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ocean, and point out to future navigators a course by which they may avoid 

 dangers and find safety. 



An Expedition so constituted, and for such purposes, armed for defence, not 

 conquest, and engaged in pursuits in which all enlightened nations are equally 

 interested, has a right to expect the good-will and good offices of the whole 

 civilized world. Should our country, therefore, be unhappily involved in war 

 during your absence, you will refrain from all acts of hostility whatever, as it 

 is confidently believed none will be committed against you. So far from this 

 being the case, it is not to be doubted that even hostile nations will respect your 

 purposes, and afford every facility to their accomplishment. 



Finally, you will recollect, that though you may frequently be carried beyond 

 the sphere of social life, and the restraints of law, yet that the obligations of 

 justice and humanity are always and every where equally imperative in our 

 intercourse with men, and most especially savages ; that we seek them, not they 

 us ; and that if we expect to derive advantages from the intercourse, we should 

 endeavour to confer benefits in return. 



Although the primary object of the Expedition is the promotion of the great 

 interests of commerce and navigation, yet you will take all occasions, not 

 incompatible with the great purposes of your undertaking, to extend the bounds 

 of science, and promote the acquisition of knowledge. For the more successful 

 attainment of these, a corps of scientific gentlemen, consisting of the following 

 persons, will accompany the Expedition, and are placed under your direction. 



Mr. Hale, Philologist. 



Mr. Pickering, } 



■*, r> ? Naturalists. 



Mr. Peale, $ 



Mr. Couthouy, Conchologist. 



Mr. Dana, Mineralogist. 



Mr. Rich, Botanist. 



Mr. Drayton, i 



Mr. Agate, \ Draughtsmen. 



Mr. Brackenridge, Horticulturist. 



The hydrography and geography of the various seas and countries you may 

 visit in the route pointed out to you in the preceding instructions, will occupy 

 your special attention ; and all the researches connected with them, as well as 

 with astronomy, terrestrial magnetism, and meteorology, are confided exclu- 

 sively to the officers of the navy, on whose zeal and talents the Department 

 confidently relies for such results as will enable future navigators to pass over 

 the track traversed by your vessels, without fear and without danger. 



No special directions are thought necessary in regard to the mode of con- 

 ducting the scientific researches and experiments which you are enjoined to 

 prosecute, nor is it intended to limit the members of the corps each to his own 

 particular service. All are expected to co-operate harmoniously in those 



