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the wind, its direction, its force, and also the state of the wea¬ 
ther, and insert it in a log-book, kept for that purpose, every 
hour during the whole three years that they were employed on 
the expedition. Thus, Capt. Ross is completely absolved from 
all participation in the keeping or arrangement of the meteoro¬ 
logical journal, and therefore as far as that science is concerned, 
the personal acquirements of Capt. Ross are of no account what¬ 
ever. 
In regard to the sciences, Capt. Ross is asked, “ Are there any 
other parts connected with science, which you would wish to 
state V' He answers, “ There is also a full account of the geo¬ 
logy, natural history, and botany,, which is principally done by 
Commander Ross.” 
“ What were the botanical discoveries you made ?”—“ Small 
plants, incident to all those ^climates. I think there are three 
new ones, which spring up just for one month in the year. In 
the month of August they are seen.” 
Thus it is evident, that, as far as the knowledge of Capt. Ross 
extends, and even that is in a certain degree based on conjecture, 
the disoveries in botany extend no further than to three new spe¬ 
cimens ; we are, however,enabled to state, that Capt. Ross knew 
no more of the extent of the botanical discoveries than Pootwut- 
yuk, the Esquimaux; but the committee were satisfied with his 
answers, and it is an undoubted fact, that Capt. Ross could not 
have been otherwise than satisfied with the questions that were 
put to him, for the greater part of them were negative, or so 
couched, that even a much less skilful fencer than Capt. Ross 
showed himself to be, would not have experienced any great 
difficulty in parrying them. 
Consistently strong, however, as we may have been in our 
animadversions on the general merits of the last voyage of Capt. 
Ross, we have the satisfaction to think that we have been fully 
warranted in the strictures in which we have indulged, respecting 
the success with which the expedition has been attended, as well 
as the manner in which it was conducted by the individual who 
had the principal command of it. That our opinion, however/ 
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