4i 8 
A VOYAGE TO 
1779. on our guard, we chofe to be convinced, by our own ob- 
fervations, before we weighed; and, on trying the tide, 
we found a ftrong under-tow, which obliged us to keep 
fait till eleven o’clock. From thefe circumftances it ap¬ 
pears, that the tide had run down twelve hours. 
During the afternoon, we kept handing on our tacks, 
between the ifland of Potoe, and the Grand Ladrone, hav¬ 
ing palled to the Eaftward of the former. At nine o’clock, 
the tide beginning to ebb, we again came to anchor in fix 
fathoms water; the town of Macao bearing North Weft, 
three leagues diftant; and the ifland of Potoe South half 
Well, two leagues diftant. This ifland lies two leagues to 
the North North Weft of the ifland marked Z in Mr. Dal- 
rymple’s chart, which we, at firft, took to be part of the 
Grand Ladrone. It is fmall and rocky; and off the Weft 
end there is faid to be foul ground, though we paffed near 
it without perceiving any. 
Thurfday 2. In the forenoon of the 2d, one of the Chinefe con¬ 
tractors, who are called Compradors, went on board the Re- 
folution, and fold to Captain Gore two hundred pounds 
weight of beef, together with a conliderable quantity of 
greens, oranges, and eggs. A proportionable fhare of thefe 
articles was fent to the Difcovery; and an agreement made 
with the man to furnilh us with a daily fupply, for which, 
however, he infifted on being paid before-hand. 
Our pilot, pretending he could carry the fhips no far¬ 
ther, Captain Gore was obliged to difcharge him, and we 
were left to our own guidance. 
At two in the afternoon, the tide flowing, we weighed, 
and worked to windward ; and, at feven, anchored in three 
and a half fathoms of water, Macao bearing Weft, three 
miles diftant. This fituation was, indeed, very ineligible, 
being 
