The VOYAGES® 
Shot, from a new' Battery erected on an Hill, that they 
Suffer ed extremely in their Hull and Rigging. They had 
three Men wounded, befides the Misfortune of lofing 
Mr. Davifon , their firft Lieutenant, who was an honeft 
Man, and a good Officer, Thus the Succefs was forced 
to He in a miferable Condition, expofed to the continual 
Fire of the Enemy, who, in the Night, had Still this Ad- 
vantage of them, that the Surface of the Water being as 
fmooth as a Mill-pond, eafily fhewed them their Pofition ; 
whereas they had no other Direction for their Aim than the 
Flafhes of the Guns from the Spanijh Battery. In this Emer- 
gency, the Captain being' overcome with Liquor, and 
quite unable to command the Ship, the Officers came to 
a Refolution of running out clear of the Enemy as foon as 
they could get the Ship afloat ; and figned a Paper to in- 
demnify Mr. Cook, if he would take upon him the Com- 
mand. At four in the Afternoon they fet her a floating, 
and cut away the fmall Bower-anchor •, but, in ten Mi- 
nutes, they run a- ground again; at nine carried out the 
Kedge-anchor ; but, in heaving, the Elawfer broke : They 
immediately carried out another Hawfer, with a Lower- 
deck Gun to it, having now loft all their Anchors, and ftill 
a-ground. At two in the Forenoon the Enemy hail them 
feveral times to lurrender, or expedl no Quarter ; at five 
they carried out the Main-top-maft Shrowd-hawfer on the 
Starboard-bow, with another Gun, ftill plying the Enemy 
with their great Guns below, and Small-arms in the Poop. 
They did them little Mifchief, though the Spaniards never 
miffed them ; efpecially their Boats, as foon as they faw them 
ftir. At eleven in the Forenoon they carried out the reft 
of the fmall Bower, with two Lower-deck Guns, right 
a-head, into five Fathom ; they cleared away the Hold, 
ready to ftart their Water, to make the Ship lighter ; got 
their Upper and Lower-deck Guns forward, to bring her 
by the Plead, the Ship hanging abaft on the Rock ; they 
kept two Guns out of the Stern-ports continually firing 
at the Enemy’s new Battery, but could not bring them to 
bear : During this twenty-four Hours, they had happily 
only one wounded ; but the Ship was wretchedly torn and 
mangled between Wind and Water. The 30th, at fix in 
the Afternoon, the Ship floating, they cut away the Yawl, 
being funk with the Shot ; the other Boats were much da- 
maged ; they hove-to their fmall Bower, then cut away 
it and the other two Hawfers, and fent their Pinnace a-head, 
to tow the Ship off : Juft as they got afloat, the Enemy 
fired fo fmartly from the new Battery, that their Shot raked 
them through between Wind and Water, killing one of their 
People, and wounding two others. Thus they loft both 
their Bow-anchors and Cables, the Stem and Kedge-anchors, 
four Hawfers, four of their Lower-deck Guns, and nine- 
teen Barrels of Powder, two Men killed, and fix wounded, 
having ftood for no lefs than fifty Hours a fair Mark for 
the Enemy to fire at ; and, if they had not got clear, it 
was believed they would have funk them before Morning. 
The whole Crew were very forry for Mr. Godfrey and Mr. 
Pritty , not knowing how the Governor might ufe them 
afliore. At ten in the Forenoon they br,ought-to, and 
began to fplice their Rigging, not a Rope of which efcaped 
a Shot ; as for the Matts and Yards, they were all feverely 
peppered, and the Carpenters worked all Night, flopping 
the Holes in die Ship’s Bottom. At feven in the Fore- 
noon they flowed their Guns in theHoldbar in the Ports, 
hoifted in the Launch and Pinnace, and at Noon fleered 
away Weft, with an eafy Sail, hoping to fave their Paffage 
before the Monfoons came on. Their Carpenters were 
employed in fixing the Malts and Yards, and the reft of 
their People in fixing the Rigging. At fix in the After- 
noon the Body of the Illand Guam bore Eaft feven Leagues; 
from whence they took their Departure, North Latitude 
1 3 0 20', allowing half a Point North-eaft Variation, de- 
fining now for China. This was certainly one of the 
worft . Errors committed by Clipperton ; for he fhould never 
have quitted the Marquis, who had behaved fo dirtily to 
him before, without having the Money in his Hand ; nor 
had the Marquis any Title to Favour : A Nobleman, that 
a£ls the Scoundrel, degrades himfelf. Befides, if Captain 
Clipperton had kept the Marquis, there had been an End 
of all his Schemes, and either the Spanijh Governor of 
Guam would not, or could not, have treated him as he 
did ; for it is more than probable, that he was forced to 
behave in this ftrange Manner by the Marquis. The laft 
Miftake of Clipperton s was his pretending to attack the. 
