348 CONCLUSION. 



CONCLUSION. 



We sailed all the way home from Greenland, 

 yet the ' Fox ' made the passage in only nineteen 

 days, arriving in the English Channel on 20th 

 September; on the evening of the 21st I 

 reached London (having landed at Portsmouth), 

 and made known to the Admiralty the result 

 of my voyage. 



On the 23rd September the 'Fox' was taken 

 into dock at Blackwall ; and, through the kind- 

 ness and promptitude of the Lords of the 

 Admiralty, I was enabled on the 27th, when 

 the crew were assembled for the last time, to 

 present the Arctic medal to such of my com- 

 panions as had not already received it for pre- 

 vious Arctic service, and also to inform Lieu- 

 tenant Hobson that his promotion to the rank 

 of Commander would speedily take place. 



I will not intrude upon the reader, who has 

 followed me through the pages of this simple 

 narrative, any description of my feelings on 

 finding the enthusiasm with which we were 

 all received on landing upon our native shores. 



