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who undertakes to go upon a Difcovery, ought to 

 be very nice and cautious in the choice of his Men ; 

 for every one is not fit for his bufinefs. His Men 

 ought to be between 30 and 40 years of Age, of a 

 dry Conftitution, of a peaceable Temper, of an 

 adive and bold Spirit, and inur'd to the fatigues of 

 Voyages. The whole Retinue muft confift of three 

 hundred Men j and of that number there muft be 

 fome Ship-Carpenters,Gun-fmiths, and Sawyers with 

 all their Tools ; befides Huntfmen, and Fifhermen 

 with their Tackling. You muft likewife have Sur- 

 geons among 3 em, but their Cheft ought to contain 

 nothing but Razours, Lancets, External Medicines 

 for Wounds, Orvietan and Senna. All the Men 

 of the Detachment, ought to be provided with Buff- 

 Coats and Boots to turn the Arrows ; for, as I inti- 

 mated above, the Savages of the unknown Coun- 

 tries are ftrangers to Fire-Arms. They muft be 

 arm'd with a double barrel'd Gun, a double barrel'd 

 Piftol, and a good long Sword. The Commanding 

 Officer muft take care to provide a fufficienc quan- 

 tity of the Skins of Deer, Elks, and Beeves, in order 

 to be few'd together, and hung round his Camps 

 upon certain Stakes fix'd at convenient diftances 

 from one another. I had as many as would go 

 round a fquare of thirty Foot every way; for each 

 Skin being five Foot deep, and almoft four Foot 

 broad, I made two pieces of eight Skins a piece, 

 vvhich were rais'd and extended in a Minute. Be- 

 fides thefe, he ought to carry with him fome Pot- 

 Guns of eight Foot in length, and fix in breadth j 

 with two Hand-Mills for grinding the Indian Corn, 

 IMailsof ail fizes, Pickaxes, Spades, Hatchets, Hooks, 

 Soap, and Cotton to make Candles of. Above all, 

 he mufr not forget to take in good ftore of Powder, 

 Brandy, Brafil Tobacco, and fuch things -as he muft 

 prefent to the Savages whofe Country he difcovers* 

 4dd to this C^rgo, an Aftrolake, % -$Qmkndc 3 ie? 



