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harbour, until tlie morning oi" tlie 12th, and 

 tlim, from calms, could not enter it, but ftii- 

 ehored outside. Th^ C}dnm$ pilot on 1>6ard 

 was l)ut of little service, ami lie fjuite sur- 

 prised at the fommaindpr'p kiK)\vledfi:e of the 

 islands, depth of water, Ike, until he found out 

 that he derived it from tiie charts and Hors- 

 lmi^*& Directory. It wa$ g^te amusing, ivitm 

 any difference of o|jirf|^a ^efetrf 'between them, 

 to hear the pilot, in a pet, deelare, You look 

 at bookee, but you not alwav savez a riglitee ; 

 bookee wrong, you wrongee sometime/' 



A great«3: or hmr Uttirifet of diifb!$iit.^p©ci«B 

 tsi IB^M^ have bem fiyintg about the sliii^^ 

 ever since we have been in soundings ; and it 

 is said, that when a great number of thes^e in- 

 sects are seen flying about the ship, a northerly 

 "Wfaid may be expected ; but f sdd'om §)im<l lie 

 assortloii Ixsnne m% by tie except ifet hap- 

 pening four or five days aftet ean be considered 

 a corroboration. 



On the following day we entered the " ' Cap, 

 sing, moon/' for a skort time: it is regarded as 

 a safe and w e^iftsliity |iietu}$esque liaftmur, 

 but lately it ihJas been left % many of the opium 

 sln*]is for another, by some eonsidered a safer 

 liarbour, and called the Cum, sing, moon, ' 

 formed by different islands, and main land 



