50 GKUISE OF TUE STEAiMEIi COKWIN. 



dent, and yon will tlion proceed witii your command to St. Micliael's, or the Diomedes Island, and 

 from there take passaj^'e for yourself and party by the lirst vessel bound for San Fraucisco or any 

 other port of the United States, reporting your arrival in the United States to the Secretary of the 

 Treasury, and await further instructions. You will use your discaetiou in the manner of your 

 reaching St. Michaern, and should you decide to go by land, you will lay your boats up carefully 

 and start as early as possible after the 21 st day of September, 1884. In case you discover any 

 tributai-y or other communication leading from the Kowak into the Arctic Ocean or Bering Sea, 

 and the journey to cither outlet will consume more than the time allowed you, you will first com- 

 municate with the Gortcin, and in no case will you place yourself or your command in a position 

 where such communication will be impossible, or where you will be compelled to winter in the 

 country. 



I would particularly caution you to be economieal in the exjienditure of your ammunition and 

 provisions. 



Second Assistant Engineer IMcLenegan has been specially detailed to make a collection of 

 specimens of the fauna and flora, and of the birds ami fishes peculiar to this region, as well as to 

 make notes iu regard to the general features of the country through which you may i)ass. 



In addition to these special duties he will at all times be subject to your orders as to any 

 assistance you may re(iuire of him in your survey of the river. You will afford him all ])()ssible 

 assistance in the perforiuauce of the duty to which he has been assigned. 



In ascending the river, in case the launch become unserviceable through any cause whatever, 

 you will cause her to be placed in a secure place and properly protected from the weather, and 

 leave, if possible, a responsible person to take care of her until you descend the river, w hen you 

 will bring her down with you to the vessel. 



Wishing you a jdeasant voyage and feeling confident of your ability to make it a success, 



1 am, very respectfully, 



M. A. Healy, 

 Captain, U. S. Revenue Marine. 

 Lieut. J. (J. Cantwell, 



U. S. Revenue Marine. 



