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friendship with them, by making them presents of such articles as you 

 may be supplied with, and which may be useful or agreeable to them ; 

 you will, however, take care not to suffer yourself to be surprised by 

 them, but use every precaution, and be constantly on your guard 

 against any hostility. You will, by offering rewards, to be paid in such 

 manner as you may think best, prevail on them to cany to any of the 

 settlements of the Hudson's Bay Company an account of your situa- 

 tion and proceedings, with an urgent request that it may be forwarded 

 to England with the utmost possible despatch. 



10. In an undertaking of this description much must be always left 

 to the discretion of the commanding officer ; and, as the objects of this 

 Expedition have been fully explained to you, and you have already 

 had much experience on service of this nature, we are convinced we 

 cannot do better than leave it to your judgment, in the event of your 

 not making a passage this season, either to winter on the coast, with 

 the view of following up next season any hopes or expectations which 

 your observations this year may lead you to entertain, or to return to 

 England to report to us the result of such observations ; always recol- 

 lecting our anxiety for the health, comfort, and safety of yourself, your 

 officers and men ; and you will duly weigh how far the 1 advantage of 

 starting next season from an advanced position may be counterbalanced 

 by what may be suffered during the winter, and by the want of such 

 refreshment and refitting as woidd be afforded by your return to 

 England. 



11. We deem it right to caution you against suffering the two 

 vessels placed under your orders to separate, except in the event of 

 accident or unavoidable necessity ; and we desire you to keep up the 

 most imreserved communications with the commander of the ' Terror,' 

 placing in him every proper confidence, and acquainting him with the 

 general tenour of your orders, and with your views and intentions from 

 time to time in the execution of them, that the Service may have the 

 full benefit of your united efforts in the prosecution of such a service, 

 and that, in the event of unavoidable separation, or of any accident to 

 yourself, Captain Crozier may have the advantage of knowing, up to 

 the latest practicable period, all your ideas and intentions relative to a 

 satisfactory completion of this interesting undertaking. 



12. We also recommend that as frequent an exchange take place as 

 conveniently may be of the observations made in the two ships ; that 

 any scientific discovery made by the one be as quickly as possible 

 communicated for the advantage and guidance of the other in making 



