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orders, or regulations, established or made by the said Company, for 

 the good government of their settlements and territories ; and at all 



times during the residence of the said in North America, he will 



defend the rights and privileges of said Company, and aid and support 



their officers and agents to the utmost of his power ; and the said 



further engages and agrees, that if required so to do by the said 

 governor of the said Company in North America, or other their officers 

 and agents for the time being, he shall enrol himself as a soldier, in any 

 volunteer, militia, or other military corps that may be formed or 

 embodied by the said Company in North America, and act in that 

 capacity with courage and fidelity, on any offensive or defensive 

 service in which he may be employed by the governor of said Company 

 in North America, or other their officers and agents for the time being, 

 and attend such drills or exercise, in order to acquire a knowledge of 

 the duties that may be required of him, as a member of such corps, 

 whenever he may be called upon so to do by the governor of the said 



Company, or other their officers or agents ; and the said further 



engages and agrees, that his wife and children, in consideration of 

 being found in provisions by the said Company, if required so to do by 

 the governor of said Company in North America, or other their officers 

 or agents for the time being, render their services at hay-making, 

 sheep-shearing, weeding, and such other light work as they may be 

 equal to, at the farm or farms on which the said — — maybe employed 

 by the governor of the said Company in North America, or other their 

 officers or agents. 



And the said further engages and agrees, that in case he shall 



omit to give notice to the governor or officers of said Company in 

 North America, one year or upwards, before the expiration of the said 

 term of five years, of his intention to quit their service, and return to 

 Europe, then, that he hereby promises and engages to remain one year 

 longer, and also until the next ship in the service of the Company shall 

 sail from thence for Europe, as their hired servant in North America, 



upon like terms as are contained in this contract ; and the said 



also engages and agrees, that in case the said Company should not 

 have any ship, which will sail from Hudson's Bay for Europe, imme- 

 diately after the expiration of the said term of five years, or of such 

 further term as hereinbefore mentioned, then he hereby promises and 

 engages to remain in the service as a hired servant of the said 

 Company in North America, until the next ship of the said Company 

 shall sail from thence for Europe, upon the like terms as are contained 

 in this contract; and the said Mr. Sketton, on behalf of the said 

 Company, hereby engages, that upon the condition of the due and 



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