Chap. IX. PARRY'S POLAR VOYAGE. 327 



The character and conduct of Sir Edward Parry, 

 as a Captain in command of a ship of war, has 

 been fully exhibited in the present narrative, 

 abridged as it is : prompt in difficulty, cool in 

 danger, fertile in expedients, and rich in resources, 

 he was never unprepared in the hour of need : to 

 the people under his charge he was kind, consider- 

 ate, and attentive ; and while rigidly exacting the 

 performance of their duties, was ever studious to 

 administer to their comforts and their welfare, in- 

 structing them that these benefits could only be 

 acquired and preserved by a strict obedience to 

 command, steady good conduct, and due regard to 

 the duties of religion. 



If an officer who has accompanied Captain Parry 



in all his Arctic and Polar voyages were passed 



over in silence, it would properly be considered as 



a dereliction of justice and of duty, in the writer 



of this narrative. The following memorandum of 



Captain Sir James Ross's services will put the 



reader in possession of an abstract of what he has 



performed : — 



In April, 1812, he entered the navy. 

 18121 



to 

 1817. 



1818 Admiralty Midshipman in the Isabella in Com- 

 mander Ross's voyage of discovery to the Arctic 

 seas. 

 1819 ) Admiralty Midshipman in the Hecla, in Captain 

 1820 I Parry's 1st voyage of discovery to the Arctic seas. 



Volunteer 1st class, Midshipman, and Mate with 

 Commander Ross. 



