256 FROM GUAHON TO ST. HELENA. 



The 12th, in the evening, we saw Cape BoHnao, 

 and doubled it during the night. We always kept 

 within sight of land. On the 14<th, at noon, doubled 

 Cape Capones, and were now obliged to gain 

 Manilla Bay by tacking, as in this season of the 

 year the wind always blows from the bay. The 

 water in the hold increased very much. 



The 15th, at noon, we were near the island of" 

 Coregidor, and saw there a telegraph in great 

 activity, which announced our arrival at Manilla. 

 At sunset we had reached the southern entrance 

 into Manilla Bay, and tacked just between the 

 island of Cavalo and the continent, when we were 

 stopped by a large boat with twenty oars, liere 

 called Pango. A Spanish officer came on board, 

 and asked, with much politeness, to what nation we 

 belonged, and with what intention we came to 

 Manilla, which he must report to the Governor. 

 There are several similar guard-boats near the 

 island of Coregidor, but they are properly there to 

 prevent the Moors from coming into the bay, who 

 frequently come from the southern islands of the 

 Philippines, plunder, murder, and even make pri- 

 soners, whom they afterwards sell as slaves. The 

 officer sent us a pilot to conduct the ship into 

 Manilla ; he had, however, little skill in his de- 

 partment. The chart which I had of Manilla Bay 

 was very incorrect. I was therefore obliged to fol- 

 low the information I had collected from different 

 voyages respecting this bay. 



