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ter, as far in advance as can be found such as Wainwright's Inlet, or 

 the Creek at Hope Point ; but if they be unsafe, and none has been 

 discovered nearer to Barrow's Point, then at Chaniisso Island, or any 

 part of Kotzebue Sound which may afford the necessary shelter. 



8. Considering, however, the nature of the service in which the 

 'Plover' will already have been employed, and that a portion of her 

 crew may be unfit to contend with the rigours of a further stay in those 

 latitudes, you will call for volunteers from that ship, and from the 

 'Herald' if in company, sufficient to form a crew for the 'Plover;' 

 taking care that the men to be selected are men of good character, and 

 that they do not exceed in number what is actually required for the 

 care of the ship and for defence and security against any treacherous 

 attack on the part of the natives of Norton Sound. 



9. The petty officers' ratings that may be vacated by men invalided 

 are to be filled up by men volunteering to remain. Such volunteers are 

 to be subjected to a strict and careful survey by the medical officers of 

 the several ships, and those only are to be retained who would seem to 

 be in all respects fit to encounter this extended service ; and the re- 

 mainder necessary to complete the crew is to be made up from the 

 ' Enterprise' and ' Investigator.' 



10. Such crew having been formed (to continue under the command 

 of Commander Moore, and with the officers now in the ' Plover,' or 

 with those who may volunteer for the service), the ' Plover,' if the 

 ' Herald' should be in company, is to be filled up by Captain Kellett 

 with all the provisions, fuel, and stores that can possibly be spared by 

 Captain Kellett, who will bear in mind, not only what may be required 

 for the use of the ' Plover's' crew until the autumn of 1853, and the 

 contingency of parties arriving on board from Sir John Franklin's Ex- 

 pedition, but also the possibility of any party from the ' Enterprise 5 or 

 'Investigator' having to fall back upon the 'Plover.' 



11. In providing for this necessary equipment for the 'Plover,' 

 attention will be paid to the numbers left in the ' Herald,' and the 

 supph'es necessary to carry that vessel to Whoahoo ; and having re- 

 ceived from Captain Kellett any baidars, or light boats, that he may be 

 able to spare, and which may be likely to form a useful addition to 

 your own boats, or those of the ' Investigator,' when searching parties 

 may be detached from the ships in the spring, the 'Herald' will return 

 to the Sandwich Islands, there to fill up p revisions; and from thence 

 proceed to Hongkong on her way to England, in pursuance of our 

 orders of the 14th December last. 



