The Farewell at New London. 43 



and flags flipped. The Monticello, under tlie foiuiiiaiHl of ("aju. 10. 

 A. Chapel, of Hudson, N. Y., was a staundi wlialer of ;;.')(; tons r('<ris- 

 ter, engaged in the wlialing business from tlie date of her ]h\w^ 

 launched, 1842; she carried four large boats, besides her spare-boats 

 and Hall's Expedition whale-boat. She was accompanied Ijy tlie 

 Tender, Helen F., a craft of about 100 tons, carrying two boats. 



Those who bade Hall farewell at this hour of his second dei)arture 

 from home for the execution of his long-cherished purposes, wlieii they 

 left him on their return to the harbor, made this record, "He is full 

 of hope, never desponding; has firm trust in Him who doeth all things 

 well, and is marked for his steady perseverance and integrity ; prompt, 

 truthful, and of undoubted reliability, he readily makes friends b\ liis 

 whole-souledness, and those who meet him once are happy to renew 

 the acquaintance." 



Hall's own feelings are tersely expressed in a letter written on 

 board the Monticello, July 13, when nearing the port of St. John's. 

 He wrote : 



I have now a work before me that might make some sliuddor to niidt rtakc. 

 It is a great undertaking for one man, I will confess ; but, having once jmt myself 

 in the course, I must and will persevere. I hope by the aid of Ileaveu to siiicci'd, 

 and at the end of three years I shall return to my friends, who may rejoice tliat 

 they withheld not in the time of my great need. During the passage to this port 

 I have felt little hke work, for I may say it has been the first resting s])ell I have 

 had for years. 



His correspondence was closed by the coiTCctions of the last 

 proof-sheets of his volume on the researches of 18G0-'62, the }iretaee 

 to which was dated on board the Monticello. His acknowledgments 

 were again gratefully tendered to Messrs. Harper, who at the time 

 when he had supposed himself ready to return to the N'oitli, liad 



