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1837 ) Employed, at the desire of the Lords Commissioners 



1838 / of the Admiralty, in determining the variation of 



the compass on all parts of the coast of Great 

 Britain, and the general magnetic survey for 

 determining duration of the time of equal varia- 

 tion, dip, and intensity, in conjunction with Pro- 

 fessor Lloyd, Colonel Sabine, and Professor 

 Phillips, at the request of the British Associa- 

 tion. 



And lastly, from 1839 to 1843, Captain H.M.S. 

 Erebus, in command of the Antarctic expedition. 



13th March, 1844, received the honour of knight- 

 hood. 



20th June, 1844, Hon. D.C.L., Oxford. 



Received gold medals of Geographical Societies of 

 England and of France. 



It will be seen that Mr. James (now Sir James) 

 Ross has risen by regular gradation from the lowest 

 to the highest rank in his profession, and to the 

 honours he now enjoys, by his indefatigable zeal, 

 self-taught abilities, and diligence. It is due to 

 him, therefore, in taking leave of his Arctic labours, 

 at the same time with his friend and Commanding 

 Officer Sir Edward Parry, to express a conviction, 

 in common with that of his brother officers and 

 associates, that few men possess, in a more eminent 

 degree, the qualities required in most arduous at- 

 tempts. To a strong and vigorous constitution, 

 and bodily powers of no ordinary kind, James Ross 

 unites an ardent love of enterprise, a determined 

 perseverance in the attainment of his object, and a 



