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PRELIMINARY CHAPTER. 



James Donovan, M.D. 

 Graham Gore 

 Robert M ' Clure 

 Peter Fisher 

 Charles Marcuard 

 James A. Mould 

 William Lawes 

 Thomas Donaldson 

 John Vaughan 

 John Smith 

 George Green 



SEAMEN. 



Captain's coxswain - 1 

 Quarter-masters - - 3 

 Boatswain's mate - 1 

 Sailmaker and crew - 2 

 Armourer - 1 

 Armourer's mate - 1 

 Carpenter's crew, inclu- 

 ding 1 mate - -4 



Surgeon. 



Mate. 



Mate. 



Mate. 



Extra Mate. 



Assistant Surgeon. 



Clerk in Charge. 



Gunner. 



Boatswain. 



Carpenter. 



Ice Mate. 



Able seamen 

 Captain's steward 

 Captain's cook 



MARINES. 



Serjeant John Maslin 

 Corporal Henry 



Plumstead 

 Privates 



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 1 



1 

 5 



The following orders were enclosed in an 

 official communication from the Honourable 

 Charles Elphinstone Fleeming, at that period 

 commander-in-chief at Sheerness : — 



"By the Commissioners for executing the 

 office of Lord High Admiral of the United 

 Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, &c. 



" His Majesty's Government having been 

 pleased to command that another attempt by the 

 way of Wager River should be made to trace the 

 northern boundary of the North American 

 Continent : We have thought fit to appoint you 

 to the command of that expedition, and you are 



