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tation that the quiet duties of that appointment would be beneficial 

 to his general health, for they could not fail to notice the inroads 

 which a life of so laborious and anxious a character had made upon 

 his constitution. Scarcely, however, had six months elapsed before 

 symptoms of a dangerous and painful disease became apparent. 

 The probable fatal tendency of this complaint was well known to 

 Parry, but he bore up against its painful effects with Christian forti- 

 tude, cheerfulness and resignation. 



Towards 1855 the approaching fatal termination of his complaint 

 became but too evident, and at the recommendation of his medical 

 advisers he determined to try the waters of Ems, but his bodily 

 strength was unequal to the journey. He was detained for a time at 

 Coblentz by exhaustion ; and reached Ems, only to end there his 

 days, for on the 8th of July, 1855, it pleased the Almighty disposer 

 of events to bring to a close his long and varied life of usefulness. 

 Perfectly resigned and full of humble hope he breathed his last, sur- 

 rounded by his mourning family ; giving proof in the closing mo- 

 ments of his existence of the blessed effects of that spirit of piety 

 and devotion which he had so ardently cultivated throughout his life. 

 His remains were conveyed to England and interred with honours in 

 Greenwich Hospital. 



Thus terminated the career of one of the most distinguished offi- 

 cers of the age in which he lived, a career as varied and eventful as 

 it was honourable and prosperous : gifted with talents of a general 

 character, he performed with credit whatever he undertook ; but in 

 none of his appointments was he more successful than in that of 

 commander of those expeditions of discovery which have so much 

 contributed to his own fame and the honour of his country. 



As a member of society, no one stood higher in general estima- 

 tion : kind, affectionate, of high moral and religious principles, 

 charitable and humane, his memory will long be cherished in quarters 

 where good men most desire to be remembered, more particularly 

 in the wards of Haslar Hospital, and in those useful charitable in- 

 stitutions known as the Sailor's Homes, asylums for the humble 

 members of his profession, for whose temporal and spiritual im- 

 provement he had always so strenuously laboured. 



Parry left several works behind him. Besides the narratives of 

 his voyages, we find his name associated with three papers in the 



