44 ° 
A VOYAGE TO 
17800 
January. 
Harbour of Macao 
- Lat. 22 12 o North 
Long. 113 47 o Eaft. 
Anchoring-place in the Typa. Lat. 22 9 20 North. 
Long. 113 48 34 Eaft. 
Mean dip of the North pole of' 
the magnetic needle 
Variation of the compafs - o 19 o Weft. 
-i 
21 
On the full and change days it was high water in the 
Typa at f 15“, and in Macao harbour at 5 h 50™. The greateft 
rife was fix feet one inch. The flood appeared to come 
from the South Eaftward; but we could not determine this 
point with certainty, on account of the great number of 
iflands which lie off the mouth of the river of Canton. 
Prices of Provijions at Canton , 1780. 
Ananas - 
Arrack - 
Butter - 
Beef, Canton 
Ditto, Macao 
Birds-nefts - 
Bifcuit - 
Beache de Mar 
Calf - 
Caravances, dried 
Cabbage, Nankeen 
Curry fluff 
* A catty is 18 oz. 
L* 
d. 
- 
Q 
4 
0 a fcore. 
- 
O 
0 
8 per bottle 
- 
O 
2 
44 per catty : 
- 
0 
0 
- 
O 
0 
54 
- 
3 
6 
8 
- 
0 
0 
4 
- 
0 
2 
Or 
- 
1 
6 
94 each. 
- 
0 
0 
24 per catty. 
- 
0 
0 
44 
- 
0 
1 
4 
-a pecul 100 catty. 
Coffee 
