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1841
less, according to the various qualities of her iron, the corrections to be applied may possibly in some ships be considerably complicated thereby; fortunately in the Erebus the difference in the amount of the disturbance on the two occasions, which gave rise to this discussion, is not of any serious consequence; and we may employ, without any material inconvenience, for our present purpose, the mean of the two series as applicable generally between their respective dates, for which interval we especially desire the corrections."
All other arrangements being completed by the evening of the 6th July, we on that day took leave of our numerous friends in the colony; from whom, during the several months we had lived amongst them, we had received an uninterrupted continuance of the greatest possible kindness and hospitality, and for many of whom we must ever entertain the liveliest feelings of gratitude and regard.