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point. Such party shall include the direc- 

 tor, the physicist, and one of the surgeons, 

 and such other persons as you may con- 

 sider desirable. But no person is to be 

 left without his consent in writing, which 

 you will be careful to obtain and preserve. 

 h. You will give every practicable assist- 

 ance in establishing on land this party, 

 which you will supply with all available 

 requisites, including a dwelling hut, an 

 observer's hut, three years' provisions, 

 stores, fuel, sledges and dogs. 



c. No landing party is to be established 

 on any other part of the coast than that 

 between Cape Johnson and Cape Crozier, 

 as it is above all things essential that in 

 case of accident the approximate position 

 of the party should be known. 



d. Before it is so late as to endanger 

 the freedom of your ship, you will proceed 

 north of the pack and carry out magnetic 

 observations with sounding and dredging 

 over as many degrees of longitude (and as 

 far south) as possible, so long as the season 

 and your coal permit, and then return to 

 your base station, whence you will tele- 

 graph your arrival and await further in- 

 structions. 



20. You are to do your best to let us 

 have, and to leave where you can, state- 

 ments of your intentions with regard to 

 the places where you will deposit records, 

 and the course you will adopt, as well as 

 particulars of your arrangements for the 

 possible need of retreat, so that in case of 

 accident to the ship, or detention, we shall 

 be able to use our best endeavors to carry 

 out your wishes in this respect. 



21. In an enterprise of this nature much 

 must be left to the discretion and judgment 

 of the commanding officer, and we fully 

 confide in your combined energy and pru- 

 dence for the successful issue of a voyage 

 which will command the attention of all 

 persons interested in navigation and science 

 throughout the civilized world. At the 



same time, we desire you constantly to 

 bear in mind our anxiety for the health, 

 comfort and safety of all entrusted to your 

 care. 



22. "While employed on this service you 

 are to take every opportunity of acquaint- 

 ing us with your progress and your require- 

 ments. 



23. In the unfortunate event of any fatal 

 accident happening to yourself or of your 

 inability, from sickness or any other cause, 

 to carry out these instructions, the com- 

 mand of the ship and of the expedition will 

 devolve on Lieutenant Armitage, who is. 

 hereby directed to assume command and to 

 execute such part of these instructions as 

 have not been already carried out at the 

 time of his assuming command. In the 

 event of ^ similar accident to Lieutenant 

 Armitage the command is to devolve on the 

 executive officer next in seniority on the 

 articles, and so on in succession. 



24. All collections and all logs (except 

 the official log), journals, charts, drawings, 

 photographs, observations and scientific 

 data will be the joint property of the two 

 societies, to be disposed of as may be de- 

 cided by them. Before the final return of 

 the expedition you are to demand from the 

 naval stafi" all such data, which are to be 

 sealed up and delivered to the two presi- 

 dents, or dealt with as they may direct. 

 The director of the civilian scientific staff 

 will be similarly responsible for the jour- 

 nals, collections, etc., of the officers under 

 his control. You and the other members 

 of the expedition will not be at liberty 

 without our consent to make any communi- 

 cation to the press on matters relating to 

 the afiairs of the expedition, nor to publish 

 independent narratives until six months 

 after the issue of the official narrative. All 

 communications are to be made to us, ad- 

 dressed to the care of the Secretary of the 

 National Antarctic Expedition, London. 



25. The Discovery is not one of his Maj- 



