Cochin.» ‘c 1 remained'grew soon familiar ;: and' oneroid man presse
s “ ingly invited the strangers to his hoilse, situated upon
“ an eminence, at a little distance. On' arriving there,
:^ihe.introduced them to his wife, an old woman, who; after
“ recovering from her astonishment at the sight of figures
‘‘ so different from those she, had ever been accustomed
“ to behold, laid, in a neat manner, before them..some
“ fruits, sugar, cakes, and water. On departing .frpm
hppse^ithis decent and hospitablq^vupld ‘made-
“ signs to testify their desireof sgdgi.ggthem again. •
“ To avoid exciting?, suspicion-or alarm^amp.ng^the
“ people^wwhich; any considerablei apparatusspfi insferu-
‘ ‘ .ments, or operations on shore might htajve.1 created,
i‘1 Captain Parish and Mr. Barrow took witli them-, only,
•“ a small pocket-sextant and compass. With these® at
-‘‘ ;the southernmost point ofrthe bay, theydobserved the
: “ necessary angles and bearings without being,noticed*;.
“ and rowed on.board,; taking notes of the soundings.-all
“ the way. A.second set of angles was observed>on
“ board thejackall at anchor, from which and the for-.
“ mer, the chart of Callao and the adjacent islets2 yras
“ constructed. And in order to ascertain the distance pf
“ the brig from the shore, as accurately as circumstances
•“ would allow, the- angle of .the altitude 6f her mast
“ above? the surface of the water was taken from the
“ shore, from whence her distance was 'deduced trigo-
“ nometrically. By estimating the motion of the boat
“iorilats return to the^vfessel,'and notiffigptfhe time em- epwai
“ ployejd.'in it, the. distance') resultihgldrom thence was ........
ildbumh todeorrespond';^ very i neatly, with that-which
' ‘ was obtained byi calculation frtim ii^e'lahgular altitude
fc$oflthe v e s t ’s mastf i -lFhe hei^fr^bllthe southern peak
|I&o£ ’jGallao was found ihymbseWing tfre£'ani|le sH’Sf * -i t s
“ altitude with a ^^n^pats'eight^-dSfF^ehfi'Sfetioris^s^
\‘fspmed at as many.ec[UaMite}!ervalsof time,, on thefr'way-
“ to the vessel. ’-had anlfopportuniofrde;fer-- f
“ mn&fgifehe lafcittMjeSofr by a-meridional- al-l
“ titu.de1 of ’thev sun ; from which, and thei*M©fringidf the
‘! 1 peak s front Tnron ha‘rbqt£r-, taken with an'-azimuth
• ‘ compass, thb&relativb^ pbsrtions, c#"those two places
“ weremarked down in the chart.,
-“ Callao; as it is called by its inhabitants, but more
“ generally known to EuropeaiSis'underithe nameofCam-
“ipello:, lieS.opppsite to,-and about 'eight miles to the*difsj&
“ ward of,1 the mouth of a' cohsiddraolb rive^on the^asl
“ oftCochin-ohina, on the banks of which isskuafed'the
“ towni-of Fai-foo, a pfeeb o f sombfnbtie, not fa?r from the
“ harbour of Turon. The bearing of thfeMgheSt-peak of
“ Callao from this harbour is -about sbuth-east, d is ta n t ,
“ thirty miles. The extreme pointsfop-diet'Maiid lib'in -
“ latitude fifteen degfebssfifty-three-minutes, and fifteeii-
‘.^degrees fifty-sevenminutes north ; the>gftatest length
“ is from north-west to?sbuth-east, andris'somewhat about
- “ five.miles, and the mean breadth two miles. The only