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1779. apprehenfive, left they fhould embroil themfelves with 
^December,., the Chinefe government at Canton; and, by that means, 
bring, perhaps, irreparable mifchief on the Company’s af¬ 
fairs in China. For I was further informed, that the 
Mandarins were always ready to take occafion, even on 
the flighteft grounds, to put a ftop to their trading; and 
that it was often with great difficulty, and never with¬ 
out certain expence, that they could get fuch reftraints 
taken off. Thefe knpofitions were daily increaftng; and, 
indeed, I found it a prevailing opinion, in all the Eu¬ 
ropean factories, that they fhould loon be reduced either 
to quit the commerce of that country, or to bear the 
lame indignities to which the Dutch are fubje6led in 
Japan. 
The arrival of the Relolution and Difcovery, at fuch 
a time, could not fail of occafioning frefh alarms; and, 
therefore, finding there v r as no probability of my pro¬ 
ceeding to Canton, I difpatched a letter to the Englifh 
fupercargoes, to acquaint them with the caufe of our 
putting into the Typa, to requeft their affiftance in pro¬ 
curing me a paffport, and in forwarding the ftores we 
wanted, of which I fent them a lift, as expeditioully as 
poffible. 
Friday 3. The next morning I Was accompanied on board by our 
countryman, wffio pointing out to us the fituation of the 
Typa, we weighed at half paft fix, and flood toward it; 
but the wind failing, we came to, at eight, in three and a 
half fathoms water ; Macao bearing Weft North Weft, 
three miles diftant; the Grand Ladrone South Eaft by 
South. The Refolution here faluted the Portugueze fort 
with eleven guns, which were returned by the fame num- 
Saturday 4. her. Early on the 4th, v r e again weighed, and flood into 
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