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- ; ;;2:; g^tion and $a4h#l%ij£d
felpi
foipe®^* But By tfeejinfelligenijelth#, Fjnhassad®*- jgeeiyed
1 ati thi§{h.na,e, ^ 3u ;n ^ § # |^ iB fe $ ^ ^ e lv4|;a^f
peare.dithat theif5 adbtenjt p^if^^tBeixdei^ftuciiigs
^l^ejaUlodlLterQidsejg^i^^i^iQBiiia,
its full
adyantag^pf bging'lhn Sf^-pgriged i that Be W'Pdta.diPsR^
eBi&fty> jnpqn, ffcps imprdsaion^ which, his^wn conduct
Q.f his s,jdj^\vjo,uld 'make aipon the, Grillese, fqr
the
represent, as. well as for over com i ng the di fficultie s that
rnig"htf|bp3 thrown in
the eQtjpttryiift-i
_L;J§gnn tferi^fu^W^ of Jhe ^iagt frpnyMaQaO, on the
t^et^y-lBiydrofJui^ith^ SQu^ign; weighed &ncho$4¥Ptfe
Qh§pki$cl^0&3^nd •proceeded .with a favourable ;g^feftpfr
dl.itbf5; Strai^NwhiiGh; £>ƒ Qlfipi
fromtheg-reat island of Formosa,,ag ittis geper^Iyfeptmd
by Eprop^aP^idhiitj Which amoijgvthe, natives>;#swell;as
the Chinese, is .called Tai-wan. The.same.daythe s q u a r
df^%p^s§dfe|w^#>tW;9 small dsl&ads, one called Asses’
^a$Sj frtar :i{§f£orked ,aspect,; the | other |termed - Jbema,
both of them barren.: and, uncultivated, and: surroupded
appearing aboyp the surface, of the Sea.
Those rocks, as Well as the islands, seemed to be com-
EMBASSY TQ'^iUBT® 399
'posed^óftsofid^gmiMteiiiaThe sitifatiobs *©fithteislands;^- «g*»ge*°
bertaisned^by'meridaa'naKdks'elyatiofisyand’bydhe mean -i r ■
hfisêyërai stime1-beepers, idr©,nir
I IBBHMI L*U of \ Lema - 22 o ] \ 6 l H 17 j
'nSRheiiie^tiday, theïtypnty-^fóufth'l^übejba Ea-rg^éle*-
yabed rock' dame id sight?: It&fs* perfectly Whrayand-.
èh ï that; j&ttedliht, ds BSSllsd'' -J^eÈrctë-MémGtiiby-the Pörtut-
férêze.y \bhbchayifl[^ tóÉdfM hr sr Itö&p^ëa®èaYYgafefs
MThÉter së&J| many 'ólf t fee i f^anies % dr ê? adspt ed' by their
$feétes,Éff,s1M The' 1'ati-Mi'de'^T^lra: BMh^aSis^twenty-two
dë||iiïlfe ssinin eféê h i tefetiliN’mortb ',f 'ahtP-i ts'Cb rig i tÉdfe^dïfe
hüpdfeed^andjdoiïrt'ö^li ffélffelÉi fifty^fe4eh0min>utëS-'eas't.
Fafetérffebitf s theYMêntót^^^^hö^ldöd^ fp ’Égh^Toiir
degrtfe's^ and | the barbÉietérfa?'fwd®L'Éy-iïÈɧf i'iidhfes^dril-
yefetfdhr^tgfecimah palts. A^cd-foMt appdtVed'to hive
-sèt ntffbh' by'ëas6'tdüringd#h#Mst1:®WeTA‘(lyl^fu^hëü^0at
the ratf bfabOUt h;hrifetfri hèifrd!
‘ ■* fn Ihè'éOn^e èP tfeeTriekt d h^Jl^l^enty-fifth; the
* sqüadfófe; êïê^fed ‘thb'trQ|il^fc'P:G4n5sprJ;''!arid'i'feeJ Setting
:®f? thö>shn^°thlat e vfeê^fg7,fTv^ a S' ,’att è n'd’e d ’ Wi tfe ah^riiSSual
degrêelèfr'èdridss in th eh r Mam enft-’Th ë q-u i fek si Iv erJ s’urik
m m ê $ m thè’b&foÉfeÉ^^tf
fresh’gale from t'h® sodfh-wèït. I Thè ri^x-t möfMM^%fill
the' twenty-fifth ö fj-ulï ëj d i Agtf®’t de^W reékóningj
IMffie at ^fea^fSbm* riooh t^nbbn/ ' Waï u§lhë^ëd^H*with
hek^y^hÉls,f aha’, ^feêüöfe^tófictlighMiiSg: Bëfit^föllè