INSTRUCTIONS. 265 



the Channel ; and you will, after watering, if necessary, at Madeira, 

 Teneriffe, or Cape de Verdes, proceed direct to Cape Virgins, on the 

 eastern side of the Strait of Magellan, where a steamer will meet you 

 from Kear-Admiral Henderson's squadron, and will tow you through 

 the Straits, and as much further on your voyage as circumstances will 

 admit. You will then proceed to Valparaiso and replenish with provi- 

 sions and other stores, and from thence continue your voyage to Hono- 

 lulu, in the Sandwich Islands ; and, having taken on board whatever 

 may be required, especially potatoes, and other vegetables for your own 

 ship, as well as the ' Plover,' you will, without any unnecessary delay 

 at that port, proceed direct for Clarence Harbour, in order to ascertain 

 if any party or later intelligence from the 'Plover' shall have arrived 

 there ; and, failing this, you will use your best endeavours to proceed 

 with the ' Eattlesnake' to Cape Lisburne, where you will probably meet 

 with the officer and boat's crew of the ' Plover,' which Commander 

 Maguire, in his letter to the Secretary of the Admiralty, No. 38, of the 

 20th August last, states will be at that point on the 15th July, 1853. 



You will deliver to this officer the accompanying despatch for Com- 

 mander Maguire, and of which you have a copy, together with a copy 

 of your own orders, and supplying him with what his boat can carry 

 and may most desire, making sure of your return with the ' Rattle- 

 snake' to Grantley Harbour, Port Clarence, before the season of 1853 

 is too far advanced. 



Your ship is in all respects fitted and provided for the service upon 

 which you are employed, and you are well acquainted with all that is 

 necessary on such occasions for the health of those under your orders 

 and for the security of Her Majesty's ship. You will employ your 

 people, as far as is practicable, in the winter months, in the prepara- 

 tions necessary for every operation in the spring, or so soon as the 

 opening of the ice will admit of carrying supplies to Commander Ma- 

 guire, or to other points, as circumstances may determine. 



You will take every means of leaving proper records of your condi- 

 tion and intended proceedings, and of the positions where you may have 

 deposited provisions, taking as your guide for the distinctive mark of 

 such records the instructions contained in par. 7 of our orders to Sir 

 E. Belcher, and Sir E. Belcher's direction in his letter to the Lords 

 of the Admiralty of 29th May, 1852, in furtherance of these orders. 

 You will also convey every information to us by the whale ships which 

 pass through the Strait on their return to the respective countries to 

 which they belong. You are not to confine your communications to 



