ADMIRALTY INSTRUCTIONS. 5 



and condition : and you will make known to him^ in due 

 time, the nature and quantity of any supplies of wliich you 

 may be absolutely in want, and whicli may have to be 

 forwarded to you from England. 



" With our Hydrogi'apher you are by every opportunity 

 in your power to keep up a constant correspondence ; you 

 are to report to him in full detail all your proceedings; and 

 you are to transmit to him, whenever possible, tracings of 

 all charts and plans that yoa may have completed, accom- 

 panied by saihng directions, and with notices of any facts 

 or discoveries which may be of interest to na^dgation. 



^' Having completed the service herein set forth, you are 

 to return in the Rattlesnake, along with the Bramble, to 

 Spithead, when you will receive directions for your fur- 

 ther proceedings. If the Bramble should, however, by 

 that time be in an unfit state to undertake the voyage to 

 Europe, it may perhaps be prudent to dispose of her, 

 under the sanction of the Commander-in-chief. 



'^ In the event of any unfortunate accident befalling 

 yourself, the officer on whom the command may ia conse- 

 quence devolve, is hereby required and directed to carry 

 out, as far as in liim lies, the foregoing orders and instruc- 

 tions. 



" Given under our hands, this 1st December, 1846. 



(Signed) "Chas. Adam. 



"Jno. D. Dundas. 

 " To Owen Stanley, Esq , 



" Captain of Her Majesty's 

 " Surveying Vessel Rattlesnake, at Plymouth, 

 " By command of their Lordships, 



(Signed) "H. G. Waiid.^' 



Ill connexion with the preceding g-eneral instruc- 

 tions to Capt. Stanley^ it will be necessary to g-ive 



