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Feet perpendicular along-fhore •, at- tne Quarter ox the 
Moon it rifes higher by two Feet than at the Full and 
Change *, contrary to the common Phoenomenon of the 
Tides, it rifes more or lefs alfo, according to the Strength 
of the Winds blowing into the Bay, by two or three Feet. 
The Flowing at Full and Change is about eight Hours. 
Thefe Variations, with refpedto Tides, do not at all affeCt, 
much lefs deftroy, the modern DoCtrine on tnat Head » 
becaufe the fame Variations, or others analogous to them, 
are obferved w-here-ever there is a Clufter of Iflands, and 
even upon our own Coaft, particularly at the Orkneys , the 
Weftern Iflands, and thofe of Stilly. On the eighteenth 
they had the Misfortune to lofe a Raft of Casks, confift- 
ing of twelve Buts, and three Puncheons •, notwithftanding 
which, they completed the Watering of their Ship the 
next Day, when a Man from every Mefs was fent into the 
Woods to get Oranges, and whatever elfe they wanted of 
Fruits, and other Refrefhments. On the 21ft they fent 
two old Indians on fhore : I wo other Indians having fwam 
away from them the Day before, fet the Bark on Fire, and 
removed every thing from their little Settlement on board 
the Ship. 
25. On the 2 2d of Oliober^ about five in the Afternoon, 
they weighed from the I (land of Pinion , and made fail for 
Macao . The Weather continued fair during the reft of 
the Month, but November entered with Storms •, fo that 
on the 2d they had very foul Weather, being then off the 
South-eaft Point of the Hand Formofa , which lies in the 
Latitude of 21 0 20 North. The next Day they faw Fires 
on that Ifland, bearing North-eaft, diftant about fifteen 
Leagues. On the 4th they had an hard Gale, which broke 
the Main- top-fail Stay. The next Day they had Sight of 
the Coaft of China. O11 the 6th in the Morning, they 
had Sight of Pedra Blanca , bearing Weft, half South, ten 
Miles ; it is fo called from the white Rocks lying off it : 
Thefe appear, when off at Sea, juft againft the Cape •, but, 
being, when nearer Shore, either Eaftward or Weftward of 
the Cape, they appear, at firft View, like Ships under Sail ; 
but, coming {till nearer, they are like two high Towers, 
being (lender, high, and fteep, on all Sides, and are about 
half a Mile from the Cape. The Cape is in Latitude 21 0 
56', and is about the Height of Beachy-head in England. 
It is a full Point, with fteep Rocks towards the Sea ; then 
it gradually falls away on each Side, with a gentle Dcfcent, 
appearing very pleafant, and covered with fair lofty 
Trees. On the 8th they came to an Anchor in eighteen 
Fathom Water, and took two Chinefe Pilots on board, to 
carry them to Macao , for which they were to receive 
thirty Dollars. On the nth, about nine in the Morning, 
they ran a-ground near that Ifland, and it was the 13 th in 
the Afternoon before they got the Ship off, and anchored 
her fafely in five Fathom Water. They moored the next 
Day, in the belt manner they were able, letting go their 
Sheet-anchor to the South, and their beft Bower to the 
Northward ; this was compofed of two Spanifto Anchors 
lafhed and hooped' together with two Guns, having loft 
their own Anchor, when blown out of I'inian Road ; and 
this being done, they faluted the Governor of Macao with 
eleven Guns, and he returned the like Number. 
26. The Commodore, coniidering the Condition of his 
Ship, and the Difficulty he was under of procuring what he 
wanted in that Port, found it abfolutely neceffary to go to 
Canton in Perfon, in order to obtain Leave for heaving down 
the Ship, and fuch Affiftance as could be afforded him by 
the Englijh Factory. He went afliore accordingly on the 
i 1 6th, and was faluted at his Landing by the Fort with 
eleven Guns, which the Centurion returned , and from 
thence the Commodore continued his Route to Canton , 
where at firft he met with a very indifferent Reception, 
becaufe the vulgar Chinefe , having never feen an European 
' Man of War in their Seas, took it for granted, that he 
was a Pirate ; and therefore treated him, and the People 
•who were with him, as they paffed the Streets, with ap- 
probious Language, calling them Thieves, Robbers, and 
Pirates, in bad Portuguefe , as well as in their own Lan- 
guage : This, however, the Commodore did not regard, 
but profecuted the Bufinefs he came about with the utmoft 
Vigour. The Day after the Commodore’s Departure, a 
Chiampan , or Chinefe Guard-boat, anchored clofe by the 
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Centurion , to obferve her Motions. On the iff of De- 
cember arrived a Boatfwain, with a Long-boat and Anchor 
from the Commodore, of which they were in great Want, 
their own having been ftaved, as has been already men- 
tioned, in the Road of Tinian. They Cent, by the Com- 
modore’s Orders, a Mate, and fix Men, to attend him 
at Canton^ and a Supply of 1000 Dollars, for purchafmg 
Sea-flores. 
