$28 A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY
B0.9 -K were within three utiles of it: The extreme ’ i6. the
v-r>—’ South hope making :a lipyr faudy point. Oyer
the beach were fevpral junks .ah anchor ; and we had
only 'feven fathoms water. -AtmOjon the ‘extremes of
Formofa extended from N; $5° E. to S. ?° E. threjd'bi;
foyr and; we had fp.tbap^?,. The,Jand near
the fea prefented-..a* barren appearance of ■ fand hills ■
. mixed with .cparfp grafs. At the ba'qk of the' beaph
were fome fcattered trees; but more inland, the hills
rode to a confiderable height, richly -dlothed ,with
woodsA
?2d. Wo continued our courfe along jhp qoaft of For-
mofa, with a ftrong current fet-ting ns to the ^northward.
7 h. Calm: The extremes extended from Ni^o^E*
to S. 14° W .; an opening bore S. 40? E. | Off the-
entrance were feveral junks at anchor. Thirty-on^
fathoms.
17 h. Light breezes. The extremes of Formofa,
N,.*t3° -B» 18° W., off fhorer feven or eight, miles..
Towards the North the land gradually deereafed in
height.
22 h. At noon the extreme land, we could fee,
bore Eaft, fix or feven leagues..
At
TO THE NORTH PACIFIC :-;(5GE.^N.
A t 1 h. tacked1 and flood in for the land ; arid at'
half paft, not being'a b k to ‘the land, owing to the
haze, we flood off there. At half pa A 6 h we could
j uft difeem i t bearing S. 40° E. three'or four leagues-.
• g h, "Very Ajuallyi arid threatening weather obliged
ns to redUdesouu'fail. * '-J >-« ■
i 1 2 h. . Strong.igailesi,: with a large; fda.r"
- Throughout the^©r«si’©on^i| blefet very
and we fpli'||moft of- f | r We had alfndteavy
lain, and were obliged, to pump-the yeflfet out every
tetu/ r j t>; ' .rij.A <4* | | | | | *
' *24 ho' .Heavy gales ©f wind, rind; think baity
weather: ^ s
m §
©HAP. III. -
I W Ë &
J“>y 3d-
‘Str&rig -gales o f ' wind, with a- fafeauy- fea imMii>
and j§ great dealtof rain. AMalf pafl 2 b. we few'the-
eoafH of C h i n a 'tol the W. N-/W., appearMg.yiiyi®-
diftinriklyi -through the ha2e. We’lpon after wore g rind
tiie gale blowing- h a rd® we reefed tferboyffirib ^nd
lay fto I under a elofewteefed mainfad. :^Sohn> after
bringing to we-fprung a leak i0* the!ftarbotrd ^hartery
whirih filledthb cabin with water,'rind'ke^t the people
eoriitmurily a t the pumps.
fe -ih # night the wind<%rad«al1y veeited rotmd- ft*
the' -■with' • He«*#«® yfoieaeef- ^hich- caufed*
an.