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naked and of a black colour ; but he ran hastily 

 mto the woods when he saw our ship. Soon 

 after, we discovered a large boat, which I recog- 

 nized to be an European by its mode of rowing, 

 and soon came up to it. A young Englishman, of 

 the name of Robert Wilson, who held the place of 

 pilot in Agana, had been sent by the Governor to 

 conduct us to a safe harbour, if we intended to 

 stay at Guahon. While he steered S. W. along the 

 coast, we could, without interruption, continue the 

 survey. We soon saw the town of Agaria, in the 

 south, which is pleasantly situated on the shore ; 

 and, on the west, leans against a tolerably high 

 hill, which forms a cape (here called the Devil's 

 Cape) J on the summit is a fortress,, in which, while 

 still at a distance, you see a small white house. 

 I expressed to Wilson my wish rather to anchor 

 before the town of Agaria than in Umatack Bay, 

 where, as is well known, Malespina, some years 

 ago, had so very bad a birth, and was answered, 

 that it was only in former times, when the present 

 harbour was unknown, that ships anchored at 

 Umatack or Agana, where the situation was in 

 several respects so bad, that many ships have 

 perished there. At twelve o'clock, when the town 

 already lay S. E. of us, we saw a canoe under sail 

 coming up to us, in which Wilson, through a 

 telescope, recognized a deputy of the Governor. 

 I immediately lay-to, and we soon had the pleasure 

 of seeing on board, Don Ignatio Martinez, lieu- 



