tlO                 A      VOYAGE      TO      TITE
 

CHAP.   IX.

Ignorance,of the Chinefe Pilot—The fhips approach
Macao—Account of ihe Ifle of  Potoe—A Chinefe
Comprador comes on  board—(apiain^  King   dif¬
patched io Macao io vifit the Portuguefe Gover¬
nor—Dependent State of the Portuguefs at Macao
--r-Effeds of the Intelligence we received refpe£iing
European Affairs—Alarms  occafioned at  Canton
—Our Ships anchor in ihe Typa—Captain King,
his fecond Lieutenant,  fcfr. proceed io Canton—-
Bocca Tygris—Wampu—A Sampane, or Chinefe
Boat,   defcribed—Mr.  King's   Reception  at  the
Englfly FaEtory at Canton—An Inftance of the
JJpicious  Cha) acier  of the Chinefe—Their Me^
thod of trading exemplified—Obfervations  rela¬
tive to the City of Canton—//s Popidation—i^um^
her of Sampanes—Military Force of ihe province
. of ^tangtong—Streets and Houfes of Canton de¬
fcribed—Of   ihe  Englifh   Supercargoes—Captain
King vifits a Chinefe of ihe firfl DifiinBion at
Canion-^-^Uis  Return to Macao—Great Demand
for the Sea-Otter Skins—Earnefi Defire of our
Seamen  to   return  to CooFs  River for   Skins—*
Plan of a Foyage for opening a Fur Trade on  the
Weflern   Coafl  of  'North-America,    and making
further Dijcoveries hi ihe Neighbourhood of China
and Japan-*' Nautical Obfervations-- Price of
Provifions at Canton.

'%J'Ej continued working to windward till
) ? about fix o'oclock in the afternoon, when
we let go our anchors, by the diredion of the
Chinefe pilot on board the R.cfolution, who was

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