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take refuge on board the vessels in the harbour, or to chap, 



secrete themselves in the woods. 



the land ; the next day we determined the position of 

 Cape Corrientes, a remarkable promontory on this 

 coast, and on the 10th were within sight of the vol- 

 cano of Colima. This mountain, by our measurement 

 from a base of forty-eight miles, is 12,003 feet above 

 the sea ; and is situated in latitude 19^ 25' 24" N. and 

 longitude 1^ 41' 42" E. of the arsenal at San Bias. 

 On the 11th, in latitude 17^ 16' N., our temperature 

 underwent a sensible change ; previous to this date 

 the thermometer had ranged between 71^ and 73^, 

 but on this day it rose to 82^, and did not fall again 

 below 80^ until after we quitted Acapulco. I notice 

 the circumstance in consequence of Captain Hall 

 having experienced precisely the same change in the 

 same situation.* 



Early in the morning of the 12th March we came 

 within view of the Tetas de Coyuca, two peaked hills, 

 which are considered by seamen the best guide to the 

 port of Acapulco, and the next morning came to 

 anchor in the most perfect harbour of its size that can 

 be imagined. 



The town of Acapulco was now tranquil, two 

 Spaniards only being left in the place, and Montes- 

 deoca having retired to Tulincinga, and disbanded his 

 troops by order of the congress. The government of 

 Acapulco was administered by Don Jose Manuella, a 

 tool of Montesdeoca, who received me in his shirt, 

 seated upon a Guyaquil hammock, in which he was 

 swinging from side to side of the apartment. 



Having effected our purpose in putting into the 



* Hall's South America, p. 182. 



VII. 



On putting to sea from San Bias, we kept along March, 



1828. 



