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hitter, 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 delayed, 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 after- 

 ward he expired. 



The Porpoise and Oregon had, in the mean time, proceeded to Rio 

 Janeiro, where they executed their instructions, and having obtained 

 the necessary supplies, sailed for the United States. After leaving the 

 equator, their route differed but little from that pursued by the 

 Vincennes. 



In their deep-sea soundings they found the same low temperatures 

 that we had noticed; and in crossing the Gulf Stream, the difference 

 of temperature between the surface and at one hundred fathoms was 

 but five degrees. Both vessels arrived at New York within a few 

 days of each other, and their crews were discharged in the same 

 manner as that of the Vincennes. 



CAfE OF GOOD HOPE. 



