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The first Lieutenants were worthy to serve under 
such men. Lieutenant Bird of the Erebus, son of the 
Rev. Godfrey Bird, Rector of Little Witham, was a 
distinguished Arctic officer, highly thought of by Parry 
as well as by Ross. Knowing his work thoroughly he 
was steady, reliable, and calm in moments of danger. 
As a midshipman he had seen service at the blockade of 
Brest and the battle of Algiers. Archibald M'Murdo of 
the Terror, grandson of Major M'Murdo, the friend of the 
poet Burns, was an officer of more than ordinary ability, 
whose brother Sir Herbert was equally distinguished as 
a soldier, and as the right hand of Sir Charles Napier 
in Sind. Archibald served in the Blonde with Sir Edmund 
Lyons in the operations against the Turks in the Morea, 
and later in the Alligator under Captain Lambert in the 
East Indies and New Zealand. He was promoted in 1836 
for his intrepidity and skill in recovering a crew of wrecked 
whalers from the clutches of the Maoris. He served in 
the disastrous voyage of the Terror with Sir George Back, 
who had a very high opinion of his capacity, and he was 
first Lieutenant of that ship until ill health obliged him 
to return home. He afterwards commanded the Contest 
on the coast of Africa, became a Rear-Admiral, and died 
in December, 1875. 
Of the other Lieutenants John Sibbald was a steady, 
capable officer, and Wood a good surveyor. Phillips of 
the Terror, a very active enthusiastic officer, was a good 
seaman, and a man of ability and sound sense. He 
afterwards showed those qualities in the Arctic regions 
under Sir John Ross, when I knew him well. 
Of the Mates, Oakley was a good observer and a useful 
young officer, and Alexander Smith was well known to 
Sir James Ross, having served under him in Davis Strait, 
on board the Cove. Moore was a young officer endowed 
with no ordinary ability, energy, and tact. He com- 
manded the Pagoda afterwards, when she was sent south 
to complete some of Ross's magnetic work. In command 
of the Plover he made a boat voyage to Cape Barrow ; he 
became a Rear Admiral, Fellow of the Royal Society, 
and Governor of the Falkland Islands 1855-62. He died 
in 1870. 
Dr M c Cormick and Dr Robertson undertook the 
