...all ambassadors, residents, con" sals, and agents of the nation in foreign " countries, to intreat, in the name of " humanity and of the arts and sciences,...the nations " in which they reside, to enjoin all navi" gators and agents of every description ** under their command, wherever they " may be, but particularly...

...whatever place they may be, but especially in the southerly part of the South Sea, to make inquiry after the two French frigates La Boussole and L'Astrolabe, commanded by M. de la Perouse, as well as after their crews, and to obtain every information, which may ascertain their existence...