WHITE'S JOURNAL OF A 
the iliip, and myfelf, fully explained to the injured Portu- 
gueze, what villians they were who had impofed upon 
them. We were not without apprehenfions that they might 
entertain an unfavourable opinion of Englifhmen in ge- 
neral from the condu(5l of thefe rafcals ; we therefore 
thought it neceflary to acquaint them, that the perpetrators 
of the fraud were felons doomed to tranfportation by the 
laws of their country, for having committed fimilar offences 
there. 
About one o'clock a gentle breeze from the eaft carried 
us within about a mile of the bar ; where, at nine o'clock, 
we anchored in fixteen fathom water. The calms had 
baffled the Supply fo much, that fhe had only dropped her 
anchor a little while before us. 
6th. Early this morning, it being quite calm, the com- 
modore difpatched an officer to the viceroy, who met with 
a courteous reception, and about eleven o'clock returned 
with the boat nearly full of fruit and vegetables, fent as 
prefents to the commodore from fome of his old friends and 
acquaintance. Some years ago Captain Phillip was on this 
coaft, commander of a Portugueze man of war. During 
that time he performed feveral gallant adls, which, aided by 
his 
