The ship* buillby ih^ Spauianls ar«". very lar^e, liie sail«t 

 ttfid mast?i being jw*iriilarly simnff ; tfieir spearg and gima 

 are all leady, so that pirates do not dare to approach them. 

 In thR voyage to and ftnm Spatn th^y make m^l. of the ^ 

 ^ quadrant, aad die ^^,:?fC £^ mirror for refleciing the 

 water ; ivy means of whicli rocks and shoale, deeps and shaj- 

 lowB are insianrly di«icerin*Ttlr : ffilj? ifiT«n lion is even more 

 wonderful than ilmt of ih" <j>^ marinera compare. 



The Cliinese wlio sojourn ii» Manilla are delighted willi the 

 swiflneis of ihetr vesseld, and pleased with the skilful nets 

 ofiheir arrangf^mciits. Kiiroprrtii ships, in coming: to Manilla, 

 art about ihrse inontiiis on ilieir passage; but when ihey wish 

 to rettirn home, llie currents .ire dilTjTent, and they require 

 five nfioiith« for the voyage. The CUineae have been in the 

 ! lab i t of trad i n g bac k wa rd an d fo r w a rd a lo Mi n 1 1 1 a for se v e ral 

 hundred years. In ifie time of iUm emperoj ^ Keen-lurig, 

 of ihe present dynafity, tJrc red-lmired English ^ Eog- 

 I Igy), a race of forejjrnera from the nnrih-weBt corner of the 

 ocean ^ came (ndtf^nly, with about a dozen sail of vessels, 

 andm*dcan attack on Manilla, wishing to get possession of 

 the place. Tiie tnhabitantf:, i ogeiher with the jiadrisj ofTered 

 alar^esum to be excmpied from the incursion, when the 

 English retired : and up to this lime diere has been general 

 trarvqiiilliiy, peace, and joy in the regions beyond sea. We 

 humbly conceive that it n the instruction diflused by our aa- 

 rred governnientj wliieh oTerawes iheae inaulated foreigners ; 

 soaking into (heir flesh and moiatjenin^ iJieir marrow, so that 

 even rhe moit distant submit themselves. Having myself 

 traded to Manilla, I have been enabled to record this narration. 



THK FOLLOWING 13 AN ACCOUNT OF ^ ^ Wri-GAV-HSBN 

 I n Y 5 ^fc J? A 1% HAP. 



^ ^ Gay-hfitrn's family resided ftt § ^ Hoo-aoe, in 

 the pr<?rcr(ureof jfl CJH*an|t.chew, in ihe province of 

 JoTtieu. He wag ibje^tikLtfr hroiber of ^ Lap^ypni 



