tioa of returning to Cfaohin-china, fif praeticabfe fifr
him, after he had been at the court iof Pekin. The
squadron sailed from Turon on the sixteenth o f June,
1 7 93.
' ■' CHAPTER IX:
P A ' i t u e - £X'®k' of tË' ï s n é a rj m a ‘^ c$ ^ a n d
l ^ h k t n c f ^ ó Y i w r A N m ê fV Ó N s a b b k s È k v i § n §
ItASre. ;
FR0M.'©@^hbl-khina to rtfr« the paS- Passage to
A . w the Ladrone S&ge,^htatfrèf south-west monsGonfra^reguk'rly set in;
isïgëfeerally /shhrtrandj e$syi; ■ Thk expectation«!! coming
sooni® sight«® feeountry, tvhich w.a& the bhjëct; óf so
long a voyage, rendered the pass enger st^till more im>-
patfenMosgfet to the place of their destination than tljey
had.beeia when much farther removed from it.,.m
The port of Tien^ifïgsgwheré the; EmbasSadir meant
to landy was, however, yet atla- considerable distance.
It was; ihteirded previously to touch; at one^flthfe La-
droiie islands, oppositettp Macao, for therjpurpose pf
sending letters to Europe £ by anyjbP®Y#yan# from | tfrtit
settlement, or Canton ; but more partièulady toi. receive
any intelligence which might be interesting fio the, Erar
ba!ssy|6Es well as $© get pilots, if aaayysteiie to be found in
thdtineighbourhood, for the Yellow sea,©f which the
navigatibn: was entirely unknown té European&l This
was not the case with regard to the track between.Cochin
china and Macao; and therefqreno pilots had been