl/, !.. ^ «Peditions, and, in Wellington SW..»™^ ''"'°*" ^^P"""'»» by way „f "I npfiil Tinf co 1- " Haslar, June 13. 1852. .^ip, in y„„r religi„r;tle ^ ThT, ""^ "■' '""'» «■«eed. Our Wd alwXLoS I ,"' "'^'" ** «pect thia. WkatMateifrtosI T ?r """"■"" »10. 11 12 TU, *'"'''• ""wkalsoatMatt 11 .h n"; li wl^Hn^e^fr ;'""' *■" «» '"«' "»- H. f«lWe« :o„MTee?r; ren"^ "'■• ''"^-"'" The particular kind of «L„ •.• '^'««'"'■agemente. "ceive Christ into the he^ T, ^ '"'*''"' "<" ^elI«oon.f„«,wiU alw^s bo ilp/ar" r"'^' " « défonce against the wick^ni, . ' '' "" ^vieeeCSatantand the Ji^lfli;' rSt"' "" *> -othing in „„ „„„ , »^ «. a-at we can "PPÏÏes of str^ngth from abo ve and it n""^ ~""°"'^ »o"ly U. bo had by oontinnal^ï'g t a'™ '*""*"■ "My dearest E ^ " ^'^^", September 4, 1849 ^7 greater. It ,«, ,„ foct, emerging, as it ii»j;. .. L*. th .•.;J 306 MEMOIRS OF SIB W. E. PARRT. were, from boyhood to manhood, with ail the increase of duties, responsibilities, and dangers, which that change in volves. It will be very désirable for you to endeavour, to see your way, by God's hélp, upon aU important points, before you ^o up to Oxford ; so that you may have your.mind ready made up as to the line you are to take, and the conduct you are to pursue, in ail essential matters. I am^persuaded that much dépends, in such cases, on the first start ; for what is eagy, comparatively, at the outset, is very difiBoult afterwards, and may subject you to the charge of inconsistency. Be cautiou^ then, at first. Make no acquaîntance, much less com- panions, incur no expense, commence no habit, which you will afterwards disapprove, and which it will require^ a great and irksome eflbrt to get rid of. Ceat h premier pas qui coûte I " The principle to keep in view is préparation for the sacred profession, the high and' hc'" calling, upon which, if it please God, you hope, ère long, to enter. Let everything tend to that as to a centre, and then you canuot go very wrong. The| question, ' Is this or that worthy of bne who aspires to the sacred office of a Minister of Christ ? ' will ôettle many difficulties, and résolve many dôubts, and make many * crooked things strait ' in your mind. Accustom yourself to aim high, not merely in learning, but in the 1 objects and ends you propose to yourself in life, aiid ail with immédiate référence to the life that will never end! j God bless and keep you, my dearêst E ^ is the fer- vent prayer of ^ • " Your afiectionate and loving father, **W. E. Parry." It would have been difficult for any to have found ifi."^ fiai f-*r •;>".,' HASLAR. 307 Jtt^ct.™ g„b whioh it „„„ at Ha^Iar. A halrer kne could sowhere hâve been f„„„d. and HZ .^ Iighto hearto, or brighter fcoes, than àZ .M. gathered on ^e lawn in the ev«,ing „f 2 ^mer holidays, o, round the draw^^LTm liUe on a Christma» ni^t. Of pnblio bJl» and theatrioal «hibitions Sir' WwMxl aJways d.8app,»Ted, « not that I nùnd the- là,, or the dancing » he would »y. « bnt b^„,e rf 4. moral evds attendante» the one, and the habit, ^toipahon and craving for «.oitement, produced ^ether.» Of amusement, however, Lre waa •Sî^W lack at Hadar. At the annnal festivitTeT «^ birthdays whieh elnstered ro'ndl: amtoas 6e.«>n, «he waa," to nse the words of a lj«t.tor «the ve^ life and moTing T^" n«e enterta.nmente were alwaya eageriyS. Ptei by yonng and old, for the compan/were ôf ^«01 them. In the tableaux vivant,, his inventive tbT'^'^r!!™""^ aa it l^ been r,; h^ N-ore on board the «Heela.» Of the ehZ N« none were ever «, aneee^sfol as those in whi^ ^H^sef appeared, and hi, entrance wae aTvrat 1^. saya a ir.«nd, «hia inimitable performanee r." »W gip s y -^ oman, withou t langhtér • ÔFW— g^Th^ conver^t^ i^^^'^^ f«»«on I In ^e intervala between the scènes, he • X 2 ■r ^^^^ «If' î » « ! 308 MEMOIRS OF SIR W. E. PARRT. did not object to propose a quadrille, or cbuntir danoe, hirnself sèlecting a partnjer, not UDûsually the smallest child in the room, and takirig the first turn "dov^n the middle and up again." On an ordinary e^ening during theMiolidays, whelii the house was usually full of guests, he was alwâL the first to propose amusements, in whichall who w^ished 1 might join. In summer, he would swin^ the children in the paddock, or join -in "trap^baS" or "rounders" on thè lawn/ In wihter, .thèse bore active games were exchanged for sopial amuseiients 1 in the drawing-room. Of thèse the most pojularl was on^ well-known at Haslar as the ** Amertcan | "game," or an exercise in impromptu verses, irhel best of thèse compositions were immortalised i^ a book kept for the purpose, and, as the eubjécts usually referred to the prominent events of the daj, the collection soon formed a species of famîly chronicle, and many of the lines long survived^j household words on the lips of the différent men^- bers of the domestic circle. Thèse composition^ usually of a humorous nature, 0(îcasiQnally partookj of a graver character; one in particular, composed by Sir Edward himself, when his sailor son was at home — the only occasion at Haslar, on which h\ had-^e happiness of seeing ail hi^hildren gathcredl round him at Christmas — waa written with much| feeling, and not without some poeticaL taste.* • We sabjoin the terses to which allusion is hère made. It mutl be remembered tbat the subject waa prescribed by the nile» of «1»| i. ; -/~v if- '"^ 4' -'". •' /■ HÀSLAB. 309 Od dl lus houeehold Sir Edwarf enjoined the «.e regard to punctuaUly which marked hia own «..emente. . Whatéver feU toi,;, ,h„e in tt Z rfcorrespondence, or the exécution of eommîsaionf ioweverta&ng; was alwaye committed to wri Zj « would he nndertake anything without a ,^ml' h.office,ntheHospitaI. but even the hou™ dévote K. buemess d.d not entirely «eparate hin. éom ilter- »^«ti. the différent member, of b^CX. He had always an affeotionate word of greeti„„ f^ »7 who chose to look in upon hUn at hi« work îf ^cul«-ly occupied at the moment, he would bid 4em take a seat, untU he had completed what he ™ about; then pushing back hia chair fom the UMe. and ra^mg his èpectacles upon his forehead ^ a cheerful «now thenl» he would devotrâ of h» table he iept a paper of sugar-plume for the I g«ne, which in thig instance teamifH in ^aa-.- I «f the word '. birthday." ^ W' ' the introduction «Lives tKere the m^, who càn présume to say Where we shall be another Christmas day ? What mortal eye can penetrate the veil ^athidesinmysteiyournextyea^st^e,- • Where onrnextbirthdaymay.perchance.bepast. ■ ■• Or whetherweVealiBadyseen ourlait? BuMbough our birthdays corne no more on earth. M r'.*''°"'*"^«*»attainthatAe««.birthl [^==ae it our aim to meet on that bîest shore, «71. •., , . '"'* ""*'■ snore, Where birthdays, meeting», partings, are no more I" December 25, 1850. X 8 310 MEMOIRS or SIB W. E. PAEBY. sï_ younger children, and his bright "good-bye," to old as well as young, was usually preceded by a display oï his secret store of good things. " Hère," he would say, "this is ail the hospitality I hâve to offerl" His présent position was peiuliarly congenial to himself. A sailor amongst fai)rs, he was in hig élément. It was a pleasure to see him standing on the drawing-room balcony, for a few minutes before the dinner-bell rang, or on his favourite walk along the sea wall, watching liirough his spy-glass a vessel coming in to Spithead, or foUowing the graceful movements of the yachts, which, in thé summer, enlivened the sparkling waters of the Soient. At the time of the annual Kyde and Cowes regattas, he delighted to organize a party of his children and guests for a voyage in his "yacht," as he playfully called one of the sailing-vessels belonging to tlie Clarence Yard, to share in the excifement of the gala day. To ail who were présent at such excur- sions thèse were golden hours. Thèse nautical expéditions were sometimes exchanged for a pic-nic to the Isle of Wight. The spot usually selected was the " landslip " near Bonchurch, and he took especial pleasure in introducing a stranger to the beautiful scenery of that locality. It was not, however, merely to the partial eyea of his own home-circle that the private life of the eloved^ead^of ^ e famil y was invested with «ocb s] peculiar charm, The oflicers of the Hospitaljand the guests who, from time to time, mingled in the JpïiC't! U «ij Jt , riA ,- ,1, ''•■■HH."«!jiBitf' ■■\ -: . / ^■~ ^«t»' "" ■"(! -' HASLAR. 311 happy domestic party, were aU able to bear witness to the atmosphère of unaffected Christian love and èeerfulness which he ever seemed to diffuse around him. Ihe foUowing.letters will be read with in- -teçpst, as expressing the impression left on the minds of some of those who knew him at Haslar : — f'rom a friend. \x. \ ' „"^^'*°^»o'^<^^.adequately,toex. press the loss we ail sustained in the termination of dear Sir Edward s service at Haslar. I iave often wished it jmght be among the possible things that he should hâve teen permitted to remain, he seemed so eminently fitted to ^e place, and the place to him. Though we know asswedly, certam men are permitted to be greater in- rtruments of good in some situations than others, and it ' whether h,gh or low, who came within the influenceTf my valued fnend, rendered him more than ordinarily SlJV ^"P^""^'^^^"^^ of a sick hospitaL Personaîly, I can never revert to that period without Z r '""'^r 'Z V'"*^^^ '^^^ "P^° ^^« résidence ftere as a most wonderful ordering of events, as far as Iwas concemed. «I hâve the whole familj constantly before me, and * rr T^ *^!^^\"«^« warm-hearted, or «nited honse- hold. The spint of the head pervaded aU the member» _|M^Mm8h«v' and^e-^ondered whether it v^e^ I f gion or the sea, which made it so pleasant ! ' Thlr^ '^aU the good ordering of 'the service/ but without X 4 ^'îftA' < 'tà£ièij. .^'' '-»\<' : 312 MEMOIR8 OF SIR W. E. PARRY. one atom of the * Quarter-deck,' as we may say. I hâve frequently remarked to others, that, in analysing the how and the why of so much, and so many things being effected, and that no one duty was ever sacrificed to another, I mainly accounted for it in the fact, that there was no delay in the performance of that which had been determined upon as right or fitting to do. Whether it were but the fulfilment of a promise in sending up a packet of sugar-plums to a child in the nursery, or the most important pièce of business, it was done or provided for on the instant. "I^believe it will never be known how many were comforted, in the extremity of pain and weakness, by his intercourse and his prayers. In fact, I bave heard him say that it was almost more than he could bear, to be so constantly applied to, in the most trying hours of suf- feriug, for his was a tender spirit, though strong in the faith which is alone strength ; but still more was he tried, at times, by appeals of mental agony, never failing to testify of the fulness of that salvation offered for ail men. He did not cry « peace,' where ijmre was no peace, yet love, in its most extended sensé, pervaded his every thought and act. Few in their génération can better say, *Lord, thy pound has gained ten pounds!' I think his five and a half years at Haslar were not among the least happy or satisfactory periods of his pilgrimage. Indeed, I hâve heard him say, « what can a man wish for more ! "' From a médical officer of Haslar Hospital. -_J1A great ad vantage-m Sir Edward Farr/s officish çharacter was his easiness of access. One was sure of a r'^^PT' ',jj( :..-,.' HA8LAE. 313 kind réception, an attentive hearing, and, if the request were reasonable, a satisfactory reply ; but, with ail his gentleness and urbanity of raanner, he commanded such respect, that no man was ever treated by inferiors with greater déférence. Often hâve officers gone to him with • crotchet of doubtful adyantage, and they would yield their opinions to his judgment. One whom I knew well, and not mùch given to yielding, used to say to me, 'I WQuld not hâve gi^ «o and so up for any man but Sir Edward Parry I ' I feel sure, too, that a culprit brought to receive his censure, would sooner hâve faced any noted Tartar in the service. «Such a System of pr^cept and example did not fail m yielding fruit, and the improvement in the tone of morals among certain classes employed in the hospital was" most manifest. Sir Edward was not content with mère precépt. Only s^ow him how good was to be done, and he was sure to be earnest in support of it both by his purse and personal exertions. His charity seemed unbounded. He gave so liberaUy, and so fre"- quently, m a place where the calls were many, that his example stimulated others, and shamed into giving some who would hâve said «no' to an application for aid. One, hke himself, a Uberal giver, the late Dr. Anderson, often and. often has said to me, *! am ashâmed to go near Sir Edward Parry with a taie of distress, he meets HJ7 wwhes so readily, and bestows so largely.' " From Sir Harry Vemey, Bart. "Clajdon Honse, Backs. J^Jtf a tch la, 1856., ^ It was during the latter period of Sir^dward Pany'a m that I knew him the most intimat(8iy. In the spring * ■'îÇP^»' ■T,*'t»'!"