m<^ A YOYAGE TO BookVÍÍÍ. 



Rcki in tliat city, oifr ]oiig'cr stay only hiiidíTod llir 

 «(Miclusioii of Qur 2;ran(l desís^ií, and was of no fiir- 

 tlicr U3C hei-e^ especialiy as it was then ceiiaiolj 

 knawn thai ihc eiiemv'.s- squadron kid sniled for 

 Mania, the coasts of v*bicb, though iii ihc jurisdic- 

 timi of Gway.'íquii^ are neavly tAvetitv-eis;ht ka2:weft 

 N> of that city, and cojiscqtieiiily to leinvani of il. 

 It -was also known íh»í the Sect intejulcd io proceed 

 fCDiB Mania ÍO Aciipuh-o. Jmpaiient at ihc hjss of 

 iime Y/e lipplied to tl.e same couDcii of war, who 

 were pleased to grant leave for one of us to retiiFE 

 to; Quito, in order to coniplcle the observations stiU 

 FifJiiainius-,. tli?it on ;iiiy stibscqnent exigency we 

 miia;ht he the more dii^cní^aí^ed ; iDot at the ^anietiine 

 thought [i neeessary ihat $.)iie oí' lis should coiuimwi 

 .o» the spot to act o.n. aoy .siukleji emers;'em'.y. Tl^-' 

 .KQaiter wa^ p.oon agreed on beiweeja Do» Georgr- 

 Jki&ii aad mvself, siaiiicly, that he should remain íííj- 

 eoji.miandanl oiGuavaqnil. wliiie Í retursied to coiir- 

 ■iimic tbcobácrvaíiowíi atQnilo. íjiit before I pro<- 

 téccdj, it will not be yisisss io g:ive au uccouut of tlic 

 transactions oí the eiK-uiy s squadron i« those sea;?, 

 accordins:; to the deposilioiia ot" some prii>oners whom 

 .tljcv set ashore at Miinia. 



Tins squadron, at its entrance into iiie .South sea, 

 i^esides being: dispersed, was i o a very shuttered eon- 

 edition; bat arrived successively at ilie island of Joan 

 Fcrnandes, to tlio imniher of four ship?i. from fift^y 

 to sixty gr.jis, the Ccntariou and ihc Gloucester, u, 

 .frii!;atc between thirty-six, and forty guns, and ; it 

 victualler. These ships came to a-n anchor close to 

 ihc shore, their crews being very ranch diniiiiishcd, 

 antJ those v\hich remained very sickly. Tents were 

 pitched, a kind of village' built with au hospital for 

 ihc recovery of tlieir men. They arrived at tliis island 

 in the month of June, and tlic commander was so 

 quick in his prosecution of hostilities, that ys soon as a 

 number of sailors stiilicicnt to man the frjgate were re- 



eovered. 



