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dances, vvliich we wished to see, the scene was 

 introduced where king Montezuma of Mexico re- 

 ceives Cortez, and amuses him by the dance of his 

 subjects. 



The 28th. We returned early to the ship, as I 

 proposed to leave Guahon the following day. 

 Louis de Torres accompanied us, with all the of- 

 ficers, and the Governor, who intended to give me 

 some dispatches to Manilla, promised to follow, 

 and to remain on board during the night. We 

 spent a pleasant evening in the society of the 

 Spanish officers, who all remained on board during 

 the night j the governor had been detained, and 

 did not come till the morning of the 29th. The 

 ship was abundantly supplied with fresh provisions, 

 among which there was even a live ox. We parted 

 with grateful hearts : when the Governor got into 

 his boat, we fired a salute of five guns, and the 

 crew gave three cheers. At eight o'clock we were 

 already out of the harbour. 

 We found the latitude of the 

 Harbour Calderona de Apra 



to be 13°26'4r 



Longitude - - - - 215 9 54 

 Declination ofthe magnetic needle 5 34 00 E. 

 According to Marion's observ- 

 ation the harbour lies in longi- 

 tude 216 10 00 



According to Malespina, Uma- 



tak Bay lies - - - - 215 20 00 