By this Time the Commodore had made an Agreement 
with the Englijh Factory for frefh Provifions, which were 
regularly fupplied during the Time the Centurion lay in the 
FI arbour of Macao ; and the People on board were con- 
ftantly employed in repairing and refitting the Ship, as faff 
as their prefent Circumftanees would allow. On the 5th 
of December the following Account was taken of the Trea- 
fure brought on board from the Gloucefier , when, at the 
Requeft of her own Officers, ftie was deftroyed ; viz . 
N° 1. A Box of Gold : 2. A Box with 4000 Dollars 2 
3. A Box with 3000 Dollars : 4. A Box of 3000 Dol- 
lars, a Box of Jewels, and a Bag of Bits : 5. A Box with 
1255 Dollars, and 49 Pounds of loofe Plate : 6 . Seventeen 
Pounds of loofe Plate, Avoirdupois Weight. On the 8th 
they received in a Boat belonging to the Defence , an Englijh 
Ship then in thole Parts, a Cable, and other Neceffaries, 
from Canton ; and the feme Day two Ships, one a Dutch , 
and the other a Swedijh Eajl-Indiaman 9 pais Vi by them. 
Homeward-bound. They received, on the 9th, Orders 
from the Commodore to get ready for Sailing, and on the 
11th they began to get their Water on board, and to fit 
their Ship : On the 12th they found their Main-malt 
lprung in two Places, two Feet above the Partition on the 
Lower Deck : On the 1 3th three Dutchmen came on board, 
and entered themfelves ; and on the 15th the Commodore 
returned from Canton , bringing with him a confiderable 
Quantity of Stores, neceffary to put the Ship in a failing 
Pofture. 
Immediately after his Return, the neceffary Orders were 
given for difpatching the Repairs ; in Obedience to which, 
the Carpenters were employed in finilhing their Malts, 
the Sail-makers in repairing their Sails, the Butchers in fak- 
ing Pork, and the reft of the Ship’s Company in watering 
and getting ready for Sea. A SpeCtacle that furprifed the 
Chinefe , and increafed the natural Jealoufy they have of all 
Foreigners. 
27. In order to be thoroughly fatisfied, and agreeable to 
the Chinefe Cuftom, of knowing to the utmoft Certainty 
the Burden and Force of all foreign Ships, the principal 
Mandarin at Macao determined to pay the Commodore a 
Vifit, which he did on the 18th, and, having received all the 
Satisfaction he could defire, was very elegantly entertained, 
and at his Departure faluted with eleven Guns. The next 
Day Captain Mitchell , who had commanded the Gloucefier , 
went on fhore in the Barge, in order to take his Paffage 
home, with the Confent of the Commodore. The Order 
for heaving down was not yet expedited, and all that could 
be done was to get on board dry Provifions and Stores, of 
which they received more or lefs every Day. On the 23d 
the Princefs Mary , a Ship in the Eaji- India Company’s Ser- 
vice, failed for England , and faluted the Commodore with 
eleven Guns, who returned five. On the 25th two Damp 
Ships paffed by, who likewife faluted the Commodore with 
eleven Guns, and had nine returned. On the laft Day of 
the Year their Long-boat returned from Canton , with an 
Anchor, Hand-pump, and other Neceffaries. The Com- 
modore began the Year with diftributing Part of the Plun- 
der-money taken at Payta , that the Officers and Seamen 
might have fomething of their own, to furnilh themfelves 
with Conveniences. 
On the 7th of January came the Order for heaving down 
their Ship, and they immediately began to unmoor, weigh- 
ed the Sheet-Anchor, and warped over to the Northward 
for that Purpofe. The Commodore contracted for 100 
Chinefe Workmen to affift, and two Junks to hold the 
Stores, and other Goods, that were taken out of the Cen- 
turion 4 he caufed likewife a Tent to be ereCted on an adja- 
cent Ifland, and placed a Guard there, for the Security of 
the EffeCls that were put on fhore j he likewife hired thirty 
Chinefe Carpenters *, and, having loft no Time, by the End 
of the Month of March , the Ship was perfectly repaired 1 
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