Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Adams ya kasance mataimakin likitan Royal Navy a kan jirgin HMS "Samarang" yayin binciken tsibirin tsibirin Gabas, daga 1843 zuwa 1846. Ya shirya "Zoology na tafiya na HMS Samarang" (1850). Adam White ya yi aiki tare da shi a cikin kwatancin Crustacea daga tafiya. A shekara ta 1857, a lokacin yakin China na biyu
yayin da yake aiki a matsayin Likita a kan HMS "Actaeon", ya kasance a lokacin da aka kai hari a Canton kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta China. Ya yi ritaya a matsayin Babban Likita a kan jirgin HMS "Royal Adelaide" a Plymouth a 1870.