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Portu- making d about Return \y. The r Fort of fen weeks the Ifland he Ifland draughts. imor ani Fort Con- lefcriftion The Contents. of the Bay. The Anchoring place ^ called Babao. The Malayans here kill all the Europeans they can. ii Laphao^ a Portuguese Settlement ^ defcribed. Port Ciccale. The Hillsy Water ^ Lotp-lands^ Sotl^ Woods ^ Metals^ in the Ifland Timor. Its Trees. Cana-fiftula- tree defcribed. Wild Fig- trees de- fcribed. Two new forts of Palm- trees defcribed. The Fruits of ^ the Ifland. The Herbs. Its Land Animals. Fowls. The Ring- ing Bird, Its Fijh. Cockle-mer- chants and Oyfiers. Cockles as v^ big as a Mans Head. Its original Nati'ves defcribed. The Portugne'^e and Dutch Settlements. The Ma- * lay an Language generally fpoken " here. V Orantuca on the Ifland Ende. The Seafons^ Winds ^ and Weather at Timor. A3 CHAR The Contents. 4i, CHAP. III. Departure from Timor. The \jlands Omba and Fetter. A burning Ijland. Their niijfing ir/i^c Turtle- lOes. Bande-I/ze/. Y>n^Ajland. They dejcry the Coajl r)/New-Gui- iiea. They anchor on the Coaji of New- Guinea. A dejcription of the place ^ and of a ftrange Fowl found there- Great quantities of Mackerel A white Ijland* They Anchor at an Island called by the Inhabitants Pulo Sabuda- A de* fcription of it^ and its Inhabitants and t'^odtdi' The Indians manner of FiPuing there Arrh'al at Ma- bo^ the NorihlVeft Cape.vf^cw- Guinea. A Dejhiptidn of it* Cockh-Isbnd. Cockles ofje^venty- eight pow?d Weight' Pidgeon- Island. The Winds hereabouts. An en/pty Cockle- /hell weighing two hundred ffty eight Pound. King Williams w Ijlands burning Turtlc- > yiand, :w-Gui- Coaji of ^tion of ge Fowl tiuesof . They d by the Adc" Sitants manner dt Ma- f,New- af it. je^/enty' idgcon- ^aboHts. Hng tn?o King illiams The Contents. William's Island* A Defcription of it. Plying on the Coajl of New- Guinea- ianlt of the Draughts. Providciicc Island. They crojs the Line* A Snake pnrfued by Ei(^\ Squally Island. The Main ofNcw* Guinea. CHAP. IV. The SMain Land of New Guinea. Its Inhahitants. Slingers Bay. Small Islands. Garret Dennis Isle defcribed. Its Inhabitants. Their Froes. Anthony Caves I- sland. Its Inhabitants^ Trees full of Worms found in the Sea. St. Johns Island' The main Land of New Guinea. \ts Inhabitants. The Coaji defcribed- Cafe and Bay St. George. Cape Orford. Another Bay. The Inhabitants there. A large account of the An^ thors attempts to Trade with them. He names the place Vort Mouh- A 4 tague. The Contents; tague. The Country thereabouts dejcribed^ and its produce* A Burning Island described. A new pajfage found. Nova Brittannia; Sir George Rooks Island. Long Island^ and Crown Island^ difco- 'vered and dejcribed^ SirR, Rich's Island. A Burning Island. A Jirange Spout* A ConjeSiure con* cerning a nerv pajfage Southward. King Williams Island. Strange Whirlpools* Dijiance between Cape Mabo, and Cape St. George computed* CHAP. HreaboHts dnce* A \ A new rittannia; d. Long nd^ difco' I. Richs land. A Siure con" Hthward. Strange vem Cape George HAR The Contents, CHAP, V. Th A'.s return from " ;e Coaji of New Guinea. A deep Channel Strange Tides. The Ijland Ceram defcribed. Strange Fowls. The iftands Bonao^ Bouro^ Mifacom- bi^ Pentare^ Laubana^ and Po- toro. The Pajfage between Pen- tare and Laubana. The Ifland Timor. Babao Bay. The Ijland Rotee. More Iflands than are commonly laid down in the Draughts. Great Currents. Whales. Coaji of New Holland. The Tryal-Rocks. The Coaji of Java. Princes Ifle. Streights of Sunda. Thwart-the-way Ifla/td. Indian Proes^ and their Trapck. Paj- fage through the Streight. Arri- "val at Batavia. CHAP. The Contents. CHAP. VI. The A. continues in Batavia-Rt^iirfj to rejity and to get fnyvifions. Englifh Ships then in the Road. Departure from Batavia. Touch at the Cape of Good Hope. And at St. Helena. Arrival^ at the Ifland ^/ Alccnfion. A Leak Sprung, Which Being impojfible to he flopped j the Ship is loji^ but the Men fa'ved. They find Water upon the Ifland. Ana are brought back to England?. \i '■^f ^ I 'ilk CATALOGUE O F T H E Mapps and Copper-Plater^ THE General Mipp: Uehg the Title. Tab. 5. Timor, Num. i, a, 3, and 5. Rotee, N. 4. Tab. 6. A fmall Mapp ^/ Timor, N. f. p. ao Bearings of Ldftd, N. 2, 3, 4, 5, 4« 5. 4> 5- 6. ;. IC2 • C^ Mabo, N. 7. Tab. 10. Cape Mabo, N. i. p. 109 ,iCi»^ WilliamV //^^ N. a. Cape of Good Hope, N. 3. Van ScoutenV Jfland. Provi* dence Ijland, N. 4. St Matthias IJle, N. 5. * «. II. Squally ward >*■/ A Catalogue^ Sect Tab. 1 1. Squally and other Iflands on the Coaji ofNoXB, Britannia, N. 1,2. p. "4 Trec'ieron Hill, N. 3. Sxtfiftjhire Ifland^ N. 4, 5- • St John's Ifland^ N. 6. Tab. 1 2. D/>e Orford, N. i . ^ 1 3 ^ St George'j Baji, N. 2. C4!^e St George, N. 2 and s. Port Mountagiie, N. 4. Tab.13. Dampier*/ Pa f age and I/lands on the Coajl of New Guinea, N. 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Jand^ Wa- Hotp ortu- aking about xtnrn the yrt of weeks rang- r hun- : three might be r New Holland. % be thereabouts worth difcovernig 5 and>i». i^pp. at the fame time to recruit my ftock of ^-^^VNJ frefh Water and Provifions for the fur- ther Difcoveries I purpofed to attempt on the Terra Anfirdlis. This#Iarge and I^itherto alnioft unkown Trad of Land, is fituated fo very advantageoudy in the richeft Climates of the World, the Tor- rid and Temperate Zones 5 having in it * efpecially all the advantages bf the Tor* rid Zofte^ as being known to reach from the Equator it felf (within a Degree) to the Tropic k of Capricorn, and beyond it 5 that in coafting round it, which I de- fign*d by this Voyage, if poffible 3 I could not but hope to meet with fome fruitful Lands, Continent or Iflands, or both, produdive of any of. the rich Fruits, Drugs, or Spices, (perhaps Mine- rals alfo, &c.) that are in the other parts of the Torrid Zone^ under equal Parallels of Latitude 5 at leaft a Soil and Air capable of fuch, upon tranf- planting them hither, and Cultivation. 1 meant alfo to make as diligent a Sur- vey as I could, of the feveral fmaller I- flands, Shores, Capes, Bays, Creeks, and Harbours, fit as well for Shelter as De- fenfe, upon fortifying them 3 and of the Rocks and Sholes, the Soundings, Tides, and Currents, Winds and Weather, Va- riation, &c. Whatever might be benc- £ % ficial r M |i 1 A New Holland. An. i^pp.ficial for Navigation, Trade, or Settlc- ^■^'"'^'^^ mcnt ^ or be of life to any who (hould profcciitc the fame Defigns hereafter ^ to whom it miglit he fcrviceabic to have fo much of their work done to their hands ^ which they might advance and perfeft by their own repeated Experiences ^ as there is no Work of this kind brought to perfeftion at once. 1 intended efpe- ciaily to«obfervc what Inhabitants I (hould meet with^ and to try to win them over to fomewhat of Traffick and ufctol Intercourfe, as there might be Commo- dities among any of them that might be fit for Trade or Manufafture, or any found out ill which they might be env ploy«d. Though as to the New Hollan- ders hereabouts, by the Experience I had had of their Neighbours formerly, I ex- pefted no great matters from them. With fuch Views as thefe, I fet out at firft from England ^ and would, accord- ing to the Method I propofed formerly [Vol. I.] have gone Weft ward, through the Magellanick Streight, or round Terra del Fuego rather, that I might have be- gun my Difcoveries upon the Eaftern and leaft known fide of the Terra, AHJiralis. But that way 'twas not poflible for me to go, by reafon of the time of Year in which I came out : For I muft have been compaifing the South of America in a very hi Winter ted to 1 Hope 5 'twas n high L Trade-' me, an( riable a maun in firft I have fiiould i that She South wj round t New G fpendini fary in i ing that well wo that lay reftly t time wJ HoUand, I muft, for fom( weather not in t unknow heartleff ^^^y Ibeft, u )r any e en> ioUan- t Ihad I ex- n. out at ccord- rmerly irough J Terra, ve be- £aftern tJlraUs, ' me to fear in ve been :a in a very New Holland. 5 very high Latitude, in the depth of the ^^ ^^9? Winter there. I was therefore ncceflita- ' ted to go Eaftw:ird by the Cape of Good Hope ^ and when V fhould be paft ir, 'twas requiilte 1 fhould keep in a pretty high Latitude, to avoid the general Trade-winds thit would be agaiuft ; me, and to have the benefit of the Va- riable Winds : By all vvhich / was in a manner unavoidably determin'd to fall in firft with thofe parts of Nerv Hol/a?;d I have hitherto beeil defcribing. For (hould it b-ask'd why at mv firfl making that Shore, I did not coafl: it to the Southward, and that way try to get round to the Eaft of New Holland and New Guinea 5 I confefs I was not for fpending my time more than was necef- fary in the higher Latitudes -^ as know- ing that the Land there could not be fo well worth the difcovering, as the Parts that lay nearer the Line, and more di- redly under the Sun. Befides, at thz time when I fliould come firft on New Holland^ which was early in the Spring, ! muft, had I ftood Southward, have had for fome time a great deal of Winter- weather, increaGng in feverity, though not in time, and in a place altogether iiuknown ^ which my Men, who were heartlefs enough to the Voyage at beft, would never have born, after B 3 fo w m 6 New Holland. An, 1699. (o long; a Run as from Brazil hi^ For thefe Reafoas therefore I chofeto coaft along to the Northward, and fo to the Eaft, and fo thought to come lound by the South of Terra Auflralis in my re- turn back, which (hould be in the Sum- mer- feafon there : And this Paffage back alfo I now thought I might poffibly be able to fliortcn, (hould it appear, at my getting to the Eaft Coaft of New Guinea^ that there is a Channel there coming out into thefe Seas, as I now fufpe- fted, near Rofemary IJland : Unlefs the high Tides and great Indraught therea- bout fliould be occafion'd by the Mouth of fome large River ^ which hath often low Lands on each fide of its Outlet, and many lllands and Sholes lying at its En- trance. But \ rather thought it a Chan- nel or Streight, than a River : And I was afterwards confirmed in this Opini- on, when, by coafting Next> Guinea^ I found that other parts of this great Traft of Terra Aufirali^^. which had hitherto been reprefented as the Shore of a Con- tinent, were certainly Iflands 5 and 'tis probably the fame with New HolUftd : Though for Reafons I (hall afterwards fliew, I could not return by the way I propos'd to my felf, to fix the Difcove- ry. All that I had now fecn from the La- 1/7 hi^ lofe to foto round |myre- Sum- ;e back ibiy be at my roming fufpe- efs the therea- Mouth h often let, and its En- i Chan- And I Opini- inea^ I It Traft itherto a Con- md \\& Twards way I ifcove- dm the La- New Holland. 7 Latitude of 27 d. South to 25^ which is^n* >^99- Sharks-Bay ^ and again from thence to '^""'^^^^ Rofemary ijlands^ and about the Lati- tude of 20 5 Teems to be nothing but Ranges of pretty large Iflands againft the Sea, whatever might be behind them to the Eaftward , whether Sea or Land, Continent or Iflands. But to proceed with my Voyage, Though the Land I had feen as yet, was not very inviting, being but barren to* wards the Sea, and affording me neither frefh Water, nor any great (lore of other Refrefhments, nor fo much as a fit place for careening 5 yet I ftood out to Sea a- gain, with thoughts of confting ftill a- long Shore (as near as I could) to the North Eaftward, for the further difcove- ryof it: Perfwading my felf, that at leaft the place I anchor'd at in my VoyagQ round the Worlds in the Latitude of 1 6 deg. 15 min. from which I was not now far dlftant, would not fail to afford me fweet Water upon digging, as it did then 5 For the brackifh Water I had ta- ken in here, though it ferv*d tolerably well for boiling, was yti not very whol- fome. With thefe Intentions I put to Sea on the %ih oi September 1699, with a gentle Gale, founding all the way 5 but was quickly induced to alter my defigu For B 4 I 8 New Holland. ■^^•'^•Ihad not been out above Day, but.f ''^^^^ found that the Sholes a^nong which I was engaged all the while on the Coaft, and was like to be engag d in, would make It a very tedious thing to fail along by the Shore, or to put in where I might have occafion. I therefore edged farther off to Sea, and fo deepned the Water from eleven to thirty-two Fathom. The next day, being September the 6th, we could but JLift difcern the Land, though we had then no more than about thirty Fathom, uncertain Soundings ^ For even while we were out of fight of Land, we had once bu^ feven Fathom, and had alfo great and uncertain Tides whirling about, that made me afraid to go near a Coaft fo (hallow, where we might be foon a- ground, and yet have but little Wind to bring us off : For ftiould a Ship be near a Shole, (he might be hurFd up- on it unavoidably by a ftrong Tide, un- lefs there (hould be a good Wind to work her and keep her off. Thus alfo on the fcventh day we faw no Land, ithough our Water decreased again to twenty-(ix Fathom ^ for we had deep- ned it, as I faid, to thirty. This Day we faw two Water- fnakes, different in fhape from fuch as we had formerly feen. The one was very fmall, thougl; long ^ theother long and as big as were think Time abou ryof ter fa hope Neiv dang Lee-! the com( was ftaid it CO Water-Snakes, 9 as a Mans Leg, having a red Head 5 ^^L^^ which I never faw any have, before or '"'^''^^^^ fince. We had this Day, Lat. i6d. 9 m. by Obfervation. I was by this time got to the North of the Place I had thought to have put in at, where I dug Wells in my fo»'mer Voyage^ and though I knew by the Ex- perience I had of it then, that there was a deep entrance in thither from the Eaft- ward 5 yet by the Sholes I had hitherto found fo far ftretcht on thisCoaft, 1 was afraid I (hould have the fame Trouble to coaft all along afterwards beyond that place : And befides the danger of run- ning almoft continually amongft Sholes on a ftrange Shore, and where the Tides were ftrong and high 5 I began to be- think my felf, that a great part of my Time rnuft have been fpent in beating about a Shore I was already almoft wea- ry off, which I might employ with grea- ter fatisfadion to my mind, and better hopes of fuccefs, in going forward to Neiv Guinea. Add to this the particular danger I (hould have been in upon a Lee-Shore, fuch asisheredefcrib'd,when the North-Weft Monfoon (hould once come in 5 the ordinary feafon of which was not now far off, though this Year it ftaid beyond the common feafon ; And \i comes on itorming at firft, with Tor- nadoes, t ; I' I o Departure from New Holland. An, 1699. nadoes, violent Gufls, &c. Wherefore ^^"^^^^^^^ quitting the thoughts of putting in again at New Holland^ I refolv'd to fleer away for the Ifland Timor :^ where, befides getting frelh Water, 1 might probably expeii: to be furnifhed with Fruits, and other Refrefliments to recruit my Men, who began to droop ^ fome of them be- ing already to my great grief, afflifted with the Scurvy, which was likely to increafe upon them and difable them^ and was promoted by the Brackifh Wa- ter they took in laft for boiling their Oatmeal. 