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printed, in several languages, a request that whoever may find it should 

 take measures for transmitting it to this office. 



20. You are to make use of every means in your power to collect 

 and preserve specimens of the animal, mineral, and vegetable king- 

 doms, should- circumstances place such within your reach without 

 causing your detention ; and of the larger animals you are to cause 

 accurate drawings to be made, to accompany and elucidate the descrip- 

 tions of them. In this, as well as in every other part of your scientific 

 duty, we trust that you will receive material assistance from the officers 

 under your command, several of whom are represented to us as well 

 qualified in these respects. 



21. In the event of any irreparable accident happening to either of 

 the two ships, you are to cause the officers and -crew of the disabled 

 ship to be removed into the other, and with her singly to proceed in 

 prosecution of the voyage, or return to England, according as circum- 

 stances shall appear to require; understanding that the officers and 

 crews of both ships are hereby authorized and required to continue to 

 perform the duties according to their respective ranks and stations on 

 board either ship to which they may be so removed, in the event of an 

 occurrence of this nature. Should, unfortunately, your own ship be 

 the one disabled, you are in that case to take command of the ' Terror ;' 

 and in the event of any fatal accident happening to yourself, Captain 

 Crozier is hereby authorized to take the command of the ' Erebus,' 

 placing the officer of the Expedition who may then be next in seniority 

 to him in command of the ' Terror.' Also in the event of your own 

 inability, by sickness or otherwise, at any period of this service, to con- 

 tinue to carry these instructions into execution, you are to transfer 

 them to the officer the next in command to you employed on the Ex- 

 pedition, who is hereby required to execute them in the best manner he 

 can for the attainment of the several objects herein set forth. 



22. You are, while executing the service pointed out in these in- 

 structions, to take every opportunity that may offer of acquainting our 

 Secretaiy, for our information, with your progress, and on your arrival 

 in England you are immediately to repair to this office, in order to lay 

 before us a full account of your proceedings in the whole course of your 

 voyage, taking care before you leave the ship to demand from the 

 officers, petty officers, and all other persons on board, the logs and 

 journals they may have kept, together with any drawings or charts 

 they may have made, which are all to be sealed up, and you will issue 

 similar directions to Captain Crozier and his offieers. The said logs, 



