The ship was now put upon a basis of peace, the guns were dismounted and stowed below; so, also, were the small arms. The smokestack was whitewashed, and to the outsider we must have presented the appearance of a rather trim looking merchantman. Our course was shaped for Liverpool, where we arrived without any mishap on the 6th of November, 1865, having made a complete circuit of the globe. After some little delay the English government accepted the surrender of the Shenandoah, and the officers and crew were permitted to go ashore.