They shall be prepared against surprise and attack.

They shall observe "whether the river on which you plant doth spring out of mountains or out of lakes.

If it be out of any lake the passage to the other sea will be the more easy, and like enough...

you shall find some spring which runs the contrary way toward the East India sea." They must avoid giving offense to the "naturals"-- must choose a healthful place for their houses--must guard their shipping.

They are to set down in black and white for the information of the Council at home all such matters as directions and distances, the nature of soils and forests and the various commodities that they may find.