XXX11 
INTRODUCTION, 
On your arrival at the Cape of Good Hope, you are to ref ref the Jloops com¬ 
panies~, and to caufe the foops to be fupplied with as much provifions and water as 
they can conveniently flow. 
Tou are, if poffible, to leave the Cape of Good Hope by the end of October, or 
the beginning of November next, and proceed to the Southward in fearch offome 
ijlands faid to have been lately feen by the French, in the latitude of 48° o / South, 
and about the meridian of Mauritius. In cafe you find thofe ijlands, you are to 
examine them thoroughly for a good harbour -, and upon difcovering one, make the 
necejfary obfervations to facilitate the finding it again ; as a good port, in that 
fit nation, may hereafter prove very tifeful, although it Jhould afford little or nothing 
more than Jhelter, wood, and water. Tou are not, however, to fpend too much 
time in looking out for thofe ijlands, or in the examination of them, if found, but 
proceed to Otaheite, or the Society Ifies (touching at New Zealand in your way 
thither, if you Jhould judge it necejfary and convenient), and taking care to ar¬ 
rive there time enough to admit of your giving the Jloops companies the refrefh- 
ment they may ft and in need of, before you profecute the farther object of thefe 
infractions. 
Upon your arrival at Otaheite, or the Society Ifies, you are to land Omiah at- 
finch of them as he may choofe, and to leave him there. 
Ton are to dijlribute among the Chiefs of thofe ijlands Juch part of the pre- 
fen ts with which you have been fupplied, as you Jh alljudge proper, referving the 
remainder to dijlribute among the natives of the countries you may dif cover in the 
Northern Hemifphere: And having refrejhed the people belonging to the Jloops un¬ 
der your command, and taken on board Juch wood and water as they may rejpec- 
tively ft and in need of, you are to leave thofe ijlands in the beginning of February, 
erfooner if you fie all judge it necejfary, and then proceed in as direct a courfe as 
you can to the coaft of New Albion, endeavouring to fall in with it in the latitude 
of y ft D / North j and taking care, in your way thither, not to lofe any time in 
fearch of new lands, or to ftop at any you may fall in with, unlejs you find it ne¬ 
cejfary to recruit your wood and water. 
Tou are alfo, in your way thither, fir icily enjoined not to touch upon any part 
of the Spanijh dominions on the Wejlern continent of America, unlejs driven thi¬ 
ther by forne unavoidable accident-, in-which cafe you are to ft ay no longer there 
than Jhall be abfiolutely necejfary, and to be very careful not to give any umbrage 
or offence to any of the inhabitants or Jubjells of his Catholic Majefty. And if, 
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