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announced her arrival to the Government It is not prudent to send the 

 boat on shore, unless the ship is near Macao, and the wind fail* for her to 

 run in, as the Ladrones are numerous. These captured two boats with their 

 crews, proceeding to Macao for pilots ; and 7000 dollars were paid for the 

 ransom of one of them. 



About thirty miles above Macao is Lintin, where ships of war anchor, as 

 they are not permitted to proceed to Whampoa. This island is remarkable 

 for a high peak, which is in latitude 22 3 24' N. The principal vtflage is on 

 the S. W. side of the island, and the anchorage is about 1 ^ mile from the 

 beacb. Tbe watering-place is balf a mile from a village at the foot of the 

 peak, where the stream runs through a bamboo into the casks ; but it is of a 

 very indifferent quality. Men of war lying here, generally receive their 

 supplies of provisions from Macao. 



BOCCA TIGRIS, or mouth of the Tigris, so called from the appear- 

 ance of one of the islands at its entrance, wbicb is between Ananhoy Fort on 

 the E. side, (a small semicircular battery, nearly level with the water's edge, 

 mounted with a few guns,) and the Whangtong Islands, on the principal or 

 northernmost of which there is a fort with some trees, from whence a Man- 

 darin comes ofT to examine your chop, and leaves one or two revenue officers 

 on board, who remain till you arrive at Whampoa ; and here, if necessary, 

 twenty or thirty small boats are hired to tow the ship, or to be stationed on 

 tbe shoals in passing up the river. Should it be night-time on reaching the 

 Bocca Tigris, the ship must anchor below the fort till daylight. 



About ten miles to the N., in latitude 22° 55 N., is the Second Bar, 

 where the Company's ships complete their cargoes for Europe ; the har 

 being considered dangerous, as well as another spot about midway between 

 the Second Bar and Whampoa. 



WHAMPOA. — The place where the ships anchor, is in latitude 

 23° 6 f N., and is formed on the S. side by Danes and French Islands, and to 

 tbe N. by the E. part of the island, on which the town of Whampoa is 

 situated, winch is low, and sometimes overflowed, and is called Bankshall 

 Island, from its being the spot where bankshalls, or storehouses, are built to 

 contain the ships 1 stores, overhaul the rigging, repair casks, kc. which are 

 under the charge of one of the junior officers. The storehouses are built of 

 bamboos and mats ; and on a ship leaving Whampoa, are taken down by the 

 comprador, and a fixed sum chargetl for the materials. 



On Danes Island, a portion of the ships 1 crews are occasionally permit- 

 ted to go on shore for recreation on Sunday evenings, who return at a fixed 

 hour; and for which the English ships pay 12 tales each month. The 



