2 8o Voyage of the Novara. 



the S.W. monsoon this harbour is more sheltered, and 

 therefore safer for ships, tlian the shallow open roadstead of 

 the capital. Cavite, which boasts a fort, an arsenal, a dock- 

 yard, and a cigar manufactory, lies on a low, narrow tongue 

 of land projecting into the bay. Whoever may have first set 

 foot at Cavite, on the soil of the Island of Luzon, so renowned 

 for its natural magnificence of scenery, must involuntarily 

 feel that his anticipations have been sorely disappointed ; he 

 will with all possible diligence make the best of his way 

 from the glaring white sands and black walls of the fortress 

 here to Manila, the next object of our hopes. A small screw 

 plies daily between Cavite and the last-named city, and this 

 vessel also conveyed the Expeditionists from Cavite to the 

 capital of the Philippine Archipelago. 



