&CV1 'INSTRUCTIONS ATO CTAKTATN WILSON.
tcount';of stke tg.reat degree df probability'there .is o6wurife.vi.fiting
them.rfoon .after theAfa-fe reWib'of our veflel from her prefent exps-
ditionr-asait.^ «.evidemt-, 'that-, .with the affiftance of. a freight .home*-
ward, .the^avigatioh.rto .thofe feaa ,maF hd-hereafter u n d e r ta k e^
little comparative expenfe, and thus opportunities he afforded^ fre-
■quent .;intercourfeswithith^
■sour .attention, w e now'think it neceflkry to^offer- you.a few-more
.obfervations, derived from the beft information we..can,obtain, and
the beft; judgment ‘.we ■'part at prefent ferin on the fubjedtk.;SJfotf,-*
; adhere to them or not, j§|
It is well known that Otaheiteisdbe ifland on which the general
expedtation: has been fixed, as the place where nurTuiftanifftQn.xs .to
:be attempted | and we. have no reafon .to-.alter it h e opinion we-.athrft
•-entertained o f the eligihility o f this-ipot: hut a S 'O U E ^ b je^ to u*-
troduce the g o fp e t 'o fC h r ift among-the heathen,
mrediledions to partieular.places muft be made fubferwent-to W
W e conceive yo u will .vifit that ifland before .any' other, - aid],you
d » b t^ fs .have an early-interview with the ehieftL; 'It m u jb q
-left: to; yodr own idiferetion how. far! you w ill tbemipnfold-to^hem
-the occafion of' your voyage. - Y o u will alfo probably Toe® he-vi-
Vfited by fome; Europeans, an dw ill moft likely &vA means &bcon-
^ eominitting; yourfdf&o -them-a#y
further than you may deem prudent. AH your difcrimipatiop
may be requifite to fix on thofe. among -them whqiarp beft fuited
.to- become your inftruments j ’frorn themydUr-will k am th e rp r a -
fent ftate o f this ifland, and iperhaps ofrthofe adjacent,-as. to, pro-
• .-duce,-population, :dl^><jfitioh.rd£ the;#aHl¥Sifrand.
'You will however be on; your guard, againft rnifrepr^tit^®»
..and by cpmparinjg different. reports find out the truth.
, alfo .guard againft treachery and furprife, Y o u will ;be cautious
whom you admit on 1 /ardj -cfpceially you wiU not allow the
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fe^ ^ e^ p e^ ^ tsi!fhy,,tVh?^(t6P^hb IchieFajitaijd .oqly a few.afiai tifne-
’^ TO V i^ b 'e tgM ffi^ ^ p bV ir« 5Ab"rian^b®tKelEnghfh,'1 i f
reiftainfbl'^f^tahtMpt#*bg^|^board^a±).piace.r 3 Yi&sk-ill tak§-aq
eSil^ %^pSfiunity^ dfhfyffitingJ fiti^ler qraii&^fe->^9.s itt'Kasiiqbeeh
rep’fe’febted b ^ ’K)^^t^y.3^ f^ 4p^b^!$hb5i#fdfbfcrtIlp, weJlTpplityate.df
abd"%bhiSndffi^kdh^tiiwarid ifu^rteahe; £■ ®|li|i|he;ift^'P td.nj$It^n
•fl^h'he\d^fee$|t "iflarid^df 'JETihe^^eXaniin^tbeihafflgufs|p,btft,%l00 .and
A^tSif&i! bcSvbr^^witb'tMkmgft", kar^ithee^Eefcnj^a^foffjtha't'iiflsfndj
ahcPIifk^ fn e i'nhabitatifef to'nSrdrajVfettldn^pl p f ih h is
b r5 efflb brethrerf !amon^ fliSm'. w i
*5 f I (“afcfertainB'd' ‘tfeff^yoU® tkind;; o f
tl^atmehf' which ‘ the miffionafieshVeJlikel.yrtokxpe^©n<fe1tat.»<9taheites
you w ill W f f o r b t ^ a f t l f i f E d g in g how. to improve tj^rema-indpr
’of'ybu*^voyage,', than we ‘are'l'at prefent. T o afmbjy^ttihr^^jdir
lo tion ' b#yBi#Tarther attempts,' wei rdEorlinknd
p€rtflal the papers which have- been ’’ comrinttednto't/yQU| ■ 'jietajiunl
ing a defeription and- MftoricadaceOtint o f the, ifla-fids, that are (fcdpnedte.d
with CJtah<jite, d r ‘included in the-vgroup,S‘ called the Friendly.Tflapdjs
Stic! the Marquefas. You w-illf: compare them, on .the
,iifimediate advantage and! future profpedts.' T o this;sfubjedfc bpr
longs-"the conflcteratidn fo£*the fa£ety> o f .'bur'w.omen, of
introducing'bur* improvemehts', fujiply d'f> provifioifs,'fthe prodij^g|pf
rthe*- iflabflrfhflfugar,” cbfton, kndal-wbdclhf&c.! We ,are .thus par^
Vic’ularTn' fuggSftiiTg^Mfe 'Cbfefvatibris ’to .you/nbeeaiafe you arp ;much
better qualified ’'than^'We can eXpedt any o f •the-.miffionarks3tQih e')‘ct'J0
decide on the moft eligible fpots fqr'our fettlemeritji and! ft is a qirpum^
fiance o f f^'mfieh importance, as to claim-your'.uSmoft attention. You
will doubtlefs 6n this fubjedl hold very; frequent, icommunications
'with the miffioiwies, and efpecially with the committee, fiating to
them the ’ grounds on which y o u ' may prefer one fpot to; another:
as it would be peculiarly defirable to obtain, i f poffible, a perfect
unanimity o f the whole body as to the: place o f fettlemprit j , and . the
dbjedions-of'thofe who may Happen to think differojtly from yout-
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