leiSfey until th&fiioment dftliis'embarkation. This worthy
and pious Mian, after bidding an aflectionatb'fkrewell to
'thfe companions of his travels, and not a little affected®by
the ifeparation from themf immediately retired to a convent,
where He^rMumed his Chinese dress, in order fb
proceed’ without delay, according 4to his origin afinten-
tion of devoting himself to the service and instruction
of his poor fellow Christians, in the western provinces
of China. PI
§j CHAPTER VIII.
•V THAT ISLAND:-J
* - -RETURN HOMJÈ.'
O n the seventeenth of March, I 7; 9j4*. the ships Jaden Passage^
at Canton, fofcithe Engfcsh'East India Company, joint'll —V ^ l
%h*-Lfdassunder theSttle-jslaneLof Sameock,'near Maeao.
This fleet Was increased jay.the Spanish and theTortu-
gpeze Jwëssels mentioned in^helasfcchapter.« Scare.elyiany
of thetiiaips wéret* w i th o u t .e ^»e^^pd-.a geoddispo-
^i|i©n o f thé wjaol^cp-npeiatirig with^ the Cion, might
hfe equal to any -strength which thet-,enemy could b®mg
'against.,them in the dEasterh3^ha*'-;Wir Erasmus Gower
assigned'its station, in case p f action, to^each ,<%f jthè. English
ships* oyer which he yj^s authorized-to*assume command.
'ThfeSpanish captain ,'«who had seryed in th^navy
of kis own country, at this time in airStty-withl threat
Britain, and whose présent ship was as strong asjiQpae
o f tkÉsEogSsh Indianapiï fglt undapsjiess, at ?her mot
being ttaken into the line qf-adtiop^as if ajreliapop*conid
hot k® placed! upon her commander: hut on the circnm-
staneeibeinf'Hinted to,Sir Erasmus Gow<ar,yhe instantly
gave that brave and. loyal foreigner* for‘such was-his