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At last I succeeded in obtainins; my instructions which 1770. 



° December. 



were as follows : 



[64] " ORDERS an^ INSTRUCTIONS for Mr. Samuel 

 Hearne, going on his third Expedition to the North of 

 Churchill River, in quest of a North West Passage, Copper 

 Mines, or any other thing that may he serviceable to the 

 British Nation in general, or the Hudson s Bay Company 

 in particular ; in the year 1770. 



"Mr. Samuel Hearne. 



"Sir, 



*' As you have offered your service a third time to 

 go in search of the Copper Mine River, &c., and as Matonabbee, 

 a leading Indian, who has been at those parts, is willing to be 

 your guide, we have accordingly engaged him for that service ; 

 but having no other instrument on the same construction with 

 the quadrant you had the misfortune to break, we have fur- 

 nished you with an Elton's quadrant, being the most proper 

 instrument we can now procure for making observations on 

 the land. 



" The above Leader, Matonabbee, and a few of his best 

 men, which he has selected for that purpose, are to provide for 

 you, assist you in all things, and conduct you to the Copper 

 Mine River ; where you must \fs\ ^^ careful to observe the 

 latitude and longitude, also the course of the river, the depth 

 of the water, the situation of the Copper Mines, &c., but 

 your first instructions, of November sixth, one thousand seven 

 hundred and sixty-nine, being sufficiently full, we refer you 

 to every part thereof for the better regulation of your conduct 

 during this journey. 



' As you and your Indian companions are fitted out with 

 everything that we think is necessary, (or at least as many 

 useful articles as the nature of travelling in those parts will 

 admit of), you are hereby desired to proceed on your journey 



