and eighty Spaniards also embarked in it.  They reached Cabite, whence they sailed on the nineteenth, together with several vessels carrying private persons, who followed the governor at their own expense.  They coasted the island of Manila, until they reached Balajan; then they separated, for the vessels did not lose sight of shore, while the governor sailed in the open sea.  On the twenty-fifth, he came alone to pass the night at the promontory of Azufre [285] ["Sulphur Point”] on the island of Manila, opposite that of Caca, where the current runs strong and the sea is choppy.  As it was during the blowing of the brisa, the galley could not advance.  It anchored under shelter of the point, but, through the strength of the current, dragged slightly.  In order to return to its shelter, the Chinese were kept incessantly at the oar.  In fact, they rowed with little energy—­either because they were men new to that labor, and forced to the oar by violence; or because they were fatigued, and harassed by those who commanded them.  Other contrary winds assailed them, which further impeded the voyage.  In order to double certain promontories of the land, it was necessary to ply the oars, and to urge on the rowers with the severity and punishment generally used in galleys.  They thought that harsh, and contrary to the governor’s assurance, when he promised them that they would be treated with affection.  But neither the whip nor threats, nor overcoming the currents by dint of the sweat of their limbs, seemed to them so intolerable and injurious as to hear from the governor’s mouth harsh and severe words, ordering them to row manfully; for did they not, he would put them in chains, and cut off their hair.  Such an insult among the Chinese is worthy of death, for they place all their honor in their hair.  They keep it carefully tended and gaily decked, and esteem it as highly as ladies in Europa; and, in dressing it, display their taste and their social standing.  They determined to mutiny, in order not to suffer such an insult and disgrace.  Having appointed for that purpose the following night (namely, the twenty-fifth of October), when the Spaniards had lain down tired out upon the benches, and in other places in the hull, the Chinese did the same.  However, they so cunningly divided themselves that each Chinese lay down beside a Spaniard, and pretended to sleep.  Just before the hour of dawn, which they considered the most suitable time and the safest of all, upon seeing the Spaniards in their soundest slumber, the Chinese, at the sound of a shrill whistle (which was the signal agreed upon among them), all arose at the same moment; and each one with the greatest haste put on a white tunic or shirt, so that, in the midst of the uproar and the darkness, they might recognize one another, and distinguish those to be killed.  However, for the greater security of the deed, they also lit a considerable number of wax tapers, which they had concealed in the folds of the white tunics.