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fore more free from prejudice than some of his coun- 

 trymen. There is Dr Ward and his son, Avho have 

 plenty of work to do, and so has Mr Deane, ever busy 

 taking notes for a history of the expedition, for which 

 the genial and industrious Mr Dudley is preparing 

 pictorial illustrations ; and last, not least, the well- 

 known Dr Eussell, who not only supplies the literary 

 portion of the aforesaid work, but who also has to 

 furnish an elaborate report of the voyage for the Com- 

 pany to forward to the press : an excellent companion 

 is he on a long voyage, ever chatty and cheerful, and 

 full of anecdotes and information picked up in every 

 quarter of the globe. It is said that Caesar, Xapo- 

 leon, and, I believe, our own Wellington, could write 

 despatches and give verbal orders at the same time ; 

 but in this respect Kussell beats them all. I have 

 seen him correct the proof-sheets of a newspaper of 

 which he is the editor, enter into the general conver- 

 sation, and, moreover, play a rubber of whist, all at 

 once, though I fear with some detriment to his part- 

 ner's interests in the latter operation ; his two sons, 

 Willie and Johnny, accompanying him, looking for- 

 ward with delight to catching a cod-fish in Newfound- 

 land. There are also many young gentlemen in the 

 other saloon who accompany the expedition for the 

 purpose of acquiring experience as engineers or elec- 

 tricians, amongst whom are Mr Gooch's son, Messrs 

 Crampton, jun., and Trench, and a most ingenious 

 little mechanician, M. Schiifer, whose good temper 



