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thereof; noting the Winds & Weather which usually prevail there at different Seasons of the year; the productions & comparative fertility of the Soil, & the Manners & Customs of the Inhabitants of such parts as you may be able to explore; fixing in all cases, when in your power, the true positions both in Latitude & Longitude of remarkable Head Lands, Bays &, Harbours by Astronomical Observations, & noting the variation of the Needle & the right direction & course of the Tides & Currents, as well as the perpendicular height of the Tides; & in case during your Survey any River should be discovered, you are either to proceed yourself in the Tender, or to direct the Commander to enter it, & proceed as far up as circumstances will permit; carefully laying down the course & the Banks thereof, & noting the Soundings; going on shore as often as it shall appear probable that any considerable variation has taken place either in the productions of the Soil, or the Customs of the Inhabitants; examining the Country as far Inland as shall be thought prudent to venture with the small number of persons who can be spared from the charge of the Vessel, wherever there appears to be a probability of discovering any thing useful to the Commerce or Manufactures of the United Kingdom.
When you shall have completely examined the whole of the Coast from Basses Straits