684 
LAST VOYAGE OF CAPT. ROSS. 
It was the subject of general censure on board the ship, at the 
specimen of ingratitude, which the officers of the Victory 
evinced, after the treatment, which they had received. The 
cause of this disagreement did not exactly transpire, but 
it was supposed to have originated in some old grudge, 
which had taken place, whilst they were coming down Lan¬ 
caster Sound. 
Capt. Humphreys laid in a stock of fresh beef at Stromness, 
but none either for his own crew or the crew of the Victory, by 
which the men of the latter were reduced to their own resources. 
They departed from Stromness, and, on coming in sight of the 
Highlands of Scotland, the men experienced those pleasant feel¬ 
ings, which the approach towards home is certain to impress 
upon the heart, and more especially in the present instance, when 
the hope had once deserted them of ever reaching again their 
native country, and when after the hardships, which they had 
endured, that country would be doubly dear to them. 
We must now advert to some circumstances relative to the 
latter part of the voyage, which will at once fix the value, 
which the British public ought to award to it, and for which 
nearly £10,000 of their money have been paid. In the letter, 
which Capt. Ross writes from on board the Isabella, in Baffin’s 
Bay, to the Honorable George Elliott, secretary to the Ad¬ 
miralty, after enumerating the principal features of his expe¬ 
dition, he concludes with the expression of his consolation, 
that the result of his voyage has been highly important to 
science; those results being comprehended in the discovery of 
the Gulph of Boothia; the continent and isthmus of Boothia 
Felix, a vast number of lakes, islands, and rivers ; the undeniable 
establishment, that the north-east point of America extends to 
the 74th degree of north latitude, and the crown and glory of 
them all, the placing the illustrious name of our most gracious 
sovereign on the true position of the magnetic pole. 
The above discoveries are, therefore, according to Capt. Ross’ 
own showing, the principal and most important of his expedition, 
and we have never hesitated, whenever an opportunity presented 
itself of expatiating on their great importance, and the consequent 
