THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
423 
1779. 
December, 
the Typa, and moored with the ftream anchor and cable 
to the Weftward. 
The Comprador , whom we at firft engaged with, having 
difappeared with a fmall fum of money, which had been 
given him to purchafe provifions, we contracted with ano^ 
ther, who continued to fupply both fhips, during our whole 
flay. This was done fecretly, and in the night-time, under 
pretence, that it was contrary to the regulations of the 
port; but we fufpeCted all this caution to have been ufed 
with a view either of enhancing the price of the articles 
he furnifhed, or of fecuring to himfelf the profits of his 
employment, without being obliged to fhare them with the 
Mandarins . 
On the 9th, Captain Gore received an anfwer from the Thurfday 9. 
Committee of the Englifh Supercargoes at Canton, in which 
they affured him, that their beft endeavours fhould be ufed 
to procure the fupplies we flood in need of, as expeditioufly 
as poflible; and that a paffport fhould be fent for one of 
his officers, hoping, at the fame time, that we were fuffi- 
ciently acquainted with the character of the Chinefe Go¬ 
vernment, to attribute any delays, that might unavoidably 
happen, to their true caufe. 
The day following, an Englifh merchant, from one of Friday io» 
our fettlements in the Eaft Indies, applied to Captain Gore 
for the affiftance of a few hands to navigate a veffel he 
had purchafed at Macao, up to Canton. Captain Gore 
judging this a good opportunity for me to proceed to that 
place, gave orders that I fhould take along with me my 
Second Lieutenant, the Lieutenant of marines, and ten 
leamen. Though this was not precifely the mode in which 
I could have wifhed to vifit Canton, yet as it was very 
uncertain when the paffport might arrive, and my prefence 
might 
