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CHAP. X. 



LEAVE THE TYPA. ORDERS OF THE COURT OF FRANCE RE- 

 SPECTING CAPTAIN COOK. RESOLUTIONS IN CONSEQUENCE 



THEREOF. STRIKE SOUNDINGS ON THE MACCLESFIELD 



BANKS. PASS PULO SAPATA. STEER FOR PULO CONDORE. 



ANCHOR AT PULO CONDORE. TRANSACTIONS DURING 



OUR STAY. JOURNEY TO THE PRINCIPAL TOWN. RE- 

 CEIVE A VISIT FROM A MANDARIN. EXAMINE HIS LETTERS. 



REFRESHMENTS TO BE PROCURED. DESCRIPTION AND 



PRESENT STATE OF THE ISLAND. ITS PRODUCE. AN 



ASSERTION OF M. SONNERAT REFUTED. ASTRONOMICAL 



AND NAUTICAL OBSERVATIONS. 



On the 12th of January, 1780, at noon, we unmoored, 

 and scaled the guns, which, on board my ship, now 

 amounted to ten ; so that, by means of four additional 

 ports, we could, if occasion required, fight seven on 

 a side. In like manner, the Resolution had in- 

 creased the number of her guns from twelve to six- 

 teen ; and, in both ships, a stout barricade was 

 carried round their upper works, and every other 

 precaution taken to give our small force as respect- 

 able an appearance as possible. 



We thought it our duty to provide ourselves with 

 these means of defence, though we had some reason 

 to believe, that the generosity of our enemies had, 

 in a great measure, rendered them superfluous. We 

 were informed at Canton, that the public prints, 

 which had arrived last from England, made mention 

 of instructions having been found on board all the 

 French ships of war, captured in Europe, directing 

 their commanders, in case of falling in with the ships 

 that sailed under the command of Captain Cook, to 

 suffer them to proceed on their voyage without mo- 

 lestation. The same orders were also said to have 

 been given by the American Congress to the vessels 



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