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A VOYAGE TO 
1779* take this as the danger is fufiiciently obvious; for 
Nov ember, the wind blow ftrong, and the current fet with it, 
it will be extremely'difficult to fetch Macao. Indeed we 
might, with great fafety, by the direction of Mr. Dai¬ 
ry mple’s map, have gone either entirely to the North of 
the Lema ifles, or between them, and rnade the wind fair 
for Macao* Our fears of miffing this port, and being for¬ 
ced to Batavia, added to the ftrong and eager defires of 
hearing news from Europe, made us rejoice to fee the Re- 
folution foon after fire a gun, and lioift her colours as a 
fignal for a pilot. On repeating the fignal, we faw an ex¬ 
cellent race between four Chinefe boats ; and Captain Gore, 
having engaged with the man who arrived firft, to carry 
the ffiip to the Typa, for thirty dollars, fent me word, that, 
as we could eafily follow, that expence might be faved to 
us. Soon after, a fecond pilot getting on board the Refo- 
lution, infilled on conducting the fhip, and, without fur¬ 
ther ceremony, laid hold of the wheel, and began to order 
the fails to be trimmed. This occafioned a violent difpute, 
which at laft was compromifed, by their agreeing to go 
fhares in the money. At noon, the latitude, by obferva- 
tion, was 21 0 57 / North, and longitude 114 0 1' Eaft; the 
grand Ladrone ifland extending from North Weft half 
North, to North half Weft, diftant four miles. The land 
of which the bearings are here given, we conceived to be 
one ifland; but afterward found the Weftern part to be the 
ifland marked z in Mr. Dalrymple’s chart of part of the 
coaft of China, &:c. which, at that time, we unfortunately 
had not on board. 
In obedience to the inftrucftions given to Captain Cook 
by the Board of Admiralty, it now became neceffary to 
demand of the officers and men their Journals, and what 
other 
