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PUNCTUALLY at the time arranged, four o'clock in the afternoon of last Saturday, the Alert and the Discovery, accompanied by the Valorous, left Portsmouth for their work in the Arctic regions. No better equipped expedition, it may again be said, has ever left any country, and no previous British expedition has ever been so universally popular. Every available point on land was occupied by spectators who had come to see the departure of the expedition. The vessels in the harbour and the yachts and boats along the beach were dressed with flags, and as the two ships stood out to sea their course lay through a perfect flotilla of craft of all kinds, whose occupants cheered Capt. Nares and his companions on their way. Among the last messages received by Capt. Nares was a telegram from the Queen “wishing you and your gallant companions every success;” the telegram was accompanied by a packet, the contents of which did not transpire. In the morning the Lords of the Admiralty inspected the ships, and wished the expedition “God speed.” Mr. Clements R. Markham accompanies his cousin, Commander Markham, as far as Disco. The sbips arrived at Queenstown on Tuesday, the Alert and Discovery going on to Bantry Bay. The Valorous joined them yesterday, when the three proceeded on their way.

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Notes . Nature 12, 95–97 (1875). https://doi.org/10.1038/012095b0

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