356 CAPTAIN trotter’s instructions. 
instructions for his guidance during our absence. He 
was directed to take means to secure such of her 
Majesty’s stores as might be landed, by surrounding 
them with palisades and a ditch ; and, generally, to 
throw up such defences on the territory as he might 
think advisable. He was to make a survey of the 
territory ceded to her Majesty, commencing with 
the immediate neighbourhood of the Model Farm, 
mai’king particularly the boundaries of land at present 
occupied by the original proprietors, with the view of 
securing them from infringement. He was, however, 
strictly enjoined to avoid such exposure as might 
be dangerous to European constitutions. The oppor- 
tunity of a fixed station, for scientific observations, 
vyas not to be neglected. Supplies of live stock, yams, 
&c., were to be purchased, and reserved for the use of 
her Majesty’s vessels on their return, to the extent of 
one month’s consumption for one hundred men. 
The black men under Mr. Webb’s command, together 
with such natives as might be induced to work for hire, 
were to be employed in cutting and storing firewood, and 
in preparing fuel on Mr. Grant’s plan, by mixing coal 
tar and pitch — of which there was a quantity left in the 
‘ Amelia’ — with charcoal, as a substitute for coal-dust. 
Captain Trotter further directed Mr. Webb to “ con- 
sider every information regarding the territory, and the 
persons liHng upon it, as of primary importance ; ascer- 
taining the numbers, occupations, and dispositions of the 
various inhabitants you meet ; and all particulars relative 
to any predatory incursions, which may have been made 
