FIRST SPI MSSIGMARY' VOYAGE [ ï 797-
' ’ O n the 13th we moored at Whampoa, where we found flaips [of
diffeforibnatfons, -Swedes, 'Danes, *A.fo'fericans,«»ndt. En'glifh ; o f the
fetter, "bèlèSgftglmf^lhe H'onoüéthïe_ ':@ómpaUywere ,tHe TjlMtlön',
Canton, Boddam, and’Sffrnifton, hèftdië-s -fome extra fhips. The
three former have recently fuftered much by «a'* ttSbottidn'theiQhina
feapfend were .returned tofrefi^, The'Arnifton “had-tjföo or three days
ago arrived from England, having !töfehed‘ at the' ’ Gajie "of' 'Good
Hope jr and by her we learnt the political date o f our native-country.
'be itn i^ vmffiïhïf%tTectft -before^we fhSfflM
i^®^ 'tfegICaigöi^aH3315^ di^Stcnèd^tSffi, ^ SM W e^ ^ o fêÈ K ro t fla
btó with-a- fléePËorQjjMedmfIIhdfembn, jrcftfeTtFnsttirhë' afrfrodf' Bin:
thé ftfp’ercai’goei hay iiig determined: tb’ difpSfoïPfhé ö la tk ff, Tfocldarni
SfiÉYïfe^^^'|iaicketf'€h^iërdércd"'èn ®imediatè1fS^vey: tiFlié^nBol
o f our fhip, and thèkfëpbëriSP fMb-^SnSH^^^apgbint^ 3®tl®P|Sï^
poft: bëirigj’ That th eD h ff v^&suh &deIlcbTbrc^s ai®'fiffto'TecMve
a 3*M¥p%y 'Mr. R . Hall, th e Béid TupëSk^o^ tÖWfjüOT c ^ r a f , -
that fi f wë-ctttdft take trf’ bl^lffdnwf and' bë£ m file.
courfe of'Ifivé'bï'fix' tóy^, ^^HP-meelpfÉM
jifdriiffiog tto performl. tö s 1 Wei^JirHibéd3SMlyT^tfpon§®le/ ‘ ^Büt
though ïhe ^fhip3# ^ hf*efefy rèQ)éS: *ifr^erj£^btfïoraêV, \fliei\^as
b y no meah# bféSf *ï8H9fêcëS|®ig;
wat^êÉks^*brêa<fi|)d08h ^ & f ïti^'Öès't>f-%é^p; ahd^vSfiBus^SticiësbF
ftorcs Jbeyond our conftimption, and for wmcK1,we**hSfffe jfotttciftfd
f*6 pi&éhafeifèf9 © !£haf diïjjjdfer 6 f Mifefei/s8iHï!fe'?faTic^i^: tlfétfrform
place to place-i® we advanced in ‘ oflr 'fedmg,! • |*avfe us^toèiutrodole'aöd
^pért^^- ïitorëTime' fhah t^kiiig-^i5 nfiP itïëtóTii ‘ ?“Hbwévëf,- rrff-
the 31ft o f December ; w é -were , completely' laden; and in a fliorter
tune than perhaps everihipë tfraS ‘béfórex ahd having, by the kindnefs
o f the fupercargoes, got over ^fhd difficültiéé^h;k :lr® :1©2néiÉi arè
continually thfówinjgin the tvay,5 'óve that' fame day ‘ratl‘ down Vhe
river, and joined the other lhips at a place’ called rhe"Second Bar,
ju ft as -they wete gettiüg téndëi'ïsS^j ‘ ‘
The Angularity o f our manners at China comd' not fail to -aftrad:
i n
noti6e_s land its ^lLip3m^®aljiy .<5^a§,{^ttfEly;[dif80(iintensn<;ed, udt .an
o a thfeo rh;' apd «p appeaFajPgb'Pf URjifpal id^gopon ijngtntaujed, tjie
ecanpasfy h^idl0 QW•. jQped, were pjeafad^withly fo nejv-chrtften
th&fDuffj iand Q^Ugijjher'
January ad,,; Wea gp t 1 jdWiFt, JjP, • wjiej-e we -fpigpl
direS Englilh.men df -way, .and fovenimfdlheiBppih^^.Qt-ton fh y s ,
at apchob, jwartipg.-fonus,. to feU with Ifjiem,,;; ui
The.^Qnomajble'fkimp.an^siftripfjiattop-, sjgo®atnanded{ hy :-G hades
Drummond,.. Efqvnwas ‘^p^stted^&^^p^sy^js -Bonne, to-.j>p^ejthe
cpuritnyihips ’hound» folBombay; $ pder, dti^3^V.»wd,^ fE ^ a p d r L a
Sibyle-'WereltOiaccompany fod aTew loagi^}1dp'^p- ,t%*C hi na ,fea,
Evq-y thing relativejteethe Aeotc-s d%arti®ef;be^g ar^p^sd^ and, t-he
IJiips’in readinefs,, eanfy-.-on.,the ^.th ;w&:put; tpTea,;. ^ ^ „ a if r e fk gal$
from' /the jabrtih,.. and;£oundt|)bat:,thp D.uff w^,s fiiE}|.ep®Lpjjg|itJto keep
up. with .‘.them, .thbugh we had ';bg.on .ap^rgljepflv^ nhjig,; as .pur
Indiamen ,Ine ^emarkabl&jfof, their faft failing, efpecialLy when it
O u r ,paffage,jdawp th^vGhiaaa Teftr.WfiS j^,^.yjgip^a|)Ie^a^ y/e could
ha^^ ifhdd'ftTS be._ t,pcS{le tinoeeiiddhe' asurAi the.fidbnrght,(th,e
frigate^ kft^us, anft>we;daw tshemmomnibB^'
'On ther-oth we luffed Kulo Sapata, and, ■ c<¥lf inuipg^u^cprfe for
thedlraits o f .'Malacca, at,ten A . M . «n the 1,4th We camem^gh^^f
the Malay coaft j .at the ifajpe .tone few .a>fttafige.feil ahead. j f r f r ig g
heaad that an enemy’s, fquadmn wasjcruiftngjn ,the ftrails^twe a| fjrft
thought'.tbis might Re. cine o fphemiep t t4,J§©feigsttt and this feempd
th e^ in io n o f our commodore,- for" he made;*he % n al for-.the j^eet
to prepare for adtion, and that one. o f the fafteft failing fliips fliould
chafe. But we foon reedgnifed her to be a Portuguefe v^ffel
which had departed from Macao .three dayfs, jbefore - ug-j| In the
aftemooh.we rounded Cape. Romania, and fpdke a fhip Jrpm Bengal
that was^t anchor under the lee p f the poioAa.which a?m,0yeds all ouy
fears o f an enemy.’ The ftraits’ o f .M^acca.are aecouiued dangepous
to .navigate in the dark; however , as the wind was fair«' #M£ (Gpmnap^-