Cuar. XXI.] A SAFE ANCHORAGE! 397 
night was fine, and, as it was nearly full moon, it 
was almost as light as day. The tide too was just 
turning in our favour; and as I was most anxious 
to proceed on our voyage, I did every thing in my 
power to induce them to go on. It was of no use, 
however ; for as soon as we reached the anchorage, 
and found a large fleet of junks, the anchor was 
dropped, and they determined to stay there all 
night. I felt very much annoyed, but saw it was 
no use to grumble, and went quietly to bed. In 
less than an hour from this time, and before I had 
fallen asleep, hearing a stir upon deck, I inquired 
what was the cause, and found that we were getting 
under weigh. This was agreeable news; but as I 
could not imagine what had caused them to change 
their minds so soon, I went upon deck to see what 
was going on. Our people, it appeared, had gone 
to sleep the moment our anchor was down; shortly 
after this, the other junks, which, it turned out, 
were only waiting for the rise of the tide to enter 
some river in the vicinity, had all weighed anchor 
and gone off. All on board were now in great con- 
sternation, lest the pirates should come down upon 
us whilst at anchor, and no time was lost in getting 
it up and proceeding on our voyage, much, of 
course, to my satisfaction. 
On the following day, late in the afternoon, 
when I was laid up in my bed with fever, the 
captain came hurriedly down, and informed me 
that another fleet of pirates were in sight, and 
evidently lying in wait for us. I was obliged to 
