thighs.. Appear as- i f they had been dipped'1 in T^itlfe^lskf bffiMifh
Hack, the famdas atthdCarolipas • but 'they tokrk'/thei,f -b<3dIe?5-alfo
■ with, figures', like fingers, - of glovesk ’ They appeared beforefte&ipifofe
naked, without feemirig ,'confcioiis o f ihaihe, and ‘shewed 'their
kindnefs' and hofpitality by the effirnbft'ihVit^tfeifs 1 they1 ^gavfe - W to
vijSt theithabifUtiqris. ~ l
< From November 7th, when We left the Pelew-' iffands-, h lf <$ffi
arrival-.on the coaft o f Gliina, - nothing' veiytm&ef&ng '’ddcdfrfedi.
T he windswereTo? Ulrvfettled,; that "We ■ eiperi'ent:§d^aMl^any
like the N? E . monfoon^ hintil withirv-tWO'or three” 'dayS-fail't>fdf he
Bafhees, the molt fouthemof which we faw the dfempPofi'the 17 th :
they appeafed to'be very high, and diftant about ten! leagues. Having
no chart on board upon the accuracy of,whichwfe'edufct depend, we
kept our wind for the night, ftretching to -the' nbrtnwafd.1 • Kt*'daybreak,
fuppofing that we could clear the' northern' rocks /j'w"#^0re
away weft’, . and with a little alteration o f our dourfej failed^clbfe pail
the northernmoflifle, which lies in'the latitude 'o f ar° Ns'-fongStude
i2 2 ‘>!6 / E.
The Bafhees confifl of fix or • fevendflpids j two fo fthd "S?Es &stre
high'j fome o f the others are of moderate height :' the-mbftnorttiem
except one is high and craggy at to p ; and betweenthefe twb-Iic
two fmall rocks above water. After pafling- this group rim abSut
2 i ° i p / N . we fleered W. N . W. I N . twehty-ifive 'leagues', tKe'fi,
reckoned ourfelves iri latitude 2 l°4 2 / N . and'lorigitiide 'i‘2’i,' E. fhe
, fouth.point oFFcOino&Tearing at the-fame time N . f E;* wehflfW the
rocks which lie to the S. E . and had a good birth of ;th@en
pafled.' !
doth.. We got into foundings; and pafled feveral Ghihtsfe fifhliig-
boats. w-The- ftext'dayj- at feven A,Msbeihg- within
leagues of. the Great Lemma, a pilot came' on board: at firfl he
afked about one hundred dollars to take us to Macao road, but afterwards
accepted thirteen, befides giving Us two fine fiih.
• 21ft; A t ten A. M . we paffed between1 the Grand Lemma and
leaving’,%11 tl^Mfa-fids ;)ff^G^t)fh;i!ng|i(ngi fouter o f
ij^tysre? ^il0 ij^iiojtgh{^ith19.5fiB^’^ ^ i l y thjj|f^e^iin-A5^ A I'0f)'^>-
fQ^anchoirgd,
■ the M<ife?x8&t
an^a«^^g%lj|^c|^^^aj5jO{hgfc2 'a-nddhéd
jpour oVnvboat Wasjdoxs tied i^ov. ;^j-aiji^kfanj ®ffice|*,di^^td^^ <^n fhore
^to br’ing ai.pfoper^piloUofi,, is^alfo to karn what Tun^Kan flnps were
at Cintoo'j l{u t IfjSouK g re at?, jjrair tijivit 1 §n w s found that iv t one had
1 ct arriscdy^conk«4Uc'ntly’'fberc~w^icmo R/tt-rs for 41^. ^ N of was
’this- the ; ^ ^ ^ nefe,,i ^a^i^t^jggrefufed
'pèiÊÈit* sfny ^flfel/Ü^'^Èi1 W h3lihp<^5'f‘!fe|0Epptt.
M ipW Onc'fhip ftoni^FSi^Ja<-klon had bdin lying fi^f^ekalmthe
Typa^aê the
~to pio&dd ii^vurIs /'and^wmOuf apph mg t> th u m md inn. U M it 10
^V^vuarSloKf, that,ll§| webbad brought^ i\0' Jtrgoj^no^ pilot \Jould be
fen't' on boafd until’ the'.'Honourable iCompam ^-^crcargeies pAdd
preWil,oi||te^hiitefo government aty,(^®&iG ^ a paflpprt. The
■ bbatV4' however )• brought &as a* -variety, <d,ir^refbfflients, o f w t e h ,
V lro i^ h ^ c e iv^ ’^ v e r y Mutaxy a f f f e ^ ^ & § ^ g h , iw ^ d k & o t sm d ,
ï'lijÉf fijfeh ne'ed as many piecoding navigators ,who b id m itlicrTulcdHhe
diflance', nor b'een'födóng at fca hid run^froth the
time ( le a v in g England miles^apd
had been éêt fourteen, months, eleven o f fhejn atl feap^et,in‘dl.Jtbis
timé-,we had-.d^è&^èxperiencedf any fie^^,/;'asd''^re;'|at, p ^ ^ if ,
toyman-, in'good'health. We never m idamic ot intif(otbutnl|as
m d | ’ .^rubb, &c.; b u t 1 being-' a crew fmal| in Mmher to w h a la re
ufually on board fhips upoiü' yo^agès d f^lic^ëry^we, were enabl&tp
laydlra?'fufficient flock o f . frefh pr'oYifio^||/one grpup^qf iflamM^.tb
ferve, with a little,tseponomy, till we got to'a place to procure m o r^ fo
that oür failt^I’always'had frefh m ^ f a t k ^ 'tw e ^ a week; an^for
' nearly half o f the time that we were in the*|oufh Seas ‘they lived|entirely
upon the Ëbgs' o f the different iflands; an,d we may v e n t^ ’to