PACIFIC AND BEERING’S STRAIT. 
477 
tion of a beautiful country without the liberty of exploring it that our 
situation very soon became extremely irksome. The day of our de- 
parture, therefore, was hailed with pleasure, not only by ourselves but 
by those to whom the troublesome and fatiguing duty had been as- 
signed of attending upon our motions : and they must moreover have 
looked with suspicion on the operations of the survey that were daily 
going forward, even had they not suspected our motives for putting into 
their port. 
I was very anxious before this day arrived to possess a set of the 
pins that are worn by the natives in their hair, as they set so much 
value upon these articles that none of the natives could be induced to 
part with them. I begged An-yah would acquaint the mandarin with 
my desire, and if possible, that he would procure me a set ; from the 
conduct of the natives it appeared that these ornaments had some 
other value attached to them besides that of their intrinsic woith, or 
there would not have been so much difficulty in procuring them. 
An-yah said he would certainly deliver my message to the mandarin, 
and the next morning brought a set of the most inferior kind, made of 
brass. As the mandarin had received some liberal presents from me, I 
observed to An-yah that this conduct was ungenerous, and that I ex- 
pected a set made of silver ; his opinion he said very much coincided 
with mine, and that he would endeavour to have them changed, but the 
following morning he came to me on shore and said mandarin very 
bad man, no give you silver karnesache:” but An-yah, determined that 
I should be gratified by having a set, had by some means succeeded in 
procuring them for me, and presented them in his own name. I re- 
warded his generous behaviour by making him a present of some cut 
glass decanters and wine glasses, which are more esteemed in Loo Choo 
even than a telescope. 
On the 27th we made preparations for weighing by hoisting our 
sails, and An-yah, Shtafacoo, and Shayoon, who had been our constant 
attendants, came off to take leave, 'rhese good people had been 
put to much trouble and anxiety on our account, and had so in- 
gratiated themselves with us that as the moment approached I really 
believe the desire for our departure was proportionably lessened; 
