Show THE LOST OREW instructions of engineer melville of the jeannette uy BY IV U telegraph to the tb MALD march 24 secretary hunt lias bas received from post assistant engineer goo AV melville under ate of Yakout sk eastern siberia jan ad a copy of a letter of instructions by liim melville to the local governor of aask ask aa as follows it is my desire and the tile wish of the government of the united states of america and lind of tile projector of the american ex expedition tion that diligent and anti constant search be made for tho the miss missing sing comrades both tho the boat of do long and party consisting of 12 persons will bo be found near tho west bank of the lena river they arc are south of the email small hunting bunting station which is debt of tho the house known n by aa as Qu ivina they could no not possibly have mancl marched ed as far south as buncom therefore be they dead or alivo alive they aro are between and buncom have already traveled over the groundnut ground but I followed tho the river bank therefore it is necessary that a more careful search be made on tho the hi high h ground back from the river for a snort af r t di disca benrice sen rice as well as alone tho tile river b bank ank I examined ann many aloff ats and small houses but could not possibly examine them all theredore it is is levessa necessary that all every house 01 I large o or small a rf be examined for r b books books and papers or persons of altho the party men without food and with but little clothing would naturally y seek sk shelter in the huts a along ong tho tile line ine of marchand march and if exhausted in might ight be left in the huts buts they might have left their books anda and papers arther i in n tho lie huts buts if it unable to carry alieu them farthier fart lier if they carried their books and papers south of that section of country between matvai and buncom they will bo be found piled up in a heap and some prominent object raised near them to attract the attention of searching parties A mast of wood or a pile of wood would bo be erected near them if not on tile top tot of them in caso case books or papers aro are found they are to bo be sent to the american minister Iles resident ident at st sst petersburg if they aro are found in time and can bo be forwarded to me before I leave russia forward to me persona persons if dead I wish to have carried to a central position most convenient of access to balun belunas Bel unal a 11 placed inside a small house ramn arranged P ed side by side for f future recognition tion the tile but then securely closed and banked up wil ii snow or earth and to remain until the proper person arrives from america to make a final dis disposition of tho tile bodies firbank in banking up p the tile hut have it done in such a manner that animals cannot get in and destro tho bodies the sf search dortho for alio email boat containing eight persons should bo be made irom the west mouth of tho the lena to and beyond the east mouth of ilic the lana iziver after the separation of the three boats no information has been received concerning the small boat but butac as all ll three boats were destined toi to barkin and then to go to the mouth of tho the lena ana it is natural to sup suppose that lieutenant directed airl hiis boat to barkin if I he I managed to weather the gale but i if f from froni any cause he lie could not find finda a lena mouth he ill would continue along the coast from barkin west for the north mouth of the lena jena or south for the eastern entrance or mouth of the lena river if still unsuccessful in ill getting into tho the lena river ho lie might from stress of weather or other c cause use bo be forced along the coast towards lana river diligent and constant search is to commence at once and to continuo continue until tile people boats and papers are found caro care being taken that vigilant and careful examination of that section of country where lieutenant de I longani Lon ng ganA adv party aro are known to be is made in the early springtime when the snow begins to leave tile ground and before the spring mence to overflow the river banks one ono or more american officers will in all probability bo be in balun in ti time line to adist in the search but the search mentioned in these instructions is to be carried oa etian in way signed gcoy MELVILLE |