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partment of science, he arrived at the highest step 

 in the service (short of the flag) : but more of him 

 hereafter. 



Lieutenant Horatio T. Austin, after distinguish- 

 ing himself as an able officer, and having much 

 good and active service, received his promotion as 

 Captain in 1838, and is now Captain of the William 

 and Mary yacht. 



Lieutenant Joseph Sherer by his good service 

 raised himself to the rank of Captain in 1841, and 

 received the honour of K.H. 



" The public," Parry says, " are very highly 

 indebted to Dr. Samuel Neill, who, in addition 

 to his professional duties, entirely superintended 

 the public collection of specimens of natural his- 

 tory, and has furnished a variety of important 

 geological notices ;" and he refers to the Zoological 

 Appendix by Lieutenant Ross as " furnishing ample 

 evidence of the attention paid by that gentleman 

 (Neill) to this department of science, in addition to 

 the immediate duties of his station." 



F. R.-M. Crozier, midshipman, a most zealous 

 young officer, who, by his talents, attention, and 

 energy, has succeeded in working himself up to the 

 top of the service. He was Lieutenant of the Hecla 

 in Parry's Polar voyage, and volunteered with 

 Captain James Ross to go in the midst of winter 

 into the Arctic Seas, for the relief of the missing 

 whale ships ; was made Captain in 1841, and com- 

 manded the second ship in Captain James Ross's 