?''f-,''»4î'f;3T' ■" "J; '■ 314 MEMOIBS OP MB W. E. PARBY. of 1852 my boy was appointed to the * Victory,' while waiting for orders to join his ship in the Mejiiterranean, and I used to indulge myself by running down to Popts- mouth, as frequently as my Parliamentary occupations would permit. He had a keen sensé of the dangers and temptations to which a young midshipman at Portsmouth is exposed, and his house aiforded a most kindly, cheer- fui, sheltering h)]^e to any who had the happiness of being known to him. It was his delight to seo officers of the sister professions sitting round his ample table, which 80 easily stretched longer and longer as his young naval and military friends dropped in. He seemed to tliink that he could never hâve too many, and \liat they could never corne too often, and his conversation, so lively and animated, so full of point and anecdote, was very attractive to ail : to the young it possessed a pecu- liar charm, whrle over ail his intercourse, and in his de- portment, there was the unmistakeable impress of the man of God. "But it is with those who were admitted'to his Sunday evening Bible readings with his invalid sailors, that there will remain a recollection which will not quickly fade. Those who saw will not easily forget that manly form, and eamest, expressive, handsome cdunte- nance, as he read the word of God, and then his own well-considered, interesting comment, many a seaman sitting round in calm attention, his eyes fixed on his Buperior officer, who was urging on his attention words ÛUkt perhaps he had rarely heard, and never attended to, since he quitted his mother's cottage. I can hardly con* ceive any occasion more likely to be useful to the spiri* tpal interests of oid^nd young than those services. Th,e |ne countenancep of thé men, many of them recovering m., ' From the Ftet ><./ HASLAB. 315 from severo sickness, their earnest, engrossed attention, tbe admirable pràyer and ex|)08ition of my honoured friend, formed altogether a scène of deepest interest, ->^ which I was thankful to l^ave the opportunity of fre- ^^tly witnessing, and which I hoped would be indelibly fiied in the memory of my so»." . ^ From the Rev. G. E. L. Cottor^ Master of Marlborough Collegel -^ "The Collège, Marlborough, " My dear Parry, P * * • * * ' «From my visits to Hampiiad and Haslar I hâve carried away a very distinct recollection of your father's character and mode of life. The most definite impres- sion which I retain from this intercourse with him is, that he was not only a true and devoted Christian, but a most rare and striking example of a Christian layman, who had been trained by an active and laborious pro- fessional career. For he was one who, having mixed much in society, Jaravelled much, worked hard, known men of various ranks and stations, hol4ing, too, a secolar office of considérable importance, constantly em- ployed in the détails of practical business, the -father ol a large family, disc^arging ail bis duties admirably well,^ was, at the same tmie, pene*rated through and through by a loving faith in God, aîid a,; (constant réalisation of theteachingof ^e^ew J^iqsWment. ' "I wiljgo a Ifttle iirto détail tô iUustrate my meaning. N»onecMihave'statea with him at Hamp atPad, with ont wmembering the exact punctuaKty with which he left his Jïouse every morning, precisely at the same minute, to . pjVftç^Jw'S #■• s»=v 316 MEMOIRS OP SIR W. E. PARRY. go down to his business at the Admiralty, nor at Haslar, without admiring the perfect order which prevailed in the Hospital, and his familiarity with its inmates and ail its arrangements, and with every détail of the work déne in the varions departments over which he presided. His neat and bold hand-writinç, — the re^ularity with which every letter was answered, — the care with which every important document was preserved and copied, aûd the pAckets of paper tied together, ticketed, and arranged, in the drawers of his study table, were sufficievt proofs of hia orderly habits. I remember being sometimes even ^tnused at the almost prématuré zeal, with which packi^g and other needful preliminaries were enforced, ^fe^;^' rfhy of the family were going to leave home — ^/lîen you and I, for instance, took our short tour in the I^ie of Wight ; and in ail matters, small and great, his sâ-rangements were such that everything was in its rigtô place, and done at its right time.' On the other hand, there was nothing of the spirit of à martinet abouthim, no undue importance attached to'trifles, buta Bimp!^ clear-headed method made the rcgularity of the household natural without being trottt)lesome or oppres- sive. Indeed, no ohe could imagine that this qrder de^nerated into a vexatious discipline, who had seen your father's cheerful joyousness, when making some excursion in a beat, or on foot, with ail his children and visitors about him ; or, still more, when he presided over the ple^ures of a Haslar evening. Sometimes he would employ nis musical talenta/to increase thèse, by playing on the violin, or singing some graild Bong of Handel's, with the purest taste and dee|)e8Î:^ feeling^ pouring ^ jiuri,a, for instance, in his fine, clear voice, the exquisite • melody of * Lord, remember David ! * Or again, when .^i •M ^.Tiif^ 14^ ' 1 Ké iît j-v.t^jgii œW .b„&;(^V<(k4{â£>^i *W *ï % , ^v-Mj^iy |.i*^*'^i^^ *' m '''^ % -f^ ^ ^ "" ^ 'f?^ ♦■'; ^■S;V4^'> HABLAB. a»!? jome hghter or more gênerai amusement was required. he would get up a game of 'bouts rimes/ or some othe^ exercise^of his guests' abilities, or perhaps auperintend the children's performance of a charade. «But, no doubt, the most impressive, and the most 4aractenstic ^cene at Haslar was when, on a Sunday evemng he sat surrounded bj sailors, inmafes of the Hospital, and read to them a chàpter, generali;, I think, of the Gospels, with a few words of simple explanation and earnest application. And this recalls me to the crowmng grac« and glory of his oharacter, his devoted Christian faith : yet I am unwilling to notice this as a «parate head m the catalogue of his great and good rZ« . Z " ^^^'^*«°^P«"°g by gentleness his firmness and décision, supporting ail that he did by earnest principle and so controUing and leavening his cheerfd gaietj, that it became devoted ChriStian kind- ness, showing itself in the effort to make ail around him happj, and, at the same time, to préserve their en- joyment Irom the slightest taint of evil. The same stnking quahties, which enabled him to encourage and suBtam his men amidst the rigours of an arctic winter v^ere conspicuous in the gentler form natural to old âge when he appeared^among the sailors at Haslar, with his' m commanding figure, and wide forehead, and white ^r as their comrade, their chief, their helper, their Chr^tian friend. No doubt, he was strongl/ attached toone particu ar partyin the Church, but from his wide «P^nence his practical sensé,, his large and generous JieiTr.i i gd.i io t l o agt, fln a HHd rig orons haKt8,^nr^ various knowledge, and active dealings with men, which form the éducation of a sailor, he was truly catiX in ' -f « ■318 HEMOIBS OP SIR W. E. PARRY. his love for Christian goodness, and always readj to appreciate and révérence sincère and practical work, heartily done for Gbd's glory. There were few for whom he had a deeper respect than for Arnold, andi do not remember ever to hâve heard from him any of those depreciating remarks and questionings, which some men are apt tb ^express, when discussing the character and work of any one whose religions convictions are not formed on precisely the same model as their own. " Let me add one word, in conclusion, on his love and care for his children, as shown during your éducation at Rugby. Happily your career there was, in ail respects, so prosperous, that I remember no occasion^ on which any doubt or diflSculty arose. But I shall not soon for- get his warm anxiety for your highest welfare, and the good practical sensé which he showed in every conver- sation, and every letter about you. While he keenly sympathised in ail your school trials, and rejoiced greatly in your school successes, there was nothingso near'to his heart as the désire that you should grow up to be an earnest Christian man, and, especially, a faith- ful and devoted .minister of the Church of England. After I had left Rugby, and become master of this Collège, he wrote to me on the occasion of your or- \dination, begging that I would not fprget'to pray for God's blessing on my old pupil, at so solepin a crisis of his life. This wâs the last letter which I evér received from him. " We can form no better wish for England than thit God should raise up, amongst her people, a devoted band of men like h im,— of laymen who bring to the weryice of Chfiat'à Church not qnly the precious oflTering of zeal, dévotion, and self-sacrifice, but the practical wiedom Ct.^if. . *ï i. 'a'.'- ',«•-'' r ^i-!- 1852.] PAREWELL TO HAfeLAE. 319 wliich has been formed by intercourse with men, and by . inde expérience of life. We then shall hâve no reason to fear those tendencies of this âge which many good men regard with suspicion ; for our civilisation wiU be no less refined than Christianised, our commercial spirit will not degenera^tl selfishness, and, in the midst of aU our improv,e^»naterial and social, we shaU désire above ail thingIWame fear of God may penetrate our government, our family life, and our éducation. BeUeve me, my dear Parry, " Ever affectionately yoifrs, " G. E. L. COTTON." At one time, it had seemed likely that the rapidly occurring vacancies in the list of admirais would, bybringing Sir Edward to his flag, oblige him to' vacate his post of Captain-Superintendent befÔre the five years of his appointment were out: but, towards the close of the time, thèse vacancies oc- curred so seldom, that, when the December of 1851 came, he was stiU a captain. Under thèse circum- irtances, he was permitted by the Admiralty to pro- long his présent command, until he reached the rank of admirai. At length, in May, 1852, his name rtood at the head of the list of po8t>captains, so that hô was now, to use his own expression, « at MJgle anchor," and, a few weeks later, the announce- titot of another deatîi among the admirais struck the fin al summons for him to leave hi» hnp p y H nnlnr JoBie: Wlttin the six weeks ^iiowedforiemovl I the last waggon load of furniture left the house ; and .32p MEMOIB8 OP SIR W. E. PARRY. [1852. on the 29th of July, Sir Edward and Lady Parry, who alone of the family had rernained to the last,' drove away amidst the tears and unfeîgned regieta of those to whom, during their sojourn at Haalar, they had becoçae deservedly endeared. Sir E. Parryto his Son. - " 9asl . No I — Basing Park uTut ■ j T. ,"30th July, 1852, ' " J^y very dear E , , ' t "The girls hare given you an account of onr proceedings at Haslar up to thoir departure thenceoa Tuesday. As soon as I had seeri them oflF at the station, we went the. whole roiind of T. T. L. visits in the Hospital, and I need not sa;^, it was a bitter pill to swaUow. On Wednesday, we had a most laborioua daj, in winding up our packing, paying biUs, &e. ; besides which, mamma read at the wash-house, and took leave of her twenty-three poor washerwomen, amidst their tears and blessings. She also màde ail her farewell calls on the varions familles of inferior rank in the Hospital; se that we went to bed almost knocked up, but, a good night being mercifuUy given us, we rosç at half-past five yesterday, -, completed more «last arrangements,' paid many farewfeU visits, and quietly dined together at half- past One. Ail the Richardsons came and spent the last hour with us. At length, we got into the pony-chair, ail the Terrace coming to the door to fiay the last «good- bye,' and off we drove to the station. Never, I believe, did people part with more sincère regre t, and you wiU not w^ndef tharwe feK il a réîTeî; when, al TengthTlïe train Was in motion fçr Fareham I To God be ail the i rr, /', ^,-vt'i PÀBEWELL TO HASLAB. 321 praise for innumerable„ tnerçies, ireceived in tHat dear I place I To Him be ail the glory for any goodke ha8 pjamitted and enabled ns to accompUsh there ! >rom Himmay we receive, for His dear Son's sake, paMon for aU our omissions, and short-comings, sins, degli. ! gences, and ignorances;'' ■ ^ } f' r &i. ,■■<• « » ♦ \ = ' ■ ' ■ •r 1 -■■^^ k •* » j { , ■ ' «... * • 1 r ■., *'. - '■:] / , / / ■ / ► Y •■ • > 1 .■,•4 ►■fl /'^■'.'-i- •J ^^.' ■.