INTRODUCTION. 



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3. The collection of fossils. 



4. The occurrence of economic minerals. 



5. The exact position of all facts, and the attitude of the 



rocks. 



"The distribution of limestone should be made a constant 

 subject of question with every one you meet. 



u With reference to natural history, you will, if at the time 

 convenient, and the object capable of transportation, collect what- 

 ever may appear to be new or of interest ; and you are requested 

 to record in a daily journal, such facts in connection with this 

 subject as may present themselves to your notice, when not 

 susceptible of representation by specimen or illustration. 



"A general description of the whole of the country you tra- 

 verse, from Fort William westward, is very desirable ; and it is 

 advisable to note, as minutely as possible, all leading features of 

 topography, vegetation, and soil, along your line of route. 



cc You will proceed with the main party to Fort William, and 

 continue with it, or with such party as may be detached from it, 

 as much as is consistent with the efficient prosecution of your 

 own exploration and researches. It may, of course, be occasion- 

 ally necessary, as already adverted to, that you should separate 

 from the others for a short time, for which course Mr. Grladman 

 will afford you all requisite accommodation ; but as that gentle- 

 man's instructions require him to explore not only the present 

 canoe route of the Hudson's Bay Company, from Fort William 

 by Dog Lake, Lake of the Thousand Islands, Lac Croix, Lake of 

 the Woods, and Lake Winnipeg, to Fort Garry, but also in 

 returning to examine the former North West Company's route 

 by Pigeon River ; and further to survey or examine the line of 

 Rat River, from the Red River to its source, and the intervening 

 country between it and the Lake of the Woods ; it is not probable 

 that there will be much necessity for your leaving the party for 

 more than a few days at a time, which is desirable, from its 

 limited number and the late season of the year. 



" It is arranged with Mr. Grladman, that he is to send a mes- 

 senger, some time hence, with despatches to the Government, 

 explanatory of the progress made towards carrying out the ob- 

 jects of the expedition ; and by this means you will also have an 



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