. CH A P. VÏII.
Departure from Chofan.— Find ourfelves,/». a D k j ^ '^ '^ a i d s .—
Vijited by the Natives.—O ff the JJland o f '-^elpaerf,
B 0 0 K F besh breezes and fine clear weather. At h a l f p a f t
'—s—’ 2 h. we faw fome rocky ifles and ledges in our courfe r
oaoter we therefore fteered more foutherly, to pafs without
3ad* tbem- At 3 h. the extreme part of the main land
bore Weft; and we covtld diftinguifh the coaft no
longer for a olufter of iflands-in that dire$ion,, w i t h
many rocks between them : fome only even with the
water. At 5h. an high rock bore ^N. 49° W., in one
with the iflands let at noon without the extreme of the
Coreap land. After rounding it very clofe we hauled
up to the weftward; the ifland of Tzima then bearing
from S. 40° E. to S.‘ 60° E. At funfet the extreme
of Corea, to the North, N. l6° E . ; and the extreme
of Eocky Iflands, N. 76° W. three leagues.
At
At bill 3 0mv^e khnle^'- our wind, aftd plied ttndef (SfiAS.
fafy fail fot the night.0'T i bl^w ftfong/'^vith a good «-‘v«-**
dekl di',fek‘i Skri'd M (MybS^t-thetiigfi*rock- bore 1*1. E= 0<Sfe^fee*r.
fbtif or five miles. fe t^ ' Wb feouM
ndtfee in atly dire£Uon more;than two leagues.“- WS
h a ile d up-W .N .W X% f- the^roeky ifla n d s^ a n d a f
: th e k ^ ^ tb e i N. Wv Seori
kfti?ra^vl fdw ajj'finale ffoekl to- thE We®* tvhfeh' W6
jk f ie d% ’the'South o f within a riiile. AW&sHiifli
arid ^eWdrated- Before we- loft fight of i t : we faw
anbtlief, tii fhapb- like a »hayebek ; and Vddre iflands
td 'th e weftwafd. ■ h a d ft ronj \&mm> arid t
thick haly weMhfcr. ■ The haycock rock bore W. «
tw6'c\niles; and the wefiern iflaridsj from N l 44° W.
to’ w W.
r:Fre& breezes; “and unbomittohly hazy round thd 23d.
hotizpnP ' At 1 H. we falv a n ^ r fobky1 iftanA id! the
S'Htith. ; As it appeared we were ediiiplet&fy fur-
I'duVdid'tjy a drifter' of fflandsfdvhieh- rendered our
navigation i a f intricate, and indeed M e & f T
thoiyght'it beft-’to^tiarif rip and fedkfor Aelter among
tbe^iflUnds1 tO*the N. W.‘ 'We gradually fliorteried Our
wS&i^sSW-^i^dkdhed ‘them; kid ^ b il!paflirig‘lSie
eatte^pOhibVA tiild f&ootlr MeidM We
i), ‘ ’ceived ‘