{he made the. fignal for the ihips to- bring "to; • with their:
heads
- 19th'. At day break we made,'fail, the Supply being a-
head . o & j At eight. o’clock' Hie - fmgde the' fig-
n ^ fo r leeing. land:; whiffh proved.to be'the-file'»of :Mayo,
another, o f the Cape de“Verd iilands, lyingdn. lat. 55°-iq N.
long; 23° W-.; The Sirius ‘now» >made the flgiifel to vpfepih?0-to
anchor; which was followed by one, that*:tb,eiboats^from
the victuallers and transports. ra’ay land,; a's fopfef as the fhips
ca|ne; tQ ah anchor, without aikingpermi-flion as at TenerHfe^
We ran down the eaft-fide of the iiland, -cloie-^n. "with‘ the.
fliore, on, which we could perceive a high furf, '0 ? father the
lea, breaking violently among the* rocks.®2The' haze ftill.&frrf-T
tinued- fo, thick that* v^e,,could only eibferve Jthe ihore to rbe
rough, - craggy, and bold ;,j~and - that- feveral parts'; of the
iiland feemed .high and mountainous.^ At twelve^ through
the haze, faw the iiland .of Saint Jago,' the principal of the
Cape:de Verd iflands, lyingin lat. 140 34' N. long?.'23° 29'W...
Idalff. after one, t^he Sirius , leading- into-. Port T-raya^Bhy, ?dn>
a fudden,broughtj,to, as.we imagined}, to wait for the ftern-
tnoft ihips^ which, as. they all came
on
.on the Otft-iide 'of the entrance- into-' the bay. After the preparations
which -had’ been} made for" anchoring, and the dif-
pofitionffhown by' the- SifcMs* to-, run in, wh Wert- not- a little
furprifed to-fee-her, at two o’èldck, throw out the fignal for
the ;< ^hvopt§xk^ ? then
make, fail and bear away, fleering :fouth-weft.« At fix in
the evening- we-lofl fightfdf then iiland,'- rufin’ing with' a
dépare top-ga-llânt; and' fleeiahg.fâil,'- brtfêKô’at^north-ëaft/-''- A
fmall Rortuguezeibrig lap at' ariêhor; iniPort Praya, which
was the only veffeL.ofi any kind at^that time there. This
bay is rendered, memorable by the?" aCtion’ that took placé
there-,, oh. the. 16th of April ry fÿ ; between Commodore
Johnfione -and‘.-Monfieur Suffrei-n-4in*-1 giving-an account, of
^^chy: the.French admiral' (in a-letter-1 faM> to^be written by
him) hu'moroufLy thus obierVestf ‘ c In leading into the bay,
/^pf -was. fomotime,-, at ’a;dofs. to 1diff inguifh which' was sthe
‘ ^snommodoxe’ s fhip :o, but onigetting. more -in;, Tat-length
d^fa%hisf pendant, bluihing through a forefl- of- mails ; the
“ Romney being-fecurely'placed;-in ihoré'ôf' thé merchant
"i^ïihips and fmaller men.of war.” ’
The .entrance .into -this :bap appeared-to be abôut a mile,
between-two bluff points, which makes, it- fecure from every
E 2 wind,