'Twas now alfo towards the latter end of the dry feafon 5 when I might not probably have found Water fo plentifully upon Digging at that part of New Hel/and, as when I was there be- fore in the wet feafon. And then, con* fidering the time alfo that I muft neccffa- rily fpend in getting in to the Shore, through fuch Sholes as I expefted to meet with ^ or in going about to avoid them 5 and in digging of Wells when I fhould come thither : I might very well hope to get to Timor, and find frelh Water there, as foon as I could expeft to get it at New Hottattd ^ and with lefs trouble and danger. On the 8th of September therefore, fhaping our Courfe for Timor, we were in Lat. i5d. 37 m. We had twenty fix fathom. towards the L Timor. n fathom, Courfe-fand ^ and we faw one An. 169^, Whale. We found them lying moft^-^^"^ commonly near the Shore, or in Shole Water. This day we alfofaw fome fmall white Clouds ^ the firft that we had kta fince we came out of Sharks Bay. This was one fign of the approach of the North-North- Weft Monfoon. Another fign was the (hifting of the Winds ^ for from the time of our coming to our laft Anchoring place, the Sea»Breezes which before were Eafterly and very ftrong, had been whiffling about and changing gradually from the Eaft to the North, and thence to the Weft, blowing but faintly, and now hanging moftly in fome point of the Weft. This Day the Winds were at South- Weft by Weft, blowing very faint 5 and the 9th day we had the Wind at North- Weft by North, but then pretty frefti 5 and we faw the Clouds rifing more and thicker in the North Weft. This night at twelve we lay by for a fmall low fandy Ifland, which I reckoned my felf not far from. The next morning at Sun-rifing we faw it from the Top-maft-head, right a-head of us 5 and at noon were up within a Mile of it : When, by a good Obferva- tion, I found k to lye in 13 d. 55 m, I have mentioned it in my firft Vol. pag, 461. but my Account then made it to lie 12 Sez'eral forts of Birds, j?n. 1(599 lye in i^d. 50111. We hnj abuiKlance ^^''^^^'^ of Boobies and Maff of [fwr Birds flying about lis all the Day :^ elpecially when we canie near the Ifland ^ which had alfo abundanc'? of them upon it^ though it was but a little fpot of Sand,' fearce a Mile round. I did not anchor here, nor fend my Boat afbore :, there being no appearance . of gettiiig any thing on that fpot of Sand, befides Birds that were good for little : Though had I not been in hafte, I would have taken fome of them. So 1 made the beft of my way to Tt^/or^ and on the nth in the afternoon we. faw ten fmall Land-birds, about the bignefs of Larks, that flew away North, Weft. The 13th we faw a great ma- ny Sea fnakes. One of thefe, of which I faw great Numbers and Variety in this Voyage, was large, and all black : I ne- ver faw fuch another for his Colour. We had now had for fome days fmall Gales, from the South South Weft to the - '^lorth North Weft, and the Sky ftill more cloudy, efpecially in the Mornings and Evenings. The 14th it look'd very black in the North Weft all the day 5 and a little before Sun-fct we faw, to our great Joy, the tops of the high Mountains of Timar^ peeping out of the Cloudy The I. Timor. i ^ Clouds, which had before covered them, -^n. 1^99* as they did ftill the lower parts. We were now running direftly towards the middle of the Ifland, on the South fide : But T was in fome doubt whether I (hould run down alons; Shore on this South-fide towards the iEaft-end ^ or pafs about the Weft-end, and fo range along on the North-fide, and go that way towards the Eaft-end : But as the Winds were now Weftcrly, f thought it beft to keep on the South fide, till I (hould fee how the Weather would prove 5 For, as the Illand lies, if the Wefterly Winds continued and grew tenjpaftuous, I fliould be under the Lee of it, and have fmooth Water, and fo could go along (hore more fafely and eafily on this South-fide : I could fooner alfo run to the Eaft-end, where there is the beft (belter, as being ftill more under the Lee of the ifland when thofe Winds blow. Or if, on the other fide, the Winds fliould come about again to the Eaftward, I could but turn back again, (as I did afterwards:^) and paffing about the Weft-end, could there profecute my fearch on the North fide of the lOand for Water, or Inhabitants, or a good Harbour, or whatever might tje ufeful to me. For both fides of the liland were hitherto alike to me, being wholly un- acquainted »4 The I. Timor. I lit 1,1 An, 1699' acquainted here ^ only as I had feen it ^^^"^'^^at a diftance in my former Voyage. [See Vol. I- pag. 460.] I had heard alfo, that there were both Dutch 3iv\d Porttfgueze Settlements on this , Illand 3 but whereabouts, I knew not : However, I was refolved to fe;?rch about till I found, either one of thefe Settle- ments, or Water in fome other place. It was now almoft Night, and I did iiot care to run near the Land in the dark, but clapt on a Wind, and flood off and on till the next Morning, being September 15th, when I (leered in for the Ifland, which now appeared very plain, being high, double and treble Land, very remarkable, on whatever fide you view it. See d fight of it in two parts. Table V. N\ I. aa. At three in the Afternoon we anchored in fourteen fathom, foft black oafy ground, about a Mile from the Shore. See two fights more of the Coaji, in Table K N\ 2. 3. and the Ifland it felf in the F articular Map ^ which I have here inferted, to Ihew the Courfe of the Voyage from hence to the Eaftward ^ as the General Map, fet before the Title VoL III. Par. I. (hews the Courfe of the whole Voyage. But in making the Partir '^r Map^ I chofe to begin only with fimor^ that I might not, by extending it too far, be forced f* Timor J*, ff,. V jt. ^ ur •%^ ■'%.'k':lh\iJi' i,£^/i,.i,. \ui S}u.u^ :Pttrtr a^ th* T/t. a^ Timor Jrut y.^^ HtJt.j'Z, rm^ .*/////''//# ;v. ^>w^*^^ w^mm^miiiiimfmffmA '///m,^^ u JV tk:Mr:iu:Xu''ilt: 1 J^ Thus Shtwi/ ifn^ Jit . :B.ctt to- tfu J*. U^. uhinl mmm^^ of Timor at th^. S. W. snd Xt/t. yX Thus tShtiui Xintor and.-th4,XjL:uinan\a,ha,o apertnq tn. cn*^ J'>i/?-. to Z . thi- Ictttr T oluw^ ^aoeina in. hetu/et,ny -tu^ JJl. [ forccc mong TJCA C for. Th fide, Streij about theS wardj aboul a Tr whicl Land theF And flowr ter t Mout Skirt Anch ings : to fej of tl Hou( of tl was thoui toflc Aftci foun we ] The L Timor. I 5 Kjr\r>U forced to contraft the Scale too much ^^ An. 1699. mong the Iflands, &c. of the Nov Gut- 9tca Coaft 5 which I chiefly defigned it for. The Land by the Sea, on this South fide, is low and fandy, and full of tall Streight-bodied Trees like Pines, for about two hundred Yards inwards from the Shore. Beyond that, further in to- wards the Mountains, for a Breadth of about three Miles more or lefs, there is a Traft of fwampy Mangrovy Land, which runs all along between the fandy Land of the Shore on one fide of it, and the Feet of the Mountains on the other. And this low Mangrovy Land is over- flown every Tide of Flood, by the Wa* ter that flows into it through feverni Mouths or Openings in the outer fandy Skirt againfl: the Sea. We came to an Anchor right againfl: one of thefe Open- ings 5 and prefcntly I went in my boat to fearch for frefh Water, or get fpeech of the Natives 5 for we Taw Smoaks, Houfes* and Plantations againft the fides of the Mountains, not far from us. It was ebbing Water before we got afliore, though the Water was ftill high enough to float us in without any great Trouble. After we were within the Mouth, wc found a large Salt- Water Lake, which we hoped might bring us up through the n i6 The I. Timor. Jn^699. the Mangroves to the faft Land : But ^ ^ before we went further, I went aftiore on the fandy Land by the Sea fide, and look'd about me^ but faw there no fignof frcfti Water. Within the fandy Bank, the Water forms a large Lake : Going there- fore into the Boat again, we rowed up the Lake towards the firm Land, where no doubt there was frefli Water, could we come at it. We found many Branches of the Lake cntring within the Mangrove Land, but not beyond it. Of thefe we left fome on the Right-hand, and fomc on the Left, (HI I keeping in the biggeft Channel ^ which ftill grew fmallcr, and at lafl: fo narrow, that we could go no farther, ending among the Swamps and Mangroves. We were then within a Mile of fome Houfes of the Indian In- habitants, and the firm Land by the fides of the Hills ^ But the Mangroves thus flopping our way, we returned as we came ; But it was almoft dark before we reach'd the Mouth of the Creek. Twas with much ado that we got out of it again ; for it was now low Water, and there went a rough ftiort Sea on the Bar 5 which, however, we paft over without ariy damage, and went a- board. The next Morning at five we weigh- ed, and ftood along Shore to the Eaftward, The L Timor. 17 F^aftward, making ufe of the Sea and ^. i^9^ Land-Breezes. We found the Sea-Breczes ^^'^^^ here from the S. S. E. to the S. sS. W. the Land-Brcezcs from the N. to the N. E, We coadcd along about twenty Leagues, and found it all a ftrcight, bold , eveii Shore, without Points, Creeks or Inlets for a Ship: And there is no anchoring till within a Mile or a Mile and an half of the Shore. We faw fcarcc any Opening fit for our Boats 5 and the faft r.and was ftill barricadoM with Mangroves: So that here was no hope to get Water 5 nor was it likely that there fliould be here- abouts any Httropcan Settlement, fincc there was no (ign of a Harbour. The Land appear'd pleafant enough to the Eye : For the fides and tops of *he Mouncains wcre(ioath*d with Woods niix'd with Savannahs 5 and there was a I Plantation of the Indian Natives, where we faw the Coco-Nuts growing, and could have been glad to have come at forae of them. In the Draught I had jwith me, a Shole was laid down herea- bouts 5 but I faw nothing of it, going [or coming 5 and fo have taken no no- Itice of it in my Map. Weary of running thus fruitlesfiy along [the South fide of the Ifland to the Eaft- ward,I refolv'd to return the way I came^ jand compafling the - Weft end of the I- * C fland, -U''' i8 The I. Timor. ^tf '/ An. i<599.fland, make a fearch ilong the North ^■^^''^^'^ fide of it. The rather, becaufe the Ncrth-North'Wefl: Monroon,whichIhad defign'd to be fhelter*d from by coming the way I did, did not feem to be near at hand, as the ordinary Seafon of them required 5 but on the contrary I found the Winds returning again to the South- Eaftward -^ and the Weather was fair, and feem'd likely to hold fo 5 and con- fequently the North-North- Weft Mon- foon was not like to come in yet. I con- fidered therefore that by going to the North iide of the Ifland, I fliould there have the fmooth Water, as being the Lee-fide as the Winds now were 5 and hoped to have better riding at Anchor or Landing on that fide, than I could expcft here, whers.* the Shore was fo lined with Mangroves. Accordingly, the i8th about Nooi! I altered my Courfc, and fteered back again towards the South-Weft end of the ifland. This day we ftruck a Dolphin 5 and the next day faw two more, but ftruck none : We alfo faw a W^hale. In the Evening we faw the Ifland Rotee, and another Ifland to the South of it, not feen in my Map 3 both lying near the South- Weft end of. Timor. On both thcfe Iflands we faw Sraoaks by Day, The I. Timor. ip Day, and Fires by Night, as we had ^"- i<^P2- feen on Tifx^or ever fince we fell in with ^'^'^'^^^^ it. I was told afterwards by the Portu* gueze, that they had Sugar-works on the Ifland Rotee-^ but I knew nothing of that now 5' and the Coaft appearing generally dry and barren, only here and there a Spot of Trees, I did not attempt Ancho- ring there, but ftood over again to the Timor Coaft. ^ September the 21ft, in the Morning, being near Timor, I faw a pretty large Opening, which immediately I entred with my Ship, founding as I went in : But had no ground till I came within the Eaft point of the Mouth of the Opening, where I Anchored in nine Fathom, a League from the Shore. The diftance from the Eaft fide to the Weft fide of this Opening, was about five League? But whereas I thought this was only i*n Inlet or large Sound that ran a great way into the Ifland Timor, I found after- wards that it was a Paffage between the Weft end of Timor and another fmall I- fland called Anamabao or Anabao : Into which Miftake I was led by my Sea- Chart, which reprefented both fides of the Opening as parts of the fame Coaft, and called all of it Timor : Sge all tiffs' reSified^ and a P^iew of the whole Vajpige, C 2 ^^ * % •■1 :i\ W m * 20 T/je I. Timor. An. 1699* as Ifoiifid iV, in afmatt Map I have macle ^•-""VX^ of it. Table VI. N\ i. I defigned to Sail into this Opening till I (hould come to firm Land ^ for the Shore was all fct thick with Mangroves here by the feea, on each fide 5 which were very green, as were alfo other Trees more within Land. We had now but little Wind ;, therefore I fent my Boat away, to found, and to let mc know by figns what depth of Water they met with, if under eight Fathom 5 but if morey I ordered them to go on, and make no figns. At eleven that Morn- ing, having a pretty fre(h Gale, I weighed, and made Sail after my Boat^ but edg'd over more to the Weft (hore, becaufe I faw many fmaller Openings there, and was in hopes to find a good Harbour where I might fecurc the Ship; For then I could with more fafety fend my Boats to fcek for frelh Water. I had not failed far, before the Wind came to the South- Eaft and blew fo ftrong, that I could not with fafety venture nearer that fide, it being a Lee-fhore. Befides, my Boat was on the Eaft fide of the Timor Coaft^ for the other was, as 1 found afterwards, the Afjabao Shore .- and the great Open- ing I was now in, was the Streight be- tween that Illand and Timor ^ towards which I now tack'd and ftood over. Taking wtfbvard, of y uvtienn^ ^aeeJ>. ^X, ■^ — ^ Jnuil ^ J. h . W. \ w. Thtu Jhett^ -dttlfOrU aj u^c^^idi. of tU Ttntmt- X tfthud \iiiiiHliidillliiiiiiiiimu!,.MM^ : .-.' aJwut % a^jy%Ufivtr. 1^ Short a, br^ of S. tit* Tcu^m ur J. W. \ Taking der the anchorc a Mih the Sou we Anc South I And aiv North-I Not ming a with I upon fe to a D have in hence, of the t forty Sc to be fc this wa; fcarce k he told Boat, we (hoi: ter. H« of any fland, t the Nat us afhoi carried us to b believe A Dutch Fort. 21 Taking up my Boat therefore, I ran un* ^"-1^99; der the Timor fide, and at three a Clock ^^^^'^^ anchored in twenty-nine Fathom, half a Mik from the Shore. That part of the South- Weft Point of llmor^ where we Anchored in the Morning, bore now South by Weft, diftance three Leagues : And another Point of the ifland bore North-North-Eaft, diftance two Leagues. Not long after, we fa w a Sloop co- ming about the Point laft mentionM, with Dutch Colours 5 which I found, upon fending my Boat aboard, belonged to a Dutch Fort, (the only one they . have in ri/»^r) about 5 Leagues from hence, call'd Cotjcordia, The Governour of the Fort was in the Sloop, and about forty Soldiers with him. He appeared to be fomewhat furprifed at our coming this way 5 which it feems is a Paffage fcarce known to any but themfelves 5 as he told the Men I fent to him in my Boat. Neither did he fcem willing that we ftiould come near their Fort for Wa- ter. He faid alfo, that he did not knovy of any Water on all that part of the I- fland, but only at the Fort ; ^nd that the Natives would kill us, if they met us afliore. By the fmall Arms my Men carried with them in the Boat, they took us to be Pirates, and would not eafily believe the Account my Men gave them C 3 of * ?! * I i I ici Parly vpith the Vntch. An. 1C99. of what we were, and whence we came. ^-^^"'^'^^^ They faid that about two Years bcfor . this, there had been a ftout Ship of French Pirates here 5 and that after ha- ving been fufFered to Water, and to re- frelh themfelves, and been kindly ufed, they had on a fudden gone among the Indians^ Subjeds of the Fort, and plun- dered them and burnt their Houfes. And the Portugueze here told us afterwards, that thofe Pirates, whom they alfo had entertain d, had burnt their Houfes, and had taken the Dutch Fort, (though the . Dfttch car'd not to own fo much,) and had driven the Governour and Faftory among the wild Indians their Enemies. The Dntch told my Men further, that they could not but think we had of fe- veral Nations (as is ufual with Pirate Veffels) in our Ship, and particularly fome Dutch Men, though all the Dif- courfe was in French:, (for I had not one who could fj3eak Dutch:) Or elfe, fince | the common Draughts make no Paffage between Timor and Anahao^ but lay down both as one Ifland 5 they faid they fu- fpefted we had plundered fome Dutch Ship of their particular Draughts, which they are forbid to part with. With thefe Jealoufies the Sloop re- turned towards their Fort, and my Boat came back with this'Nevvs to me : But I was not difcouraged at this News ^ not doubting ■im^nm um'^ v. The I. Anabao. 