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in each of the four term days. A gentleman, well versed 

 in geology has been appointed to the expedition, and we 

 have permitted a botanist* employed by the Earl of Derby 

 to accompany it. You will therefore give to both of them 

 every facility to pursue those vocations whenever the 

 business of the Survey may permit, and without retarding 

 its progress : you will allow them also every reasonable 

 assistance in forming and preserving their collections ; and 

 you will give them to understand that one perfect specimen 

 of every kind is to be considered public property, and there- 

 fore at the end of the voyage, or whenever they quit Her 

 Majesty's ship, to be at our disposal. 



Some books with which you have been supplied record 

 the treacherous conduct of the natives of the small islands 

 in Torres Strait; while those of New Guinea and the 

 Louisiades bear a somewhat better character : but in all 

 such places you should be equally on your guard. You 

 will endeavour to preserve an amicable intercourse with 

 them at all times. You should appear to forget their 

 former crimes, and to caution your people against giving 

 them any offence. When purchases are made, an officer 

 should be present to prevent any misunderstanding ; and 

 you are to impress on the minds of all under your command, 

 the mischievous consequences of exciting the jealousy of 

 the men, by taking any liberties with the females. It 

 would be a subject of deep regret, that an expedition 

 devoted to the noble purpose of acquiring and diffusing 

 beneficial knowledge, should be stained by hostilities and 

 bloodshed. 



In the event of England becoming involved in a war 

 with any nation during your absence, you are to abstain 



* A mistake. Mr. Macgillivray, the gentleman employed by the 

 Earl of Derby, was a zoologist ; he is now naturalist of H. M. S. 

 Rattlesnake. 



