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5th. Every opportunity must be taken advantage of to supply the 

 crew with fish, wild celery, &c, and a proportion suffered to visit the 

 shore when the work and weather will permit, who must return in 

 proper season, (early in the afternoon, by supper-time,) on board. 



6th. The sheet cables will be kept constantly bent, and an anchor- 

 watch duly observed, night and day ; the three passed midshipmen 

 and Mr. North, will keep the watches regularly ; and the deck is never 

 to be left without one of them, and a midshipman.- 



7th. When his duties will permit, he will employ his time, and that 

 of the crew, in dredging and fishing, and all specimens will be care- 

 fully preserved, and drawings made of them. 



8th. He will give all the assistance and afford every facility in his 

 power, to aid the duties confided to Lieutenants Carr and Alden. 



Lieutenant Carr will attend to the astronomical and other observa- 

 tions (including tides) on shore, in which he will be assisted by Dr. 

 Fox and Chaplain Elliott, so far as the former's duties will permit foi 

 this purpose. The observatory-house is to be set up on shore, and 

 other arrangements made suitable for the accommodations of them 

 and ten men, with a boat: this position will be in what is called Forge 

 Cove, on the weather side, near the anchorage of this ship. 



Lieutenant Alden is charged with the survey and examination of the 

 northern side of Hermit Islands, and the passages between them and 

 Terra del Fuego, including Goree Road, and the two small islands 

 between the two. All kelp that he may discover is to be examined ; also 

 the anchorage under Lenox and New Islands ; and to make a careful 

 examination of all other places that may seem to offer security for ves- 

 sels from the prevailing winds ; making notes and taking bearings that 

 may serve for directions for vessels seeking shelter. Also the coast 

 between False Cape Horn and Weddell Cape, which is to the west- 

 ward of this harbour, being the parts of this coast that have not been 

 sufficiently examined by Captain King. 



He will be accompanied by a passed midshipman on this duty : the 

 launch is to be fitted with her deck, sails, &c, with a crew of ten men, 

 and provisions, among which are included preserved meats, &c, for 

 twenty days, and a small whale-boat (the Fox), or another, if deemed 

 more suitable, a tent, and every other convenience that he may deem 

 requisite to make the service efficient and comfortable to the party. 

 He will proceed on this duty as soon after my departure as his prepa- 

 rations and the weather will permit; and great hopes are entertained 

 that he will be enabled to complete these arduous and important duties 

 before my return. This service is considered a hazardous one, and he 

 will me every endeavour to avoid risking himself, men, and boats, as 



