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the Passage of future
Navigators round Cape Horn,
X. Course from Cape Noir to the Island of Juan Fernandez,
XI. Arrival of the Centurion at Juan Fernandez, with a Description of
that Island,
XII. Separate Arrivals of the Gloucester, and Anna Pink, at Juan
Fernandez, and Transactions at that Island during the Interval,
XIII. Short Account of what befell the Anna Pink before she rejoined;
with an Account of the Loss of the Wager, and the putting back of the
Severn and Pearl,
XIV. Conclusion of Proceedings at Juan Fernandez, from the Arrival of
the Anna Pink, to our final Departure from thence,
XV. Our Cruise, from leaving Juan Fernandez, to the taking of Payta,
XVI. Capture of Payta, and Proceedings at that Place,
XVII. Occurrences from our Departure from Payta to our Arrival at
Quibo,
XVIII. Our Proceedings at Quibo, with an Account of the Place,
XIX. From Quibo to the Coast of Mexico,
XX. An Account of the Commerce carried on between the City of
Manilla on the Island of Luconia, and the Port of Acapulco on the
Coast of Mexico,
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,
XXIX. Proceeding at 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.

PART II.
BOOK IV. (CONTINUED.)
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CHAPTER XII
--Continued.
VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, BY CAPTAIN GEORGE
SHELVOCKE, IN 1719-1722.

SECTION V.
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.
No sooner was our anchor down than they came off to us in crowds,
some off bark-logs, but most of them swimming, all the while talking
and calling to each other confusedly. In an instant our ship was full of
these swarthy gentry, all quite naked. Among the rest was their king or
chief; who was no way distinguishable from the rest by any particular
ornament, or even by any deference paid to him by his people, his only
ensign of sovereignty being a round black stick of hard wood, about
two feet and a half long. This being observed by some of our people,
they brought him to me, and concluding that I was the chief of the ship,

he delivered his black sceptre to me in a handsome manner, which I
immediately returned. Notwithstanding his savage appearance, this
man had a good countenance, and there was something dignified in his
manner and behaviour. I soon found a way to regale them, by setting
before them abundance of our choicest Peruvian conserves, with which
they