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INTRODUCTION. 



On your arrival at the Cape of Good Hope, you are to refrefi thejioops com' 

 panies, and to caufe thejioops to befupplied with as much proviftcns and water 

 as they can conveniently flow. 



Ton are-, ifpojjihle, to leave the Cape of Good Hope hy the end of OHoher, 

 cr the beginning of November next, and proceed to the Southward in fear ch of 

 Jome iflands faid to have been lately feen by the French., in the latitude 0/48° o' 

 South, and about the meridian of Mauritius. In cafe you fnd thofe iflands, 

 you are to examine them thoroughly for a good harbour ; and upon difcovering 

 one, make the necejfary obfervations to facilitate the finding it again ; as a good 

 -port, in that fituation, may hereafter prove very iifeful, although it fliould 

 afford little or nothing more than floelter, wood, and water. You are not, 

 however, to fpend too much time in looking out for thofe iflands, or in the exa- 

 mination of them, if found, but proceed to Otaheite, or the Society Ifles 

 (touching at New Zealand in yoiir way thither, if you foould judge it neceffary 

 and convenient), and taking care to arrive there time enough to admit of your 

 giving thefloops companies the refrefitnent they may fland in need of, before 

 you profecute the farther objeEi of thefe inJiruSiions . 



Upon your arrival at Otaheite, or the Society Ifles, you are to land Omiah 

 Gt fuch of thetn as he may choofe, and to leave him there. 



7~ou are to diftribute among the Chiefs of thofe iflands fuch part of the pre- 

 fents with which you have been fupplied, as you fljall judge proper, referving 

 the remainder to diftribute among the natives of the countries ycu may difcover 

 in the Northern Hemijphere : And having refrefhed the people belonging to the 

 flocps under your command, and taken on board fuch wood and water as they 

 may refpeSiively ftand in need of, you are to leave thofe iflands in the beginning 

 of February, or fooner if you fhall judge it necejfary, and then proceed in as 

 direB a courfe as you can to the coaft of Nezv Albion, endeavouring to fall in 

 with it in the latitude cf ^^° o' North -, and taking care, in your way thither, 

 vet to lofe any time injearch of new lands, cr to flop at any you may fall in 

 with, unlefs you find it neceffary to recruit your wood and water. 



Tou are alfo, in your way thither, ftritlly enjoined not to touch upon any 

 part of the Spanifh dominions on the V/eftern continent of America, unlefs 

 driven thither by feme unavoidable accident ; in which cafe you are to flay no 

 longer there than fhall be, abfolutely neceffary, and to be very careful not to 

 give any umbrage or offence to any of the inhabitants orfubje£ls of his Catholic 

 Majefty. And if, in your farther progrefs to the Northward, as hereafter 

 directed, ycu find any fubjeSfs of any European Prince or State upon any part 

 of the coaft you may think proper to vifit, 'you are not to diftufh them, or give 



them 