^•:Ç%A*' *- ? ^' *;■■ 4a^ 322 MEMOIBS OP SIR W. E. PARBT. [1852. J^.' CHAP. XIII. SUMMER AT KfISWICK. — BISHOP's WALtHAM SPKECH AT LTNN BELLOT TESTIMONIAL. — GREENWICH. — LECTURE AT 80UTHAMPT0N. — ILLNE88. — VOYAGE TO ROTTERDAM, AND UP THE RHINE. — EM8. — DEATH. — CONCLUSION. , t 1852—1855. • DuRiNG the autumn of the year în which Sir Edward left Haslar, he spent a few weeks with his family at Keswick, in Cumberland, where he derived much enjoyment from this his first acquaintance with the beautiful sceneiy of the English lakes. At the annual feast of the children of St. Johji's Bchools, he suggested a boat excursion on the lake, as an addition to the usual amusements of the day; and, himself embarking with the rest, led the ^tù- cession from Keswick to Barrow; « thlwf' to use his own words, " hoisting his admiral's flag for tbe first time on Derwentwater I " «The anniversary of our school-feast," writes the Kev. T. D. H, Bat- tersby, " always carries back my thoughts to the time when dear Sir Edward hoisted his flag in myi little boat, o n t h e first of theae h ap py oe- casions. It was he who gave us tho^rst impulse, 18SS.] BISHOP'S WALTHAM. 323 and we hâve kept them up ever since. , I remember, M well as if it were yesterday, his address to the children on the terrace in front of Barrow House, and many of them, I doubt not, recoUect it too." Towards ther close of the same. year, he went to réside at Northbrook Hoyse, Bishop's Waltham, Hauts. To one, whose whole life h^ been spent m active employment, the entire leisure he now enjoyed was something totally new. He felt, in- deed, to use his oWn fréquent expression, "that there was plenty of work in him yet ; " but he was, cat the same time, well content to leave his future prospects in better hands. It was not in his nature to be idle, even in retirement, and now in his owp, resources he found ample occupation. He took an active interest in ministering to the necéssities of the poor arouud him ; and the Rector, the Rev. W. Brock, found in him, a^ the foUowing testimony wiU show, aready supporter in aîlhis plans for promotlng the Bpintual as well as the temporal welfare qf the parish. / «I fihall ever kwk back on the year that Sir Edward Parry spent amongst us as the happiest of ipy ministry. He always seemed to me to leave the impression, whilst àe was hère, of one who had been communiu'g with God, 80 that *his face shoné while he talkedvdth us,' and his very countenance was ofténtimes a sermon. He looked M he was, a thoroughly happy Christian, and he certainly jage others ha ppy a f ound toa^^^hat also strgek meiir-- hi8 Christianity was the remarkable combination it ex- I lubited^)f manliness and simplicity. It came up exactly to T 2 y. j»i ~>)?r ■...■V 324 MEM0IR8 OF 8IB W. E. PARRY. [1853 ■ ••«S.] the requiremenl^ ôf tl^ apostolic admonition : *Érethren be not children in unœrstanding ; howbeit, in malice bt ye children, but in understanding be men I ' There ww ail the wisdom and the courage of the man, whilst thëre was also the docility, ,the gentleness, and the humility of the little child. I cannot but consfder it to hâve been a great jprivilege and responsibility, for which we in this parish wiÙ hâve to give an acçount, th^tsucb aa example of genuine and practical Christianity should hâve bcK^n brought before us, as that whiçh his life and character presented. Many will yet rise up to call this faithful servant of God blessed, because they reaped the fruit of his * work of faith, and labour of love.' " The first occasion of his appearing amongst us in public was when he took the lead at our annual meeting foi* the Irish Church Missions. I shall never forget that evçning. What a thrill of thankful émotion gkddened our hearts, as we listened to what I remember heSaJled his 'Confession of faith' to the people whom he dressed so eloqueijtly, and so affectionately ! It was no * uncertain Sound* which that inaugural speech, if I may so call it, conveyed to us. There could be no mistaking it. The gallant speaker was not ashamed of Christ and of j His words, and he manfuUy unfurled his colours before us, as a faithful soldier and servant of his Lord. He then struck, so to speak, the key-note which was to règulate the tone of bis future résidence in this parish. Nobly did he take his stand, in the midst of his fellow' parishioners, on thp-^ide of that Heavenly Captain, whose name an^/fford he delighted to honour ; while he aet à fine ea race, and th( Iwme of the si [iflBute, superii U minute after, .>'? BISHOP'a yrALTHAM. 325 nt ÎT^/ ^"^^^ """"^ '^"' ''™ ■» a» Gospel. . *e he s„j„„r„ed «mongst «s. Hta visit, „f „,erey ..d *m.ty wh.ch he «, constenUy vidted, I heard the ««; i« a/ -t- «lI».\'■4fe^4Vi^^^v*^^*•w'^l^ [1853. ■ 1853.] VOYAGE or THE " INVESTIGATOR.» leasure, aq Mr. S 1 with hi& ;ht him a gent as to >tious as to 5 till every le evening, ïdults, and when tb^ ussing tbU ir l^dward, i energetic, g hère aU t, and do BÉièn with andletNme jeat on tbe^ 1, and coiii- 56 foUowed classes. I e a sort of | g to do bis it îs called aemories of m. Thougb nfulness, as blank left ibletolook se. year of bisj 327 useful m I feel how deep hâve been my obligations to hnn, and how sacred has been the privilège to hâve had «nong us one who was so dear to Christ, who walked closely with God, and whos* talents, high station, and eiample, were aU se evidently consecrated tb His ser- vice ! " In the spring of 1853, Sir Edward waa xalfed to attend the death-bed of his talued friend Dr." An- dersen, of Haslar Hospital. n A^isV' he wrote to his sailor son in the Pacific. you could hâve witnessed, as it was my priyiîege to do hB calm confidence in the prospect of departure, founded ' on his ^habituai trust in the mercy of God through Christ Jésus. He said to me, pnly a few hours before L ^ed, I hâve nothing to do,_it is ail dope for me, - ^s s work is a/finished work, and in Him is my ^I Precious assurance of faith, when based upon sucûxft toundation, even upon the Rock of âges I " * The yèr^of hia résidence at Bishop's Waltham «ras mark^ l,y an event, to him of no ordinary ^^^^ ", th^mmer of 1853, the intelligence wached England of ^é discovery of the North- West Pawage by Captain, now Sir R. M'CIure. Eleut. tWeU, the bearer of thèse important deapatohes. tas the sou of one of his oldest friends, and he feJt rt a source of \o small plea«ure and, thankfulness, to Je able to hear the particulars of fthe voyage of '«Wi^itor-ftom:tfiêIiproroue,ibr^w^ PÇrsûnal safety he had been not a little au^ious. T 4 :'m.r^ (U A.^J.,t^o ^"W ( I ■- - »r 3i28 MEMOIRS OF 8IB W. £. PARBT. [l8S3. ■ Wi.^ ohortly after his return, Lieut Crçsswell came down to Northbrook, and it maj be imagîned with what intense eagerness every word of his account was received by Sir Edward, and the interest witli which he pointed out to hia family, on the chart, the position of Mercy Bay, where the " Investigator" still reafïûned) hopelessly entangled in the ice, almost within sight of Cape Provjdence, the furthest western limit of his own discoverîes. "My old quarters at Melville Island/' he remarked, "hâve now become quite classic ground ! " In October he iiad the gratification of attending a meeting in the Town-hall of Lynn, in honour'of the safe and successful return of his young friend. It had been intended that no one except Lient Cresswell should hâve spoken on this occasion, but, at the conclusion of his speech. Sir Edward was universally called upon to address the meeting. -^ " It is now twenty-eight years," he said, as he rose to comply with the call, '" since I had the hbnour of re- ceiving within thèse walls the freedom of the ancient borough of Lynn. I can truly say that, from that mo- ment to this, I hâve never witnessed any occasion which bas giV^en me higher delight and gratification. You see before you to-day about the oldest, and abont the youngest of arctic navigators, and'I do assure you, from my heart, that the feelings of the old arctic navi- gator are those of the most intense gratification he ever "ëxpénèncéd in the course oïTuëTrfe.rrejoIcè toi» hère to meet and support my dear young frienc^ as my [«(idlow town freeman of would willii Bow little I of Melville disttuice, tfa{ another shi anchored in «But, wh fHend, and ( (KHQpanions, matterof rej that there l dear long-lo Mend Fran] coantry, and yoQthful en expédition. Lord of the looking at tli you think th; a fitter man let him go, tl did go, and whole course Franklin. I dead, on the hecause I nei were so rema of heart of a magnanimit y net even kill Whether that », ■:% '''*■■■' ■ V ■r*S' •V. 8PB£C6 AT LYNN. 329 .WIow townsman, fiiir so I may cajLbim, being myself a freeman of your borough. I;^||jL^.OO miles, and would willingly hâve come ^^^^J^^MÉent this day î Hbw little I thought, when I s^<^^^^^|festern shore of Melville Island, and discove^^^^ffLand in the distance, that, in the course of tij^^re^ would come «iiother chip the other way to mieet me, and to be anchored in the Bay of Mercy 1 ^ "But, while we are rejoicing over the return of ouf Mend, and anticipating the triumpli that is awaiting hîa companions, we cannot but ti^n to that which is not a matter of rejoicing, but rather of deep soitow and regret," that there has not been found a singlb token of our dear long-lost Franklin, and liis companions. My dear Mend Franklin was sixty years old when he left this country, and I shall never forget the zeal, the ahnost youthful enthusiasm, with which he entered on tl^at expédition. Lord Haddington, who yrt^ then FiawU Lord of the Admiralty, sent for me, and sâid, * I see,^9 looking at the list, that Franklin is sixty years'old. Do you think that we ought to let him go ? ' I saîd, « He is a fitter man to go than any I know ; and if you don't let him go, the man will die of disappointment ! ' He did go, and has now been gone eighi yeara. In Jtho whole course of my life, I hâve never known a man like Franklin. I do not say it becàuse we belieye him to be dead, on the principle de mortuis nil nisi bonunty but because I never knew a man in whom différent qualities were so remarkably combined. With ail ûye tendemess of heart of a simple child, there was ail the greatness and magnanigai ty of a hero. J ^i» irrAA r,f him. that he w, not even kill a mosqultoThat was stinging him, and, Whether that be true or not, it is a true type of the .■•■*1 :m ^' W 330 MEMOIRS OP SIR W. E. PARRY. [1854. Q ^tienderness pf that man's heart. But I will not detain you longer. I hope you will pardon the loquacity of an old, old arctic voyager. I must say that, when I hear those stories I hâve heard this morning, and read of the way in which the last link of the North-West Passage has been discovered, — that to which I devoted the best years of my life, — it rekindies in my bosom ail the ardour of enterprise, aye, and much of the vigour of youthl " A few weeks later, be was called up to attend a meeting in London, in order to second a résolution moved by Sir James Graham, then First Lord of the Admiralty, for the purpose of erecting a testimonial to the memory of the gallant young Frenchman, Lieut. Bellot, who lost his life, on the shores of Wellington Channel, in the pre^ding summer. The mémorial, a simple obelisk of granité bearing the name of BjfiUot," was afterwards pîaced close to the water's side, in front of Greenwich Hospital, a ' fitting site^for this record of one, ^ho, though a foreigner, had nobly volunteered to aid in the se^ch for England's lost heroes, ànd who^e zeal and %entlenes8 of disposition had endeared him to the hearts of British seamen. \ Sir Edward remained at Bishop's Waltham only twelve months, for, towards the close of this year, he VfOR a|)ij)ointed by Lord Aberdeen^^o the Liéutéftant Goyernor|ilip orGreenwich Hospitp,l, to vtjiich place ""^càmèTô réside on ^è 18th Jannary, 1854. A few weeks before this, he went down to Southampton, kimâ J.fT 1864.] LECTURE AT SOUTHAMPTON. asi for the purpose of delivering a lecture to the seamen of that port. This had been undertaken at the re- quest of Archdeacon Wigram, of Soùthampton, to whom we are indebted for the following account : — ï_ . . . . " I am certain he never thought of obliging me. I and my interests were as little in his mind as himself. His heart was in the cause. It was a work for Qod. He felt it a privilège to be so engaged, and, - though his earnestness and attention to everytbing was most gratifying, and though it • immonsely increased my obligatign to him, tHe animus of the chief agent was so catching, that I then thought as little of him as he did of me. Those who best know his career would say this was a very simple illustration of the faculty, which enabled him to influence the hearts of other men, and imbue them with the spirit which moved his own. It was, perhaps» the secret of the success which so constantly atterided his efforts, on far greater occasions than tha|; in which I was allowed to take a part. " The day before the lecture, I went, accompnnied by Captain F. Gambier, to the Docks, and boarded every Bhip, that the seamen might know, from the lips of a naval oflicer, that Admirai Parry was coming to address them, and to remind them who he wasi When we en- tered the ships, we were surprised ||| find billa posted up to announce the address, not only on the upper deck, ' but between decks, where, I was told, such notices were not commonly allowed. The men generally knew well what we came to tell. They anticipated our recom- mendation by saying. at once^ * We mean to be there I * and they^kept their word. " I had been told by many, that < a great mistake was f-'; '^■^p^^'T^ryr.