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will be enabled to run all night, Mr. Blunt being well acquainted 

 with the route. 



In case of your falling in with the schooner Kai-viti, you will take 

 her with you to Muthuata, on your way to Somu-somu, where you 

 will probably meet the Porpoise, or hear something relative to her ; 

 if so, you will ascertain whether Lieutenant-Commandant Ringgold 

 has taken up the survey of Vanua-levu from the points at which we 

 commenced, in order to find whether all parts of the island have been 

 thoro\ighly examined. If the Porpoise is found at Muthuata, you will 

 deliver the letter to Lieutenant-Commandant Ringgold, who will 

 supply your wants, and proceed with the Kai-viti to Somu-somu, 

 where you will land Mr. Hunt, and engage a full cargo of yams, 

 pigs, &c, for the Kai-viti, making as you proceed on the opposite 

 side, examinations to complete the survey of this island. 



You will return by the south side of Vanua-levu, stopping in at 

 Baino and Fawn Harbours, which you will re-examine, getting data 

 by which they may be plotted on the scale of four inches to the mile ; 

 after which you will return to this bay as speedily as possible. 



In event of your hearing that an accident has occurred to the Por- 

 poise, you will take immediate means to advise me of it, and endea- 

 vour to afford her any assistance that may be in your power. 



This duty it is supposed will not employ you more than ten days. 

 The Kai-viti, in all probability, will be found to windward of Mu- 

 thuata. You will, therefore, see the necessity of pushing beyond that 

 place as corickly as possible. 



The letter to Captain Egleston you will deliver on board the 

 Leonidas as you pass her. 



On your meeting the boats of Lieutenant Walker, you will take 

 under your command his best boat and crew, and put Mr. Blunt in 

 charge of her, and proceed as rapidly as possible. 



After the Kai-viti is loaded with yams, &c, at Somu-somu, you will 

 give her orders to proceed at once to this place to join the ships here. 

 I need say nothing to you about Mr. "Hunt, for I am sure you will 

 take good care of him, and see him safely landed at his home. 



I am, &c, 



Charles Wilkes, 



Commanding Exploring Expedition. 

 Lieutenant A. L. Case, 



U. S. Ship Vincennes. 



