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unkindness, in not rewarding those spirited spe- 
culators who were our ship’s owners, and repaying 
the exertions of the crew with better success. I 
must also reproach her in not affording me an op- 
portunity of practically trying the value of improve- 
ments in the whale fishery, which were designed 
to produce confidence, dispel prejudice, encourage ex- 
ertion, and to excite in the mind of those at pre- 
sent indifferent to the proposed changes, that de- 
gree of zeal, on which may be placed the most 
cheerful assurance of the certainty of success, when 
it is properly applied. 
My situation and experience will justify one 
other remark ; never was there a more vigilant, 
indefatigable, and zealous officer, than the distin- 
guished arctic navigator, who commanded the 
Baffin ; never one who has had so much practical 
experience in the navigation of ice ; or, perhaps^ 
in whom were united those various philosophical 
and scientific talents, essentially requisite for suc- 
cess in attempting discoveries hitherto prevented 
by a frozen boundary. I feel the most confident 
persuasion, that should Captain Scoresby ever be 
selected for public service, he would prove himself 
an ornament to his profession, and an honour to 
his country. 
Not having been on shore for twenty-two 
weeks, I availed myself, as may be supposed, of 
the first boat that left the ship, and it was not 
without the warmest feelings of a grateful heart 
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