50 CRUISE OF TDE STEAMER CORWIK 



dent, and you will then proceed with .vour command to St. Micliael's, or the Diomedes Island, and 

 iVoni there take pa.ssagre for yourself and party by the first vessel bound for San Francisco or any 

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

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

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

 and start as early as possible nfter the 2Ist day of Se])teniber, 18S4. In case you discover any 

 tributary or other coninuinieation leading from the Kowak into tlie Arctic, Ocean or Bering Sea, 

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

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

 where such commuuication will be impossil)le. or where you will be compi'llcd to winter in tlie 

 country. 



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

 provisions. 



Second Assistant Engineer McLenegan has been si)ecially detaileil tn make a collection of 

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

 make notes in regard to the general features of the country through whicii you may ])ass. 



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

 assistance you may recpiire of him in your survey of the river. Yon will afford him all possible 

 assistance in (he performance 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 lier to be placed in a secure place and pro|)erly protected from the weather, and 

 leave, if possiMe, a re.-])oiisible person to take care of her until you descend the river, when you 

 will bring her down with you to the vessel. 



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

 I am, very respectfully, 



M. A. Healy, 

 Captain, U. <S'. Revenue Marine. 



Lieut. J. C Cantwell, 



U. S. Revenue Marine. . 



