《伪装学渣》漫画全集

《 《伪装学渣》漫画全集》

w the restof the boats began to come up. Our men in the pinnace followedtheir orders, and took up three men, one of whom was just drowning,and it was a good while before we could recover him. As soon asthey were on board we crowded all the sail we could make, and stoodfarther out to the sea; and we found that when the other boats cameup to the first, they gave over their chase.

　　When we were thus got to sea, we kept on NE., as if we would go tothe Manillas or the Philippine Islands; and this we did that wemight not fall into the way of any of the European ships; and thenwe steered north, till we came to the latitude of 22 degrees 30seconds, by which means we made the island of Formosa directly,where we came to an anchor, in order to get water and freshprovisions, which the people there, who are very courteous in theirmanners, supplied us with willingly, and dealt very fairly andpunctually with us in all their agreements and bargains. This iswhat we did not find among other people, and may be owing to theremains of Christianity which was once planted here by a Dutchmissionary of Protestants, and it is a testimony of what I haveoften observed, viz. that the Christian religion always civilisesthe people, and reforms their manners, where it is received,whether it works saving effects upon them or no.