-r '^^■:^\ 332 MEMOIRS OP SIR W. E. PARRr. [1864. ! made, that no common seamen would corne up to the Victoria (the great company) room,— it was a mile from ,the shore, across the town, — it was not Jack's wayto ■ show himself in assembly rooms, and I ought to hâve engaged 'the long room, by the water's edge,' &c. But I had persisted that the occasion demanded the largest area we could command, and so it proved. I stood with Captain Gaml^ier in Portland Terrace, just before the appointed hour, and saw a steady flow of blue jackets and working clothes of ail hues, (for we do not aspire hère to naval uniformity of dress or neatness,) which told me plainly there was no mistake, and that we should hâve a room crowded with seafaring men, and other working people more or less connected with the Docks. " Hère the whole order of things was reversed. On common occasions, at our great religions meetings, female attire and brightness form the adornings of the room. Now the colours were changed indeed. Bonnets there were next to none, and instead of them, a close-set range of dark, swarthy, sunbumt faces, with eyes unpro- tectèâ by any corering, ail intently gazing on the speaker's countenance. It is needless to tell of what may be read in the lecture*, but my report would be déficient if it did not relate, first, the quiet, determined earnest- ness with which every syllable of the address was 4elivered, especially those parts which were of direct religious bearing, and, secondly, the profound stillness and breathless attention with which every wordwas re- ceived. Mpn wont to a short, sharp word of comffland, * 'Xhe lecture wàâ afterwards ^abïïsTied V and placed in the se», men's libraries of Her Majesty's ship», by order of the Admiraltj. '>"/:-'\>*-^v,- f'-,vî*, ';^;.' |l854.] LECTURE AT SOUTHAMPTON. %33 and an instantaneous, active reply,^inen given to yawn and loiter in listless apathy, when they haye no ener- getic work to do, — were there, for nearly two hoyrs, attenta without a motion, hanging on his lips. Theilwas not a momentory interruption, except foV an occasional expression of sympathy, or a ^ui^t outbreak of heartfelt japplause. And yet, throughout the address, there was abnghtness and cheeriness, with a sailor-like ease, as weU as a self-possession on the Ipeaker's part, which often caused a smile, for an instant, «<$ enliven many a face. Of such a kind was the mention of the three L's* which a captain, under whom he had once served said should always be observed in running up channel • •r, again, when he spoke of the eagerness with which men sought admission into the Portsmouth Sailors' [Home, when aU the beds were occupied, 'pricking for I the softest plank ' on the boarded floor. «ut the main [chwacter of the address was grave. The welii|re of soûls was in the speaker's heart, and no one could i^stake I aun^roughout. It was this fact, and the conviction which possessed the whole room, that the best «hd ptemal interests of the service were what the Admirai mainly desired to promote, that gave its peciJ^ar character to the address, and which, for an ins^t, «emed well nigh arresting the progress of the speaker himself, and overpowering many of his hearers. I Jllude to the character, conversion, and death of John Gordon. I shaU never forget the thrill which ran «irough the room, and the palpable triumph of Christian pnnciple over ail the ways of man's devising, which were --f f'.'A •Vis. «load, lead, lead:" witK refenmce to the importance of conunual soandings. 334 MEMOIBS OP SIR W. E. PAEET. [1554. ■ '^"O / so^jCîsnmonly puxsued by the company who confronted my ^ cbair at that time, as Sir Edward said : * Fof my own part, I can never thînk of that Christian seaman without feelings of sincère affection, and his memory will be dear to me as long as I Uve. But the loss was only ours, not his. Gordon loved, and read, and prayed over his Bible, and, so sure as that Bible is true, he is now safely moored in thàt haveil, where there are^no .storms to «igitate, no waves to roU, but ail is resl, and peace, and joy, for ever and ever ! ' Can it be necessary for me to add that^ if I commanded a ship again, it would be my pride and pleasure to hâve her ïnànned with John Gordons ! ' ^ "The address delivered, men seemed to pause and think. I hâve often remarked that the noisy applausè which follows a lecture or speech is often the least satis- factory évidence of the effect produced. On this occa- sion, there were manifest signs of a blessed retum from the word which had gone forth. The inquiry obviously in the minds of the audience, as some of them looked around, was * Who is next to speak ? ' — * Where is the man, who can reply to what we hâve heard, and thank him for his address as is meet ? ' Captain Austin, R.N., Government Superintendent of the Steam Navigation at this port, rose, as had been arranged, and, in a feV hearty and appropriate terms, expressed what we ail felt, — ' that we ought to be the better for what we had heyd.' " The scène which immediately ensued took me, cer- tainly, by surprise. A number of officers and mes, ^ li yi ng iiLSouthampton, ^w ho had serv^ at various t imes under the Admirai, came forward, to remind him of the • part they had borne in his honourable career. Several of them hï — — » and acquaintanc( was drowne» I him heartily I You were m I were T «The mer never be effa I piest and mo The grat appoîntment feelings. N the line of pnrsue at Hi many, espibc fonly by repo evfer anxioui similar posîti QDQecessdry maLatain his pray,",he sa Greenwich, frMQ on higl needed the w: Iialrmlessness < ifl besf prove [during the shc TchjtTe endea we never kno^ h: ," t-i ..*- v;5i.-v'',.ï" ^<»J' 'li~'^u> j 's,'y-^N?< GREENWICH. 335 rf them he recognised at once ; among them Lieut D— > and a John Gordon, who said. on cl^iming: acquaintance, that ^he was not the|- John Gordon who wasdro^vned/ 'No/ replted Sir Edward, ^a^The shook >m heartay by tbe hand, ' but I ï,now you weîi enough. You were my .cemaster, ând a verygood hand at it yon were I •'• « The memory of tbis evening and its proceedings wUl aever be effaced from my mind. It was one of the hap- I piest and most profitable in my life I" The gratification felt by Sir Edward at his appomtment to Greënwich was mingled with other teehngs. Noue were more aware than himself, that -the Ime of cond^ct which he had felt it his duty to pnnnie at Haslar had ezposed him to censure frofn many, espkially amongst those who knew him only by report. He was, therefore, now more than ^er anxious that, in entei^: upon a somewhat amilar position, he might^ be enabled to avoid aU Dnnecessdry offence, and, at the iame time, to mamtam his PL^istian consistency. «^ riiust ail pray, he said, more than once, iefore coming to Wich, «that to us may be granted wisdom eeded the wisdom of the serpent no less than the armlessness of tiie dove I ? How weU he succeeded «beat proved by the undoubted way in which, ^|Jheshg ^,a^dahd^ N^e éûdeâred himself to the hearts of ail. « Had '^e never known him," one writes, « we should hâve ! ■;i ■^i'i^t^-^S^m. > il I. 336 fIBS i%t %0 mai f.- " ^ ** g ào dear a friend, je^ he cil'îei)iiistan(ieS wl pëwing, even for 8ô aHort a time, so able a character as that of dear Sir .| Sir John Liddell^ la||iûledical Inspecter è iâiiappijal, writes: — ' & - ,^' " When Sir Edward Parry wa3 s^p^ted to fill the very '^Important post of Lieutenant-Goyelilor of the Eoyal ftospital for Seamea at Greenwich, ftigh expectations were formed, from his former distiuguiabed career,- of his great usefulness to that noble Institution, the cradle apd the grave; o£ England's best seamen ; bot thèse expecta- tions were ^ore thttn realised bj the energy an,d dévotion that he brought to the diseharge of the public and social business of the Hospital. I^e advocated the interest of j religion and moralitj with the energy of a wise and philanthropie man, leaving us, who had the privilège of | his intimacy, only to admire, and do hoâour to the sin- gular ability he displayed in the varions occupations he actually filled. His society and opinions were courted by persons in the highest, as well as the humbler st-tions of life ; the former he frequently declined to visit, on j account of his heaUh, the latter in the way of ad vice, that he servi most libéral in relieving'their SdJHMtentatious, that it i&'i BMJppof his bounty has comi wefe exercisQd perseveringly severe sufferi ngs of a hopeles i whîch he endui-ed, not only with posure, but even with cheerâilnesi nor was it only j r, — he ii^as in a manner death< thit the Thèse virtues the pressure of the tr actec' disease, [ perfoct corn- close ofalifel H'* ' ^^i Vî / '-^ E ta ' ' ^854.] GEEENWICH. ^37 ihat had been spent in unceasing efforts to raise the ■ character and extend the usefulness of the Royal Navy the especiaUl^eCt of his care ; whose improvement hiâ large, acute, and vigoroua mind enabled him to see more clearly than most men." < ^ • The folWing is from the pen of Admirai HamiJ- ton, late Secretarj x)f the Admiralty : — ' "Blackheath, Nov. 1856^^' «Ineedno reminder of Sir Edward Parrj, when ï wnte from a place so near Clreenwich as ^is. Great, indeed, must hâve been the force of a character, which m a comparatively short period, ma«e itself so exten- fflvelyfelt. It shows whaf may be accomplished by-a constant mind, even when bodily powers are failing The remembrance of his exertions for the good of others is often, I mj^ tj^ly say,«un almost unwelcome monitor tO myself, for it has so happeiled that my name hastaken.the place of his in several , aâsociations con- nected wfth our service. We ail need the injunction net to be weary in well doing/ and he seenta never to hâve mned. Most glad am I that it fell to Lord Aberdeen « Pnme Mini^^^a^^^ i |W I may vete*% ifVas ^«^tisfaction to him- self, to béhj^e that, in conferî^hig on Sir Edward the reward of%ch&acterîin« services, Jie wi^at the same tane, benefiting the Institution of whiêh Fe mad% hiâf Lijtttenant-Govemor. ^Ho^ar hisLordshipwasccnrect «rliflbeliefmay be judged from. the^^piimner i»,which Jhename and me mory of Sir Edw^d î>arry are ^v«rM .i hiir^reenwîèE^Hbspitair' 9VH 338 MEMOIRS OF sSIR W. E. PAERY. /tl854. Durîng his résidence at Greenwich, Sir jEdward interested himself In the i;evival of a " Ladiçs' Bene- volent Society " in the Hospital, for the ptïrpose of visiting and relieving the familles of thé out-door pensioners. Nothing discouraged by ^onie minor diffîculties which awalted hîm at the outset, he entered intoithe scheme with such good will, thathis zeal communicated itself to others, ftnd he had the satisfaction of seeing that his efforts for the welfare of his humbler brethren were ably sëconded. " AU," he wrote, " hâve entered upon th0 cause most coi^ âially ; and I trust it may be a ôomfort to many a poor wife and child." / On" more than one occasion, |ie w^ présent at the meetings held in Greenwich b^ one%f the London City Missionaries, for the beàefit of the pensioners e^clusively. He afterward^ suçceeded in procurin^ «, larger room for the purp^se, the men themselves contributing to pay the reii^t. " At oûr lecture the othey evening," he writes, " about ninety persons were pre;éent, ail, with one or two exceptions, ' our old frien^s the pensioners. The mostl devout feeling seemed t^ prevail, and I belle ve it 1» hâve been genuine. I^ the course of the evening, I addréssed ^tfa«m on thé gratificî^t^on I felt in seeing them thus engalged, as a proof that they carerf for their soûls, and, after expatiating a little on the only wayofi salvation, exhorted tnem to continue in that way, and to f show their faith by their w orks, — -. w orka, iip±_ torious in themseiyes, but as a test of the sincerityofi their profession a0 followerà of the Redeemer. Afterf ■/-.^v- . wlijÉ'riv -'lia-- 1854.] ILLNESS. 339 hands with me and, curiously enough, one of them roved to hâve been with me in. 