If so, he was to take as many Sandwich Islanders as his ship could accommodate, and proceed thither.

On arriving at the river, he was to observe great caution, for even if an establishment should have been formed, it might have fallen into hostile hands.

He was, therefore, to put in as if by casualty or distress, to give himself out as a coasting trader, and to say nothing about his ship being owned by Mr.Astor, until he had ascertained that everything was right.

In that case, he was to land such part of his cargo as was intended for the establishment, and to proceed to New Archangel with the supplies intended for the Russian post at that place, where he could receive peltries in payment.

With these he was to return to Astoria; take in the furs collected there, and, having completed his cargo by trading along the coast, was to proceed to Canton.