Preparations the strong incentivexif curiosity} and eager to indulge
Embassy, th e s p a it o f enquiry, they' already contemplated.China
' at a-distance,1’while objects and topics,}-occupying the
attention-, and agitating the minds, o f those}about them,
and forikerly their own,: sbemed to: lose: the.;interest
ihey had hitherto nxcited ; and a more captiyating,. tlio
distant prospect, appeared rising:from the-horizon to
take possession of their thoughts.
They, thus, willinglyiwithdrew'from the consideration
o f Europe, and its events ; and felt-' no fegreti
except where the;aflections of nature .intervened, wheh
it was announced that the wind and weather w e r e .favourable
for departure.
^C H A P T E R III.
lAYsAGE THAT IS£Ar|ffi J
T he Mom and Hindosfan, haying\on. .hdarJl the l^adeira. j
Eiribassad®iTi'and* his; sdit^fsetf^saihfeQnulRoirt^^^pth- on
th epfeiiilbe®!^ a||pht| §5sJack all
brigf intendedfto|sdrv^a|^||.C&|^erfte, the^i$|$ At this
*se^hh< ©fisfihet jjeaffi^wheri thijjflarth/s- relafcive^position-tg .
the'lun'^C^siorisfequal diaiy, and .l|ght^th^q^.g^>u£ thp™
globe*/ and? th^ehangejr ohtehq, sum:»
rapid>^a,shksible 4^cth%r%|a{uently; produced, .likewise,
%^>n th « .a tm o s |)l|^ Jfiin^,v^hieh -spdden and yjWfept
iGoftimotibns,- ..termed equinoctial galM b render^n^iga- .
itionySftfe this period,-smore hazardous, thapt.,at any^th^E.
But ,the<*sdegree ©^improvement to which the nautical
art is brought; at present,^and the expte|tness ,and hardihood
ofkthose: who, practi^kg eUahlq them f>#^n;]bat,
successfully, tempests,, happening, at a^dMance from the
shotre,iwherever} according, Jp^the* marine phrase,, there
is plenty ofes jp r o om ; and leave them % le apprehension,,
at any .season,ii^the, mpmenfcpf^etting^fl^ej fair,
. - : The course of the. voy^^.to J&hina,.immediately f^qm
Portsmouth, leading, in, the first instance, throU|l|jt^e
British Channel* to the westward,- required, a, .wind,