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cheerful and obedient conduct. Not a murmur of discon- 

 tent was heard throughout the voyage, but every individual 

 engaged with alacrity in the laborious tasks he was called 

 upon to perform. Where all behaved with the greatest zeal, 

 it would be invidious to particularise any ; and I am happy 

 to have it in my power to add, that since our return to Eng- 

 land, Gillot (coxswain), Tucker (carpenter), and Tysoe 

 (marine), who were in H.M.'s service previous to their being 

 employed on the expedition, have been rewarded by pro- 

 motion. Our good-natured and faithful Esquimaux friend, 

 Ooligbuck, carried with him to his native land the warmest 

 wishes and esteem of the whole party. His attachment to 

 us was never doubtful, even when we were surrounded by a 

 tribe of his own nation. 



" The general abilities and professional skill of my com- 

 panion, Mr. (now Lieutenant) Kendall, are duly appreciated 

 in higher quarters, and can derive but little lustre from any 

 eulogium from me ; but I cannot deny myself the grati- 

 fication of recording my deep sense of the good fortune and 

 happiness I experienced, in being associated with a gentle- 

 man of such pleasing manners, and one upon whose friendly 

 support and sound judgment I could, with confidence, rely 

 on occasions of difficulty and doubt inseparable from such a 

 voyage." — p. 283. 



This kind-hearted and most amiable man, Dr. 

 Richardson, could not pass over the incident of 

 bestowing on a bay the name of Franklin, without 

 recording a kind and well-deserved compliment to 

 that highly meritorious officer. 



" It would not be proper, nor is it my intention, to descant 

 on the professional merits of my superior officer ; but, after 

 having served under Captain Franklin for nearly seven years, 

 in two successive voyages of discovery, I trust I may be 