12 doubting but I fliould perfwade them An, 16^9. better, when I fliould come to talk with ^^^'VNJ them. So the next Morning I weighed, and {lood towards the Fort. The Winds were fomewhat againft us, fo that we could not go very faft, being obliged to tack two or three times: And coming near the farther end of the Paf- fage between Tiwor and Anabao^ v^q faw many Houfes on each fide not far from the Sea, and feveral Boats lying by the Shore. The Land on both fides was pretty high, appearing very dry and of a reddifti Colour, but higheft on the T/- mor fide. The Trees on either fide were but fmall, the Woods thin, and in many places the Trees were dry and withered. The Ifland Anaiwahao or AnahaOy is not very big, not exceeding ten Leagues in length, and four in breadth 3 yet it has two Kingdoms in it, viz. that of Anamabao on the ^aft-fi^e towards T;- mor^ and the North^Eaft end ^ and that of Anabao^ which contains the South-Weft end and the Weft fide of the Ifland : but I know not which of them is biggeft. The Natives of both are of the Indian kind, of a fwarthy Copper colour, with black knk Hair. Thofe of. Anamabao are in League with the Dutch^ as thefe afterwards told me, and with the Na- tives of the Kingdom of Cofang in Jiwoi\ C 4 , ■ over- 24 The I. Anabao. P*' lU ft An- 1699. over-againft them, in which the Butch ^^^'^^^ Fort CoftcordU ftands : But they are faid to be inveterate Enemies to their Neigh- bours of Anabao, Thofe of Aftahao^ be- fides managing their fmall Plantations of Roots and a few Coco-nuts, do fi(h, ftrike Turtle, and. hunt Buffalo's 5 killing them with Swords, Darts, or Lances, But I know not how they get their Iron 5 I fuppofc, by TrafBck with the Dutch or Portuguefe^ who fend now and then a Sloop and trade thither, but well-arm'd; for the Natives would kill them, could they furprize them. They go always armed themfelves : And when they go a fiOiing or a hunting, they fpend four or five Days or more in ranging about, be- fore they return to their Habitation. We often faw them, after this, at thefe Em- ployments : but they would not come near us. The Fifh or Flelh that they take, befides what ferves for prefent fpending, they dry on a Barbacue or wooden Grate, (landing pretty high o- ver the Fire, and io carry it home when they return. We came fometimes after- wards to the places where they had Meat thus a drying, but did not touch any of if- But to proceed 3 I did not think to flop any where till I came near the Fort 5 which yet I did not fee : But CO- e Dutch are faid Neigh- hAo^ be- tions of do fi(h, ^ killing Lances, ir Iron ^ %tch or then a l-arm'd; , could always icy go a four or put, be- 3n. We ^fe Em- )t come at they prefent cue or ligh o- e when s after- d Meat any of ink to ar the ): But CO- (M Parly with the Dutch. a 5 coming to the end of thJs Paffage , -4»- >^» I found that if I went any farther 1 ^^^^^^^^ Ihould be open again to the Sea. I therefore flood in clofe to the Shore on the Eafl: fide, and Anchored in four Fa- thom Water, fandy ground ^ a point of Land ftill hindring me from feeing the Fort. But 1 fent my Boat to look about for it : and in a (hort time (he returned, and my Men told me they faw the Fort, but did not go near it ^ and that it was not above four or five Miles from hence. It being now late, I would not fend my Boat thither till the next Morning : Mean while about two or three hundred Indians^ Neighbours of the Fort, and fent probably from thence, came to the fandy Bay jufk againft the Ship ^ where thy ftaid all Night, and made good Fires. They were armed with Lances, Swords and Targets, and made a great Noife all the Night : We thought it was to fcare usfrom landing, (houldwe attempt it : But we took little notice of them. The next Morning, htmgSeptember the 23d, I fent my Clerk afhore in my Pi- nace to the Governour, to fatisfy him that we were Englifi Men, and in the Kings Ship, and to ask Water of him 5 fending a young Man with him, who fpake French. My Clerk was with the Governour pretty early 3 and in anfwsr to #■ f * a 6 Parly ivitb the Dutch, ^^\i^2P\ ^o h's Queries about me, and my bufincfs ^"''^^^^in thefe Parts, told him that T had the King of Effi^laffds Commiflion, and defi- red to fpeak with him. He beckned to my Clerk to come afhore -^ but affoon as he favv fome fmall Arms in the Stern Sheets of the Boat, he comnjanded him into the Boat again, and would have him be gone. My Clerk folh'citcd him that he would allow him to fpeak with him 5 and at laft the Governour confen- ted that he fhould come afliore ^ and fent his Lieutenant and three Merchants, with a Guard of about a hundred of the Native IndiatJs to receive him. My Clerk faid that we were in much want of Water, and hop'd they would allow us to come to their Watering place, and fill. But the Governour replied, that he had Orders not to fupply any Ships but their own Eajl-hdia Company : neither muft they allow any Europeans to come the way that we came ^ and wondred how we durft come near their Fort. My Clerk anfwered him, that had we been Enemies, we muft have come afhore among them for Water ; But, faid the Governour, you are come to iufped into, cur Trade and Strength 3 and I will have you therefore be gone with all fpeed. My Clerk anfwered him, that I had no luch dcfign, but^ without coming nearer them, ■»,.•, )Oii as Stern d him have d him : with onfen- • and :hant3, of the . . My h want I allow e, and :hat he ps but neither come ondred t. My l^e been a(horc aid the e&into. ill have I fpeed, had no ; nearer them. ii ■f. At Timor. ^7 them, would be contented if the Cover- ^"- ^^99- nour would fend Water on Board where ^^'^^^^^^^ we lay, about two Leagues from the Fort ^ and that I would make any rea- fonable fatisfaftion for it. The Gover- nour faid that we (hould have what Water we wanted, provided we came no nearer with the Ship : And ordered, that affoon as we pleafed, we (hould fend our Boat full of empty Casks, and come to an Anchor with it off the Fort, till he fent Slaves to bring the Casks alhore, I and fill them ^ for that none of our Men muft come aftiore. The fame AAernoon I fent up my Boat as he had direfted, with an OflScer, and a Prefent of fome Beer for the Governour ^ which he would not accept of, but fent me off about a Tun of Water. On the 24th in the Morning I fent the fame Officer again in my Boat 3 and about Noon the Boat returned again with the two principal Merchants of the Faftory, and the Lieutenant of the Fort 3 for whofe fecurity they had kept my # Officer and one of my Boais-crew as Hoftages, confining them to the Go- vernour*s Garden all the time : For they were very (by of trufling any of them to go into their Fort, as my Officer faid : Yet afterwards they were not fliy of our Company 3 and I found that my Officer a8 Varly with the Dutch. Iicioul d ! ' I An- x6^ Officer n •'^^^'^ them fhy of me. In the Kvcn I gave the Dutch Officers that come aboard, the bcft Entertainment I could ^ and be- llowing fomc Trefents on them, fent them back very well pleafed ; and my Officer and the other Man were returned to me. Next Morning I fent my Boat afhore again vvith the fame Officer • who brought me word from the Covernour, that we mud pay four Sp/tmjl) Dollars, for every Boats-load of Water : But in this he fpake fallly, as \ underftood uf-^ terwards from the Governour himfelf, and all his OflScers, who protefted to me that no fuch Price was demanded, but left me to give the Slaves what I pleafed for their Labour : The Gover- nour being already better fatisfied about me, then when my Clerk fpoke to him, or than that Officer I fent laft would have caufed him to be : For the Go- vernour being a Civil, Gentile and^en-r fible Man, was ofFentled at the Officer for his being fo induftrious to mifrepre- fent me. I received from the Gover- nour a little Lamb, very Fat ^ and I fent him two of the Gnlma-hQiis that I brought from St Jago^ of which there were none here. I had now eleven Buts of Water on Board, having tak^en in feven here, which I e nak : the the be- fciit I my rnecl Boat who lOur, liars, •ut in id af-« nfelf, ed to ided, lat I 3vcr- bout him, 'ould Go- ^cn-r fficer jpre- )ver- ndl hat I here *r on here, hich /It Timor. 2c^ vvhich I would have paid for, but that -^n. 1^99* at prefent I was afraid to fend my Boat '-'^"^''^^ afhore again : For my Officer told me, among other of his- Inventions, that there were more Guns mounted in the Fort, than when we firfl: came 5 and that he did not fee the Gentlemen that were aboard the day before ^ intimating as if they were fliy of us ^ and that the Go- vernour was very rough with him^ And I not knowing to the contrary at prefent, confulted with my other Officers what was bed to be done 5 for by this the Co- vernour (liould feem to defign to quarrel with us. All my other Officers thought it natural to infer fo much, and that it was not fafe to fend the Loat afhore any more, left it Ihould be feiz'd on ^ but that it was bcft to go away, and feek more Water where we could find it. For having now (as I faid) eleven Buts a* board 5 and the Land being promifing this way, I did not doubt finding Water in a (hort time. But my Officer who occafion'd thcfe ferrs in us by his own Forgeries, was himfelf for going no fur- ther 5 having a mind, as far as I could perceive, to make every thing in the Voyage, to which he (hew'd himfelf averfe, feem as Crofs and Difcouraging to my Men as pofTible, that he might haflen our return 5 being very negligent and ^■i i ::^o Copatig Bay. M, 1699. and backward in moft Bufinefles I had ^''^"^'''^ occafion to employ him in 5 doing no- thing well or willingly, though I did all I could to win hin; to it. He was alfo induftnous to ftir up the Sea-men to mu- tiny^ telling them, among other things, that any Dntch Ship might lawfully take us in thefe Seas : But I knew better, and avoided every thing that could give juft offence. The reft of my Officers therefore bo- . ing refolved to go from hence, and hr.^ ving bought fomc Fifti of fome Anami" beans^ who, teeing our Ship, came pur- pofely to fvil fome, pafling to and fro every Day ^ I fail'd away on the 26th about five in the Afternoon. We pafs'd along between a fmall low fandy Ifland (over againft the Fort,) full of Bays and pretty high Trees ^ founding as we went along^ anu had from twenty five to thir- ty five Fathom, oafy ground. See the little Map of this Pajfage, Table VL N\ I. ^Thc 27th in the Morning we Ancho- red in the middle of the Bay, called Co- pdftg Bay, in twelve Fathom, foft oaze, about four Leagues above the Dntck Fort Their Sloop was riding by the Fort, and in the Night Fired a Gun 5 but for what reafon I know not 5 and the Govcrnour faid afterwards, 'twas the Skippers in the J. Timor. 3^ Skippers own doing, without his Order. ^^ ^^99- Prefently after we had Anchored, I went ^""^"^^^^^^ in the Pinnace to fearch about the Bay for Water, but found none. Then, return- ing a-board, I weighed, and ran down to the North- Entrance of the Bay, and at feven in the Evening Anchored again, in thirty feven Fathom, foft oazc, clofe by the fandy Idand, and about four Leagues from the Dutch Fort, The 28th I fent both my Boats afliore on the fandy Ifland, to cut Wood 5 and by Noon they both came back laden. In the Afternoon I fent my Pinnace afhore on the North Coaft or Point of Copang Bay, which is call'd Babdo, Late in the Night they returned, and told me that they faw great Tracks of Buffalo's there, but none of the Buffalo's them- felves 5 neither did they find any frefh Water. They alfo faw fome green Turtle in the Sea, and one Alligator. The 19th I went out of Copdtfg Bay, defigning to Coaft it along Shore on the North fide of Tiwor to the Eaftward ^ as well to feek for Water, as alfo to ac- quaint my felf with the Ifland, and to fearch for the Portngueze Settlements ; which wc were informed were abouf forty Leagues to the Eaftward of this PJace. 1^ We ^ # I It I'li A 5:2 The L Timor. .An. 1699: We coafted along Shore with Land ^■^'^'''^ and Sea-Breezes. The Land by the Shore » was of a moderate height, with high and very remarkable Hills farther within the Country 5 their fides all fpotted with Woods and Savannahs. But thefe on the Mountains fides appeared of a rufty Colour, not fo pleafant and flour ifhing as thofc that we faw on the South fide of the Ifland 5 For the Trees feemed to be fmall and withering 5 and the Grafs in the Savannahs alfo lookVi dry, as if it wanted moifture. But in the Valleys, and by the Sea fide, the Trees look'd here alfo more green. Yet we faw no good Anchoring-place, or Opening, that gave us any incouragement to put in • till the 30th day in the Afternoon, We were then running along Shore, at about four Leagues diftance, with a moderate Sea-breeze ^ when we opened a pretty deep Bay, which appeared to be a good Road to anchor in. There were two large Valleys, and one fmaller one, which defcending from the Mountains came all into one Valley by the Sea fide againft this Bay, which was full of tall green Trees. ♦ I prefently flood in with the Ship, till within two Leagues of the Shore 5 and then fent in piy Pinnace commanded by my chief Mate, whofe great care, Fidelity, and Diligence, I was ^ The I. Timor. 33 was well affured of 5 ordering him ^o^^kj^ ieek for frefh Water 5 and if he found any, ^^^^^^^ to found the Bay, and bring me word what Anchoring there was 5 and to make hafte aboard. As foon as they were gone, I flood ofl' a little, and lay by. The day was now far fpent 5 and therefore it was late be- fore they got adiorc with the Boat : fo that they did not come aboard again that Night. Which I was much con- cerned at 5 becaufe in the Evening, when the Sea-Breeze was done and the Weather ^calm, I perceived the Ship to drive back again to the Weftward. I was not yet ac- quainted with the Tides here ^^ for I had hitherto met with no ftrong Tides about the /(land, and fcarce any running in a ftream, to fet tne along Shore either way. But after this time, 1 had pretty much of them 3 *and found at prefent the Flood fet to the Eaftward, and the Ebb to the Weflward. The Ebb (with which I was now carried) fcts very ftrong, and runs eight or nine Hours. The Flood runs but weak, and at moft lafts not above four hours 5 and this too is perceived only near the Shore 5, where checking the Ebb, it fwells the Seas, and makes the Water rife in the Bays and Rivers eight or nine Foot. I was afterwards credibly informed by fome I^ortHgueze, that the Current runs D always 3+ Th I. Timor. An. 1699. always to the Weft ward in the Mid.Chan. '■^'^^^'^nel between this Ifland and thofe that fece it in a Range to the North of it, viz. MiJieombA (or Omha) Pifttare, Ltmbdnti^ Effde^ 8cc. We were driven four Leagues back a* gain, and took particular notice of a point oi Land that looked like Flamho- rough-head^ when we were either to the Eaft or Weft of it 5 and near the (ha -e, it appeared like an Ifland. Four or five Leagues to the Eaft of this Point, is ano- ther very remarkable bluff Point, which is on the Weft fide of the Bay that my Bc?Jt was in. See two fights of this La^d, Table VL N.U. Ill We could not (lem the Tide, till about three a Clock in the Afternoon 5 when the Tide running with us, we foon got abreaft of the Bay, and then faw a fraall Ifland to the Eaft- ward of us. See a fight of it^ Table VL N°. IV, About fix we Anchored in the bottom of the Bay, in twenty five Fa- thom, foft Oaze, half a Mile from the Shore. I made many falfe Fires in the Night, and now and then fired a Gun, that my Boat might find me 5 but to no purpofe. In the Morning I found my felf driven again by the Tide of Ebb three or four Leagues to the Weft ward of the Place where I left my Boat. I had fevcralMcnl looking The I. Timor. 