112 DAHLGREN, THE DJSCOVERY OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 



Embocadero on 24 June; but it was not until 3 October that they were able to cast anchor 

 at Cavite. 1 



1707. The patache "Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion", General Don Fermin de 

 Salavarria, Piloto Mayor Pantaleon Fernandez Casado, left Cavite on 12 July; 

 Embocadero, 8 August; the senas, 17 December in 35° 9' N. lat; Cape San Lucas, 14 

 January 1708; arrived at Acapulco, 2 February. — The return-journey was begun on 30 

 March, and among the passengers were the French Jesuits Taillandier and Bonnet. 

 The former states that at the beginning they had little or no wind; but that af ter they had 

 reached 13° N. lat. a strong favourable wind rapidly carried the vessel to Guam, which 

 was reached on 13 June. Father Taillandier went on shore and said mäss on the beach, 

 but the voyage was continued on the following day. Cape Espiritu Santo hove in sight 

 on 1 July, and the following day they put into the Embocadero, favoured by a fresh gale; 

 but this soon went down, and consequently they had to tow the vessel through the straits. 

 Except for one minor accident off the islands Los Naranjos, the passage went well; and 

 on 17 July they were able to cast anchor in Cavite. 2 



1708. Probably a vessel in this year sailed for New Spain and returned from there 

 in the following year, although our manuscript contains no information about it. The 

 Jesuit Fathers Pierre Faure and Cazalet, accompanied by twenty-one other Jesuits, 

 set sail from Acapulco on 30 March 1709. On 11 June they called at the Mariannes, 

 where they left six "fresh" missionaries to replace the same number of old and exhausted 

 ones. The remaining seventeen continued the journey until a contrary wind compelled 

 them to leave the large ship and go on board three small galleys, called "caracoas", so 

 as to be able to reach Manila by rowing and sailing. In this they were successful, though 

 one of the galleys capsized, and the missionaries on board were saved with difficulty. 3 



1709. The galleon "Nuestra Senora de Begoha", General Don Fernando de 

 Angulo, Piloto Mayor Henrique Herman. Af ter emerging from the Embocadero on 

 30 August, they saw, on 25 September, the island of San Juan at a distance of 9 leagues, 

 and on the following day a number of small islands. The position of the former is given 

 as 26° 53' N. lat. and 18° 1' long.; that of the latter as 28° N. lat. and 19° 4' long. They 

 were evidently the Bonin Islands, which, owing to erroneous observations, were placed 

 too far to the east. The senas were seen on 13 December in 36° 55' lat. and 92° 57' long.; 

 on 4 January 1710 — in 23° 7' lat., that is to say in about the latitude of Cape San Lucas 

 — two sail were descried, and they hastened to put the galleon in a posture of defence. 

 For 6 January the diary relätes that at two o'clock in the morning one of the two ships 

 approached with clangour of trumpets, pipes, and drums, and immediately opened fire 

 with cannons, culverins, and muskets. The battle lasted till about five o'clock, and the 

 galleon suffered a certain amount of damage in rigging and canvas. At ten o'clock the 



1 Bl. & Rob. XLIV, p. 144. Lettres édifiantes et curieuses, 7 e Recueil, Paris 1707, pp. 41 et sequ. 

 Voyages de Francois Coreal aux Indes Occidentales, T. III, Amst. 1722, p. 224. 



2 Lettres édifiantes et curieuses, XI e Recueil, Paris 1715, p. 224. 



:! Joseph Stöcklein, Der neue Welt-Bott, Tli. V, Augsburg & Gräz 1726, p. 57. 



