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P. S. The boats will be fully armed and equipped for surveying 
service, and ready for duty this afternoon by five o’clock. 
U.S. Ship Vincennes, 
Mbua Bay, July 13th, 1840. 
Sr,— 
On your arrival here, you will lose no time in repairing to the an- 
chorage under Rabe-rabe Point, about fourteen miles to windward of 
this bay, where, if you should not find me after a stay of one day, you 
will proceed to Levuka, Ovolau. 
I am, very respectfully, &c., 
Cuartes WixkEs, 
Commanding Exploring Expedition. 
Lizut. Com. C. Rinecotp, 
U.S. Brig Porpoise. 
ORDERS. 
Ist. Lrevrenant Perry will rejoin the Peacock, and be employed 
with charts. 
2d. Doctor Fox and Passed Midshipman Eld will hold themselves 
in readiness for service in the Flying-Fish. 
3d. The Flying-Fish will be ready for sea at twelve o’clock to- 
morrow. 
4th. The first cutter and Leopard, of the Vincennes, and the first 
cutter of the Peacock, will also be in readiness for service, at twelve 
o’clock to-morrow, equipped for surveying duty, with provisions for 
ten days for full crews. Lieutenant Alden will have charge of the 
first cutter of this ship, with Midshipman Henry; Lieutenant Em- 
mons, the Peacock’s first cutter; and Lieutenant Underwood, the 
Leopard. 
Cuartres WILKEs, 
Commanding Exploring Expedition. 
U.S. Ship Vincennes, 
Mbua Bay, July 14th, 1840. 
IONE 
U. &. Ship Vincennes, July 14th, 1840. 
Sir,— 
Having been fully satisfied that the chiefs brought from Sualib were 
innocent of any participation in the piratical act recently committed at 