'La Hogue's' beats Mer Coote), when he and I got pur medals. The poor [ old man was quite afièctioriate to me." To Sir Edward'8 family and friends, his appoint- ment as Lieutenant-Govemor of Greenwich was very ^tifying. TBey regarded it as the weU-eamed reward of more than half a century spent.in his countrys service; and, while they rejoiced^to see him, as he said, «at length moored for life in a snuff harbour," "they conld not help indulging the hope tiiat many years of ease and usefiilness were yet before hm. But it had been otherwise appointed, and never was seen more strongly the truth of his own favourite maxim, "Man proposes, and God disposes." In the summer of 1854, London and îts subnrbs werç severely visited with Asiatic choiera. In the Hospital itself it found its victims, though its ravages there were not srf|reat as in the surrounding localities Towarde the end of August, Sir Edward was himself attacke^ with the premonitory symptoms, which, IthongB soon bro^ under control, seemed to be lAe exciting catii^hîs suffering and fatal disoider. lA^rst, no seriqjié appréhension was felt; though ll!!?!!-^ * f^lete bar to aU his active habits, ■«««-î«"^g dnn^cons^nr^n, atid ^endugly dis- — •bing his rest a%iight. Under the wa^qhful and iffectionate care^of Sir John Li»de.U, no i^é||rwere Jfl ■^mk^. ;^^" ** ■Jk ir M' 340 M.,iiM>^4 * ■ j' ■ E. vPAEBT. [1854. left untried to aUeviate the malady ; but, notwith- standing, ît seeméd to gain ground instead of d^ j creasing. During/ Ùm^ autumn, hç was able W\ transact the routix(^ business of the Hospital, in tHe absence of Sir James/ Gordon, the Govemor, and attended/regularly, asKchairman, the -yeeekly meetings "r of a sociew tor tjié relief of the fiimilies of sàilors I engaged in the ww, in thé formation jf which he had hîmself been mainly i^trumenl^^ but thèse '^ efforts were not made wilîiout seyere suffering. On * '?^e' 6th of November he wrote; " I am much the san),e; certainly no sensible improvement. Do not forget Ine in^i^pur prayers, that calm, chilpke sub- missîon ni§y be giyen me^^ ^^^ thô^idstpf Aisfiei^Jxial, the brightness of ififlChi^an résignation ^one forth p^ clearly as ejér. " God's will be done I ". warthe prayer ever in j^^eart, and||onstantl3p)n his lips. " If He ^ilk^he wouldïsaf'to ||pse whomJ|ie ô%57,grâeving oii his aocount, *' Ljajifl.. réctiV'er : but^y times are in Hi»hands^|L Anrlend, who saw himi at this lime, writes:— -"^Opt. vipt of ours in the spiing to Gk^enWich wnè a spécial privilège. Hbw cheerfiil, and manly, and noble, his beaiing under such seyere ^ chasteningl We were most thankful to hâve had that sight of him, eo near the time wheiï he was to be taken from this passing world of ours. It left impresaions nev er to be forgot ten^" His attention had latterly been dîrected towards a celebrated Gérman doctor^ who had been successful .^v- 1855.] DliPAETUBE FOB EMS. 341 m lus treatment of a simUar case with which Sir ^Edward was acquainted ; and Dr. S — being called ^ England m the springof m^he took liie oppor- ,tumty of Consulting him. . . / ^^ ^n the 9tli of May.Lady Parry wrjtes:- f«^,ght. Dr. S., who lodged hère last night. holds ont |ood hope of great benefit, and says that he regarda it as Ijurable case. Many hearts will, I know, be helpers' mner by prayer oh our behalf." réparations for the journey Sir Edward Ite share, superintending the various an^gemenCaud with his own hand writing the directions for the ditferent packages. On Wednes- vl' ^ ^^ff ^*^' *^" P*^^' ««^««ti°g of Sir Edward ^d Lady Parry, accompanied by those of theur children who were able to leave England at ^e time, embarkéd at Greenwich on board the ^tterdam steamer, eamestly hoping that the de- ared boon of his recovery mîght be in store for hem. Thé-^erlionof the voyage proved,however, toc much for àis enfeebled powers. « The very day of o^ arrivai at Botterdam," writes Lady Parry, lus, strength seemed to faU so suddenly, that it was as rfa ûùn sheU W been wom through, and it were foim4 hoUow undemeath." They remained a day JLMiMe3dam,^im dr t be- ^e & t mùrmng, ëmbarE^r^ once more in the Rhine steamer. z 8 -^ ^A^l'JiéâA.iHi.t sM 342 MEM0IB8 QP 8IE W. E. PARRY. ■>■; [1855. "Sir Edward and I," continues Lady PaJry, " had the pavillon to ourselves. We made up a bed for hinj with a soft mattress On the sofa, where he hj witli so much ease, that we determined on Saturday not to quit the boat, and ail slept on board that night. At six A.iii. on Sunday (Whit Sunday) we reached Diispeldùrf. The town was filled with feast keepers and holiday makei^ Bo that only àt an extravagant cost could we get our- selVes supplied with rooms ; but there was no alter- native." On Monday eveniog, they arrived at Coblenz, and it was an inexpressible relief io be able to send at once for Dr. S • , who resided atEhrenbreîtstein. The effects of this " weary and anxions joumey " ' were so plûnly Tisible in Sir Edwa^'s weakened condition, that for eome days they were obliged to remiûn at Coblenz, ànd it was not until June 5th that Ihey ^w«p^ able to rçach Ems, where the rest of the'party were already established. This was accomplished in an easy carriage, Dr. S himself accompanying them. His opinion of the case was, at first, by no means unfavourable ; and he hoped that, whén the fatigue had passed off, there might be suffîcient strength of constituât left to rally from the présent state of complète prostration. ' Thèse « ^ >Jbopes, however, soon proved delusive. For the first ' ^' iveek, he was able to walk diûly to the b'aths ; but each day his strength continiied to diminish, until letter to her brother, the Ber. E. F. E. HankinBon, M, * r856.] EMS. \ case was, 343 who had kindly oôèred to join her at Ems, Lady j^axry says i-t- ^ i,T .. " Ém», JTane 20, M55. h«In T "^'^ *^ claim your kind offer to come to our help Icannot conceal from myself that the weaknesa ba. ateaddy, an4 I must say, greatly increased, and I detect tokens ofits extent, which at times sta;Ue me The ^,ce ,8 80 altered, and the 8peech sometimes 80 in^ dial,inct,thatlcanwithdifficultyunderfltandhim. There .8 al8o a certaitr degrés of vaU and dieaminess orer the dear mind. Ala8, alaa ! xny hop. i8 feint a8 to the raUymg power that remains, but we know ^hat it may t::^^U^r"'''' 'H«-hosparednothisZ ^much reading or talking, but we hâve daily a Uttle «mce together, con8i8ting of a few verses and prayer He 18 m yery fréquent prayer himself, but, I think, low m natural spirits Two or three hymns froni the « S,Z ualSongs'he hkes „.uch,-a lay my sins on jIs/ My times are m Thy hands,' «çc" And^ again : ~- • . / "Ems, Jùqe21, 1655. id surely increasing mistaken, offailing ig,> after reading a few " My tidings must be of s weakness, and a look, that cl^ ^ture. I flaid to him this mo..™g,«^r reading a few ^s of John xiv «I do not feel as diough this illnel ^ for recomy// 'Oh, no,' he said, 'I ti,ink no? Are you wiUmg to départ, and go to Jésus ? ' * Oh, T long îof it, I long for it^ I am sony to say j' «m» ï ,^erei_ Vnnf^|ry, ,,,^ and, mth not eue lost, be a family in Heaven.' Wit^ # ■4 ^F 4 i^^ s t;^ 344 MEMOIES OF SIR W. E. PÀHÇY. [l855. ■ 1855.] V- great emphasis he said, * Not one will be lost, for thoj are ail beloved of the Lord ! ' * What a mercy it is,* I added, * that you hâve not now to seek a Saviour ! ' Again, with much emphasis, he replied, * Oh, it is indetfd ! but I hâve known Him, I trusta long ago, and novr my whole trust is in Him.' " . , - By the end of June, fhose of his c)jildren, who had hitherto beeû unable to leave Êngland, arrivëd at EmS; 80 that ail his family, with the ., exception oi his sailor son and his married step-daughter, were now gathered round him, and the increasing weak- ness of their beloved parent wamed, them too surely that the closing scène mugt be near at hand. On Saturday, the 7th of July, Mr. Hankinson writes . to his father : — , ,^ ■ ,. "I almost expeqted, wheikl last wrote to you, that. my next letter would tell yoiPthat it was ail over, and that our beloved brother had been released irom the sufferingg of the flesh, and I think ypu. would q^olt expect it also. However, it is not so, — he is still^ith us ; but we cannot expect that Jt vUlgo oçr much longer: indeed, we ought not to désire it, for, from time to tijne, he bas renewed and severe trial and èufiei^ng|ian4 ^i^ prayer for- himself is, * Father, it» Thine own good tiàe receive me to Thy mercy V " " This mérning, we ail assembled> round his vbed, and I administere'd the Sacrament to wttru. I trust rt was a çomforting and strengthening j^ri^ilef^, He is rçady! What an inexprpssible , ooirffort \& fjjik.t There îs no ff IntéÔTnîxture of doUl^t in him, or ftâ||lîïil "î^ruat thât the Lord is with us j and He wiji"^9t Içave nor for- eW . , * In a sh course of eamèstly, ofuci^d, ; «re8,*sh( all^but Hi replied, " r He is ail ç: wjjienJtheiî speeof depi fi# to >lip ' pr^çfàs ^ yôœr Minda pacterifit swered, " bi Late on » few woi^ds < of wKîch h Bpeak, exc€ munnur-C'jtl thtf'ii^riÊssi a whilej ho^ ifteç, whiicl^ thrc^gh the niûe, on*^^ •w IT' [1855. ■ 1855.] DEil^H. 345 f I- In a short conversation with Lady Parry, in the course of this ôame Saturday morning, he said, eam_è8tly, « I can pilly say that în Christ, and Him oruci%d, ia ail my salvation aûd ail my désire." «Tes,* she said, «that is as He would hâve it, that' aU;^but Himself should be as nothing." « Oh," he replied, «nothing, nothing,— ! sweep it ail away I He is ail ray salvation, and ail my désire ! " Again, wjienjthe fcoa^rsation tumed on the prospect of his speedt depjirtiii^ Jf Oh yei^ I loncf for it I my désire firf td eïip'away. — to slip into tbe arms of my ' procès ^ioi^, and I think I shall sootfslîp ont of yot» fiknds." "Shortly aft^rwards, he added, with iet'eri«tic eaniestn.ess, «'Mind, let there be no * ' W ^^^°® ^ * ^*^®' ^^^ed if he would not like " W^^ia children round him. "Yes," he^an- swered, « but talce care, take care I " Late on Saturday, night he seemed siiJihg. A few woçds of prayer were ofFered up àt hjp bedside, of wh1ch he wa« conscious, butloo exhausted to speak, except once, wheû he was ^overheard to murmur <*|he chariots and horses I " evidently under thé4i]jj^i'(6s8ib4^t)f Ua own immédiate release. After awMIe, howey'er,J%e raUied, and sank into a quiet iReç, w Wc^ làsted, with ojJA^ occasional ujteiyu^tion»; throiugh the night " Tha\ nîght^waa the l&i h^ever 8|>ent oftjÊarA. The -irext morninff, at half-paalï. - nme, on-«Sunday,^e "8 A ,of July, ï« ené&ed on ft f i * r ■ M ï "the reit^Mcs^rem^neth foi'Tfie p'ébpîe of God." Hii lait hdlirs were mercîfully free^xom pain, and '^vi ■-.! »■ ■* M ■I ht-. )it&.<.(:.;i :■#.■- i-: 346 MEMOIES OP SIE W. E. PARRT. tl95S he remained conscious to the last, until, with a gentle sigh, the lingering spirit " slipped," according to his own earnest désire, " into his Saviour's arma." His course was finished, the victory won, and the . faithful servant entered into the joy of his Lord ! In the course of the same week, the sorrowing family left Êms, a place henceforth hallowed to them by itfl many touching associations, and, early on the next Sunday, reached Greenwich, bringing with them the dear remains. The funeral took place on the following Thursday, July 19th. The followingis from the pen of a near relative who attended : — " London» July 20, 1855. " Yesterday j)a8sed off very much q,8 you would suppose. It was a large funeral, and well arranged. The proces- sion left the Lieutenant-Governor's house soon q,fter twelv€. In front of the coffin (on wKich lay his hat and sword) niarched a régiment of pensioners, with furled flags and craped drums. As soon as we left the house, a large number of officets, connected with the Hospital, M in from the council-room, and arûtic officers not a few, — M'Clure; CoUinson^ Kçllett, Austin, &c. We first proœeded to the chapel, w^iere the chaplain read the service, find then to the Mausoleum in the burial-ground belonging to* the" Hospital. His coffin rests by the side of the late Govemor, Sir pharles Adam, and upon that of Sir Robert Stopford. . . "This terminâtes the sad story. A *migh'ty man of valeur,' a*father in Isrtiel,' a faithful servant of the r rr h ùBo ^^igbi liath shum^ farîgfttTy "BeïOTr Bienj. tmi whose record i* on high, was, on this day, 1855.] CONCLUSION. 347 signed to his last resting-place among the honoured of the earth, and there awaits the morning of a bright and glorious résurrection ! " y A tablet has been erécted to. his memory in the Mausoleum of the cemetery at Greenwich, and another at Tunbridge ^elle, close to that of his firet wife. -^ "WE BLESS THY HOLY NAllE, Q LOED, FOR ALL tHT SERVANTS t)EPAKTED THIS LIFE IN THY FAITH AND IpAK ; BE8EECHING TqEE TO GIVE US GRACE 80 TO \F0LL0W THEIR GOOD EXAM?LE8, THAT, WlTH THEM, WhAïBE ' PABTAKERS OF THY HEAVENLY KINGDOM." \ ** } v' \ \ , , ■ V » •:'^f: ^•^..,^ ,♦>. \ ■^s V [Pboposed î I ^ff two bf yp they sliall. in heareiR! IThat a ver Ijears, not o: jjspect of the ienrice will; ! gracious ; Idegraded an( mggest the { I effort to impr We désire, th jof aU (whethÉ llhe value of l («Dr Christiaii Ithat an increa |gi«8t waters ' jbowledge of W i th ft^ vie^ loD every 'SuiK |«nd eleven, or tJf€ i^KÎ^kl APPENDIX. L) . Page 268. Heligion m Her Majesty^s ^^^^"^ ^^ ] That a verj decidedchange has taken "place pf late ^ l^ct of the Navy, none who are acquainted witix our We wiU,entertainadoubt. Recognising, in tWs fact " the gracions mferposition of God, in^hallof the S iegraded and 8pi,itna% destStute Sailor, it app^ tL- kgest the dn4 .;' ^^• i'\" «.'