i Chap. I. George A n s o n, Efyi 3 5* i 
jo' ; 4„ Guam , Guam, or Iguana, 13 0 30' I this Is the rather, becaufe from thefe Veflels the Ifiands were called b) 
I ] ar geft of thefe Ifiands, and the Seat of the Spanijh Cover- Magellan , Be las Velas , i. e. of Sails, which are not ufe'd 
nor : 5, Scrpana , or Ro/te, 14 0 5' j which is alfo fet- by the JVeJt~ Indians in their Canoes. \ 
tied by the Spaniards : 6 . Aguiguan , 14 0 40'. : 7. Yinian, TheParao or Proe is built fharp at both Ends, the Bottom 
1 4 0 58'. This I take to be the laft of the Mary- Anne of one Piece, like a little Canoe very neatly fcooped, and 
,, IJlands ; for, if I apprehend the Thing right, the general left of a good SubftanCe. This Bottom ferves for a Keel \ 
Name of all thefe Ifiands is.th zLadrones, and they are di- it is from twenty Hve to thirty Feet long, the under Part 
ftinguifhed into the Southern, or Mary- Anne IJlands , of round, yet inclining to a Wedge, and fmooth, and the up * 
, which we have fpoken •, and the Northern Ifiands, or per Part almoft flat, having an Hollow about a Foot broad : 
i JJlands of Ganey , of which we are now to fpeak : 1. Zei- From hence both Sides of the Boat are turned up rounds 
1 pan , or Sipan, 153 20' : 2. Anathan , 16 0 io 7 : 3. Sarigant, very neatly ; one Side of the Veflfel is quite flat, the other 
] 1 6° 30' : 4. Guagan , 17 0 : 5. Amelagan , 17 0 30' : 6. Pa- as other Veflels are, with a pretty full Belly. In the Mid- 
? gon, i8° 4o' : 7. Agnigan , 19 0 : 8. Sangfon , 20° : 9. Maug, die it is about four or five Feet broad, aloft, or more, ac- 
2 21 0 : 10. Urac , 21 0 : n. Yarelhon , 2 2 0 . From this to cording to the Length of the Boat ; the Maft Hands exadlly 
■ Japan there is a continued Chain of Ifiands, lying almoft all in the Middle, with a large Yard like a Mizen-yard *, one 
of them in the fame Longitude, viz. of 160 0 ; fuppoflng End of it reaches to the. End or Head of the Boat, where 
the flrft Meridian to be placed in the Hand of Fero . it is placed in a Notch, made there to keep it faff: ; the 
The Soil of all thefe Hands is pretty much alike ; viz. other End hangs over the Stern. To this Yard the Sail is 
a red dry Mould, very fruitful, efpecially if it be carefully fattened. At the Foot of the Sail there is another frnall 
cultivated ; in which Cafe, perhaps, there would not be Yard, to keep the Sail out fquare, and to roll it up when 
finer Countries on the Globe : As to the Climate, it is very it blows hard ; ferving inftead of a Reef, to take up the 
1 healthy, as well as very pleafant, in the dry Seafon, which Sail to what degree they pleafe, according to the Strength 
; lafts from October to June , ; but in the wet Seafon the Air is of the Wind. On the Belly-ftde of the Boat, parallel there- 
' thick and hazy, which inclines the People to Fevers ; yet to, and at feven Feet Diftance, lies a Log fhaped like another, 
the Rains there are not heavy, or of long Continuance ; fmallBoat, of a light Wood, almoft as long as the great Boar, 
and as the Eaft Winds generally reign here, they cool the but not above a Foot and an half wide at the upper Part, 
Air prodigioufly, and render the Country very pleafant. and very lharp at each End. There are two Bamboes, of 
1 The Cocoas in. the Ladrone IJlands are efteemed the belt in about eight or ten Feet long, and as big as a Man’s Leg, 
t ithe known World, and they grow in all the Hands in the placed over the great Boat’s Side, one near each End of it, 
utmoft Plenty : Oranges they have in like Abundance, ex- add reaching about fix or feven Feet from the Side of the 
meedingly wholfome, and of a very high Flavour ; Limes Boat, by the Help of which the little Boat is made firm to 
;are alfo the natural Product of thefe Hands. They are, the other : Thefe are generally called by the Dutch, and 
properly fpeaking, a fort of Crab-Lemon, and grow up- by the Englijh from them. Out-layers : The Ufe of then! 
