Arrival at New York. 



CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



Conclusion. 



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pilot- boats, and on the fog clearing away a little, 

 discovered one close to us. A pilot now boarded 

 and took charge of the ship, and at noon on the 

 10th of June, 1842, anchored us off Sandy Hook, 

 where a steamer came alongside soon afterwards, 

 and took us in tow. After stopping half an hour 

 at the quarantine ground, to receive the visit of 

 the health officer, we held our course towards the 

 city of New York. 



Before I left the Vincennes off the Battery, the 

 crew were called to muster, when I expressed to 

 them my thanks for the manner in which they had 

 conducted themselves during the cruise, and stated 

 the confident belief entertained by me, that they 

 would receive from the government such rewards 

 as the successful performance of the cruise, and 

 their long and perilous services, entitled them to. 

 A national salute was then fired, and my pennant 

 hauled down, the command of the ship being given 

 to Captain Hudson, who proceeded with her to the 

 navy-yard. As soon as she was safely moored, all 

 the men who could be spai'ed were allowed to go 

 on shore, with their bags and hammocks. A hap- 

 pier set of fellows than they were is not often to be 

 met with; being relieved from their long confine- 



ment on shipboard, and the severe discipline of a 

 man-of-war. 



Those who have perused this full narrative of 

 the events of the expedition, I confidently believe, 

 will absolve me from all the charges so industri- 

 ously circulated against me, relative to the manner 

 in which 1 had conducted the expedition; at the 

 same time they will see what meed of honour or 

 reward is justly due to the officers and crews who 

 faithfully served out the cruise. All of the former, 

 and many of the latter, are still to be found on the 

 rolls of the navy, and to them, I trust that the 

 applause of a grateful country has been only de- 

 layed, not wholly lost. 



On our arrival home, the health of the prisoner 

 Vendovi had so far declined, that it was necessary 

 to place him in the Naval Hospital at New York. 

 Every attention was paid him there, but very soon 

 afterward he expired. 



The Porpoise and Oregon had, in the mean time, 

 proceeded to Rio Janeiro, where they executed 

 their instructions, and having obtained the neces- 

 sary supplies, sailed for the United States. After 

 leaving the equator, their route differed but little 

 from that pursued by the Viucennes. 



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