Visit en Route the Island of Guam. 549 



been predicted weeks before in the " North China Herald," 

 while the Thousand Years Almanac of the Chinese calendar 

 assigned its date for the 10th of August. 



Our course was now shaped for the Marianne Archipelago. 

 For several days after the typhoon, the weather remained 

 unsettled, and the swell was both heavy and broken, when on 

 26th August we came in sight of the island of Guam or Gua- 

 ham, the most southerly of the Marianne group. In twelve 

 days we had run 1860 miles, with the aid of the typhoon 

 it is true, but there was the fact, the distance had been ac- 

 complished, and as to the How ? Jack gives himself little 

 concern, so long as he reaches his goal swiftly and in safety. 



On the morning of the 27th we stood into the Bay of 

 Umiita, although it was very doubtful whether we should 

 find a secure anchorage here, considering the S.W. wind 

 that was blowing full into the roadstead, which is quite un- 

 sheltered in that point of the compass. In fact, as we came 

 nearer the land, we speedily became aware of the impractica- 

 bility of anchoring here even in the best weather ; while, on 

 the other hand, it did not seem very advisable, owing to the 

 difficulty of getting in, to make for the excellent harboui' of 

 San Louis de Apra, it being by no means easy, during the 

 prevalence of the S.W. monsoons, for a large ship to beat 

 out, so that they are occasionally detained there for several 

 weeks. The order was accordingly given to luff up, so as 

 to make tacks against the freshening west wind, out of this 

 bay, studded as it is with numerous coral reefs. This proved 



