572 
MERGE TO GYRENE. 
We cannot close our account of the proceedings of the Expedition 
without expressing in a public manner our warmest thanks to the 
officers who accompanied us on our journey : the privations and 
hardships to which they were exposed might have reasonably drawn 
forth an occasional murmur ; but these have always been patiently 
and cheerfully borne ; and we have cause to be grateful, on many 
occasions, for services which have materially contributed to forward 
the objects, and facilitate the advance of the Expedition. To 
Eieutenant Coffin, in particular, who attached himself as a volunteer 
to our party, we feel ourselves under considerable obligations ; and 
we should not do justice to the assiduity and regularity with which 
he kept the camel-track, mentioned above, if w'e did not state that 
it has enabled us to lay down the route with much greater precision 
than we could otherwise have attained to*. 
* The accuracy to which this method of computing distance may be brought, with 
proper attention, will be seen on referring to the Table, p. xliv. in the Appendi.K. 
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