Navigation shade, every day at noon., , This,prefcaufion p "tWcrfjgh-the,- ' teygntsthe ' . ‘ . , t ^ . . . ■’v *. . ' i Yellow-sea, necessity or inserting those,observations in the. hody ot
this work; but .other,-details d£ so .new;a amyflga|jp^||i
that of the Yella#jsg^icannot>;^ithApr.op£iety ,,be>oinitted.
\\ The squadron ^entered ife|gj it on Tuesday the hintbpjf
July! ,The>w,eather was-, dark, and .gfeudy. A,,thick'.iqg
e<K®#ed;the horizon.; A heavy.swell eame,fkrfo tlaefea^r
south-east.* The, dogja^gpre, or point fr^m whence- the
prpgressrof the squadron was toijae computed, was the isle
calle’d)Pateh:-cqdkj- lying in twentj^aine^degreM t^|.h|yr:
f, tyjo jminutes north latitude^and one hundred and frpenty
: degRees^'fiftyf7twojminut@s^east longitude# The gships-s
when!sailing ,in, six fathoms water,, drew up^tl^paud in
such quantities, that .each left in her wake-a streak fojjjgeh
lowish brown for.-near -half a mile: gg^rcum^tapge.i
which, to,persons, noJt~app®sedip£ k;t^fplA||ie ppl.tf'
create alarm, lest it should denote. a,sudden, shoaling- of
: Wednesday, the tenth of July. , Thick-, hazywegth.er,,.
and a,’constant heavy swell from thej^ptsard, Thi;
wind, during the, former and middle; part, of tha^ajv*.
blew from the north-west to §jm£kt In, the; latter part^he
weather osejafly, calm. In the morning, twq.islands'wer.e
perceived, which the pilots called Tchin-San,;^ ( | Shop-
tong-yeng; hearing north-west by wes% distant,eight or
nine leagues. Soundings from thirty-two to thirty-seven
fathoms^ bottom fine sand.
- .Thursday; the efeyenth ©fJuly-irJjigh't airs and CalmS trough tbe
d;uWrfg^<&stepart*©'h8hWy- In theietoening, a.breeze
sprung^tup^fromi the southward. At five»in,,molding,
two ,nev|,';islaridsts smallfMS to
the-westward, Mveffeor cMstarit. The pilots
called t.hps©3islhnds,E.a-teha^an? andi«£tehong. .Saund-
k^S',a^noon;thii?t<^^i%fatKams.’ j
, Fridaytthe^welftl»®fJ4y.^T’n.t^Jj^Miingofthis
nautical* day-, tHe-^ind^wasi at sqptbf tp^®'ut[h’reast;V with a
V } g r y t T h e waterrsho,aled|a^pn;pst-suddenly fi^our
thif^y^si^tq-le^epte&n ifathoJas.wTheihottom, sand^
with ^ae-h specks thatitbesquadron?
\v|asj>tl^Ji¥t0pp@sSte^th%Ghinese^f),rovin:ee^3f * Kiang-nan;
andjt]5a| in tfhg neighbouBh^pd^^teied^^shoals; the.approach?
tdfwhich was anne|anced^l|y/^sbqttom d>eing
sandy. In the morning^h^^i^ibecame so; thick, that it
was sc'ateel^^ossihl^'wtt^^^ Jrom o deleft d| of, the Liotl to
B |8 Q B | It may f e difficult late-xplaifel^»hallnw
fl^hpuld g p n r f y have-thejatmosph©|.e^^er)it|%,gg^i
but the*-fac-t has been’ h^^fed likewise,upon, the-,bahks
of»-]K^^|ndland,, and ofijlfcpl%g?t- wyredl wkh|kittle
watefe^ Another circumstance took; plasp*.^^pdi,haps,f
more easily tn be accounted! for-. „ India e shallowest;parts;
butwhere;no!land .was yisil^efiabqYe.W-ateKj swarms of
the,dragon fly sudd6nly>ap,pehr.^||,outtBe.,ships,, which«?
it) deeper ys-ater, quickly disappeared^.
- Efforts, -yerejirnade|tt(| leep the* ships? together during