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and Miss Cracroft wrote to me from Bournemouth in March 

 last. They have travelled more in the time than we have, 

 having visited almost all the countries bordering the Medi- 

 terranean and Black Seas, posted through the Crimea, and 

 steamed up the Danube ! I am gratified to find that I have 

 been elected a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron during 

 my absence. 



Yesterday morning I called upon the Inspector, Mr. Olrik, 

 who has been home to Denmark since I saw him last spring. 

 In the autumn he took Mrs. Olrik and his family to Copen- 

 hagen, and has but just returned alone. He received me 

 with his usual kindness, and promised me such supplies as 

 we require, notwithstanding that my demands are unsus- 

 tained by any authority — even my expected letters of credit 

 have not arrived ; neither is there any hint thrown out as to 

 where I am to take the ' Fox.' Mr. Olrik gave me a large 

 bundle of the ' Illustrated London News,' which was ex- 

 ceedingly acceptable, and told us that Austria was at war 

 with France and Sardinia. By the latest news a battle had 

 been fought and won by the latter Powers. Most fortu- 

 nately a ' Navy List ' had come out to Hobson, otherwise I 

 think we should have been utterly brokenhearted ! We 

 study its pages daily, and delight in noticing the advance- 

 ment of our many friends. 



1 st Sept, Thursday night — At sea, on the passage, and 

 already enjoying, by anticipation, the pleasures of home ! 

 Five busy days were spent in Godhavn, supplying our 

 present wants, in as far as they could be supplied, including 

 100 gallons of light beer. The natives were very useful, the 

 men bringing off water, stone ballast, and sand, and a troop 

 of lively Esquimaux girls scrubbing the paintwork and the 

 decks. 



Each evening the men went on shore, taking with them 



