he difcöverêd,'- ofidâke i öïhs“ö£ ■ the; fame »month, ©ne » ôf^tfeiiflandÀ
which have fince teeff called thePhilippines. « Theyftorin the'florthern-
mofh paaft o f the grand archipekgö» which borders, thé; coafhof A d a ,
extending - from* 19 -degrees north latitude, and raadegrees-eaft longitude,
fbütb-Weftwardi ; tÔ^Mâlaccaÿ and fouth-eaftward JphMew ,
tjûiïteâS: ejAtna^fbialftifland o f this group'Mhgalhanes -finhhed.fiis
èbtorfepifctélï^ ikilléd
April. > ; Some 'ofciEis ihips afterward reached theiMolbpcas-, ;A f e A ?
jeiftsn;^!'JtÉeiriiptöftiit r which ambfitbafcdvamidft njore-.-ektcnfive
j(lands, infttheitftidegiie{©f fnorth latkudéiiand in>ns7flâegîéès>eaft
longitude. the -ihStery ^ with
a ' crew1 o f no more than thirty-Lporfons1, under the commàhd Sdfj
baftian Cano, returned -by- the Eâft Indies and ; thee ; Gâ.p„e, 'of .Good
Hope to- -haying accomplilhed th e firftxireumnavigatjon ®f
the world Within a period? b¥ thös^ yeai^j ;
Havtógf, b f-k Iketch oft’tfois aroyage,. paid a? tribute to the menïbry
oft Magalhanes, • who conducted an unequalled :enterprife < with the
utmoft ’forèimèe; and {kill, we .can only-notice fucGeçding'nasâgatôis,
ia,cô®ne§Ü©à with the^iflancteib b e d e fe t iM ^ In: pointing oüÿ the
fituations o f thefe,- their kiitudennufl: beîunderftqod toth^dbuthward
from' the:equator, i f not otherwifc expreïïêd; -,and .theirblongitude
is reckoned eaftward ■ and weftward from the obfervatorÿ at Greenwich
toward its anti-meridian. £
.The want o f a proper guide for- the pronunciation oft names died
by. the SiXlt&iSea iflânders, and the diVerfity o f modesgin Which they
hâve been fpellcd by writers and compilers, o f voyages, havedaiig
been fubje&s o f complaint. The remedy has becoine difficult in
propbrtion to the extent ó f the evil. Thfe variety o f jaurnakvfroffl
which extradls are given-in themarratkeof Captain Wilfonk voyage,,
has frufirated, in a great meafure, thé endeavours, that were ufed to
adopt an uniform and diftinCt orthography throughout the volume.
Whether the' attempt made for that purpofe, in compiling the prêtent
introductory difeourfe, is more fuècefsful, mull be left to the
decifion o f the reader. His- ilteifctidn/isKresqcfeffed ftsufhe following
WM'oft*prqfttilidk|fdh\' iA.) wtfidh itheegeakrs bfAhelarigiiage that is
'do'ibmbfrytb d'^fdrffiM, iand^hefbliablifhed orthography o f
thc^vn5ame3*wMeh- have-beegftteimoft familiar ^havei been reciprocally
con^Red.“, h
i-ft. ''Wnewfe I3&gl^¥t)wel<ftrrtns'dr d d i e i k i ’i
j!tf, i$3i6uAd0i&tf.in 'fa th e r£ '
' e wi -T iy>’ as-'in efittthyO
nil gvj vtc
u 1 '< ■ JB £2
*3 3$dtjt> W'&d'f3^^bw^s'iconfeftegeth®i^iii;
' ^&e iSls theJ fame founds with the adverb ay j
™ jj sh| in'T^frwvS
*t'* < '■ ■’1 'zsHfi'difaumtf''} ’’’ri
> e i has’ the found'of i lofigywior which this improper diphthong
■ " ndSy from the firft, been1 fttbftittiied in . riarfiebithalf.are now
;becftmTe -tbo; familiar ' to - be f<'akeredibas yiw:Qta'ke£uc> Mmea<}
o s : 5 l B f t ' i
to is'1foutided‘-as'ihfthe"advefb'irirblyifof-a,ifimilar'feafon j - .
n eu- ' >>\ iidSsfkuo&rj kiidibl ■
3s &*i'has’-the'faifi^!foundtwi{h ay iniEnglifli words^-as ydy;i Sic.
All other 'combination^ o f rboWeis -’Ure'toibe - pronounced, i/acebrdi ng
■ ' td the-preceding rules, in 'diftinCt fyllables." :
iSpPn^t WMhfldiy: itegleiyoftfel :is
. rf AbyhSa? confonabt, it* h a s: its {hoxteftifeurkbr Mka;maUeb,' g ift,
. otter ^upward. 1 ..
4 thlyf E<very ;cbnfonant,.‘ {inglCivoweft.ffir diphthong, uniformly rfe-
'taiffir a,' diftind:‘ and '^apprp^riateffoundvs'tftubjeCtjW’jthe-pre-
ceding r u l e s . T i e letf^J'® and%5 akef therefore ufed onfv, as
**/don Eonants'Kg is*'alway#hard j and th Is always founded\as in
think. The' f'e |s‘*Myer ’1mute. Thus QtaEeyt¥te to. be pro-
nounced fo ^''fh^iyme with tne^adjestive mighty J ‘