XXI. Our Cruise off the Port of Acapulco for the Manilla Ship,
XXII. A short Account of Chequetan, and of the adjacent Coast and Country,
XXIII. Account of Proceedings at Chequetan and on the adjacent Coast, till our setting sail for Asia,
XXIV. The Run from the Coast of Mexico to the Ladrones or Marian Islands,
XXV. Our Arrival at Tinian, and an Account of the Island, and of our Proceedings there, till the Centurion drove out to Sea,
XXVI. Transactions at Tinian after the Departure of the Centurion,
XXVII. Account of the Proceedings on board the Centurion when driven out to Sea,
XXVIII. Of our Employment at Tinian, till the final Departure of the Centurion, and of the Voyage to Macao,
XXX. From Macao to Cape Espiritu Santo: The taking of the Manilla Galleon, and returning back again,
XXXI. Transactions in the River of Canton,
XXXII. Proceedings at the City of Canton, and the Return of the Centurion to England,
A GENERAL HISTORY AND COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS.
VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, BY CAPTAIN GEORGE SHELVOCKE, IN 1719-1722.
_Voyage from California to Canton in China_.
We fell in with the coast of California on the 11th of August, and as soon as we were discovered by the natives, they made fires on the shore as we sailed past. Towards evening, two of them came off on a bark log, and were with difficulty induced to come on board. Seeing our negroes standing promiscuously among the whites, they angrily separated them from us, and would hardly suffer them to look at us. They then made signs for us to sit down, after which one of them put himself into strange postures, talking to us with great vehemence, and seeming to be in a transport of extacy, running from one to the other of us with great vehemence, continually singing, speaking, and running, till quite out of breath. Night coming on, they were for departing, when we gave them a knife and an old coat each, with which they were much pleased, and invited us by signs to go on shore along with them. On the 13th, we were near Porto Leguro, whence some of the natives came out to meet us on bark-logs, while others made fires, as if to welcome us, on the tops of hills and rocks near the sea, all seemingly rejoiced to see us; those on shore running up and down to each other, and those on the bark-logs paddling with all their strength to meet us.