the expedition, was met with, and returned with the ships. Heavy gales
were encountered in the Atlantic, when they were all separated. The
_Alert_ reached Valencia harbour, in Ireland, on the 27th of October,
and the _Discovery_, Queenstown, on the 29th, soon after which they both
returned to Portsmouth.

Besides Neil Petersen, three men, George Porter, James Ward, and Charles
Paul, seamen, died of scurvy. The scientific results of the expedition
are considerable; and the gallant men engaged in it have fully
maintained the high reputation of British seamen for courage,
perseverance, high discipline, hardihood, and endurance.

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.

MEMOIR OF COMMODORE JAMES GRAHAM GOODENOUGH.

To die in the path of duty, whatever that duty may be, is as honourable
as to fall when engaged on the field of battle, or on the deck in fight
with an enemy; and for either lot, British officers have ever shown
themselves ready.

Among those of whose services the country has lately been deprived, none
stood higher in the estimation of all who knew him than Commodore James
Graham Goodenough. A brief notice of his career may induce others to
follow his example. He was the second son of the Dean of Wells, was
born in 1830, and sent at the age of eleven to Westminster School, of
which his father had once been headmaster. He there gained the
character he ever maintained of a brave, noble, and kind-hearted boy,
who hated all evil doings or evil things. He was diligent and
successful in his studies, and was beloved by all his companions.

In 1844 he joined HMS _Collingwood_ as a naval cadet, and in her
proceeded to the Pacific station. Here he spent four years, gaining
from his messmates the same warm regard he had won from his
schoolfellows. Ready for the performance of every duty, he was the
leader among his companions on all occasions. He was a good linguist,
and equal to the best in navigation and seamanship, as well as in all
exercises. His chief characteristic was the thought of others rather
than himself. When the _Collingwood_ was paid off, he joined the
_Cyclops_, commanded by Captain Hastings, and in her continued some time
on the coast of Africa. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in
1851, passing the best examination at college. In that rank he served
on board the _Centaur_, the flagship on the Brazilian station. He next
served, during 1855, on board the _Hastings_, commanded by Captain
Caffin, a