*- 350 MEMOIRS OF SIR W. E. PARRÎ* the spiritual wants of the Navy be brought beforë tlie Throne of Grâce by ail who feel the importaace of this object ; — and the following heads of Kpyer are respéct- fully suggested : — <• ; ^s^* For the Navy generally, ^otk Officers and Men. 1 That ail bélonging to, or connected with, the Naval | Service, may entertain an increasing révérence for Almighty GoD ; for His Word; and for Hi'sj Sabbaths. 2, That ail orders of men in the Naval Service, from the 1 highest to the lowest, may be led to entertain a serions concem for their soûls, and for thespiritual [ welfare of their fellow-men. 3. H^ziy as professing servants and soldiers of the Lord) Jésus Christ, ail may be enabled, by God's grâce, j to avoid Profane or indécent language. Sensuality and impurity of every kiad. Angry or revengeful tempers. Disregard of tru th. Idleness, or want of attention and:z^al in the | performance of every duty. Disrespeet or disobedience to Buperiors. Want of courtesy, considération, and Chris- tian feeling towards eqnals o* inferiors. Eveîpy besettÎBg' 8ia««r infimaity. - . - ' And, generally, that they may be preserved j from ail the snares and temptationiii of the world, the flttsh andjthe devil ;— ^Iso, tfaMJ they may be protected from bodily daxiger,] and kept in health and strength. " » Ddz^al in the APPENDIX. 35 r 4. That the Spjrit of God may rest upon them, îlot only to leep tliem.from temptat'ion, and deliver them- from evil, but to «sanctify them whoUy ;"-that thèy may "^w in grâce" daily, «and in the " knowledge of^^r Lord and Saviour Jésus Christ •" -that «whatsoever they do, they may do it heartily as to the Lord, and not unto men ;" and be Chnst s farthful soldiers and servants unto their hves end;»_an honour to the service, and ^ blessmg to their country, as well as to the'heathen and other nations with whom they corne into con- tact;--thu8 giviHg évidente ihat «Godhness is pr<»fitable fol. ail things, havlng promise of the Hfe I "*'»** no^ *8' ma of that which fs to corne " 5. And that^all hearts may be raised in thanksgiving to I God for the blfessing that bas attended the etas «h^ady made for the spiritual improvement of the j^ iNavy. V For Officers in particular. ^ ^at the Spirit of Wisdom, Justice, «Love, and of a I 8ound mmd" begiven to them in the discharge of their arduous and responsible duties »" That they may entertain a just sensé of their high responsibUity, as regards the spiritual as well as temporal mtereste of those over whom they are" pla^d. f ^ Y ThaV l^ their exaipple and influence, they may dïs- I «>«n<«na«<^everythi„gtendingto«thedeL^^ , tion of C,OD 8 honour and the corruption of good manners. , ° ^ odily danger, B^ That grâce toay be given to onr Chaplains to bo wise, diligent, and faitliful servants of Christ- t ^ 'i^ÊÊ^^î ifc' I M. Il ^ ■/ ; 1 352 5? MEMOIRS OP SIR W. E. PAB^T. and that the Spirit of GoD maj abundantly bless tWr labours, to the awakening and establishing many soûls. MiJfOHBSTEB. lEVancis W. Aosten, Admirai. Edward Hawker, Vice-^dmiral. Henry Hope, Bear- Admirai. Henry Fanshawe, do. ' Fred. E. Vemon Harcourt, do. Wm. Edward Parry, Captain. Bichard F. Rowley, do. Henry t). Trotter, do. ■ George C. Blake, "do. John Monday, do. Francis Liardet, do. John Washington, do. ' ClaudeJL M. Backle, do. Robt. F. GMnbier, do.y James C. Caffin, do. James H. Cockbum, do. John Bichardson, h. t>., Médical Inspector. James Anderson, u. d., dû. Bobt. B. iTates, Commander. ÏYancis Mande, do. George Hiope, do. Henry DoVjies, do. Decmber^ 1851. Hngh Goold, ' Commander. Edmund G. Fishboame, do. Edward H. Kenney, do. Robert Coote, do. Wm. T. Bâte, > do. Wm. R. Payne, m. a., Qhaplain. Thomas J. Main, m. a., do. John Adamsoâî Lieutenant. ^r^ge Atkinson, do. Gèo. C. Greenway, do. Robert Justice, ' do. John Billingsléy, do. Geo., B. Bunbory, do. Wm. H. Symons, do. John De Courcy A. Agnew, cfo. Cràwford A. D. Pasco, do. Frank H. Lambert, "Ûo. Henry H. M. M'Gârthy, CapL i Colin A. Browning, |i. d.. Surgeon. Mitchel Thomson, do. Chas. Paget Blake, h. d., do, Wm. Bowden^à^mcufer §■ Porter. Arthur Ellis, « ;: .do. . \ : * L- V . ■:) ;■>. « « » k 1 ■■ ' ■ 1, • ' .» — ■■■ 1 -" ■■ --r • 1 ^ 1 y » ....... .„?,.. « t ., ï .-•- \ APPEXDIX. 35^ (B.) l*age 290. LECTURE DELIVERED AT IIASLAR, > JUNE 13, 1852. . • w '' ACTS XXVII. The Apostk Padi, having taten advantage of hi. jight, » a Ro,»an citiz™, u. appeal «o C S^ P>>rp<^, Hi8 promised and declared purnose. th.t p7i *o„Mg„t^K„.e,wv„o..b„„tt„be~.r^^^^^ p;7orb::g""-j-:^^^^^^^ «««nt of h« faitkulness trchri.tfâl|ri.'"i [«ptai, orderfdhim.to JU A:S«''.^ '''yf ' ) ^to the castle for ty^ee S i ;;^' h ^ ^ ^ ^^^^^ ^earful circumstances of perfl it JL t^lf h^^^ 'kl ,*?"" 354 \ MEMOIES OP SIR W. E. PARRY. V bear witness also at Romo." But who would hâve con- jectured how this was to be brought about ? Who could hâve p»edicted that Paul, who was to be a witness for Christ at Rome, should go there as a prisoher ? Truly, "God's ways are not our ways ;" they are, indeed^ "past finding out ! " ' I propose to consider, this evening, the whole aceount of this remarkable transactiop, because it is so full of interest, especially to sea-faring people, and because it is not easj to divide so connected a story ■into separate ■portions. Let us now endeavour, by God's blessing, to ■dérive some benefit from it to our own soûls. And I think that such benefit may be ours, by our considering, with serious attention, the conduct of Paul, the servant of the Lord Jésus Christ, under the various circumstances of difiiculty, danger, and trial in which he was placeA And thia will naturally lead us to contemplate the faith- fulness of the Lord to ail His promises in behalf of His servants. t L Let us look, at Paul's eoolness, présence of mind, and holy courage, in the midst of the most appalling danger. Evervbody knows — and some hère may per- haps know by expérience — that a shipwreck in a galeof wind, with a hëiavy sea, and on an unknown and danger- ous coast, is no light matter. But even those among us who do, perhàps, know something of this péril can form but a very faint idea of what the danger was in Paul's time, with ill-constructed and badly-found vessels, withoqt the art and tire discipline which, give us such great advantage. There can be no doubt that, under such circumstances, their danger was even greater than 'Wït^r'SSÏ theTr B^pW éscaping wîth t^ less. In fact, such was their statè of péril, that Paul, /■ m * u APPEXDIX. 355 in deseribing it, eays that " ail hopé that wo P|Eld be saved was taken away," i.e., humanly speakiW thei-e seeraed no possibilifj of escape, — human meaL seemed Uûavailmg, and the people of the ship had given up ail hope, seeing no prospect before thefn but that of certain I and inévitable destruction ! But now mark the conduct-of the servant of God » ' Imagine a little vessel beafing about among shoals, at ' the mercy of the winds and Waves, in a gale so violent that they could carry no sail.» A^d again, when tlio sailors tned to désert their comrades in the hour of poril and Paul remonstrated against this cowardly- conduct,' then we read, even at the very height of the danger, Paul besought them aU to také méat» and to be of good cheer. Now, this, I say, is an instance of uncommon coolness and courageous présence of mind. And what did it ail proceed from ? My dear friends, the narrative does not leave us for a moment in doubt upon that point.' Itwas not mère animal courage, — by if^ich I mean that quaUty which, however valuable, the lower animais possess in common with man, and often in a much Mgher degree thaaman. It waa not simply this ; it was a holy trust in God ; a firni confidence in His power His mercy, and in the faithfulness of His promises. Th«' ground of Paul's confidence may aU be summed up iu one brief sentence of his, "Ibelieve God, that it shall \h even as it was told me/'f Yes, my friends, faith m God is the source of the highest order of courage, of iliat moral courage which distinguishes man from the 'Jrute création. The promises of God to His people, the \^^^^ of H is mer cy and love to alLwho bolong ' ' ' ' .-' ■*f.~, - £^ ■ . ■ "*i - \ ■ * */;'-' - f ■ ■;•■.-' -■t . . / *■ « ' .y ■ . "-:i'*^.' ' * . ■ ■ \ ■ i'*\- ■ »■ ■ '■;.■" - ■■ i 1 Wê llll n wÊm _||g^igg_^^ MHijHMÉM ■:-- 1 ^H ^H ■ ^H ^^^^^^^^^1 ^^^^^1 ^r^l r ' ■WP^PffP f^^^'S^Ç^^' ■■'"::' ! " > ■ ■v? ♦ ..■■■•:; !^. * » ;• ^ - V - ■ ■ '^ -../*■ 41 ' , 1 ^ ■— " " 7 ! " . .. - / ^ ^;„ . ■■ ; : .1; .;-..■ ■. ■■■ ;.■ - '■ ..; ■., -., i h hL 1 ■ ■ ■■ #' J' 'i .■:•:. ■»■■ i ■ :»;■ i ■ J.' w •<«u- ^. V, >^J^ >, o ."-T^..^, i IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) h y à 1.0 1.1 1^ 1^ 12.0 1^ i^ IJ4 ftetogiajiiic ^Sciences Corporation. \ ■^ O 23 WIST MAIN STHET WIBSTn,N.Y. MStO (71«)t73-450» \ ^Kti^kmij s-i.S',fiiC^édiLXà^iit^ââtii^t ' > ^'m^ *^ • * \ % (.'. *• ! N • ■• • V T'* t r * • . • ' ;' ' 4 0> ' ■ 'i s • m > ^^\ i ■ * - l^ • ■ \ ' .; r-- ■ « \ ... ^ . i'jt w^«»i:* .. ■ j* .. -si....... a' r , * -. .■■ > * ^t, SiiibJÉiU^- 1 l 3^6 MEMOIBS OP 8IE W. E. PABET. dwtinct, that I do not suppose any reasonable man, who beUeves the Bible to be God's Word, would, in so many words, venture to doubt or dispute them. But faith, livipg scriptural faith, goes farther than this. It is not merely an admission of the truth, but it is acting upon il, acting up to it ; and this acting up to the truth is holy courage and confidence in time of need. It is not merely sajing we believe in God's promises, but showing that we believ^ them, as Paul did, when the time of trial cornes. It is easy enough to talk of faith in God, when ail is smooth, and quiet, and safe around us ; but it is only the Christian warrior who can say, wheMhe bla^ts of affliction and the waves of sickness or sorrow are beating upon him, «I believe God, that ^t shaU be even asit was told me,"— told me in His Holy Word,,who8e every assurance is faithfulness and truth I My dear friends, if you wish to possess this confidence, this holy courage, cultivate that faith in God's promises, which is alone able to produce it. It is a high and a blessed attainment to be able to say from the heart, «I beUeve God, that it shall be even as it was told me ! " And, observe,, as a proof that this was a souRce of Paul's courageous bearing in the hour of danger, that he ascribes it ail to God. Paul may hâve been, and probably was, naturaUy a bold man. His whole history seems to imply that he was. But we do not see hère any boasting of his natural courager«ï».*ny référence to it. God had said to him « Fear not, Paul," and Paul did not fear. God had said, "Ihave given thee ail that bHH with thee," and Paul did not doubt it. Self was whoUy out of the question, — ail had référence to God. Let iu 4eam from thia, my friend^ to Mcribe ^ thâf wë îivê, and aU that we w^to Him who has given us aU we aeem to our .^^l'±^\ ."^II' • >i s" I ^ < APPENDIX. 