ABSTRACT
Don Rodrigo's vessel struck upon a reef off the coast of Niphon, in about latitude 35^°: the crew, with himself, reached the shore on parts of the wreck totally destitute, and not knowing where they were cast, whether on a conti nent or an island. They soon found the country to be J apan; and as Don Rodrigo had shown much kindness to two hundred natives of that country, in confinement in the Philippine islands when he became governor, whom he libe rated and conveyed home, he concluded that, as the event proved, the emperor would avail himself of the opportunity to requite the obligation.
