you Observe the Ship takes proper means to get Clear
of it.
9
th: No boat is ever to go from the Ship without a –
grapnell; a Musquet; a Cutlass and a Proper Quantity
of Ammunition for Each Man, with water and
Provisions for that Day.
10
th: No more that one man is to Quit the boat at a
time in any place where there may be Indians,
and if any are discover'd, no Man is to Quit the Boat
11
th: The Officer who Commands the boat is to make him
self acquainted with the General soundings of the
Place he is examining, and not to lose time in
sounding too minutely, but to proceed back to
the ship with all dispatch, that being Sufficient
for her General Conduct, and if any more is
required, a Boat will be kept a kind.
12
th: A Jack at the Main top Gallant Mast head
is a Signal for the boats away to report on
board, and will be made with, or without, Guns,
as Circumstances may make it Necessary.