P- ïS0, . On the 27th they entered the Road of Batavia,; and the next day, which, by
tfyeir account, was the 28th, but, by the account of the Dutch at this place, •
was the 29th, they anchored.near the town. By failing to the weft for a
whole year they had loft a day.
Having now left thofe parts oflthe globe that were the immediate objects of
his refearches, and which alone are; particularly connected with this work, it
will be only neceftary to add, that Commodore Byron continued at Batavia from
P- I33* the 28th of November to the 10th of December, when, having procured what
refreihments he could for his people, and taken on board a fufficient quantity
o f rice and arrack, he weighed, and ¡made fail.
On the 13 th of February 1766 they arrived at the Cape~of Good Hope, and
departing from thence, after a ftay of three weeks:, without touching at
St. Helena, arrived in; the Downs on the . 9th bf. May, having, been abfent
from England one year and about ten month's... ii
Captain W A L L I S ’ s - Voyage in his Majeily’ s Ship
the D O L P H I N.
p. 144. On thé 22d of Auguft 1766 Captain Wallis failed in the Dolphin from
Plymouth Sound, having under his command the Swallqw.f Sloop, Captain
Carteret, and Prince Frederick ftore /hip. Beiides filling every part of the
ihip with ftores and neceflaries of various kinds, he took on board three thou-
fand weight of portable foup, and a bale of cork jackets, together with an
extraordinary quantity of medicines.
Having touched at Madeira and Port Praya on the 17th of December, they
arrived on theCoaft of Patagonia, at the entrance of the Straits of Magellan,
p. 152. When they went on ihore, Captain Wallis was received by the natives nearly
in the fame manner as Commodore Byron had been, and he gives much the
fame
p. 136.
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fame defcriptjon of. them ; but, on meafuring fome of them, found the tailed: p, r54,
o f thoie that Were here affembled, not to exceed fix feet feven inches ; feveral
more were fix feet five, and fix feet fix inches, but the ftature of the greater
part o f them was from five feet ten to fix feet. They now talked much, and
fome, of them,called out Ca-piTta-nej but when they were.fpoken to in Spaniih,
Portpguefe, 1 F.rencH, hand Dutch, they made no reply. O f their, own, language,
the people that went on ihore could diftinguiih only one word, which was
cievow: this they fuppofed to be a falutation, as the n’atives always pronounced
it when they ihook hands.with them, or aiked for fomething to be given them.
When they were fpoken, to, in Engliih, they repeated the words has., plainly as
thofe who fpoke them, and foon got by heart the fentence,. “ Engliih men
come on ihore."
1 Several bf them- being permitted to go on board, more than: a hundred eagerly P' tS6*
offered: to vifit the ihip,. but Captain Wallisi did -not choofe.to indulge more
than eight of the;number: thefe jumped into .the boats with the joy and
alacrity, of children going to a fair ; and whilft they were in them, fung feveral
o f .their country fongs, But they did not exprefs, either curiofity or wonder, at
the ihipsy.or the different objeiâs: they faw on board them: A looking giafs was
the chief; thing that excited their 'attention : it afforded them infinite diverfion;
they advanced, retreated, and played a thoufand tricks before it, laughing
violently; and ' talking'with great emphafis to each ¡other. They viewed all
the parts of the (hip with indifference; but ¿examined the hogs', iheep, and the
reft of- the live (lock with fome curiofity, and were extremely delighted with
the guinea tom tad turkiesi' Nor did they feem. to defire any thing they faw, .
except:,the.apparel,-of .the, people. The matines being exêrcifed, for their p. 157-
amufement, . when, the firft: volley was fired, they were ftruck w.ith terror and
âffioniftjmeht'; but; feeing1 the crew merry, and finding themfelves,,unhurt, they
food refumed;, their chearfulnefs;; and heard the fécond, and, third volley fired
without much emotion. „.When :they were going aihore, one of the old men
lifted tiiplhis eyes toward heaven,, and. chaunted out a.kind o f prayer..
-The"next dayf^as they:proceeded up the Straits, a boat being fent towards p-160.
the ihore, great numbers of the natives came down, whom they knew to, be
thé
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