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our respective duties, humbly relying upon Him who ruleth all 
things, and remembering that success will mainly depend under 
the blessing of Almighty God, on the cheerful and cordial 
co-operation of every individual attached to the Expedition. 
3. In our intercourse with savages, or half-civilized people, an 
unusual degree of forbearance will often be called for, and a 
kind, courteous, but at the same time, firm line of conduct will 
tend materially to remove suspicion or alarm, and create confi- 
dence. 
4. We should always keep in view, that our object is the 
good of our fellow -creatures, and not our own, constantly 
remembering the golden rule, “ to do unto others as we would 
that they should do unto us.” And it is only in proportion as 
we retain this sentiment, and endeavour to make it the ruling 
principle of our actions, that we may expect a blessing to attend 
our efforts in the cause of Africa. 
II. — 1. In the event of your meeting with any of Her 
Majesty’s ships or vessels of the African station, it is my direc- 
tion that you carefully abstain from any interference whatever with 
them. 
2. Should you require any assistance, you are to apply in my 
absence to the senior officer on the station, who is directed by 
the Admiralty to give it, provided that it can be done without 
interfering with the duties on which the vessels on the station 
are employed, or without inconvenience to Her Majesty’s 
service. 
III. — One of the most important parts of naval discipline, is 
that which has a reference to the health of the crew, more espe- 
cially when employed on West African Station, and the immediate 
attention of the commanders is particularly directed to such of 
the following regulations as relate to that subject, in drawing up 
which, I have had the able assistance of Dr. McWilliam, the 
senior surgeon of the Expedition. 
IV. — 1 . The Admiralty having spared no expense in providing 
the vessels of the Expedition with an expensive ventilating 
apparatus, it becomes the duty of all to make themselves 
acquainted with the system, as fully explained in Dr. Reid’s 
paper, and to use their utmost endeavours to carry the plan fully 
