CONTENTS. 



I. STATEMENT IN RELATION TO LIEUTENANT HUDSON 351 



II. LETTER FROM THE HON. JOEL R. POINSETT 351 



III. LETTER FROM LIEUTENANT HUDSON 352 



IV. NAVY GENERAL ORDER 353 



V. MEMORANDUM FOR THE COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDITION TO EXPLORE 



THE SOUTH SEAS 354 



VI. LETTERS TO THE HON. JAMES K. PAULDING, AND COMMODORE L. WARRING- 

 TON 359 



VII. ORDERS TO THE RELIEF 361 



Vni. GENERAL ORDER, NO. 1 301 



IX. ORDERS RESPECTING THE RECEIPT, SAFE KEEPING, AND EXPENDITURE OF 



PROVISIONS, STORES, ETC 362 



X. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS RELATIVE TO OBSERVATIONS 363 



XL INSTRUCTIONS, PORTION OF, PROMULGATED TO OFFICERS 364 



XII. GENERAL ORDER RELATIVE TO JOURNALS 367 



XIII. LETTER TO LIEUTENANT CRAVEN EXPLANATORY OF GENERAL ORDER 



RELATIVE TO JOURNALS 367 



XrV. ORDER TO PURSERS, AND LETTER TO SECRETARY OF THE NAVY RELATIVE 



TO MARINES' BOUNTY 369 



XV. LETTER TO THE HON. JAMES K. PAULDING, AND REPORT FROM LIEUTE- 

 NANT HUDSON RELATIVE TO DEFECTS OF PEACOCK 370 



XVI. METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS UNDER THE EQUATOR 373 



XVII. METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT RIO JANEIRO 375 



KVIII. MEMORANDUM OF PASSAGES FROM THE UNITED STATES TO RIO JANEIRO 



FOR EIGHT YEARS 379 



XIX. ORDERS RELATIVE TO PERSONAL APPEARANCE, SCIENTIFIC DUTIES, ETC. 380 

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