20 ADMIRALTY INSTRUCTTONS, 



*' If at Port Dalrymple it stould so happen that 

 you can wait on Sir John Franklin, it is probable 

 that he will detach Lieutenant Burnett to co-operate 

 with you in the survey of Bass Strait, and it is 

 certain that the Governor will do everything in his 

 power to assist your labours. At Sydney you will 

 have the advantage of seeing Captain P. P. King, 

 whose long experience of all those coasts, as well 

 as of the seasons, and of the manner of dealing with 

 the inhabitants, will be of the utmost use to you ; 

 and whose zeal for the King's service, and whose 

 love of science, will lead him to do everything pos- 

 sible to promote your views. If Mr. Cunningham, 

 the Government Botanist, be there, he also will, I 

 am convinced, eagerly communicate to you and 

 your officers everything which may be serviceable 

 in the pursuits connected with iVatural History. 



" At Swan River, at Port Dalrymple, and at Syd- 

 ney, it may, perhaps, be possible for you to hire, 

 at a low rate, some person acquainted with the 

 dialects of the natives, which you are subsequently 

 to visit, and with whom it will be so essential to 

 be on friendly terms. Such a person will greatly 

 assist in that object ; but you will keep him on 

 board no longer than absolutely necessary, and you 

 will take care to provide for his return if the 

 ' Beagle' should not be able to carry him back." 



** GENERAL INFORMATION. 



" In such an extensive and distant survev, nu- 

 merous subjects of inquiry, though not strictly 



