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8. If in sailing close-hauled or free it should be necessary to sail with the wind 

 then a blue flag will be hoisted on the flagstaff and one gun will be fired. 



9. If on going with the wind it should be necessary to come about close-hauled 

 on the starboard tack, having the sails on the port side, a red flag will fly from the 

 gaff and one gun will be fired; if it should be necessary to come about on the port 

 tack with the sails on the starboard side, a blue flag will fly from the same place and 

 one gun will be fired. 



10. If a boat with men should be sent ashore for the purpose of exploring or 

 taking on water a wide pennant will fly from the gaff and one gun will be fired. 



11. If on the way we should become separated, we are to look for one another and 

 cruise for three days near the spot where we lost sight of each other; the latitude of 

 the place shall be determined and, by calculations, the distance and the rhumb from 

 the harbor or from whatever spot the reckoning is made. If during that time we 

 should not find one another, from which misfortune may God preserve us, then we 

 are to sail on the rhumb agreed upon with you and all the officers, a copy of which 

 agreement, with instructions signed by me, was handed to you. If three days have 

 passed without our finding one another and if, going on the course agreed, we dis- 

 cover land on the rhumb where we expect, we are to beat up and down the coast 

 for a day in order to wait for one another. If [land should be found] on the northern 

 rhumb, coast along it in a southerly direction for a day as long as it is on the rhumb 

 agreed upon, but do not spend more than a day in going south. But if [the land 

 comes to an end before the day is out] keep on the course until the end of the day 

 and after that continue on your course. If it should be found farther south than on 

 the rhumb expected, coast along in a northerly direction until the course agreed 

 upon is reached and there wait a day, and, if we should not find one another there, 

 then go your own way and act according to your instructions. 



12. If after separating we do not soon meet again and we should be in a region 

 where foreign vessels might be expected, in order to recognize one another you 

 should fly a blue flag from the main-topmast crosstrees and fire one gun and we will 

 fly a red flag with a straight white cross from the same place and also fire one gun. 



13. Signals which you. Captain Chirikov, while at anchor should give in order 

 to keep the Captain Commander posted: 



14. If you should see ships or sea vessels of any kind, you should fly your flag 

 from the main-topmast and keep it there until it is acknowledged by one gun from 

 the Captain Commander's ship. You should then dip the flag as many times as 

 there are ships in sight. 



Signals While Under Sail 



How to identify one another is indicated above in the 14th [12th?] article. 



If you see ships, you are to make the same signal as when at anchor and fire one 

 gun. If the distance between us is so great that the flag cannot be seen, lower 

 and hoist the topsail as many times as there are ships. 



If the ship should spring a leak, from which misfortune God preserve us, or for 

 some other reason it should not be possible to follow us, then stop and fire two guns. 



Should you in the daytime desire to speak to the Captain Commander, put up the 

 ordinary flag at the main-topmast or fore-topmast near the truck, hoist and lower 

 the mainsail or foresail, according as to where the flag is flying, and continue to fire 

 until you hear a gun in return. 