I on a kind of thorny Shrub, of which, in fbme of our is to keep the great Boat upright ; becaufe the Wind here 
’Plantations, they make very convenient Hedges. The is, in a manner, conftantly Eaft, and, if it were at Weft, 
Fruit is like a Lemon, but fmaller ; has a thinner Rind ; and it would be the fame Thing j for the Range of thefe Ifiands 
the Juice is rather of a fharper Tafte. The eating freely of where their Bufmefs lies to and from, being moftly North 
this Fruit is one of the quickeft, and at the fame time one and South, they turn the flat Side of the Boat againft the 
lof the pleafanteft, Remedies for the Scurvy. There are Wind upon which they fail ; and the Belly confequently, 
two Trees common in all thefe Hands, and faid to be pecu- with its little Boat, is upon the Lee ; and the Veflel having 
liar to them, and to fome of the Philippines ; thefe are the an Head at each End, lb as to fail with either of them fore- 
Rima and the Ducdu. moft, they need not tack about, as all other V eflels do, but 
The Rima , or Bread Fruit , grows upon a Tree fome- each End of the Boat ferves for Head or Stern, as they 
what larger than our Apple-tree is, which bears a broad pleafe. When they ply to Windward, and have a mind to 
dark-coloured Leaf, with five Indentures on each Side: go about, he that fleers, bears away a little from the Wind, 
The Fruit hangs on the Boughs like Apples, and is of the by which the Stern comes to the Wind, and now becomes 
Size of a Penny-loaf, with a thick tough Rind, which, when the Head, only by fluffing the End of the Yard. This 
full ripe, turns yellow. The Natives gather it before it is Veflel they fteer with a broad Paddle inftead of a Rudder, 
quite ripe, and bake it till the Cruft is pretty black ; then with great Dexterity. 
they rafp it, and there remains a pretty Loaf, with a ten- Some Travellers have reported incredible Things, as td 
der yellow Cruft, and the Crumb of it foft and fweet as a the Sailing of thefe Proes : Captain Edward Cooke Ipeaks 
new-bak d Roll, without any Seeds or Stones. This Fruit of twenty or thirty Leagues an Hour ; but if what another, 
the Inhabitants enjoy for about feven Months, during which Writer reports may be depended upon, viz. that one of 
they never eat any other Kind of Bread ; but they are ob- thefe Veflels being difpatched Exprefs from Guam , to Ma - 
liged to bake it every Day •, for when it grows a little ftale, nilla, which is 400 good Leagues, performed the Voyage in 
it becomes harfh and huflcy, fomewhat like the Potatoe- four Days, it will be fufficient to raife our Admiration, and 
bread made in the W ?Jl of England. There is, however, juftify the Character given to thefe Veflels, for fwift Sailing 
a Remedy for this, which is cutting the Loaf into Slices upon a Wind. In many other Places of the Eajl-Indies 
when it is new, and drying it in the Sun, by which it is they make ufe of Proes with Bellies or Boats on both Sides ; 
changed into the pleafanteft Rufk that can be eaten. The but the Proe we have defcribed, is peculiar to the Ladrones . 
Ducdu refembles.the Rima very much, both in its Size and Before the Spaniards made. any Settlement on thefe Ifiands, 
Leaves j only thefe latter are longer, and not fo much in- the People lived, in their Way, very happily ; every Man 
dented : The Fruit is pretty near the Size of the Bread having his Proe, which tho’ furniflied with Maft, Sail, Yard, 
Fruit, but fhaped like a Melon *, it contains in its Pulp Tackle, Halliards, and Helm j, he fteered with one Hand, 
or fifteen Kernels, or Seeds, of the Size of a frnall and with the other hoifted, lowered, or trimmed his Sail, 
Cheftnut, which, when roafted, are full as pleafant. having one of the Tackles fattened to each Foot, fo as to 
Tire Natives of thefe Hands are Copper-coloured like veer out, and hale to, as Occafion required, 
other Indians ; have long black Hair, frnall Eyes, high Fiftung was, in, a manner, their foie Occupation and in 
Lofes, Lips pretty thick, and Teeth indifferently white : that too they are equally fkilful and dextrous : Their 
f hey are a large, well-limb’d, aftive, and rohuft People. Hooks are made of a large Bone, with a ftnail one fixed 
o all Appearance, they are civil, courteous, and fubmif- in it ; and with thefe they take Dolphins, and other Filh, 
JW * ^ U£ aie t0 be of a cunning, treacherous, and cruel upon the Banks or Shoals. One Fifti there is peculiar to 
1 polition They are extremely dextrous in the Manage- this Coaft, which the Sailors call a Yellow-tail , about twelve 
ment ol their Veflels, which they ftile Paraoes , and the Inches long, and three in breadth, having a frnall long 
utc , and other Europeans , Prows or Proes, and are Head, with a large Mouth and Eye, and a Fin on his 
j f er ! le d beft failing Veflels in the World. We have Back, which extends quite to his Tail. His Body is of a 
e on eq^them before ; but as I am told the following is a dark Yellow, his Belly of a fine Silver, his Sides ftreaked 
very exact and accurate Account of thefe Angular Veflels, from Head to Tail with two Stripes of Blue, and three of 
e icve it will not be difagreeable to the Reader , and the Yellow , his Fins and Tail of a bright Yellow, 
5 ^ So 