357 have, and who hàs made us what we are. If success attend our worldly occupations, if a blessing rest upon our lawful endeavours, if we are enabled to avoid danger, or are safely delivered from it when it cornes ; in each and every case, let us be sure to recognise the eye that iratches and the hand that guards us, and let the language of our inmost soûls be ever this, " Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto Thy name be the glory, for Thy mercy, and for Thy truth's sake ! " n. Next, then, let us notice, as I proposed, how faithful God is to His promises. Paul knew that he was dealing with a faitliful God, when he said, « I beUeve God, that it shall be even as-it was told me," and his hope was not disappointed. Nor shall the hope of any be disappointed, who lean upon the promises ôf God. Thepromises of man are full of uncertainty and doubt, a constant source of disappointment, in some shape or other, and from a variety.Qf causes. How often do we see a proiûise made, and wantonly broken 1 How often does it tum out that a person is unable to perform his promise 1 A thousand contingencies may cause the faUure of one man's promise to another. But this can never be the case with the promises of God. In God there can never be either the want of power or the want of wiU. He is both willing and able to fulfil, to the nttermost, whatever His word is pledged to accompUsh. «He is not a man that He should lie, nor the son of ^man that He should repent" ♦' Hath He said, and shall He not do it, or hath He not apokerf, and shall He not make it good?" However adverse the circumstances "^y ^ te a& humau «ppearanœ, ïôwerer unlïkëly ^ accomplishment of the divine promises may, at any time, •eem to our limited appréhension, yet « the word of the ▲ A 3 ^- 358 MEMOIBS OP SIR W. E. PABBT. Lbf d standeth sure," and " not one jot or one tittle " of what He hath spoken shall ever fail. It waa in the midst of the most appalling danger that the angel of God stood by Paul, and assured him not only of his own préservation, biit of the safety of every soûl èmbarked in that ill-fated ship. Nothing could be more improbable. No péril could well be greater. Probably Paul was the only individual, ou$ of the " two hundred" threescore and sixteen sou^s " on board, who believed in the possibility of their being saved. But the Lord had said it. His Word was passed, and that was enough. The storm was violent, the sea was fearful, and the land was under th^ïr lee ; but He, at whose conunand the tempest blew and the waves arose, was stronger than they ; ".and so," we read, "it came to, pass that they escaped ail safe to land." ^^ But now I want you to observe, from thcaHrative before us, to whom it is that the promises '«Jf God's gracions protection are most especially, if nof Gxclusively, made. On this occasion we are not told that any such assurance was given to any but' one out of the 276 persons who were placed in this dreadful jeopardy, and that one was the servant of God I Mark that well, my dear friends. One man received a gracions intimation that, in spite of the disastrous predicamant in which their ship was placed, aU should end well. The other 275 received no such intimation; and the ground of this sélection of one man, out of so large a number, is clearly set forth in one expression used by Paul, in encouraging his afirighted shipmates. He says, " There stood by me Jhis nigh t the angel of God^ whose I ana, and whom T serve." There wasv thé secret of this marvellous tran^ction. Tes, my friends, the gracious promises ôf .'. . *^'i •• /• APPENDIX. 369 Alinighty God are specially made to those who are His, to those who serve Himl The "eyes of the Lord are," in a spécial sensé, " over the righteous, and His ears open unto their prayers." It is tnie, indeed, that "He makes His sun to shine on the evil and on the good, and sends His rain on the just and unjust ;" but, while thèse ordinary gifts of His providence are thus Bcattered with a libéral and bounteous hand upon^^, it is to His own servants, to the people of Christ, to the Bheep of His dear Son's flock, that He dispenses, in richest abundance, ail the blessings both of His pro- vidence and His grâce. To ail suçh he addresses the language which he àddressed to His chosen people of old, " He that toucheth you, toucheth tHk apple of mine eye."* "Whoso hearkeneth unto me," says the Lord, "shall dwell safely," — that, my friendà, is just what we ail want, — "shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of ëvil." f ♦ . Let me draw your attention to another circumstance well worthy of oun. notice in this accoimt of Paul's shipwreck. God not only promised him that his own life should be spared, in this great péril, "but," said the angel, "God hath given thee ail them that sail with thee." Mark that expression, "hath given thee," clearly, implying that it was for Paul's sakè that God Was pleased to spare their lives, — very likely in answer to Paul's prayers; for we know ** that the effectuai, fervent prayer of a righteous man availetb much " with God ; and thus, there can be no doubt, it often happons that the wickëd dérive important benefits from being associated or con* with Christians. Qod often -conféra i mportant- benefits on the world at large, in the course of His • Zech. ii. 8. f Prov. i. 33. A A 4 fi 1. .. ■^. . ■:(ï^l^^', ."». '■ •■•' 360 MEMOIES -OF SIR W. E. PARRT. gênerai purpose to benefit His own people. The wieked City of Sodom would hâve been spared, could ten righ- teous men hâve been found within it. The Lord said, «I wiU «ot destroy it for ten's sake." And thus, my dear fnends, it is a high and holy privilège to be related^o the servants of God,-to be the children of pious parents or to be connected with pious partners in Hfe. Many â husband, no doubt, has been spared, and saved, and blessed, m pit^ to his pious wife, or his godly children It 18 a privilège to be connected with the friends of God m business, to dwell near them. to be associated with them m the varions circumstanees of life, whether pros- ' perous or adverse. God, who crowns them with loving. kindjiess anrd tender mercies, often fiUs the abodes of their neighbours and friends with the blessings of peace and salvation. x- m« And then, again, we piay hère remark, that it is possible for a pious màn, like Paul, so to conduct himself m the vanous trying^ scènes of life, the agitations, diffi- culties. and temptations of this world, as to conciliate the faveur ot worldly rifôn, Without compromising one prin- ciple of Christian duty. «The soldiers' counsel was to kiU the pnsoners; but the centurion, wiUing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose." Paul's conduct on board the ship, the wisdom of his advice, the courage and prudence he displayed in the nÙdst of the most appalling danger, and, probably, the belief that he was under thé divme protection and ble88ing,^aU thèse considérations disposed the centurion to save his Ufe ; and thus, for «re sake of this righteous man, the lives of ail the prisoners were spared. And ail expé rience hhows that consistent Christian conduct, however despised and ridi- culed by woridly and wieked men, will, especially in i^à APPENDIX. / ,361 hmes of difficulté and trial, eecure, in the ^nd, the r*çect and esteem even of those who know littîe or nothing of the poW of Christianity in their own And, lastly, let me direct your attention to" the fact. Aat no assurance of dirine help and protection made Paul careless m the use of proper means L his préserva^ tion. We hâve seen this on several occasions in the rSr V " ""'T^' '"* '" "^^^ --« «*rikingly than m th.s shipwreck. To say ^othing of Parf's prudent r^monstrance, and advice to them not to sail at ^all, you may observe, the same wise précaution in the use of means, even after he had received the assurance of the Lords protection. When the crew of the vessel wer^ abqut to désert the ship in their boat, Paul did not look qmetly on, as if it were of no importance whether they went away or npt ; but he said to the centurion, « Excent hese abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved." 2dt Ae same way, when they had been fasting so long as to reduce thexr stxength, Paul said, «I pray you to take some méat, for this is for your health ; " and this, though m dèpendence onGod's promise, he could, immediat^i; and with the utanost confidence, add, «there shall not an haïr fall from the head of any of you ! »' From this we leam thàt we hâve no right to neglect Ae means for accomplishing any lawful purpose. How- ever certam an event may be in the divine counsels, aad Wer djstinctly revealed and promised, yet man's ag«ncy is always necessary and proper. The means are determined as. well as the end, and the one will not be l^^w^^^the ,,tt^, -^ Temember,m^affië= TiT T' f ' '°""''^' ^'" '^«^^ <« °"^ ««ovation. Ihe end is not determined without the means. As God f I ■/jt 362 MEMOIRS OF SIR W. E. PARRT. has ordained that His peuple shall be saved, so He has also ordained the means. H^e has ordained that they shall use His Word, His ordinanees, prayer ; He has ordained that they shall repent, shall believe, shall be holy, shall bring forth the fruits of repentance, faith, and hoUness, and thus shall be saved. To the diligent use of means God has promised His blessing, and, without thèse means, no blessing is to be expected. Therefore, says the Appstle, " work out your own ^alvation with fear and trembling," — hère is the exhortation to man's diligence,— and then he adds (not as an encouragement to idleness, but as a stimulus to exertion) "for it is God that worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure." And now, my friends, we hâve seen with what holy confidence, with what cool, undaunted courage, the servant of God can meet the most appalling danger. We hâve seen, too, how faithfuUy the Lord performs Hi« promises to His people. And this applies to ail God's faithful servants as much as to Paul. And is not this confidence — is not this assurance of safety worth pos- sessing ? — to be able t© say, « I know that God is my friend, * a friend that sticketh doser than a brother,'— His I am, and Him I serve, and, therefore, I know that His eye continually watches over me, that His hand is ever stretched out for my good, — I know that, corne what will, let the storms of affliction blow upon me ever 80 rudely, He who said to Paul, in the midst of the tempest, «Fear notl' will magnify His power in my deliverance, will, certainly, make *àll things work r4ogether ' ibr my best, my etemal welfare ?" Yes, my dear friends, and we shall soon, very soon, need aU that holy confidence, ail that assurance of the divine love and protection, expérience and prospe lightly, an us look ah( moment an gone while will chang smooth, an( you do at s Why, you sails, you st and why ? will not la therefore, ^ lee shore I mercies of ( evef smootl now, it cai storms of s beat upon you. It is b&Hiempt i to lean upo support, an( my dear fri storm is at snares, fire The impenil Tes, my fri -i^inst ^^fai any kind c Btorm, with mmm >' / APPENDIX. 363 protection, which lione btrt the servants of God can expérience. It is ai? easy thing, while life, and health, and prosperity, are granted to us, to treat thèse matters lightly, and view them with indifférence ; but oh ! let us look ahead, my friends, Jet us look beyond the présent moment and the présent scène I The présent moment is gone while we are talking about it. The présent scène will change before we are aware of it. Ail may be smooth, and calm, and quiet with you now, but what do you do at sea, when ail is smooth, and calm, and quiet ? Why, you put your rigging to rights, you repair your sails, you set ail in prder, while you hâve the opportunîty : and why ? Because you know Tery well that the cahn will not last for ever, that it cannot last long, and, therefore, you prépare for the next gale, and the next lee shore I My dear friends, I beseech you, " by the mercies of God," to do the same by your soûls I How- ever smooth and unruffled may be the océan of your life now, it cannot always be so. Even in this world, the storms of affliction will come, the billows of trial will beat upon you, the rude blasts of suffering will.Assail you. It is the common lot of humanity, and you cannot bei|||empt from it. And, even then, you will find_.that to lean upon any but your God for comfort, strength, support, and help, is but to lean on a broken rééd. But, my dear friends, a much worse, a much more terrible storm is at hand. ''lifpon the wiçked God shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest." The impénitent and unbelieving sinner is described hère. Tes, my friends, that will be a «torm indeed! a stonn i^iiist Ntrhich no humair art^ or leaming, or ^evice of^ any kind can prevail to shelter you! Against that ; storm, with ail its terrifie and eternal conséquences, there ?■ ' v^ 364 MEMOIR8 OP SIR W. E. PARRT. ia but one thing can shield you, — '" looking unto jesus," — laying hold of the Lord Jésus Chri^ by Faith,— committing your soûls to Him, as your Savionr-God. This is what you must do to secure yourselves against the stonn of God's righteous indignation. Every other refuge will prove « a refuge of lies," whenever ihat storm cornes. As, in the days oi Noah, the ark was the only place of security when the floods of God's anger poured down on this sinful earth, so, believe me, Christ will be the only Ark which will bear you harmless in that more tremendous flood, when « irtdignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish," shall be poured Upon every soûl of man that has not fled to the hope set before it in the Gospel I Would to God, my friends, I could, by any words of mine, persuade you to come mto this Ark, and at once ! You know not when the storm may come. Be, then, always ready. That is the way, and the only way, to be always safe. Oh, do not tirifle, do not Unger, do not Uve on, day by day, half-and-half Christians, meaning well, perhaps, but not acting' boldly and decisively, having no real dealing with Christ, no Personal transaction with the Saviour of sinners, and, therefore, securing to yourselves no interest in His great salvation! Oh, be wise in time! The Lord Jesus is now inviting you to come to Him. His message of mejTcy is before you. I beseech you, my friends, if you hâve never come to Christ before, come^ Him now! Hear His gracions voice, « Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the watersl»* B^eiieve that «faithM saying, and worthy of ail acceptation, that Ch ri st Jé sus came into the world to save ainnersl"- Show^at you do believe il^ by acting up to it. The Lord Jesus stands ready to save ail who will bé saved, ^^ i :iÀ^^ ^â^kM .iMii i^A,^ r. APPENDIX. 