5^ looking out for her, but could not get^^-x^P^ fight of her : |Befides, I continued ftill ^'^^^^^ driving to the Weft ward ^ for we had' but little Wind, and that againft us. But by ten a Clock in the Morning we had the comfort of feeing the Boat 5 and at eleven (he came aboard, bringing two Bar- recoes of very good Water. The Mate told me there was good An- choring clofe by the Watering-place 5 but that there ran a very ftrong Tide, which near the Shore made feveral Races 5 fo that they found mu^a danger in getting afhore, and were afraid to come off again in the Night, becaufe of the Riplings the Tide made. We had now the Sea-breeze, and fteered away for this Bay 5 but could hardly ftemm the Tide, till about three in the After- noon 5 when the Tide being turned with us, we went along briskly, and about fix Anchored in the Bay, in twenvy five Fa- thom, foft Oaze, half a Mile from the Shore. The next Morning 1 went afhore to fill Water, and before Night fent aboard eight Tuns. We filrd it out of a large Pond within fifty paces of the Sea* It looked pale, but was very good, and boyled Peafe well. I faw the Trad of an Al/igator here. Not far from the Pond, we found the rudder of a Malaian Proe, D 2 three g<5 T^f-^^ I* Timor. ^)M 6=19. three great Jarrs in a fmall Shed fet up ^■^''"^'^^ againft a Tree, and a Barbacue whereon • there had been Fiih and Flefh of Buffaloes dreft, the Bones lying but a little from it. In three Days we fiU'd about twenty fix Tun of Water, and then had on Board about thirty Tun in all. The two fol- lowing days we fpent in Fi(hing with the Saine, and the firft Morning caught as many as ferved all my Ships Company : But afterwards we had not fo good Suc- cefs. The reft of my Men, which could be fpared from the Ship, I fent out 5 Some with the Carpenters Mate, to cut Timber for my Boats, &c : Thefe went always guarded with three or four armed Men to fecure them : I (hewed them what Wood was fitting to cut for our ufe, efpecially the Calabafii and Maho 3 I (hewed them alfo the manner of ftripping the Maho-bark, and of making therewith Thread, Twine, Ropes, &c. Others | were fent out a Fowling ^ who brought home Pidgeons, Parrots, Cackatoos, 0'c, I was always with one party or other, my felf 5 efpecially with the Carpenters,] to haften them to get what they could, that we might be gone from hence. Our Water being full, I faird froml hence O^^^er the 6th about four in the Afternoon, defigning to coaft along Shore The L Timor, 37 Shore to the Eaftward, till I came to thei^'!- '1?p Portuguezc Settlements. By the next Morning we were driven three or four Leagues to the Weft of the Bay 3 but in the Afternoon, h.aving a faint Sea-breeze, we got again abreaft of it. ft was the nth day at noon before we got as far as the fmall Ifland before-mentioned, which lies about feven Leagues to the Eaft of the Watering Bay : For what we gained in the Afternoon by the benefit of the Sea-breezes, we loft again in the Evenings and Mornings, while it was calm, in the interval of the Breezes. But this day the Sea-breeze blowing frefher than ordinary, we paft by the Ifland and, run before Night about feven Leagues to the Eaft of it. This Ifland is not half a Mile long, and not above one hundred Yards in breadth, and looked juft like a Barn, when we were by it : It is pretty high, and may be feen from a Ship's Topmaft- head about ten Leagues. The Top, and part of the (ides, are covered with Trees, and it is about three Leagues from T/w^r 5 'tis about mid-way between the Wate- ring place and the Fortugueze firft and main Settlement by the Shore. In the Night we were again driven back toward the Ifland, three Leagues t But the 1 2th day, having a pretty brisk D 5 Sea- 38 The I. Timor. i 'An. 1 5p9' Sea-breeze, we coafted along Shore 5 and ''^^'^^^^ feeing a great many Houfes by the Sea, I ftood in with my Ship till I was within two Miles of them, and then fent in my Boat, and lay by till it returned. I fent an Officer to command the Boat 5 and a PortHgueze Seaman that I brought from Brazil, to fpeak with the Men that we faw on the Bay^ there being a great many of them, both Foot and Horfe. I could not tell what Officer there might be amongfl: them 5 but I ordered my Officer to tell the chief of them that we were Bnglijh^ and came hither for refrefliment. As foon as the Boat came afliorc, and the Inhabitants were informed who we were, they were very glad, and fent me word that I was welcom, and fhould have any thing that the Ifland afforded ; -and that I muft run a little farther about a fmall point, where I (hould fee more Houfes ; and that the Men would ftandontheBay, right againfl: the place where I mufl; An- chor. With this News the Boat immedi- ately returned 5 adding withal, that the Governour lived about feven Miles up in the Country ^ and that the chief Perfon j here was a Lieutenant, who defired me, as foon as the Ship was at Anchor, to I fend alhore one of ^ my Officers to go to tlie Governour, aiid certifie him ctf our arrival. I prefently tiade Sail towards the Laphao Bay. ^p the Anchoring place, and at five a Clock ^n. 1699. Anchored in Laphao Bay, in twenty Fa-*'^'!''^''^ thorn, foft Oaze, over againft the Town. A Defcription of which, and of the Por- tugueze Settlement there, fhall be given in the following Chapter. ^ Aflbon as I came to Anchor, 1 fent my Boat alhore with my fecond Mate, to go to the Governour. The Lieutenant that lived here, had provided Horfes and Guides for him, and fent four Soldiers with him for his Guard, and, while he was abfent, treated my Men with Arack at his own Houfc, where he and feme others of the Townfmen fhew'd them many broad thin pieces of Gold 5 telling them that they had plenty of that Metal, and would willingly trafEck with thera for any fort of Eurapean Commodities. 'About eleven a Clock my Mate returned on Board, and told me he had been in the Country, and was kindly received by the Gentleman he went to wait upon ^ who faid we were welcom, and (hould have a- ny thing the Ifland afforded 5 and that he was not himfelf the Governour, but only a Deputy. He asked why we did not falute their Fort when we anchored ^ My Mate anfwer'd that we faw no Co- lours flying, and therefore did not know there was any Fort till he came alhore and favy the Guns 5 and if we had known D 4 that 40 . Farly with the Portuguczc^ An, 1^9-that there was a Fort, yet that we could not have given any Salute till we knew that they would anfwer it with the like number ot Guns. The Dcpt / faid, it was very well 3 and that he hau but little Powder;; and therefore would gladly buy fome of us, if we had any to fparc : Which my Mate told him, we had not. The 13th the Deputy fent me aboard a Prefent of two young Buffaloes, fix Coats, four Kids, an hundred and forty Coco-nuts, three hundred ripe Mangoes, and fiK ripe Jacks. This was all very ac- ceptable 5 and all the time we lay here, we had frefli Provifidn, and plenty of Fruits '^ fo that thofc of my Men that were fick of the Scurvy, foon recovered and grew lufty. I ftaid here till the 2 2d, went afiiore feveral times, and once pur- pofely to fee the Deputy 5 who came out of the Country alfo on purpofe to fee and talk with me. And then indeed there were Guns fired for Salutes, both aboard my Ship and at the Fort. Our Interview was in a fmall Church, which was fiU'd with the better fort of people 5 the poorer fort thronging on the outfide, and look, ing in upon us : For the Church had no Wall but at the Eaft end 5 the Sides and the Weft end being open, faving only that it had Boards about three or four Foot high from the Ground. I faw but two at Timor. 41 two White Men among them all ^ One^^^^^. was a Padre that came along with rhe^^^ Lieutenant -^ the other was an Inhabitant of the Town. The reft were all Copper- coloured, with black lank Hair. I ftaid there about two Hours, and we fpoke to each other by an Interpreter. I asked • particularly about the Seafons of the Year, and when they expefted the North-North- Weft Monfoon. The Deputy told me, that they expefted the Wind to (bift eve- ry Moment ^ and that fome Years the North-North-Weft Monfoon fet in in Sep- Umber ^ but never failed to come in OUo* ber ; and for that reafon defir'd me to make what hafte I could from hence 5 for that 'twas impoflible to ride here when thofc Winds came. I asked him if there was no Harbour hereabouts,\\hereI might be fecured from the Fury of thefe Winds at their firft coming. He told me, that the beft Harbour in the Ifland was at a place called Bahao^ on the North fide of Copavg Bay 5 that there were no Inhabi- tants there, but plenty of Buffaloes in the Woods, and abundance of Fifh in the Sea 5 that there was alfo frefti Water : That there was another place, calTd Vort Sefiall^ about twenty Leagues to the Eaftvvard of Laphao 5 that there was a Pviver of frefh Water there, and plenty ok .-If / i \i i'^ 41 Parly with the Portuguc(e^ ««;>^of Fifli, but no Inhabitants : Vet that, if ^^^^^^^ I would go thither, he would fend people with Hogs, Goats and Buffaloes, to truck with me for fuch Commodities as I had to difpofe of. I was afterwards told, that on the Eaft end of the Idand Eftdc there was alfo a very good Harbour, and a Portugueze Town 5 that there was great plenty of Refrelhments for my Men, and Dammer for my Ship^ that the Governour or Chief of that place, was caird Captain Mere ^ that he was a very courteous Gentleman, and would be very glad to entertain an EfjgUJh Ship there 5 and if I defign*d to go thither, I might have Pilots here that would be willing to carry me, if I could get the Lieutenants confent. That it was dangerous going thither without a Pilot, by reafon of the violent Tides that run between the Iflands Ettde and Solor. I was told alfo, that at the Ifland Sclor there were a- great many Dutchmen ba- niflitfrom other places for certain Crimes. I was willing enough to go thither, as well to fecure my Ship in a good Har- bour, where I might careen her, (there being Dammer alfo, which I could not get here, to make ufe of inftead of Pitch, which I now wanted,) and where I might ftill be rcfrefliing my Men and fup- porting them, in order to my further Difco- At Timor. 45 Difcovcries^ as alfo to inform my relf^^^^;J^^ mere particularly concerning thef« places ^'^^^'*^ as yet fo little known to us. Accord- ingly I accepted the offer of a Pilot and two Gentlemen of the Town, to go with me to Lare^tucka on the ifland Effclc : And they were to come on board my Ship the Night before I failed. But I was hindred of this defign by fome of my Officers, who had here alfo been ve- ry bufic in doing me all the injury they could underhand. But to proceed. While I ftaid here, I went afhore every day, and my Men took their turns to go afhore and traffick for what they had occafion for ; and were now all very well again : And to keep ihcmfelves in heart, every Man bought fome Rice, more or lefs, to re- cruit them after our former Fatigues. Be- fides, I order'd the Purfer to buy fome for them, to ferve them inftead of Peafe, which were now almoft fpcnt. I fill'd up my Water-Cask again here, and cut more Wood 3 and fent a Prefent to the Lieute- nant, Alexff Mendofa , defigning to be gone 5 for while I lay here, we had fome Tornadoes ^nd Rain, and the Sky in the North-Weft looked very black Mornings and Evenings, with Lightning all Night from that Quarter : Which made me ve- ry uneafie and defirous to depart hence ^ becaufe 4^ Lapliao. An. 1699 becauie this Road lay exposed to the ^'^^^^'''^* North-North- Weft and North Winds, which were now daily expected, and which are commonly fo violent, that 'tis impoffible for any Ship to ride them out; Yet, on the other band, it was abfolutely lieceffiiry for me to fpend about- j Months time longer in fome place hereabouts, be- fore I could profecute my Voyage farther to the Eaftward -^ for Reafons which I ihall give hereafter in its proper place ia the enfuing Difcourfe. When therefore I fent the Frefent to the Covernour, I dcfired to have a Pilot to LanntHcha on^ the Ifland Ende 5 where I defir'd to fpend the time I had to fpare. He now fcnt me word that he could not well do it, but would fend roc a Letter to P&rtSefi all for the Natives, who would come to me there and fupply mc vyith what Provifion they had, I ftaid three days, in hopes yet to get a Pilot for Larentucka^ or at leaft the Let- ter from the Covernour to Port SefialL But feeing neither, I faird from hence the 2 2d of O&oher^ coafting to the Eaftward, defigning for Sefiall ^ and before Night, was about ten Leagues to the Eaft of Laphao. I kept about three Leagues off Shore, and ray Boat ranged along clofe by the Shore, looking into every Bay and Cove 3 and at Night returned on Board- The Port Sefial. 45 The next Morning, being three or four^"-^^?^ Leagues f^rt -ler to the Eaflward, I feat ^-'^^'^ my Boat afhcre again to find Sc/iall. At noon they returned, and told me they had been at SejFall, as they guefs'd ^ that there were two Portuguese Barks in the Port, who threatned to Fire at them, but did not ^ telling them this was Porto del Roy de Portugal. They faw alfo another Bark,which ran and anchored clofe by the Shore 5 and the; Men ran all away for fear : But our Men calling to them in Portugueze^ they at laft came to them, and told them that SeJ^all was the place . which they came from, where the two Barks lay : Had not thefe Men told them, they could not have known it to be a Port, it being only a little bad Cove, lying o- pen to the North ; having two ledges of Rocks at its Entrance, one on each fide 5 and a Channel between, which was fo • narrow, that it would not be fafe for us to go in. However I ftood in with the Ship, to be better fatisfied ^ and when I came near it, found it anfwer my Mens Defcription. I lay by a-while, to confi- der what I had beft do ^ for my defign was to lye in a place where I might get frefh Provifions if I could : For though my Men were again pretty well recruited ; and thofe ih\\t had been fick of the Scur- yet I defign d, if poflibic. vy, were well again 46 Babao. ^n. 1699. pofiible, torefrclh them as much and as ^-^^^^'^^ long as I could, before I went farther* Befides, my Ship wanted cleaning 5 and I was refolved to clean her, if poffible. At laft after much confideration , I thought it fafer to go away again for Ba- hao 'j and accordingly ftood to the Weft- ward. We were now about fixty Leagues to the Eaft of Babdo. The Coaft is bold all the way, having no Sholes, and but one Ifland which I faw and de- fcpib'd coming to the Eaftward. The Land in the Country is very Mountainousj . but there are fome large Valleys towards the Eaft end. Both the Mountains and Valleys on this fide, are barren 5 fome wholly fo 5 and none of them appear fo pleafant as the place where I watered. It was the 23d day in the Evening when I ftood back again for Babao. We had but fmall Sea and Land-breezes. On the 27th we came into Copattg Bay 5 and the next day having founded Balao Road, I lan in and came to an Anchor there, in twenty Fathom, foft oaze, three Mil« from the Shore. *One reafon, as I faid be- fore, of my coming hither, was to ride fe* cure, and to clean my Ships bottom 3 as alfo to endeavour by FiQiing and Hunt- ing of Buffaloes, to refrefh my Men and fave my Salt Provifion. It was like to be fome time before I could clean ray Ship, b^caufc Babao. 