You will, of course, be under his orders and receive his instructions
concerning your further movements.

In your capacity as leader of a party I cannot too strongly impress on
you the necessity for caution in your movements. Although you will
probably travel under good weather conditions, you must remember that
violent storms occasionally sweep up the coast and that the changes of
weather are quite sudden, even in summer. I urge this the more especially
because I think your experiences of last year are likely to be
misleading.

I am confident that it is not safe for a party in these regions to be at
a great distance from its camp, and that, for instance, it would be
dangerous to be without shelter in such storms as that encountered by the
"Discovery" off Coulman Island early in January, 1902.

With camp equipment a party is always safe, though it is not easy to
pitch tent in a high wind.

I can forsee no object before you which can justify the risk of accident
to yourself or to the other members of your party.

I wish you to show these instructions to Debenham, who will take charge
of the party in case you should be incapacitated.

I sincerely hope you will be able to accomplish your work without
difficulty, and I am sure that Pennell will do his best to help you.
Yours,