a88 A VOYAGE TO BookVIÍÍ^ 



CHAP. XI. 



Voyage from Y AL'p\'9.A\so to C allao\ fecond return to 

 Quito to finijh the Obfirvations \ third Journey to 

 Lima, in order to return to Spaim by the way of 

 Cape Hokn. 



'TpHE fervice our fquadron was employed en be- 

 ■*■ ing that of cruifing in thofe feas, in quefl: of 

 the enemy as long as it fhould be thought requifite, 

 the commodore, without flaying any longer than was 

 abiolutely neceíTary, came on board, and we imme- 

 diately put to fea, and fcveral times vifitcd the iflands 

 of Juan Fernandes, till the 24th of June, 174.3, v;hcn 

 we fhaped our courfe for Callao, which port we entered 

 on the 6th of July. The day following the commo- 

 dore and principal officers w?nt on iliore, and were 

 received by Don Jofeph de Llamas, general of the 

 forces in Peru, and government of Callao ; who, on 

 account of the firft employment, rendes at Lima, but 

 was come to Callao to compliment the commodore. 

 He attended him to Lima, and introduced him to the 

 vice-roy, who exprcíTcd his great faiísfaóaon at his fafe 

 arrival after fuch long expedations. He was alio met 

 on the road by the principal perfons of the city. 



After taking our departure from the iiland de 

 Tierra de Juan Fernandes, we fleered the three firft 

 days N. N.E. and N.E. one quarter norchernly, hav- 

 ing freih gales at W. and a heavy fea from the 

 S.W. When we came into the latitude of 28^30' 

 we fleered N. fix or {zsz'^x degree^ eafterly, till the 

 third day at nine in the morning, when being in the 

 latitude of 16° 2 S', we made the land on the coaft 

 of Chala ; and the day following, being the 4th, 

 the ifland of Sangallan. Vv-hich at noon bore E. N. E. 

 diftance fix leagues. We then coailcd along the 

 ihore j and on the 5th at noon, we faw the iüe of 



A fia. 