47 bccaufe I wanted a great many necelTaries, aa. 169^, efpecially a Veffel to careen by. I had ^-^'"^'^^^ a long Boat in a frame, that I brought out of EffgUndy by which I miglit have made a Shift to do it : But my Carpenter was uncapable to fet her up. Befides, by that time the Ships fides were Calk*d, my Pitch was almoft fpent 5 which was all owing to the Carpenters wilful wafte and ignorance^ fothat I had nothing to lay on upon the Ship's bottom. But inftead of this, I intended to make Lime here, which with Oyl would have made a good Coat for her. Indeed had it been advifeablc, I would have gone in between Crofs I- fland and Timor ^ and have hard my Ship aftiore 5 for there was a very convenient place to do it in 5 But my Ship being (harp, l did not dare to do it : Befides, I muft have taken every thing out of her 5 and I had neither Boats to get my things alhore, nor hands to look after them when they were there ; For my Men would have been all employed 5 and though here are no Indians living near, yet they come hither in Companies when Ships are here, on purpofe to do any Mifchief they can to them : And 'twas not above two Years fince a Porttfgnezt Ship riding here, and fending her Boat for Water to one of the Gaily es, the Men were all killed by the Indians. But to feeure i 48 • • Babao. ^n^dpp. fecure my Men, I never fuffer'd them to go aOiore unarmed :, and while fome were at work, others (lood to guard them. We lay in this place from 03ober the Q8th, i\\\ December the \2ih. In which time we made very good Lime with Shells, of which here are plenty. We cut Palmeto-leaves to burn the Ship's fides ^ and giving her as good a heel as we could, we burned her fides, and paid them with Lime and Water for want of Oyl to mix with it. This (tuck on about two Months, where 'twas well burned. We did not want frefh Frovifions all the time we lay here, either of FiQi or FleQi. For there were fair fandy Bays on the Point of Bdbao, where in 2 or 3 hours in a Mot'mng we ufed with our Sain to drag aftiore as much Fi(h as we could eat all the day : And for a change of Diet, when we were weary of Filh, I fent ten . or eleven armed Men a hunting for Buf- faloes 5 who never came empty home. They went afiiore in the Evening or early in the Morning, and before Noon always returned with their burdens of Bftffalo, enough to fufJice us two days 5 by which time we began to ]ong for Fifti again. On the nth of November^ the Gover- nour of Concordia fent one of his Officers to us, to know who we were. For I had not fent thither, fince I came to Anchor laft in the L Timor. ^p iad: here. When the Officer came aboard. An. 1599 he ask*d me why we fired fo many Guns ^"^"^^ the 4th and 5th days 5 (which we had • done in Honour of King William^ and in Memory of the deliverance from the Powder-Plot :) I told him the occafion of it ^ and he replied that they were in fome fear at the Fort that -we had been Portugueze^ and that we were coming with Soldiers to take their Fort : He asked me alfo why I did not ftay and fill my Water at their Fort, before I went away from thence : I told him the reafon of it, and withal offered him Money • bidding him take what he thought reafo- nable: He took none, and faid he was forry there had been fuch a mifunder- (landing between us 5 and knew that the Governour would be much concerned at it. After •& fhort ftay, he went afhore 3 and the next Morning came aboard again, and told me the Governour defired me to come afhore to the Fort and dine with him 5 and, if I doubted any thing, he would ftay aboard till I returned. I told him I had no reafon to miftruft any thing againft me, and would go aftiore with him 5 fo I took my Clerk and my Gun- ner, and went aftiore in my Pinnace : The Gunner fpoke very good Fre^ch^ and therefore I took him to be my Interpreter, becaufc the Governour fpeaks Freffch : E He L/VNJ r iv 50 The Dutch Fort Concordia^ ^"^A^He was an honcft Man, and t found him . always diligent and obcdrept. It was pretty late in the Afternoon before wc came aftiore ^ fo that we had but little time with the Governour. He feem'd to be much diffatisfied at the report my Of- ficer had made to me 5 (of which 1 have before given an account 5) andfaid it was falfe, neither would he now take any Money of me ^ but told me I was wd- com :^ as indeed I found by what he pro- vided. For there was plenty of very good Viftuals, and well dreft 5 and the Linnen was white and clean ^ and all the Diflics and Plates, of Silver or fine China. I did not meet any where with a better Entertainment, while I was abroad 5 nor with fo much decency and order. Our Liquor was Wine, Beer, Toddy, or Wa- ter, which we liked beft after Dinner. He (hew'd me fome drawers full of Shells, which were the (irangefl: and moft curious that I had ever fcen. He told me, before I went away, that he could not fupply me with any Naval ftores^ but if I wanted any frefli Provifion, he would fupply me with what I had occafion for. I thank'd him, and told him 1 would fend my Boat for fome Goats *nd Hogs, though after- wards on fecond thoughts I did not do it ; For 'twas a great way from the place where we lay, to the Fort y and I could nd hitit It was ore wc it little lem'd to my Of' 1 1 have id it was :akc any /as wei- t he pro- of very and the id all the le China. 1 a better )ad 5 nor er. Our or Wa* Dinner. if Shells, curious before i fupply I wanted pply me |l thank'd my Boat igh after- id not do |thc place I could not I in the L Timor. 5 1 hot tell what thifchief might befall any of /^^X^ my Men, when there, from the Natives 5 efpecially if incouragcd by the Dutch^ who arc Enemies to all Europenns but fuch as are under their own Government. Therefore t chofe rather to Fi(h and Hunt for Provifions, than to be beholden to the Dntch^ and pay dearly for ic too. We found hcre,asl faid beforfc,plenty of Game 5 fo that all the time we lay at this place, we fpent none or very little of our Salt- provifions 5 having Fifhor frelh Buf- faloe every day. We lay here feven Weeksj and although the North-North- Weft Mon- foon was every da) expefled when I was. at Laphdo^ yet it was not come, (b that if I had profecuted my Voyage to the Eaft- ward without ftaying here, it had beeii but to little advantage. For if I had gone out, aixl beaten againft the Wind a whole Month, I (hould not have got far 5 it may be forty, fifty, or fixty Leagues^ which was but twenty four hours run for m with a large Wind 5 befides the trouble and difcontent, which might have arifen among my Men in beating to Windward to fo little purpofc, there being nothing to be got at Sea 5 but here we lived and did eat plentifully every day without ^ trouble. The greateft inconvenieucy of liiis place, was want of Watery this being ' K 2 the 5t Babao. ^'y-iy^ the latter part of the dry Seafon, becaufe "^•^^"^^^^^ the Monfoon was very late this Year. About four days before we came away, we had Tornadoes, with Thunder, Light- ning and Rain, and much Wind 5 but of no long continuance : At whicn time we filled fome Water, We faw very black Clonds, and heard it thunder every day ior near a Month before, in the Moun- tains 5 and ^'w it rain, but none came near us : Ai e /. n where we hunted, we (aw great Trees toid up by the Roots, and great havock made among the Woodi by the Wind 3 yet none touched us. CHAP becaufe s Year. ; away, r, Light- id 5 but icn time iw very ler every le Moun- )ne came inted, we le Roots, he Woodi C H A P. II. A A 53 An, 1699, A particular Defcriptiouof the Ifland Timor. Its Coafi* _ The Ifland Anabao, Fault of the Draughts, the Channel betwem Timor and Anabao. Copang-t^j. Fort Con- cordia. A particular defcriptioa of the Bay. The Anchor ing-place^ called Babao. ' The Malayans here kill all the Europe an s they can. Laphao^ >"• i^99- ground, th« Natives have their Houfes, ""^^^^^ in number about fifty or fixty. There are forty or fifty Soldiers belonging to thi3 Fort, but I know not how many Guns they have ^ For I had only opportunity to fee one Baftion, which had in it four Guns. Within the Walls there is a neat little Church or Chapel. Beyond Cottcord'tA the Land runs about feven leagues to the bottom of the Bay 5 then it is not above ti League and half from fide to fide, and the Land trends away Northerly (o the North Shore ^ then turns about again to the Weftward, making the South fide of the Bay. About three Leagues and a half from the bottom of the Bay on this fide, there is a fmall ifland about a Musket (hot from the Shore 5 and a riff of Rocks that runs from it to the Eaft ward about a mile. On the Weft fide of the Ifland is a Channel of three Fathom at low Water, of which depth ft is alfo within, where Ships may haul in and carreen. Weft from this Ifland the Land rounds away in a Bite or Elbow, and at laft ends in a low point of Land, which (hoots forth a ledge of Rocks a mile into the Sea, which is dry at Low- Water, Juft againft the low point of Land, and to the Weft of the ledge of Rocks, is ano- ther pretty high and rocky, yet woody liland. 1 ' li tl nili m 58 T/je /. Timor 4m 1^99' Ifland, about half a mile from the tow' ^"^'^^'^^ point ^ which Ifland hath a ledge of co- fally Rocks nmning from it all along ta the other fmall Ifland^ only leaving one Channel between them. Many of thefe Rocks are to be feen at Low- Water, and there feldom h Water enough for a Boat to go over them till quarter Ftood or more. Within this ledge (here is two or three Fathom Water, and without it no Icfs than ten or twelve Fathom clofe to the Rocks. A Leacue without this laft Rocky Ifland, is another fmall law fandy Ifland, about four miles from the low point, three Leagues from the £)«/f A^ fort Concordia,, and three Leagues and a half from the South- Weft point of the Bsy* Ships that come in thi* way» muft pafs between this low Iflc and the low Point, keeping near the Ifle. In this Bay there is any depth of Water Irom thirty to three Fathom, very good Q^zy holding ground. This affords the bcft (belter agahift all Winds, of any place about the Ifland Timor. But from Marclh to Odober^ while either the Southeriy Winds or only Land and Sea-breezes hold, the CoftcordU fide is beft to ride in^ but when the more violent Northerly Winds come, then the beft ridmg is be« tween the two Rocky Iflands in nineteen pr twenty Fathom, If you bring the Wefterr he low of co- long to ig one F thefe Wafer , h for a Ftood is two hout it 1 clofe this laft f fandy 1e low 9 and a of the U muft be low ' Water y good rds the y place march nhefly 3reezes ide in^ rtherly [ is be* neteci^ ng the defter-. * . r h described. tp Weftermoft Ifland to bear South- Weft by j"'2^99- Weft about a League diftance, and the ' ^^^ low point Weft by South 5 then the Body of the fandy Ifland will bear South- Weft half Weft, diftance two Leagues $ and the ledges of Rocks (hooting from each, make fuch a Bar, that no Sea can come in. Then you have- the Land from Weft by South to Eaft-North-Eaft, to defend you on that fide : And other Winds do not here blow violently. But if they did, yet you are fo Land-locked, that there can be no Sea to hurt you. This Anchoring place is call'd Babao^ about five Leagues from CoHcordU, The greatcft inconve- niency in it, is tht ? multitude of Worms. Here is frefh Water enough to be had in the wet Seafon ^ every little Gull dif- charging frefti Water into the Sea. In the dry Seafon you muft fcarch for it in Sand- ing Ponds or Gulls, where the wild Buffaloes, Hogs, &c. refort every Morn- ing and Evening to drink ^ where you may lye and (hoot them, taking care that you go ftrong enough and well-irmed againft the Natives upon all occafions. For though there are no Inhabitants near^ this place^ yet the MmUjms come in great Companies when Ships are here 5 and if they meet with any EuropeMs^ they kilt them, of what Nation focver they be, tot excepting the Pprtugueze therafelvcs. Tis ■'" ^1 6o Tlx I. Timor 1 • !l ll An. 1699. *Tis but two Years fince a PortHgue%eS\\\\> ^'^'^^'^ riding here, had all the Boats crew cutoff as they were Watering^ as I was informed by the Dntck Here likewife is plenty of Fi(h of feveral forts, which may be catch'd with a Sain 5 alfa Tortoife and Oyfters. From the North-Eaft point of this Bay, on the North fide of the Ifland, the Land trends away North-North-Eaft for four or five Leagues 5 afterward North-Eaft or more Eaftcrly ^ And when you are four- teen or fifteen Leagues to the Eaftward of B^hao, you come up with a Pohit that makes like Flamborough-Head^ if you are pretty nigh the Land^ but if at adiftance from it on either fide, it appears lik*? an Iftand. This Point is very remarkable, there being none other like it in all this Idand. When you are abreafV of this Point, you will fee another Point about fom Leagues to the Eaftward 5 and when yoa are abreaft of this latter Point, you V9i\\ fee a fmall Ifiand bearing Eaft or Eaft by North (according toyour diftance from the Land,) juft rifing out of the Water : When you fee it plain, you will be abreaft of a pretty deep fandy Bay, which hath a point in the middle, that comes floaping from the Mountains, with a, curious Valley on each fide : The fandy IJay runs from one Valley to the other. ■ ' ' 1 Yoa defer ibed, 6% You may Sail into this Bay, and anchor '^"-i^p?- a little to the Eaftward of the Point in ^"^^"^'"^ twenty Fathom Water, half a Mile from the Shore, foft oazc. Then you will be about two Leagues from the VVeft-point of the Bay, and about eight Leagues from the fmall Ifland before mentioned, which you can fee pretty plain bearing Eaft- North-Eaft a little Northwardly. Some other marks are fet down m the foregoinj^ Chapter. In this fandy Bay you will find frefti Water in two or three places. At Spring-tides you will fee many riplings, like Sholes ^ but they are only Eddies caufed by the two points of the Bay. We faw Smoaks all day up in the Mountains, and Fires by Night, at cer- tain places, where we fuppofed the Na- tives lived, but faw none of them. The Tides ran between the two points of the Bay, very ftrong and uncertain : Yet it did not rife a: id fair above *ine Foot upon a Spring-tide : But it made great riplings and a roaring Noife^ whir- ling about, like Whirlpools. We had conftantly eddy Tides under the Shore, made by the points on each fide of the Bay. When you go hence to the Eaft^jrard, you may pafs between the fmall Ifland^ and Timor 5 and when you arc five or fix Leagues to the Eaftward of the fmall ifland, yoH I W')\ m m ill Mail i! R '1 '1 A' m I SH|:ii 4 6% Laphao in the L Timor^ ^fl. i(59v-you will fee a large Valley to the Eaft- '^'^'^^^ ward of you ^ then running a little fur- ther, you my fee Houfes on the Bay : You raay Inir in, but anchor not till you f/j about the next point. Then you will fee more Houfes, where you may run into twenty or thirty Fathom, and anchor right againft the Houfes, neareft the Weft end of them. This place is called Laphao. It is a PortHgueze Settlement, about fixteen Leagues from the Watering-bay. There are in it about forty or fifty Houfes, and one Church. The Houfes arc mean and low, the Walls generally made of Mud or watled, and their fidc'n made up with Boards : They arc all thatchtt with Palm or Palmeto-Leaves. The Church alfo is very fmall : The Eaft-end of it is boarded up to the top ^ but the fides and the Weft-end are only boarded three or four foot high ^ the reft is al! o- pcn*i There is a fmall Altar 'z it, with two Steps to go up to it , asi m Image or two 5 but alt very mean. Tis alfo thatch'd with Palm or Palmeto-Leaves. Each Houfe has a Yard belonging to it, fenced about with wild Canes nine or ten Foot high. There is a Well in each Yard, and a little Bucket with a String to k to draw Water withal. There is a Trunk of a Tree made hollow, placed m ach Well, to keep the Earth from fai- ling "'m Thu4 J Thtu 1 Thuj L . ■ ,:Bdrt 3^' , litWOr andothtr TJ^.-ndj ^>eti4^t.rx it und JS . Guinea jp ^ ' \d-{<^ ', Eaft- :le fur- ? Bay t :ill you 3u will m into anchor :VVcft Laphao. fixteen •r fifty Hoofes nerally ir (idei thatcht The ft-end 3ut the 3arded » all o- , with Image s alfo weaves, to it, lor ten each ingto is a )laccd fai- ling y m t! ling 11 Fruit-i marini The fide. Guns rotten that w the Pd but a This is were * time w The chiefly colour, PortHgi on 5 I Flefh ^ themfe gion a and w Ihould I faw l which Chimfe ty gooi this Ifli have tl to the chiefly for Wa: a Portilguefe Settlement. 62 ling in. Round the Yards there are many An, 1699- Fruit-trees planted ^ as Coco-nuts, Tat- ^-'^"^''^ marins and Toddy-trees. They have a fmall Hovel by the Sea- fide, where there are fix fmall old Iron Guns ftandhig on a decayed Platform, in rotten Carriages. Theit Vents are fo big, that when they are fired, the ftrength of the Powder flying out there, they give but a fmall Report, like that of a Musket. • This is there Court of Guard ^ and here were a few armed-men watchfn^ all the time we lay here. The Inhabitants of the Town, arc chiefly a fort of Indidns^ of a Copper- colour, with black lank Hair : Theyfpcafc PortHgueze^ and are of the Romijh Religi- on .5 but they take Ac Liberty to cat Fleih when they pleafc. They value themfelves on the account of their Reli- gion and deCcent from the Portngiuze^ and would be very angry, if a Man Ihould fay they are not Portugutze : Yet I faw but three White Men here, two of which wcsre Padres. There are alfo a few Chimfe living here. It is a place of pret- ty good Trade and Strength, the beft on this Ifland, Porta-Npva excepted. They^ have three or four fmall Barks belonging to the place ^ with which they trade chiefly about the Ifland with the Nativ^s^ for Wax, Gold, and Sandall-wood. Some* ^ times ill Ml; J I, 11. li ^4 Laphao ///Timor^ //^. 