THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 447 



CHAP. X. 



Leave the Typa. — Orders of the Court of France refpe&ing 

 Captain Cook. — Refolutions in confequence thereof. — 

 Strike Soundings on the Macclesfield Banks. — Pafs Pulo 

 Sapata. — Steer for Pulo Con dor e. — Anchor at Pulo 

 Condor e. — TranfaSlions during our Stay. — Journey to 

 the principal 'Town. — Receive a Vifti from a Mandarin. 

 — Examine his Letters. — Refrefhments to be procured. 

 Defcription, and prefent State of the If and. — Its Pro- 

 duce. — An AJfertion of M, Sonnerat refuted. — AJlrono- 

 mica I and Nautical Ohfervations. 



ON the 1 2th of January, 17S0, at noon, we unmoored, 1780. 

 and fcaled the guns, which, on board my fhip, now , J a " uar >\ 

 amounted to ten ; fo that, by means of four additional ports, Tlluirda y» 2 - 

 we could, if occafion required, fight feven on a fide. In 

 like manner, the Refolution had increafed the number of 

 her guns from twelve to fixteen ; and, in both mips, a flout 

 barricade was carried round their upper works, and every 

 other precaution taken to give our fmall force as refpedlable 

 an appearance as poflible. 



We thought it our duty to provide ourfelves with thefe 

 means of defence, though we had fome reafon to believe, 

 that the generofity of our enemies had, in a great meafure, 

 rendered them fuperfluous. We were informed at Canton, 



that 