365 ail who will corne unto God by him «Oh M \. Thrw""'"/r "^'""^ '°^-"''> ^'^ ^' Kople' The \^ „f tieir head are ail nun.bered, .„d the Lorf ongcr. No d.sease oan touch them tiU the Lord «ive» % ^ord ! - Whon they corne to .heir deatthed! " Z e^ewasung ..ms" are round about then>, and Ckea' «».rbedmthe,r9.ckne98.» And, when they die they breathe their h«t in their Eedeemer's arn.,^ .L fS asleep m Jesos, and are at once carried, lik; ll^ «Abraham, bosom. In life and in deaeh th^rue mment of thaï sweet promise relating to Chris^ ''a mal t .^ *! ■" ''■'"°8-P'«- fr»» 'he wind, and a co" ri foom the tempe^t: as rivers of water in a dry Ice « tte shadow of a great rock in a w.ar, I.nd.» + Qh ^ fnenda, a,ake thatMan, the God-man, Christ Jesn" "r tpmpest, and 70U may say : " " Then, let the wildest storms arise, â Let tempests mingle earth with skie . No fatal shipwreck shall I fear, ' > * * But all.my treaaures with me bear. " Jf thou, my Saviour, stiU be nigh, Cheerfiil I live, and cheerfùUic ;' Secnre, when mortal comforts flée, To find ten thousand worlds in thbe ! " - • Rey. J. Ryle. tJsalah, xxxii. 2^ .1 f'I w JHE BSBt ^ ?>b., .%^: '! ^' • c ^ LoNDON : Priuted by SporriijwooDi ti Co. N«w-itreet Square. X "Too much towrded to the cle mass of (tatiatlcs . tains iB drawn m whieh oollected tl; rtned by esch pai animal and Uni gnni of the apor the weight of fSod Thcre.ii eren aoo amoont of «une eniedltionaalnoelS more important t anthor's obeerrati^ TMiel. The maxii the tbermometer the readinga of ail *tmme&ta: meteoi theloKoftheihip'i •Dd dearix tfHaiM H Interest even thi to the nrpfciaiaa t Ml WhatweiB hutory of the Teu nort riMaM^ re ^ue ; theTarloua nti •.z t-'''.'myi -.!■,'.-'■■ W' .M f: THE VOYAC EOF "THE R E80LUTE." Joat published, wit^i a coloured Chart of the^orth-West Passace, • exhibiting the Resoljffe'sYojaae and Recovery, 8 lllustwitiona m tinted Lithoèrnpliy, an^24 Engravings on Wood, " in Ono Volume, Svo.'price 2l3. âoth, THE EVENTFUL VOYî^GE * ' or - THE RESOLÏÏTÊ TO THB AECTIO REGIONS IN 8BARCH or SIR JOHN FRANKLIN AND- THE MISSJNG CREWS OF " . HER MAJESTY'S DISCOVERY «HIPa EREBUS AND TERROR, 1863, 1858, Ï864. • TO WHICH IS ADOBD «, An Account of her being faMen in with by an American Whaler after hcr abandojiment in Barrow Straits, and of her ^ présentation to Queen Victoria by the Govefîtmentof the United States. y ;By GEORGE F. M'DOUGALL, Mastee/ ^ LiitirMM.8. Setolute. . i /** Among the incidents of Aro> tio enterprlae .which hâve for w «uuy "Too much praige cannot be •OMrded to the clearneBs with which the nuM of ttatiiUcs that this volume coli- te is drawn up. and to the Induatry which ooUected them. Eréry mile tra- venedby each party la recorded; evenr «iilnua and bird that fell before the mta of the niortamen is neted, and the weight of food which they afforded. Thera. Il eren a comparative table of the amoant of game taken in the varioas «n'éditions dnoe 1819. There are also the more Important tabular reSults of the •nwwr'a obeervatione àa master of the nsMl. The maximum and miulmum of thé thannometer during every month: tbe readings of ail the more délicate In' *"?»«»»•! mjteorological occurrencea; theloff oftheahlp'i crulse.-all BCtaimplT and etearij reli^ aa to inform as wUl as interest «ven the gênerai reader.^whUe to the proftaaioii they make a speâU ap- vm, What we aunr term the domaatio UatOT of the reasel «nd her (nmatea la nwt nleasantlT related— «very imiill de- r MMrUtti tedie a» manoton y vtat^- 4Ug ; the Tariona nUos devUed andoarried «at bythe office* for the amusement aa weU as the Inatomlon of the men.» OtOBB.-. years caused public àttëntîôn'to veeiften- «tanUy towards the North. not th4 leÉkt Intereating la that act of Intemi^onal conrtesy,— enhanced by the drenmatinces of the moment tt whfoh It took placé.— the restoration tp the British Naryto ^e Govemment of the United States of o m of the ezploHns vesaels abandoned Jn Ôe ice, and most handsomely converte t .1» onr American brethren jnto a preseï it m (toeen Victoria. ,ApaiC»>owev«r, ih)m\ the spécial Interest tnus Imputëa to the AfwAtto. an aooouit of the ezpedltio n in which that Tessel waa,pngâged forma a m rj^fl i- TalnaUe, ftoatnre in the Mftory of Antic explOTation. and la, Indeed. Indlspenaable \ to lu oompleteneaa. Huchauaccoanthaa. fortonatehr, been preserved in the tom post T^aue and most acceptable, that of a Jonnial kept ttcf^ day to day tnp.«n in. telligentoffloer ccbnected with Vb» enie- ditltmj nor will thia Jonmal lose Km/aU^ Jto^ytton.ydtrnstworth jin'r' Jn fte of It Intended to be easeiitlaUy private. as nothing WKR fbrther tmm nia Ùiouidiu than its publieatioii.'* "»»iiiB» JOHIT BtOU ' liondon: LONGMAN, BEOWN, and CO., Patèmoster Eoït. , ,-^, lïî I CAPTAI^ PARKER SNOW'S MiSSIONARY VOYAGE 01^ THE "ALLEN GARDINER" TO TIERRA DEL FUEG O AND CAPE H ORN. {Tust published, in 2 vols, post 8vo. with's coloured Charts and 6 Illustrations in tinted lithography, priée 24s, clotb. TWO YEARS' 0RUI8E MISSIONARY YACHT ALLEN GARDINER, OPF TIERRA DEL FtÎEGO, THE FALKLAND ISLANDS, PATAGONIA, AND THE RIVER PLATE. Bj W. PAEKEE SNOW. Authorof"Vo^ageofthePrt«ci ~n~i n like enthuBiasmforthesea and ail that belongB to it, that in reading liia storr we aometlmes are tempted tothink that Captein Marryat and Mr. Kingaley had laid their heada together In order to pro- duce aaort of mlsaionary Petm- Simple The principal merit of the book is one of whi^ a revlew can only glve an inadéquate description. It consiats rather in the heartlnem, the goM aenae, and the férvonr wltn which the author writea upon ail sprta of thinga andpeople, than in the posi- tive information which he convoya. He aeema to know and to love the aea in ail its mooda ; and he tella the story of his vanous atbrma and manoeuvres with that atrange energy. and that paaaion for wild adventure, which hâve dUtingnished the race to which he belonga from the daya of the Sea-kinga downwards." Spkotatob. -— " a Bobinson- CroMe abrle of narration, and a kind of rpudi and pictureaqaeltreatment, auataln tl(e Intereat of the nautical desoriptions more than might be aappoMdi the wUd aiMl violent weather of Ihe Fiâlkland la- laifda, with the dangen of their navln- Mon, «J4 the peouUiar oharaoter of Uie Biver Plate, hâve » novelty beyond the «»n«non nui of voyaging The adven- Jure» InTlerra del Fuego are very intereat- Ing. Ihat région te perhape the moet extraordinanr In the world, trom the raanner In Which tlie watar InteraecU the land. It te about aa freah a phM» aa a trsveUer oan go to; for, exoept Fltiroy, in hte Mlebrated aurveying voyage, wê flueation whether any one haa gone over more grojmd— or rauier water— than oar •uthoM The rtal duimra of the naviga- tion Arom rocka, ahoida, wlnda, uid Imaglnadon, ftoin the miatruat whloh ^««•n. !»»••'«'. *** *"■ *•»«»• watera, ainM tbe Ont oircumnavigator paased throogh the Htralta wfiioh bear hia name, •ven when the dlaoovery of Magellan waa superseded «by the doubling of Cape Hom. Kor are the actual incldmta without attraction. The little AUen Oar- diner enoountered much rough weather, and eaoaped many dangers. Captahi Snow a tntereourae with the Fuegiana ex- hibits man in aa unaophiaticated a atate aa he well oan be ; for tlie nativea of ail agea and aezea werequite fttted, as ragardi costume, for the early daya of Paradiaa. JemtHp Button himaelf waa diaoovered, aller the lapée of some qnarter of a peo- tury, retaliilng atknowledge of EiiglUh worda, a remembrance of Bngland, and a aenae of what was due to the présence of ladiea (Hra. Snow waa on board) ; but waa unwiBing to go baok to Engtend, or ut any one ebe go. Tho oonntiy, as weil as the Captain's descriptions, as in the engnivings tnym his sketohes, appean more plea santimd frmtfta than the mind ttappcaev ean-h^ -the -case^^n Sierra "tlei~ Fuego: even the spot where poor Qar- dîner perished, with ita omlnoua name of atturvation Bap, looks green and agreeable in the plate." London: LONOMAN, BROWN, and CO., ratemoster Bow. i "" ?ii'5 'li I riiÉilhlliii I iii ■ "" r'^' ■^- ■ bhn Franklin." i*"fai "TiOTr*''i48Î^ loster Bow. OP NEW WORKS IN GENEBAL LITERATUEE PUBLISHBD BY LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN. LONGMANS, AND ROBERTS, 39, Paternoster Row, Lqndon. CLASSIFIED INDEX. Agricoltore and Bnral Afiairs. 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Amr Herbert .... « CaWert'a Wlfc, janST"*" • • J ChT» Hall . /"■■" ' ' ' J CoaybMtaiEaaaj*. '. '. ' f 13 ' 13 13 14 U 19 IS 22 17 17 18 18 19 21 Zi 23 21 2« 24 23 2« 26 26 26 27 28 28 32 32 32 6 « 9 9 U 19 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 P la 81 «2 Conjbeare and Iloirson'a St Paul l.oUoD'8 InstrucUon» in ChrUtianitr n«lc'a Dompstic LitursT U»fenceof.BcJ<^o/A«* .' .' UiBciphne Earl» Uauehte'r (The) PseofFaith Eclipse „. . „.i„ Englishman's Greek Conrordànco !' H«b. & Chald. Concoid Expérience (The) of Life ^""«O" Gertrude , Hariison'» Light of the Fonre" Hook s Lectures on Paaaion Week Horne » hitroduetion to Seriptuca u , «/^''''("""«tofditto. . Huc's Chriatianity in China . Humphrc,8-sPto»WM Illuminated' Ivom, by the Autbor otAmaSerbert Jameson's Sacred Legends . " Monaatic Legend» ' WendaoftheMadonna on Feroale Emplorment . Jeremy Taylor's Worka . Katb.krine Ashton . Kenig's PictorUl Ufe of Lntlùr ■' Laneton Parsonage . Letiers to my Unknoim Frieads ' " on Happinas» , I.yra Gernuuuca . . ' * Macnaujjht on Inspiration Maguire's Rome . . . , i';«a;irp^".ï,'''°''''';c»ticomb. : Martineau's Christian Liïo '.' ' .. . ", „ Hymns .'.'.' MerivJe'.ChnstiaivRecord» . '. Milnera Chureh ofChriat Mooro on the Uae of the Bodr ',. ^ L', *">• *ni* BodT ; ■ ". "a Mao and hia MotiVe* . on MominsClonda ""'»'"» • . M Neale'sClosing Scène '. ' ' ' Si Po«eU-a ChrisBanity withoatJndiiBB : S " on the Claim» of RereUtioo « Reading. for Lent . ~'~™« • 23 oijj,". „ Conannation . ! m Riddle» Hou»ehold Praren . « uS"'* ^'''^ toitaGwek Tea^ ^ Saints our Exanple îl Sermon in the Uount ' * * îf Smuh's Sydney) Moral PhUa«)nhT " (u.V.l AssTrian VmnW^tZ. _. 28 26 . 9 . 9 . 9 . 10 10 as 10 10 10 2S 29 12 12 13 13 U 14 23 14 14 14 16 19 35 11 29 19 13 7 18 18 18 29 18 18 19 20 20 20 20 .h,..l''i^,^.'2*=kofSt.Pa.l ff'i'ej" l'ire ofWealey . . S tephcn-s Ecclealaatkal BlogiiuihT Taylor's Lorala -~».«i«iy '" W«itoy . '. • • TJeologUGerianlc» . Thnmb Bible (The) TomUne'a Introdncti«D to tha BtÙ* Tumer'a Sacred Hiatory... « îoung.»ç|^irto,Hi.li,, . : ; S Poetry and the Orans. 2« 27 27 7 28 28 28 Arnold a Merope . ^^ ^ ' 5 „ " Poemr . ■ ■ • • î •I ■'1 m •m 'i ■ "WBimnwntiswMRMac .- ■;?'--•-> -s "i^^-* .1-}' p l'tf !, ,tr 1 ^ i U i t V- 1 CLASSIFIED INDEX. De V*re'« May C*roU Eitcourt's Miutc o( Création . > FaltY Family (The) .... Golosmith'i Pmnu, illuatrated l. E. L.'» Poetic»! Worki Ijtiwaod's Antliologia Oxonienaii Ljra Germanica .... M«caula}'a Lays of Ancient Rome MadUonald'a within and Without " Poema Montfcomkry'a Pwtical Works Moore'a Poetical Works . . " Sélections (illusUated) . " LallaHookh . . " IriKh Mélodies . " National Mélodies . " Sonna and BallaiU . Reade's Pwtical Works . Sliakspeare, bv Bowdler . Soulhey's Poetical Works . , " Britiih PoeU . Thomaon's Seasona, iUnatrattd 10 10 10 11 IS 13 7 17 18 18 20 20 20 20 21 21 20 2* 2j 26 26 28 Political Eoonomy ft Statistios. Dedd's Food of London . . . lo Greg's Political and Social Essaya . 11 M'Culloch's GeiTBéiDaeîor,iKr , TroUope's Barchester Towers , " Wurilen . 8 8 9 10 10 10 12 12 14 12 13 23 24 12 , 27 27 , 12 ; R 8 12 20 2U 12 12 2S 1'^ 12 32 82 Voyages and Travels. Baker'a Wanderinga in Ceylon Barth'k African Travels . Berketey'a ForesU of France . Borton's Eaat AfVica . . '. ' " Médina and Meeca . Carliale'a Turkey and Greece . Flemish Interiora ..... Forester'a Sardinia and Coraica Halloran's Japan Hill'a Travels in Siberia . Hinchliffa Travels in the Alp* Howitt's Art-Student m Munich 1 « '.' ovP-j ^'o'»''» ... : Hne's Chineae Empire . Hudson and Kennedv'a Mont Blanc ,' Hnmboldfa Aspecta of Natuf e M*Clure's North-West Passage MacDougalPs Voyage of the Itéaolufe '. Osborn's Quedah . Pfeiffer's Voyage round the World Qttatrefagea'a Kamblea of a Naturaliat . Scherser'a Central America . Seaward's Narrative Snow's Tierra del Foego . 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