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The Cygnet and a bark sail from Cape Corrientes for the Ladrones Short allowance of food The crew threaten to mutiny Narrow escape from shipwreck Guam reached Friendly intercourse with the Governor Provisions obtained A friar kept as hostage A Manilla ship appears and escapes Quit Guam and reach Mindanao, one of the Philippines Visit from Rajah Laut The Viceroy An officer visits the Sultan Friendly reception Entertainments on shore Rajah Laut's treachery The crew become discontented Run off with the Cygnet leaving Captain Swan and portion of the crew on shore Many die poisoned by the natives The Cygnet lays in wait for the Manilla ship Reed chosen as captain Put into a harbour Refit the ship and cut down the quarter-deck Nearly wrecked Anchor off Mindano Go to Polo Condore Refit the ship Live on friendly terms with the natives Again sail Some of a boat's crew killed by Malays Proceed to the west of China Remarks on the natives Come off the Pescadores Obtain provisions from the natives The Bashee Islands visited Leave Luconia Dampier desires to return for Captain Swan Hears of his death Waterspouts Anchor off Callasunguny Visits exchanged with the Sultan Sail for the coast of New Holland Intercourse with the natives Sail for the Nicobar Islands A canoe with natives captured Dampier set on shore Brought off again Again set on shore with several companions They obtain a canoe, and set sail for Achin Perilous voyage Reach Achin Sufferings of the voyagers Dampier makes several voyages, and becomes gunner at Boncoulin Plan of trading to Meangis The Painted Prince He escapes privately to Boncoulin on board the Defence Reaches England after twelve years absence Death of the Painted Prince-Dampier publishes his adventures.
The very day before the fight of Condore, letters had arrived from Madras, stating the urgency of the position there; and, upon the night after the battle, Colonel Forde ordered Charlie to return to aid in the defence of that city, before which the French had appeared on the 29th of November. Several skirmishes took place outside the city, and the English then retired within the fort.
Boat returned at 1 P.M. with the commander of the vessel a French vessel of war and I was quite surprised to learn that we had arrived in civilized waters, and that the Island of Condore was in the possession of the French. There was a small garrison of 50 or 60 at the village on the east side.
New cruising-ground Case of the Winged Racer A good chase The Contest On the look-out Not to be deceived No prizes Condore A French settlement Kindly greetings Monkey Island Far from home Whistling Locusts Instinct Why no one sees a dead monkey Homewards Yankee ships scarce.
Some of the natives on board with their scant stores of fowls, eggs, and cocoa-nuts. They are larger than the natives of Condore, and stouter, and more developed, but with countenances not very prepossessing.
After lunch, Condoré and Mogrovejo divided the extensive rolling countryside between them and each rode quietly from one lonesome farm to another, looking for men to engage as bearers. When they were so fortunate as to find the man of the house at home or working in his little chacra they greeted him pleasantly.
They leave Pulo Condore, designing for Manila, but are driven off from thence, and from the Isle of Prata, by the Winds, and brought upon the Coast of China. Isle of St. John, on the Coast of the Province of Canton; its Soil and Productions, China Hogs, &c. The Inhabitants; and of the Tartars forcing the Chinese to cut off their Hair. Their Habits, and the little Feet of their Women.
Our young officers, who had had so agreeable a change from the cramped ship to the shores and forests of Condore, with their guns and their books, had become so attached to the island that they left it with some regret. In the East Aor Marine nomads Suspicious At Singapore A busy city Chinese merchants Whampoa and Co.
The expedition left Macao on January 12, 1780, and on the 20th anchored in a harbour of Pulo Condore. Here a supply of buffaloes was obtained. They were large animals, and very wild. Two were kept on board the Discovery by Captain King, who intended to take them to England. They soon became perfectly tame, but, unfortunately, one of them suffered a severe injury, and both were killed.
We came in sight of Pulo Condore on the 13th March, and anchored next day on the north side of that island, in ten fathoms, on clean hard sand, two miles from the shore. Pulo Condore is the chief of a group of isles, and the only one of them that is inhabited, in lat. 8° 44' N. long. 106° 5' E. forty leagues S. by E. from the mouth of the river of Cambodia, otherwise called the Japanese river.
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