VJI A N A C C O U N T OF
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•NOVEMBER.
they kept founding during -the night, and at feven o’clock
in the morning they faw the land, bearing from N. by E. to
W . S. W.: they flood in amongfl: the iflands, as the wind
would permit, and at noon were in latitude aa° 8' north,
the high land called the Asses Ears then hearing S. S. W. -
They fleered to the weft ward amongfl the iflands until fix:
o’clock in the evening, when they anchored in ten fathom
water, a fbft clay bottom, amongfl; fome fmall Cbinefe veflels.
—Lee Boo appeared, quite delighted at the fight of land,
and the number of boats on the water.
Sunday 30. The next morning Captain Wilson procured a pilot t&
conduct their veffel between the iflands to Macao; and '
when they came in fight of it, an Engliflb jack was hoiftcd
at the mail-head, which being feen by the officers of the
Portuguefe fhips at anchor in the Typa, they immediately
lent their boats to meet our people, bringing with them
fruit and provifions, as alfo men to aflifl; them, judging,
from the fize of their little veffel, that they mull be part
of fome Engltfb fhip’s crew that had been wrecked; and
one of the officers was fo obliging as to wait with his boat
to take the Captain on fhore to the Governor; who, being
at that time engaged on particular bufinefs, defired to be
excufed from feeing the Captain, but acquainted him, by
the officer on duty, that they were welcome to the port of
M a c a o . This gentleman informed Captain W i l s o n , that
the Honourable Company’s fupracargoes were all up at
C a n t o n ,
T H E P E L E W ISALA:NDS.
'Canton-, ;and that there was noMngliJJj,,gentleman then at
Maca-q, but Mr. M‘Int’yre, to whom Captain Wilson
immediately went on taking leave of this officer, having,
when before at Ma c a o , in the Antelope, received many
teftimonies. of this gentleman’s friendfhip ; who, when he
heard of Captain Wilson’s misfortunes, with his wdhtéfl
humanity and attention ordered provifions tobefent onbokrd
the veffel' to The ;officers and people, and fuch other neceffii-
trâes. âs 4:hey*might ftand iii aeBdfof f whilft the Captain wrote
to thoCöm^Ry’s /^rö-f«>^ ^ to acquaint them with thé
fate of the Antelope, as alfo of his arrival and situation ;
which. letters Mr. M<In t y 'RE immediately forwarded to
C ÀtfÿSir .M^-They 'mow leaf nt that - Peace wàs éftatàilhed in
Europe, and that there were a number of Ènglt/h and other
fhips at Whampoa ; that.fome of the Company’s fhips were
loaded and ready to fail, which was moft welcome intelli- -
gence.—Before Captain W il so n went on fhore, Lee Bo o ,
on..feeing the large Portüguefe fhips at anchor in the Tyva;
appeared to he greatly aftonifhed, exclaiming, as he looked
at them,' Cloiv, clow, muc clohsi‘4 that is, Large, large, very
large'! He gavfe bur people an; early opportunity óf feeing
the natural benevolence of his mind ; for fqme of the Chi-
nefe boats, that are rovyed by poor Tartar women, with their
little ■ children tied to their backs (and who live in families
on the water) furrounded the veffel, -to petition for frag-
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NOVEMBER.
meats