1699. times they go to Batavia^ and fetch £;/r^. "^^^^ pe/iff Commodities, Rice, &c. The Chwefe trade hither from Af^ir^^t? ; and I was informed that about twenty Sail of fmall Vefiels come from thence hi- tlier every Year. They bring courfe R.ice, adulterated Gold, Tea, Iron, and Iron-tools, Porcellane, Silks, &c. They take in exchange pure Gold, as *tis gathe- red in the Mountains, B^es-wax, SandalU wbod, Slaves, &c. Sometimes alfo here comes a Ship from Goa, Ships that trade here, begin to come hither the latter end of March 'j and none ftay here longer than the latter end of AHgfiJi. For (hould they be here while the North-North-VVeftMoi> foon blows, no Cables nor Anchors would hold them ^ but they would be driven ar (horc and dafh'd in pieces prefently. But from March till September^ while the South-South-Eaft Monfoon blows. Ships ride here Vs^ry fecure 3 For then, though the Wind often blows hard, yet 'tis off Shore ; fo that there is very fmooth Wa- ter, and no fear of being driven aftiorc ^ And yet even then they moor with three Cables 5 two towards the Land, Eaft- ward and Weft ward 5 and the third right off to Seaward. As this is the fecond place of Traffick, fo 'tis in Strength the fecond place the V^rtHgHtJd have here, though not capaBlc of ^•Portugueic Settlement. . tf^ iof refiftlng a hundred Men : For the Pi-'^^Lj^' rates that were at the Dntch Fort, came ^^""^^^^ ithcfalfo s, and after they had fill'd their IVVater, and cut Fire- wood, andrefreQi*d Ithemfclvcs, they plunder *d the Houfes, let them on fire, and wei*t away. Yet I was told, that the Portugneze can draw ogether five or fix hundred Men in twen- y^four Hours time, all armed with Hand- uijs, Swords and Piftols 5 but Powder and Bullets are fcarce and dear. The hief Perfon they have on the ffland, is lamed Antomo Henriquez ^ They call him ifually by the Title of Captain More or Ator, They fay he is a white Man, and that he was fent hither by the Vice-Roy of Goa, I did not fee him 5 for he lives, ns I was informed, a great way from hence, at a place caird Porta Nova^ which . is at the Eaft-end of the Ifland, and by report is a good Harbour 5 but they fay, that this Captain More goes frequently to fVVars in Company with the Indians that .are his Neighbours and Friends, againft other Indians that are their Enemies, The next Man to him is Alexis Mendofa 3 lie is a Lieutenant, and lives fix or feven iMiles from hence, and rules this part of the Country. He is a little Man of the W/^^»^9, at the fame diftance with thofe brought to England^ of the fame Subftance, and fuch fmall flat Seeds in them : But whether they be the true Cafta-fifluU or no, I can- not tell, becaufe I found no black Pulp in them. The CdUbaJhes here are very prickly : The Trees grow tall and tapering 5 where- as in the Wefl-Indies they are low and fpread much abroad. Here are alfo Wild Tamarind-txtts^ not fo large as the true 5 though much refem- bling them both in the Bark and Leaf. • Wild Fig-trees here are many, but not fo large as thofe in America. The Fruit grows, not on the Branches fingly, like thofe in Americn^ but in Strings and Clu- fters, forty or fifty in a clufter, about the Body and great Branches of the Tree, from the very Root up to the Top. Thefe Figs are about the bignefs of a Crab- Ap- ple, of a Greenifti Colour, and full of fmall- white Seeds ^ they fmell pretty well, but have no Juice or Tafte 5 they are ripe in No7)e9»her* Here likewife grows 5rf»Jtf/- wood, and many more forts of Trees fit for any ufes. The talleft among them, refemble oar Pincs^ they are Streight and Clear-bodied, tut not very thick 5 the infidc is reddifli near the Heart, and hard and Ponde- rous. The ught to id fuch /hether I can- k Pulp rickly ; wherc- w and -s, not refem- af. ►ut not 1 Fruit % like J CIu- ut the Tree, rhefe b-Ap- ill of well, eripe arid ufes. our died, ldi(h uide- Tbe Palm-Trees, ji Of the Palm-kind there are three or^j;^^^ four forts ^ two of which kinds I have^^^ not feen any where but here. Both forts are very large, and tall. The firft fort had Trunks of .about feven or eight Foot in Circumference, and about eighty or ninety Foot high. Thefe had Branches at the top like Coco-nut-Trees, and their Fruir like Coco-nuts, but fmaller : The Nut was of an Oval form, and about the bignefs of a Ducks Egg : The fhell black and very hard. Twas almoft full of Ker- nel, having only a fraall empty fpace in the middle, but no Water as Coco-nuts have. The Kernel is too hard to be eaten. The Fruit fomewhat refembles that in Brazil fornierly mentioned. The husk or outfide of the Fruit, was very Yellow, foft and pulpy, when ripe 5 and full of fmall Fibres^ and when it fell down from the Tree, would ma(h and fmell un- fa vory. The other fort was as big and tall as the former 5 the Body growing ftreight up without Limbs, as all Trees of the Palm-kina do : But inftead of a great ma- ny long green Branches growing from the head of the Tree, thefe had fliort Bran- ches about the bignefs of a Mans Arm, and about a Foot long 3 eich of which fpread it felf into a great many fmall tdugh twigs, that hung full of Fruit like fa \' 72 T6e Fruits in Timor. ^^«;»^fo many Ropes df Onions. The Fruit ^'^^^^^ was as big as a large Plumb 5 and every Tree had feveral Bufliels of Fruit. Th« Branches that bore this Fruit, (brouted out Tit about fifty or (ixty Foot heighth from the ground. The trunk of the Tree was all of one bignefs, from the Ground to that heighth 5 but from thence it went ^ tapering fmaller and fmaller to the top, where it was no bigger than a Mans Leg, ending in a Stump : And there was no Green about the Tree, but the Fruit 5 fo that it appeared like a dead Trunk. Befides Fruit-Trces, here were many forts of tall Streight-bodied Timber-Trees^ one fort of whicn, was like Pine. Thefe grow plentifully all round the Ifland by the Sea-fide, but not far within Land. Tis hard Wood, of a reddifli Colour, and very ponderous. The Fruits of this Ifland, are Gnavoes, Mangoes^ Jdcas^ Coco-nuts, PUntains^ Bo- panoes^ Fine- Apples, Citrons, Pomegrsnates, Oranges, Lemons, Limes, Musk-Melons, Water-Melons, Tumkins^ &c. Many of thefe have been brought hither by the Dhtch and Portugueze 5 and mod of them are ripe in September and OSober. There were many other excellent Fruits, but not now in Seafon 5 as I was inform'd both by Dntch and Portngueze. t H H«re ■>^:. ------I ^■^i^^^^ CxVS^. Its Animals. yi Here I met with an Herb, which in thd ^«v »i??- Weft-Indies we call CaUUloo. It grovv^^ wild here. I eat of it feveral times^ and found it as pleafant and wholefome ai Spinage. Here are alfo Purfly, Sampler, &c. Indian Corn thrives very well here, and is the common Food of the Iflanders ^ though the Portugneze and their Friends fow fome Rice, but not half enough for their fubfiftence. The Land-Animals are Buffaloes, Beeves, Horfes, Hogs, Goats, Sheep, Monkeys, Guanoes, Lizards, Snakes, Scorpions, Centumpees, &c. Befide the tame Hogs and Buffaloes, there are many wild all over the Country, which any may freely kill. As for the Beeves, Horfes, Goats and Sheep, it is probable they were brought in by the Portugneze or Dntch 5 efpecially the Beeves 5 for I faw none but ^t the Dutch Fort Concordia. We alfo faw Monkeys, and fomeSnakSs. One fort yellow, and as big as a Mans Arm, and about four Foot long : Another fort no bigger than the Stem of a To- bacco-pipe, about five Foot long, green all over his Body, and Math a flat red head as big as a Mans Thumb. The Fowls are Wild Cocks and Hens, Eagles, Hawks, Crows, two forts of Pidgeons, Turtle-doves, three or four forts of Parrots, Parrafcites, Cockatoes, Black- ; 74 Tf-^^ ^^^S^^S ^^^^* ><»^l^ Black-birds ^ bcfides a multitude of fma I- ^"^^^^^ ler Birds of divcrfe Colours, whofc char- ming Mufick makes rlu: Woods very pici- fant. One fort of thcfc pretty little Birds ray Men call'd the Ringing-bird ^ bccaufc it had fix Notes, and always repeated all his Notes twice one after another^ begin- ning high and (hrill, and ending low. This Bird was about the bigncfs of a Lark, having a fmall fharp black Bill, and blew Wings i the Head and Breaft were of a pale red, and there was a blew ftreak about its Neck. Here are alfo Sea or Water- Fowls, as Men of War- Birds, Boobies, Fifhing-hawks, Herons, Goldens, Crab- catchers, &c. The tame Fowl are Cocks, Hens, Ducks, Geefe 5 the two laft forts I only faw at the Dutch Fort ^ of the other fort there are not many but among the Vortugueze. The Woods abound with Bees, which make much Honey and Wax. The Sea is very well ftock^d with Fifli of divcrfe forts^ wa. Mullets, Bafs, Breames, Snooks, Mackarel, Parracoots, Gar-fi(h, Ten-pounders, Scuttle-fifli, String-rays, Whip-rays, Rafperages, Cockle-merchants, or Oyftei -crackers, Cavallies, Conger- Eels, Rock-fi(h, Dog.filh, &c. The Rays are fo plentiful, that I never drew the Sain but I catch*d fom« of them 5 which we 8alte4 and Dryed. I caught om whofe tail The Inhabitants in Timor. 75 Tail was thirteen Fdot long. The Cockle- fX^' Merchants are fliaped like Cavallies, and ^^^'^ about their bignefs. They feed on Shell- fifti, having two very hard, thick, flat Bones in their Throat, with which they break in pieces the Shells of the Fifh they fwallow. We always find a great many Shells in their Maws, crufhed in pieces. The Shell-fifh, are Oyfters of three forts, viz. Long-Oyftcrs, Common-Oyfters,grow- ing upon Rocks in great abundance, and very Flat 5 and another fort of large Oy- fters, Fat and Crooked ; the Shell of this, not eailly to bediftinguilhedfromaStone. Three or four of thcfe Roafted, will fuf- fice a Man for one Meal. Cockles, as big as a Mans Head 5 of which two or three are enough for a Meal ^ they are very Fat and Sweet. Craw-fi(h, Shrimps, &c. Here arc alfo many green Turtle,' fome Al- h'gators and Grand- pifces, &c. The Original Natives of this Ifland, arc hdians^ they are of a middle Stature, Streight- bodied , Slender- limb*d, Long- vifag'd 5 their Hair black and lank 5 their Skins very fwarthy. They are very dex- trous and nimble, but withal lazy in the. higheft degree. They are faid to be dull in every thing but Treachery and Barba- rity, Their Houfes are but low and mean, their cloathing only a fmall Cloath about, their middle 3 but fome of them . 7^ T^he Inhabitants. '^'^^J9' for Ornametjt have iFrontlcts of Mother of Pearl, or thin pieces of Stiver or Gold, made of an Oval form, of the breadth of a Crown-piece, curioudy notched round the edges 5 Five of thefe placed one by ano- iher a little above the Eye- brows, making a fufficient Guard and Ornament for their Fore-head. They are fo thin, and placed on their Fore-heads fo artificially, that ihey feem riveted thereon : And indeed the Pearl-Oyfter-fhells make a more fplen- did Show, than either Silver or Gold. Others of them have Palmeto-caps made in diVerfe forms. As to their Marriages, they take as ma- ny Wives as they can maintain 5 and fomc- timcs they fell their Children to purchafe more Wives. I enquired about their Reli- gion, and was told they had none. Their Common fubfiftence is by Indian Corn, which every Man plants for himfelf. They take but little pains to clear their Land 5 For in the Dry time they fet Fire to the withered Grafs and Shrubs, and that burns them out a Plantation for the next wet Seafon. What other Grain they have, •bcfide Ifidian Corn, I know not. Their Plantations are very mean 5 for they de- light moft in Hunting 5 and here are wild Buffaloes and Hogs enough, though very ihy, becaufe of their fo frequent Hun- ting. They^ //; Timor. 77 They have a few Boats aiid fome Fifher- ^n- 1^99^ men. Their Arms are Lances, thick ^^'^^^'^^ round (hort Truncheons and Targets 5 with thefe they Hunt and kill their Game, and their Enemies too 5 for this Idand is now divided into many Kingdoms, and all of different Languages^ though in their Cuftoms and manner of living, as well as Shape and Colour, they feem to be of one Stock. The chiefcft Kingdoms are Cupang^ A- ntabie^ Loriribie^ PobuMhie^ Ndrnquimal ; the Ifland alfo oi Anawabao or Anab^o^ is a Kingdom. Each of thefe hath a SuUan, who is Siipemc in his Province and King^ dom, and hath under bim fcveral Rdj4s and other iiiferiour Officers. The Sultans for the moft part are Enemies to each o- ther ^ which Enmities are fomented and kept up by the Dutch^ whofe Fort and Faftory is in the Kingdom of Chpopfg.^ and therefore the Bay near which th.ey are fettled, is commonly called Cupaffg- Bay. They have only as 'much Ground as they can keep within reach of their Guns 5 yet this whole Kingdom Is at peace with them 5 and they freely trade together 5 as alfo with the /Iflanders m Anab^o^ who are in Amity as well with •xbe Natives of Cttping^ as with ^heiJii/^* trefidingcthere ^ but th^y are implacable Enernkfttdfthofe of .^^yyr^j^i who are; th^ir nesct 78 The bihabitants -f^^^ncxt Neighbonrs, and in Amity with the PortuiiMcze 5 OS are alfo the Kingdoms of Pobumhk^ Nawqniwal and Lortribie, It • is very probable, that thefe two European Settlements on this Illand, . are the great- eft occafion of their continued Wars. The Portuguefe vaunt highly of their Strength berje, and that they are able at pleafure to rout the Dntch^ if they had Authority fb to do from the King of Portugal ^ and they have written to the Vice- Roy of Goa about it : And though their Requeft is not yet granted, yet (as they fay) they live in expeftation of it. Thiefe have no Forts, but depend on their Alliance with the Natives : And indeed they arc already To mixt, that it is hard to diftingui(h whether they are Portuguefe or Indians. Their Language is Portugmfe ^ and the Religion they have, is Rowijh. They feem in Words to acknowledge the King of Portugal for their Sovereign s, yet they will not accept of any Officers fent by him. They fpeak indifferently the Ma^ tajan and their own native Languages, as well as Portugitefe ^ and the chiefeft Offi ccrs that I faw, were of this fort 5 nei- ther did I fee above three or four white Men among them 5 and of thefe, two were Priefts. Of this mixt Breed there arefome thoufands j of whoni fome have fmall Arras of ihcir own, ' and know how to in Timor. jp to ufe them. The chiefefl: Pcrfon fas I^"* '^^5>' before faid) is called Captain More or ^"^^^^^^ Major : He is a white Man, fent hither by the Vice-Roy of Goa^ and feems to have great Command here. I did not fee him ^ for he feldom comes down. His Refidence is at a place called Porta No- va 5 which the people at Laphao told me was a great way off ^ but I could not get any more particular account. ' Some told me that lie is moft commonly in the Mountains, with an Army of Ifidians^ to guard the Paffes between them and the Oipangdyarts^ efpecially in the dry Times. The next Man to him is Alexis Mcrtdofa : He is a right Indian^ fpeaks very good PortHgnefe^ and is of the Romifl) Religion. He lives five or fix Miles from the Sea, and is called the Lieutenant. (This is he whom I call Governour, when at Laphao.^ He commands next to Captain More^ and hath under him another at this Fort (at the Sea-fide) if it may be fo called. He alfo is called Lieutenant, and is an Indian Portugnefe. Befides this Mungrel-Breed of hdiafts and Portugfiefcy here are alfo fome China- Men, Merchants from Maccao : They bring hither courfe Rice, Gold, Tea, Iron-work, Porcelane, and Silk both wrought and raw : They get in exchange pureGoJd as it is here gathered, Bees-wax, • Sandal- 8( The Dutch SettlemenU An, i6p9. Sandal-Wood, Coire, &c. It is faid there ""^^^^^^^ are about twenty fmall China Veffels come hither every Year from Maccao 5 and commonly one Veffel a Year from G^^, which brings Eurofean Commodities and Callicoes, Muflins, &c. Here are like* wife forae fmall Barks belonging to this Pl^ce, that Trade to Batavia^ and bring from thence both Enropeiu and Indian Qoods and tlice. The Veffels generally come here in March, and ftay till Septem- The Dutch, as I before faid, are fetled in the kingdom of Cupang, where they have a fmall neat Stone Fort. Itfeemis to.be pret- ty ftrcng 5 yet, as I was informed , had l^en taken by a French Pirate about two Years ago : The Dntch were ufed very barbaroufly, and ever fince are very jea- lous of any Strangers that come this way 5 which I my felf experienced. Thefc depend more on their own Strength than on the Natives their Friends^ na- yitig good Guns, Powder, and Shot e- nough on all occafions, and Soldiers fuf« ficient to manage the Bulinefs here, all well difciplin'd and in good order 3 which is a i thing the Portngucfi their Neighbours ;ire altogether dcftitute of, they haying no Enropcan Soldiers, few Arms, lefs Anf* munition, and their Fort conGfting of no inore than fix bad Guns planted a^inft; • the in the L Timor. 