Bin
6 ® ^orairi| was fc&fcely diftihguifh
À*uÎg9u7f-t
me coaftof ^lpon'/
] Frefhj breezes and hazy weather/, We failed elofe
in ‘along the ftiore to the town of Malzpiai: and before
we drew near we obferved feveraf hoHemen,
richly drepdrgalfomng into the' town;'^ s ^ d ^ ’mdufd
fefem b y ‘their numbers'; the whole 'of &V inhabitant
were cdlleiSed to take nbtice'bf usV "
Near Ih'e centre of the fown/'at a landing pface,.
was a body of troops in Jregutar ,order, with their
colours flying, as if they expebfed’ u*s to laud.
The town was or eonhderabTe magnitude, hftending
along the margin of the'beach,' and /afcehdmg gradually
to , fopje diftance up the’ rifing grounds, inter-
fperfed with trees and gardens*
The houfes were of wood, with the lame land of
roofing, and univerfally covered with ftones. The
fuperior dwellings were, decorated with Jong pieces of
coloured cloths, of various patterns, fpread lengthways,
which had a very chearful effedt; the. ground:
work being chiefly white* The temples: or public
edifices were equally adorned, and colours flying all
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over-the town, , as if dreffed for our anmfement. The
Kills at the back rife to .a good height, but.were
deftitute of wood, and uncultivated, excepting fome
parts that w.ere l^idquf in gardens,
f Theeaflferly wind brought in a number of junks and
boats : thpy 4all kept ’elofe in fhqr© to avoid the' current,
which appeared, to run to stoe, weft ward .\$ry
ftrong ■ in; the effing. At 3rh. we,flood to.the foutli-
ward. After running ten miles tlje N. W . .point of
N-ipoa bore 'S.’34° E . mrebfeagues, and extended up
the' fStraits tto Ea^l • but ,we could no t difeern more
than four leagugs Jn that auaifer for . the ..haze* TThe
extreme of ijipon, which the Jap^nefe call .Sangaroo,
projects from ,fome}bp!d high rocj^y lap,d,. apd makes
in hummocks at a diftance; , the^extrpjne^being highefl,
and falling j,abpifpj^yvtontlffi fea.- if, bear^jSfS.; E. from
Mat?mai ab o u t fix, league s^ In flthe evening,^ I t , . tfie
light-houfe bqre of,ijs 54° W. .three mites, ?ind we
had 66 /atfionjs, when tfye land of Matzmai topk a
N.-N. W. dire<ftioq. , In the mornings at daydight,
we were within four, or five .miles, qf.thejfhpre,,without
roundings. f ..The, S. IV,.extreme of Matzmai, S.A68 E .:
land of; Nipop,, ju ft ppen,;-textrem§ of Infoo,'No^th^
an ifland, N, N. W .; another, S. 4° W .; tq \h e Weft
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W3-.
Auguft.