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we reached at four o'clock. Here the country 

 seemed to be more picturesque, and we regretted 

 that we should not be able to visit it to-day. 

 There is no chart of" Guahon to be depended on : 

 the town of Agana was only known to me by de- 

 scription ; and as it was too late to look for it to- 

 day, we kept out at sea during the night. 



The 2ith. As soon as the morning dawned, I 

 again directed my course to the northern part of 

 the island, along the west coast of which I in- 

 tended to proceed to the south, till we discovered 

 the town of Agana. The northern part of the 

 island of Guahon rises perpendicularly from the 

 sea, to a moderate height, and runs to the south 

 in a straight line, as far as the eye can reach : a 

 beautiful forest of variegated green covers the 

 upper part of the island, and affords a very pleas- 

 ing view to the mariner. The wind blew so high 

 that we were obliged to take in the top-gallant sails. 

 At eleven o'clock we had the northern point of 

 Guahon behind us, and were under the lee of the 

 island where the monsoon, checked by the height 

 of the land, died away to almost a perfect calm. A 

 breeze now and then, which put the ship a little in 

 motion, wafted to us the most aromatic odours from 

 the shore, to which we were near. The seaman 

 who has long been deprived of land, knows, parti- 

 cularly, how to prize these pleasing sensations. 



At the distance of half a mile to the east of us 

 lay a promontory, (called by the natives Tulobers- 



