INTRODUCTION. 
ter ftating this arrangement, it will not be im. 
proper to infert my Inftructions, which, with 
fome occafional remarks thereon, will throw much 
light on the following Journal, and be the beft 
method of proving how far thofe orders have 
been complied with, as well as fhew my reafons 
for neglecting fome parts as unneceflary, and the 
impoffibility of putting other parts of them in 
execution. | 
“ORDERS and INSTRUCTIONS for Mr. 
“* SAMUEL HEARNE, going on an Expedition by 
“* Land towards the Latitude 70° North, in 
““ order to gain a Knowledge of the Northern 
* Indians Country, &c. on Behalf of the Ho- 
“* nourable Rudfon’s Bay Company, in the Year 
*° 1769. 
“ Mr. SAMUEL HEARNE, 
nik Be 
“ Wuereas the Honourable Hudfon’s Bay 
** Company have been informed by the report 
“*from Indians, that there is a great probability 
“ of confiderable advantages to be expected from 
““a better knowledge of their country by us, 
** than what hitherto has been obtained; and as 
** it is the Company’s earneft defire to embrace 
** every circumftance that may tend to the bene- 
“ fit of the faid company, or the Nation at large, 
‘* they have requefted you to conduét this Expe- 
“* dition ; and as you have readily confented to 
** undertake the prefent Journey, you are here- 
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