8 f , the Sea, whofe Touch-holes (as was be- /^^Jl^* fore obferved) are fo enlarged by time, ^^'^'^^ that a great part of the ftrength of the Powder flies away there 5 And having Soldiers in pay, t ic Natives on all occa- fions are hired 5 and their Government now is fo loofe, that they will admit of no more Officers from Portugal or Goa. They have alfo little or no fupply of Arms or Ammunition from thence, but buy it as often as they can, of the Dutch^ Chinefe, &c. So that upon the whole it feems improbable that they (hould ever attempt to drive out the Dntch^ for fear of loofing tliemfelves, notwithftanding their boafted Prowefs and Alliance with the Natives : And indeed, as far as I could learn, they havcbufincfs enough to keep their own prefent Territories from the incurfions of the Cupdngayans 3 who are Friends to the Dntch^ and whom doubtlefs the Dutch have ways enough to preferve in their Friendftiip : befides that they have an inveterate Malice to their Neighbours, infornuch that they kill all they meet, and bring away their Heads in Triumph. The great Men of Cupang ftick the Heads of thofe they have killed, on Poles ^ and fet them on the tops of their Houfes ^ and thefe they efteem above all their other Riches. The inferiour fort bring the Heads of O thofe 82 The Tiutch Settlement in Timor. An. i699thofe they kill, into Houfes made for ^=^^'^^^'*^ that purpofe i, of which there was one at the hdhft Village near the Fort Copicordia^ almoft full of Heads, as I was told. I know not what encouragement they have for their inhumanity. The Dntch have always two Sloops be- longing to their Fort 5 in thefe they go about the Ifland, and Trade with the Natives 5 and, as far as I could learn, they Trade indifferently with them all. For though the Inland people are at war with each other, yet thofe by the Sea- fide feem to be little concerned ^ and, ge- nerally fpeaking the Malayan Language, are very fociable and eafijy induced to Trade with thofe that fpeak that Lan* guage ^ which the Dntch here always learn ^ Belides, being well acquainted with the Treachery of thefe People, they go well arm*d among them, and are very vigilant never to give them an opportu- nity to hurt them 5 and it is very proba- ble that they fupply them with fuch Goods, as the P^r/wgwez^e. cannot. The Malayan Language, as I have be- fore faid, is generally fpoken amongft all the Iflands hereabouts. The greater the Trade is, the more thfs Language is fpo- ken : In fome it is become their only Language ^ in others it is but little fpo- ken, and that by the Sea- fide only. With this i Lorantuca. 83 this Language the Mahometan Religion ^J^^* did fpread it felf, and was got hither be- fore any European Chriftians came : But now, though the Language is ftill ufed, the Mahometan Religion falls, where-ever the PortHgneze or Dutch are fettled 3 un- lefs they be very weak, as at Solor and Ende, where the chief Language is Ma* Uyan^ and the Religion Mahometanifm 5 though the Dutch are fettled at Solor ^ and the Portuguese at the Eaft end of the I- fland Endc^ at a place called Lorantuca 5 which, as I was informed, is a large Town, hath a pretty ftrong Fort and fafe Harbour. The chief Man there (as at Timor') is called Captain More^ atid is as abfolute as the other. Thefe two prin- • cipal Men are Enemies to each other $ and by their Letters and Meffages to Goa^ inveigh bitterly againft each other 5 and are ready to do all the ill Offices they can 5 yet neither of them much regards the Vice-Roy of Goa, as I was inform'd. IS Orantuca is faid to be more popu- lous, t'han any Town on Timor 3 the I- fland Ende affording greater plenty of all manner of Fruit, and being much better fupplied with all Neceffaries, than Ldphao^ efpecially with Sheep, Goats, Hogs, Poul- trey, &c. but it is very dangerous getting into this Harbour, becaufe of the violent Tides, between the Iflands Ende and So* G 2 . iot'^ 'H '>! r 1 ■* f '.^ 84 T/?e Weather and Seafons "vKy^ / Guinea, It was the 20th before we got as far as JLaphao, which is but forty Leagues. We (aw black Clouds in the North-Weft, and expefted the Wind from that Quarter above a Month fooner. That Afternoon we faw the opening between the Klands Omba and Fetter^ but feared to pafs through in the Night. At two a Clock in the Morning, it fell calm 5 and continued fo till Noon, in which time we drove with the Current back again South- Weft fix or feven Leagues. On the 2 2d, fleering to the Eaftward to get through between Omba and Fetter^ we met a very ftrong Tide againft us, fo that we, although we had a very fredi Gale, yet made way very flowly ^ yet be- fore Night, got through. By a good Ob- fervation we found that the South-Eaft G 4 point ■# \ t y * % 88 :nyi biirning Ifland. An, 1699. point of Omba lies in Latitude 8 d. 25 m. ^^"^^^^^ In my Draughts it's laid down in H deg. 10 min. My true courfe from Babao^ is Eaft, 25 deg. North, diftance one hundred eighty three miles. We founded feveral times when near Owba^ but had no ground. On the North-Eaft point of Omba we faw four or five Men, and a little further three pretty Houfes on a low point, but did not go alhore. ^ At five this Afternoon, we had a Tor- nado, which yielded much Rain, Thun- der and Lightning 3 yet we had but little Wind. The 24th in the Morning we catched a large Shark, which gave all the Ships Company a plentiful Meal. The 27th we faw the burning Ifland, it lies in Latitude 6 deg. 36 min. South 5 it is high, and but fmall. It runs from the Sea a little floaping towards the Top; which is divided in the middle into two Peaks, between which iffued out much Smoak : I have not feen more from any Vulcano. I faw no Trees 5 but the North fide appeared green, and the reft lootd very barren. Having paft the burning ifland, I Qiapy my courfe for two Iflands called Turtle Jjles, which lye North Eaft by Eaftfi*Httle Eafterly, and diftant about fifty Leagues from the burning Ifle. I fearing the Wind might veer to the Eaft ward of the North, X • - the Tuvtlc'ipes. 8p North, fteered twenty Leagues North- ^"•^^99- Eaft, then North-Eaft by Eaft. On the ^^-^"^^^^ 28th we faw two fmall low Iflands, called Luc^pdrros^ to the North of us. At nooiil accounted my felf twenty Leagues ftiort of the Turtle IJlcs. The next Morning, being in the Lati' tude of the Turtle Jjlands^ we look'd out ftiarp for them, but faw no appearance of ally Illand, till eleven a Clock 5 when we faw an Ifland at a great diftance. At firft we fuppofed it might be one of the Turtle Ijles : But it was not laid down true, neither in Latitude nor Longitude from the burning Ijle^ nor from the Lucd" parros^ which laft I took to be a great help to guide me, they being laid down very well from the Burning Ijfle, and that likewife in true Latitude and diftance from Owka : So thai I could not tell what to think of the Ifland now in fight 3 we having had fair Weather, fo that we could not pafs by the Turtle Jfles without feeing them ; and This in fight was much too far off for them. We found Variation 1 deg. 2 min. Eaft. In the Afternoon I fteered North-Eaft by Eaft for the Iflands that we faw. At two *a Clock I went and look'd over the Fore yard, and faw ts^o Iflands at much greater diftance than the Turtle Iflands are laid down in my Draughts 3 one of them was a very bigh pcak'd 5^0 Bitd'Ijland. An. 1699. peak'd mountain, deft at Top, and much ^■^^"^^'^ like the burning Ijliind that we part by, but bigger and hight^r ; the other was a pretty long high flar Kland. Now I was certain that t were not the Turtle Jjlands, and that they could be no other than the -6.CV.;^J<^.oZ. mlimllllMm ^'j ^^''< S.X.nZ . Part of Xew R r 1. ^ 6 ■ i Thtu. Jhettrs thi^ Zand JsT.Z .of -du, llhOrina Maci i///iiit0^l> m^^^^ C^ 6. Thtij Jhiuv ihi- J/Undj Sftbuda^ J>.4,Z ■w\ # A grange Bird. 9 5 The Eaftermoft Point of Land feen, horc "^"^Jp^ Eaftby South half South, diftance three ^^'^'^^ Leagues : And the Weftermoft, Weft-South- Weft half South, diftance two Leagues. So foon as we anchor'd, we fent the Pinnace to look for Water, and try if they could catch any Fi(h. Afterwards we fent the Yawle another way to fee for Water. Be- fore night the Pinnace brought on board feveral fort of Fruits, that they found in the Woods ^ fuch- as I never faw before. One of my Men killed a ftately Land- Fowl, as big as the largeft Dunghil-Cock. It was of a Sky-colour 5 only in the mid- dle of the Wings was a white Spot, about which were fome reddifli Spots : On the Crown it had a large Bunch of long Feathers, which appear'd very pretty. His Bill was like a Pidgeons ^ he had ^ ftrongLegs and Feet, like Dunghil-Fowls 5 only the Claws were reddi(h. His Crop was full of fmall Berries. It lays an Egg as big as a large Hen s Egg 5 for our Men climb*d the Tree where it nefted, and brought off one Egg. They found Wa- ter 5 and reported that the Trees were large, tall and very thick 5 and that they faw no fign of People. At night the Yawle came aboard, and brought a wood- ^ en Fiffgigg, very ingenioufly made 5 the matter of it was a fmall Cane 5 They found it by a fmall Barbecue, where they alfo faw a ftiatter'd Cano3. Th« •4 p<^. The Coaji of An. 1699- The next Morning I fent theBoatfwain ^^"^^"^^ afhore a fiiliing, and at one haul hecatcht Three hundred fifty-two Mackarels, and about twenty other Fifties 5 which I cau- fed to be equally divided among all my Company. I fent alfo the Gunner and chief Mate, to fearch about if they could find convenient anchoring nearer a Water- ing-place : By night they brought word that they had found a fine Stream of good Water, where the Boat could come clofe to, and it was very eafic to be fiird ; and that the Ship might anchor as near to it as I pleased : So I went thither The next Morning therefore we anchored in twenty- five Fathom Water, foft oazie Ground, about a Mile from the Riv^r : We got on board three Tun of Water that night 5 and caught two or three Pike-fifh, infliape much like a Parracota, but with a longer Snout, foraething refembling a Garr, yet not fo long. The next day I Tent the Boat again for Water, and before night all my Casks were full. Having fiird here about fifteen Tuns of Water, feeing we could catch hut littk Filh, and had no other Refreftiments, I intended to fail next day 5 *^ut finding that we wanted Wood, I fent to cut fome^ and going alhore to haften it, at fome di- ftance from the place where our Men wercf, I found a fmall Cove, where I favrtwa Bar- fufH,s\ Thij let )atfwain le catcht 'Is, and h I cau- 5 all my ner and 7 could I Water- ht word of good ne clofe d; and jr to it 'he next twenty. Jround, got on night 5 nfhape longer rr, yet nt the ght all unsof t littk ?nts, I inding fome^ me di- I were, 'Ttwa Bar- • :fufteJ taJUtv on ifu> Cattft of 'ServrO\xit\e.2i J^.^s. Tfiij J^'tsh Jinj 3^ -tail an Ucw on y e^^j SCredinlht middU tvith Utw jfnti aUover^^cdy, huty:Bttfy whitt . ^ Jftil/:/t>A Cona^r on y Cottst ofS>ftw Cuinia. Tfiij ifirh is a,pttU red unth Utw jptrtSon y hady tht Unoj^^il l>Uw my midU SC white on jf Jtdt ■ Jkfe yf. *, i^.* i r tiiW i|— l lj l V Barbecu| bove t were cu that, i that the tie after] flood o and at Wind At four which 1 Cliffs, h is about very w( the Mai within i off at S^ Cape-la: North-r Eaft-Soi tude 5 Meridia dred ai were oi Northv Curren For if that w loft it I next U veral I New-Guinea- li ^5 Barbecues, which appeared not to be a-^"- >^?9' bove two Months (landing : The Sparrs ^"^^-"^ were cut with fome (harp Inftrument ; fo that, if done by the Natives, it feems that they have Iron. On the loth, a lit- tle after twelve a- Clock, we weighed and (tood over to the North fide of the Bay ^ and at one a-Clock ftood out with the Wind at North and North-North-Wcfl-. At four we pafl: out by a White Ifland, which I fo named from its many white Cliffs, having no name in our Draughts. It is about a League long, pretty high, and very woody : Tis about five Miles from the Main, only at the Weft-end it reaches within three Miles of it. At fome diftance off at Sea, the Weft Point appears like a Cape-land 5 The North fide trends away North-North- Weft , and the Eaft fide Eaft-South Eaft. This Ifland lies in Lati- tude 3 degees 4 mir. South 3 and the Meridian Diftance from Babao^ five hun* dred and twelve Miles Eaft. After we were out to Sea, we plied to get to the Northward ^ but met with fuch a ftrong Current againft us, that we got but little. For if the Wind favour'd us in the night, that we got three or four Leagues ^ we loft it again, and were driven as far aftern next Morning ; fo that we plyed here fe- veral Days. )t. The c6 > Inhahitants on the Coajl. An. i£9^ The 14th, being paft a point of Land ^^^'^ that uc bad been three days getting a- bout, we found little or no Current t^ fo that having the Wind at North-VVefl: by Weft and VVeft-North-VVeft, vyc ftood to tlieNofthvvard, and had fcveral Sound- ings : At three a- Clock, thirty-eight Fa- thom 5 the neareft part of New Gm^fea be- ing about three Leagues diftance : At four, thirty feven 5 at five, thirty-fix 5 at lix, thirty-fix 5 at eight, thirty-three Fathoro^ Then the Cape was about four Leagues diftant 5 fo that as we ran off, v^e found our Water (hallower. We had then fome Klands to the VVeftward of us, at about four Leagues diftance. A little after noon we faw Smokes on the Iflands to the Weft of us 5 and ha* ving a fine Gale of Wind, 1 fteered a- vvay for them : At feven a Clock in the Evening vve anchored in thirty-five Fa- thom, about two Leagues from an Ifland, good foft oazie Ground. We lay ftill all night, and faw Fires afhore. In the Morning wc weighed again, and ran far- ther in, thinking to have (hallower Wa- ter 5 but we ran within a Mile of the Shore, and came to in thirty- eight Fa- thom, good foft holding Ground. While we were under Sail, two Canoas came off within call of us : They fpoke to us, but wc did not miderftand their Language, nor nor Sig aboard, layan Li woqld that we we had would but the fliore, a after th me Rni' When ) to them but two Ambuft as I thri Toys, t Weapor the Boa by poui one Hai The ne other C many F chas'd. This Draugl Sabuda. and tw of a go or twel yet abc ft- of Lane! etting a- •ent^ fo ^Veft by ^Q ftood il Souiid- ight Fa- nwea bc- Ar four, 5 at lix, Fathom ^ Leagues /e found en fome at about lokes on and ha^ jered a- : in the five Fa- i Ifland, lay ftill In the an far- tr VVa- of the !:ht Fa- While ameoff us, but iguage, nor of New-Guinea. 