Town in the manner he did. The Commander of a Pri- 
vateer fhould never attempt Revenge, unlefs he is certain 
of compaffing his Defign ; and, if he had diffembled, as 
well as the Enemy, he might have found an Opportunity 
of making them repent their ill Ufage. 
20. It was a very dangerous Voyage upon which they 
were now to enter: The Run from Manilla is generally 
efleemed 400 Leagues, and they were to fail much farther, 
without any confiderable Addition to their Stock of Pro- 
vifions, ruffled by the late Accident, and apprehenfive that 
their V effel would fcarce laft out the V oyage ; for, on the 
23d of June, they found her, on a ftridl Examination, in 
a very fhattered Condition, having fcarce a whole Timber 
in her upper Works, difcovered one of their Fafh ion-pieces 
to be fhot through, which, being the chief Support of the 
After-part of the Ship, they were obliged to trap her, to 
keep her together. It blov/ing pretty frefh, they durft not 
carry Sail, but were forced, for a Week together, to feud 
under bare Poles, through variable Winds, and bad Wea- 
ther. This was a melancholy Condition for People to be 
in, in Seas with which they were little acquainted, and 
failing by Draughts on which they could not depend. Yet, 
the Journal I make ufe of, acknowledges, that both Dam- 
pier's Accounts and Charts were right, and that to a De- 
gree of Exactnefs, much fuperior to thofe laid down by 
Perfons of much greater Figure ; fo that if it had not been 
for his Affiftance in his Books and Charts, they could fcarce 
have extricated themfelves from the Difficulties they were 
in. On the 24th of June , they were in Sight of the 
Bajhee Iflands ; and, on the laft Day of the Month, they 
faw the lfland-fholes of Prata. On the ift of July, they 
fell in with other Elands, and found feveral Boats that 
were fitting ; though no fuch Elands are laid down in any 
Chart, and this put them intirely out of their Way ; fo 
that, not being able to form any Judgment of their true 
Courfe, they anchored under one of thefe Elands, in 1 3 
Fathom Water, and difpatched away their Pinnace for In- 
telligence, how Macao bore from them, for which Port 
they were bound. 
21. On the 2d of July, the Pinnace returned with a 
Boat, in which there were three Chinefe Sailors, whom they 
could not underhand, and from whom all they could learn 
was, that Canton lay to the South-weft. On the 3d, find- 
ing they were too far to Leeward of Macao, and not being 
able to get a Pilot, they refolved to take the only Courfe 
there was left them to take, which was, to fail for Amoy ; 
before which Port they arrived on the 5th in the Evening, 
but were afraid to enter it in the Night, and therefore plied 
off and on till Day-light. They took notice of a great 
Number of Snakes in the Sea, which were brought down 
by the Rivers that empty themfelves on that Coall. The 
Entrance of the Port of Amoy is remarkable enough ; for 
it has an high Mountain, on the Top of which is a Tower, 
which may be feen twenty Leagues off at Sea ; on one 
Side of it is a little Eland, that lies immediately before the 
Bay. The River Changeheu difeharges itfelf here into the 
Chinefe Sea, and thereby forms a fpacious Bay, about eight 
Leagues in Circuit, where Ships may lie very fafely at 
Anchor, all the Difficulty being in their getting once into 
Port ; which they accomplilhed very happily in the Even- 
ing of the 6th of July, and were extremely well pleafed 
to find themfelves once more in a Place where they might 
hope to obtain Refrelhments, to be able to repair their 
Ship ; or, if that fhould be found impracticable, to obtain 
a Paffage from thence for Europe. r L he Captain too re- 
joiced as much as any of them ; for, having had his full 
Share of Afflictions and Misfortunes at Sea, he was ex- 
tremely delighted with the Profpedt of fecuring a fmall 
matter of Money to his own Ufe, and fending home what 
belonged to the Owners, in cafe his Ship was really, as his 
People reported, paft repairing. ^ 
22. They were no fooner anchored in this Port, than 
they had ten Cuftomhoufe Officers put on board them. At 
Amoy, as in moft other Ports in China , the Cuftoms are un- 
der the Direction of a Angle Mandarin, filled the Hcppo , or 
Matter General of the Cuftoms. The French call this 
Officer 
