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But the greatest and crowning mercy of all 

 was, in returning once more, with such good 

 health, from so many dangers, exposures, and 

 perils which have attended the present voyage. 



Mr. John W. Norton arrived home in October, 

 1855 ; Mr. John P. Fisher, and Mr. Abram Os- 

 born, Jr., arrived home in April, 1856 ; — making 

 the time since they sailed from New Bedford, 

 October, 1851, four years for the first, and four 

 and a half years for the last two. 

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