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to the continent to take in water, probably to Tumbez, where you 
will proceed if you should not find me at Hood’s island, or if on 
your arrival you should not receive different instructions from 
me. From Tumbez I shall beat up the coast towards Lima ; 
and when I shall have taken as many prizes as will render my 
return to port necessary, I shall proceed to Conception, previous 
to my going to ^Valparaiso, with a view of gaining intelligence of 
the British cruizers on the coast. Should you not fall in with 
me at Hood’s Island, or at Tumbez, you will follow me in my 
route ; and if you should touch at Coquimho, enquire for letters 
for me, and open them, and do the same at Conception. Should 
you not hear of me at Conception or Valparaiso, you will endea¬ 
vour to dispose of the whole or part of the cargo of the Georgi- 
ana, and will continue to make short cruizes in the neighbour¬ 
hood of the place, until my arrival, increasing your crew as cir¬ 
cumstances may render expedient and necessary, and securing 
your prizes under the protection of the batteries, unless you can 
dispose of them to advantage ; and if this can be done, you will 
please to consult the consul-general as to the most proper person 
to be employed as agent, and do whatever may to you seem ex” 
pedient to the good of all concerned.^/ 
Near some conspicuous tree of object which I shall mark, 
not far from the landing-place at Hood’s island, I shall bury a 
bottle containing further instructions. I shall do the same at 
Massafuero, should I touch there; and prior to my departure 
from Tumbez, if I should conclude on changing my route from 
thence and proceeding along the coast of Mexico, I shall inti 
mate my intentions of so doing, by presenting the governor or 
principal person there with a rifle ; and should you be certain of 
my having done this you will proceed to Quibo, and, near the 
watering-place marked A in the chart, I shall leave further in¬ 
structions in a bottle, at the root of a marked tree. It is possible 
that I may leave a letter for you, directed to the commander of 
the Georgiana, at Tumbez. I calculate on cruizing off Cape 
Blanco some time before and after going into Tumbez, so that I 
think it highly probable that you will find me there, an event 
very much desired by me. It is even possible that I may stop 