97 nor Signs. We wav'd to them to come /^l^ aboard, and I cafrd to tbcm in the Md- ^"^^^^ lay an Language to do the fame 5 but they woqid not : Yet they came fo nigh us, that we could (hew them fuch things as we had to truck with them ^ Yet neither would this entice them to come aboard 5; but they made Signs for us to come a* fliore, and away they went. Then I went after them in my Pinnace, carrying with me Knives, Beads, Glaffes, Hatchets, &c. When we came near the Shore, I called to them in the Malayan Language : ( faw but two Men at firft, the reft lying in Ambufh behind the Bufhes ^ but aflbon as I threw afhore fome Knives and other Toys, they came out, flung down their Weapons, and came into the Water by the Boats fide, making figns of Friendftiip by pouring Water on their Heads with one Hand, which they dipt into the Sea. The next day in the Afternoon feveral other Canoas came aboard, and brought many Roots and Fruits, which we pur- chased. This Ifland has no name in our Draughts, but the Natives call it Fnlo Sabuda. It is about three Leagues long, and two Miles wide, more or lefs. It is of a good heighth, fo as to be feen eleven or twelve Leagues. It is very Rocky ^ yet above the Rocks there is good yellow n p8 Ijlands on the Coaji of >in. 1^99. and black Mouldy not deep, yet produ- ^■'''^'^^*' cing plenty of good taH Trees, and bea- ring any Fruits or Roots which the Inha- bitants plant. I do not know all its pro- diice 5 but vvhni we faw, were Plantains, Coco-Nuts, Pine- Apples, Oranges, Pa- paes, Potatoes, and other large Roots. Here are alfo another fort of wild Jaca's, about the bignefs of a Mans two Fifts, full of Stones or Kernels, which eat pleafant enough when roafled. The Libby Tree grows here in the Swampy Valleys, of which they make Sago Cakes : I did not fee them make any, but was told by the Inhabitants that it was made of the Pith of the Tree, in the fame raamier I have defcribed in my Voyage round the World. They (hew'd me the Tree whereof it was made, and I bought about forty of the Cakes. I bought alfo three ot four Nutmegs in their ^Shell, which did not feem to have been long gathered -^ but whether they be the growth of this Ifland or not, the Natives would not tell whence they had them, and feem'd to prize them very much. What Beafts the Ifland affords, I know not : But hete are both Sea and Land- Fowl. Ofthefirft, Boobies and Men of War-Birds are * ^ chief ^ fome Goldens, and fmall Milk-white Crab-catchers. The Land-fowls arc Pidgeons, about the big- nefs : produ- md bea- le Inha- its pro- anlains, ;es, Pa- Roots. i Jaca's, Fifts, tell eat , The 5wampy ► Cakes : )ut was as made he fame Voyage me the bousht ;ht alfo • .Shell, n long be the Natives them, much. know 1 Land- Men of oldens, 's. The le big- nefs Vol in. Art- X M Stmnae & /ar^ :Batt3 on J.Tula JabtuU, in ^u/ CuinAO, Mj^rt^d iiefs o\ Crows part oj outfide black. Here ai we late ny otl: Here a big as ] Ears ai rougli 5 vvhitiOi Shoulde over, f Foxes. and a f( Whip-r know n for 'tis Mile of of Cora Shoal W is no go This min. So Port Bi hundred ifland, Ifland^, 1 :Tlace ifius Jiiae ^g New-Guinea. ^ nefs of Mountaiti-Pigeons in Jdmatca 5 and i^tA^ Crows about the bigncfs of thofe in Eftg- laffd, and much like them 5 but the hmer part of their Feathers are v.hite, and the outfide black 5 fo that they appear all black, unlefs you extend the Feathers. Here are large Sky-colour'd Birds, fuch as we lately kill'd on New Gnwpa-^ and ma- ny other fmall Birds, unkilo^n to us. Here are like wife abundance of Bats, as big 3S young Coneys 5 their l^ecks, Head, Ears and Nofes, like Foxes 5 their Hair rough 5 that about their Necks, is of a vvhitifh yellow, that on their Heads and Shoulders black 5 their Wings are four Foot over, from tip to tip : They fmell like Foxes. The FiQi are Bafs, Rock-fifh, and a fort of Fifh like Mullets, Old-wives, Whip-rays, and fome other forts that I know not, but no great plenty of any 3 for 'tis deep Water till within lefs than a Mile of the Shore 5 then ther6 is a bank of Coral Rocks, within which you have Shoal Water, White clean Sand: So there is no good Fiftiing with the Sain. This If?and • lies in Latitude 2 deg. 45 miri. South, and Meridian diftahce from Port Bahao on l?he Ifland J^imor^ fo'ar hundred eighty fix miles. Befldes this ifland, here are hine or ten other fmall lfland$, as they are laid down in the Draughts. H i the vrj/*j| too An. 1699 The hihabitanfs of The Inhabitants of this Idand are a fort of very tawny IndUns^ with long black Hair ^ who in their manners differ but little from the MindafiMyMm^ and o- thcrs of thcfc Eaftern iflands. Thefc fccm to be the chief 5 For befides them we fawalfo (hock Curl-pated New Gtiwea Negroes ^ many of whicn are Slaves to the others, but I think not all. They are very poor, wear no Cloaths, but have a Clour about their middle, made of the Rinds of the Tops of Palmeto Trees ^ but the Wo- men had 3 fort of Callico Gloaths. Their chief Ornaments are Blue and Yellow- beads, worn about their Wrifts. The Men Arm themfelves with Bows and Ar- rows, Lances, broad Swords like thofe of Mindanao-^ their Lances are pointed with Bone, They ftrike Fi(h very ingenioufly with Wooden Fiff-gigs, and have a very ingenious way of making the Fifti rife ; For they have n. piece of Wood curioudy carv'd and painted much like a Dolphin (and perhaps other Figures 5) thefethey let down into the Water by a Line with a fmall weight to fink it 5 when they think it low enough, they haul the Line into their Boats very fall:, and the Fifh rife up after this Figure 5 and they (land ready to (trike them when they are near the Surface of the Water. But their chief Livelihood 15 from their Plantations. Yet they the New-Guinea IflanrJs. i o i they have large Boats, and go over to-^"- 1^99; Km Guwcd, where they get Slaves, fine ^■^"^^'^ Parrots, &c. which they carry to Coram and exchange for Callicoes. One Boat came from thence a little before I arrived here ^ of whom I bought fome Parrots ; and would have bought a Slave, butthcv would not barter for any thing but Calli- coes, which I had not. Their Houfcs on thi^ fide were very fmall, and feem'd on- ly to be for Neceflity 5 but on the other fide of the Ifland we faw good large Houfes. Their Proes are narrow with Outlagers on each fide, like other Ma- layans, I cannot tell of what Religion thefe are 5 but I think they are not Ma- hometans^ by their drinking Brandy out of the fame Cup with us without any * Scruple, At this Ifland vve continued till the 20th Inftant, having laid in (lore of fuch Roots and Fruits as the Ifland .afforded. ' On the 20th, at half hour after fix in the Morning, I weigh'd, and ftandingout we faw a large Boat full of Men lying at the North point of the Ifland. As we paffed by, they row*d away towards their Habitations, where we fanpofcd they had withdrawn themfelves for fear of us (tho* we gave them no caufe of terrour,) lor for (bme differences among them- ifclves. H 3 We I«- u IH ^ J^ 11 nf fl RH 1 Ih 1 H^ 1' Ir B 1 HI ^B- ffin ^B^^Ki |l| ^K pR N^B '"3'' IKJlkll ^^ItM^A- ^H| mK f^H wH r^^^B' ilflB^^Bi ■ 1 1 n hL iM 102 The Coafi of An. 1699. \Yc ftood to the Northward till feveu ^■^'^"^^'^ in the Evening 3 then faw a ripling : and the Water being difcoloured, we founded, and had but twenty two Fathom. I went about and ftood to the Weft ward till two next Morning 5 then tack'd again, and had thefe feveral foundings : At eight in the Evening, twenty two^ at ten, twenty five^ at eleven, twenty feven^ at twelve, twenty eight Fathom 5 at two in the Morn- ing, twenty fix; at four, twenty four; at fix, twenty three 5 at eight, twenty eight ; at twelve, twenty two. We paffed by many fmall Iflands, and among many dangerous Shoals, without any remarkable occurrence, till the 4th of February, when we got within three Leagues of the North-Weft Cape of New GuineA^ called by the Dutch Cape Malo. Off this Cape there lies a fmall woody Ifland, and many Iflands of different Sizes to the North and North- Eaft of it. This part' of New Guinea is high Land, adorn d with tall Trees that appeared very Green and Flourilhing. The Cape it felf is not very high, but ends in a low (harp point ; and on cither fide there appears another fuch point at equal diftances, which mak'^s it refemble a Diamond. Thii on- ly appears when you are abreaft of the middle point ; and then you have no ground within three Leasues of the Shore. in H ill fevea tig : and bunded, . I went till two lin, and eight in , twenty : twelve, le Morn- four^ at ty eighty |h tids, and without the 4th lin three ? of New pe Mabo. 1 woody cnt Sizes t. This , adorn d •y Green ilf is not p point 5 i another , which Thii on- : of the have no le Shore. In '^ii S^ % I Vitt:JJt.jP^rtX 3i^e-vs^ Guinea ^^' ^.Wh.W.SX. JttuUlJdtnJyJ^. :Aij toe land if pMt ofm. Guinea Z4t. z .j i CV.JS. h.^.oX.. JfnrUX/t. s.j/.n J ^. W.a Z . b4arinai, and. tay:f to^Z wtudofjtlft. 2L*ii«l y^j m \JW.hS. J.h.W. SZ. ^y. ^!MJlWMiffliMpMfBwl|^Kp^M^«^WWW^^H^Wi^WM^M- ^^ M^ 4 K.-^MgM -sf. J*, ft', SZ. a\ jiiii tHodisyJ^mcjl^i , lltoi-J««ir«l "i/L.mUmi ■Au4 """l^at th*fit, btMJn^, Midk h^nAanu af/maUJf/tivundit. h4 nit/ thut M/jUdi :Xfu 7r.htaiLff2lLt£UX W^.Uf Wkenjtcuiv hayi.y:!^.nta^ h^ade/JitJttl W.J. W.^Z. ifmt lays fff th^AlflA an^Sa. muta afJ/Lutdj a, hcut ijZ. at this jiAt, . w X sir. y^.X.h.j^.ixZ. . JfC.^y.g^.JS.JZ, — » * "i 8X, zj. ^m^ / thuj, at t/ui MiHi^^ ih^iiJiikft^ii New Guinea. 103 In the Afternoon we paft by the Cape, f^^- and flood over for the Illands. Before it was dark, we were got within a League of the Wefternjoft 5 but had no ground with fifty Fathom of Line. However fearing to ftand nearer in the dark, we tack*d and flood to the Eafl, and plyed all Night. The next Morning we were got five or fix Leagues to the Eaflward of that Ifland^ and having the Wind Eafter- ]y, we flood in to the Northward among the lflands5 founded, and had no gfound. Thenlfent in my Boat to found, and they had ground with fifty Fathom near a mile from the Shore. We tack'd be- fore the Boat came aboard again, for fear of a Shoal that was about a mile to the Eafl of thatlfl^nd the Boat went to ^ from whence alfo a Shoal-point flretched out it felf till it met the other; They brought with them fuch a Cockle, as I have men- tioned in my Voyage round the World, found near Celebes ; and they favv many more, fome bigger than that which they brought aboard, as they faid ^ and for this reafon I named it Cockle Uhnd. I fcnt them to found again, ordering them to Fire a Mufquet if they found good An- choring 5 we were then ftanding to tlie Southward, with a fine Breeze. AlToon as they fired, I tack*d and flood in : They told me they had fifty Fathom H 4 when m i 104 Cockle-ljland /!,. .d99when they fired. I tack'd again, and '''"^'^'^ made all the Sail I could to get out, be- ing near fome Rocky Iflands and Shoals to Leeward of us. The Breeze increafed, snd I thought we were out of danger ^ but having a Shole juft by us, and the Wind falling again, I ordered the Boat to tovv us, and by their help we got clear from it. We had a ftrong Tide fetting to the Weftward. At One a-Clock, being pad the Shole, and finding the Tide fetting to the Weft* ward, I anchored in thirty-five Fathom, courfe Sand, with fmall Coral and Shells. Being neareft to Cockle-ljland^ I immedi- ately fent both the Boats thither 5 one to cut Wood, and the other to fi(h. At four afternoon, having a fmall Breeze at South-South-Weft, I made a Sign for my Boats to come aboard. They brought fome Wood, and a few fmall Cockles, none of them exceeding ten pound weight 5 whereas the Shell of the great one weighed feventy-eight Pound 5 but it was now high Water, and therefore they could get no bigger. They alfo brought on board fome Pidgeons, of which we found plenty on all the Iflands where we touched in thefe Seas. Alfo in many places we faw many large Batts, but kill'd none, except thofe I mentioned at VhIo Sabuda. As our Boats came aboard, we s !i ^: t we w South the^ or fiv when fro Grou courf( This Sail. In fmall from ber o theE in the ties t\ an ho or tw Wooc for al no fn I retu my G and ii they i Here theE and I we fc Mor. tweei i'tff n, and ut, be- Shoals :reafed, anger 5 nd the le Box^t 5t clear fetting Shole, Weft, athom, Shells. nmecU- one to At four :eze at For my rought ockles, pound great 5 but ^reforc y alfo IS, of Wands Vlfo in ts, but )n*d at board, we on the Coaji of New-Guinea. 105 we weigh'd and made Sail,.fteering Eaft- ^»' 1^99 South-Eaft as long as the Wind held : In ^-'^'^'^^ the Morning we found we had got four or five Leagues to the Eaft of the place where we weighed. We ftood to and fro till eleven 5 and finding that we loft Ground, anchored in forty-two Fathom, courfe gravelly Sand, with fome Corals This Morning we thought we faw a Sail. Jn the Afternoon I went afhore on a fmall woody I/land, about ( ^ o Leagues from us. Her:i I found the greateft num- ber of Pidgeons that ever I faw either in the Eafi or Weft-hdies, and fmall Cockles in the Sea round the Ifland, in fuch quanti- ties that we might have laden the Boat in an hours time : Thefe were not above ten or twelve pound weight. We cut fome Wood, and brought off Cockles enough for all the Ship's Company 5 but having no fmall Shot, we could kill no Pidgeons. I return*d about four a-Clock 5 aud then my Gunner and both Mates went thither, and in lefs than three quarters of an Hour they kiird and brought off ten Pidgeons. Here is a Tide : The Flood fets Weft and the Ebb Eaft '^ biit.the latter is very faint, * and but of fmall continuance. And fo we found it ever fince we came from Ti- tftor. The Winds we found Eafterly, be- tween North-Eaft and Eaft-South-Eaft :, ■' • ■ So. V*»' iq6 Large Cockles. '^^^ilp^So that if thefe continue, it is impoflible to beat farther to the Eaftv^ -d on this Coaft againft Wind and Current. Thcfe Eafterly Winds encreafed from the time we were in the Latitude of about 2 deg. South 5 and as we drew nigher rhe Line, they hung more Eafterly. And now be- ing to the North of the Continent of A'eu? Guhcd, where the Coaft lies Eaft and Weft, I find the Trade-wind here at Eaft 5 which yet in higher Latitudes is ufually at North North-Weft and North-Weft ^ and fo I did expcft them here, it being to the South of the Line. The 7th in the Morning I fent my Boat afhore on Pidgeon-Ifland ^ and ftaid till Noon. In the Afternoon my Men re- turned, brought twenty-two Pidgeons, and many Cockles, fome very large, fome fmall : They alfo brought one empty Shell, that weighed two hundred and fifty- eight P6und. At four a-Clock we weighed, having a fmall Weftcrly Wind, and a Tide with us^ At feren in the Evening we anchored in forty- two Fathom, near Kifjg William s Ifland^ where I went afhore the next Morning, drank his Majefty's Health, and honoured it with his Name. It is about two Leagues and a half in length, very high, and extraordinarily well doathed with Woods. The Tre^s are of diverfe forts. I King William's IJland. ^ 07 brts, mofl: unknown to us, but all very ^^^^5^- reen and flouriftiing 5 many of them had lowers, fome white, fome purple, others ellow ^ all which fmelt very fragrantly, ^'he Trees are generally tall and ftreight- bodied, and may be fit for any ufes. I faw one of a clean Body, without Knot or Limb, fixty or feventy Foot high by eftimation. It was three of my Fathoms about, and kept its bignefs without any |fenfib)e decrcafe even to the top. The I Mould of the Ifland is black, but not I deep 5 it being very rocky. .On the- fides I and top of the Ifland, are many Palmeto I Trees, whofe Heads we could dilcern o- I ver all the other Trees, but their Bodies I we could not fee. About one in the Afternoon we weigh- ed and ftood to the Eaftward, between the Main and King Williams Ifland 3 lea- ving the Ifland on our Larboard fide, and ; founding till we were paft the Ifland 5 I and then We had no Ground. Here we i found the Flood fetting Eaft by North, and the Ebb Weft by South. There were Sholes and fmall Iflands between us and the Main, which caufed the Tide to fet very inconftantly, and make many whirlings in the Water ^ yet we did not find the Tide to fet ftrong any way, nor the Water to rife much. On loS The Coaji ofNcw Guinea. An.i699» On the 9th, being to the Eafl: ward of i^^'^^Kwg WiUUms Iflaml, we plied all day between the Main and other Illands, ha- ving Eafterly Winds and fair. weather till fevcn the next Morning. Then we had very hard Rain till eight, and faw many Sholes of Fifli. We lay becalm'd off a pretty deep Bay on 'Ntw Gnhtea, a- bout twelve or fourteen Leagues wide, and feven or eight Leagues deep, having low Land near its bottom, but high Land ' without. The Eaftermoft part of New Gutnea feen, "bore Eaft by South, diftant twelve Leagues : Cape jW^^^? Weft-South- Weft half South, diftant feven Leagues. At one in the Afternoon it began to rain, and continued till fix in the Even- ing 5 fo that having but little Wind and moft Calms, we lay ftlll off the formcnti- ond Bay, having King Williams Ifldftd ftill in fight, though diftant by Judgment fifteen or fixteen Leagues Weft. We faw many Sholes of fmall Fifb, fome Sharks, and fdven or eight Dolphins ^ but catcht none. In the Afternoon, being about four Leagues from the Shore, we faw an Opening in the Land, which feem*d to afford good Harbour : In the Evening we faw a large Fire there 5 and I intended to go in (if Winds and Weather would per- mit) to get fome Acquaintance with the Natives, Since r \ m ^^B 4- ^^K^IHI 1 1 1 'Se'w G-uirvea &c . iY.^i. ^ jr-^Uf. liZ. ^iX-ifJi,. vr.xk.x^x. H''«vA<^v< -..i..;/i.i;illM4.' --,.-.. X.h.;jf.^J, S.w.hJ. w. h.:^r. w.^. w. * X.' iy. hx JVXhXiX. ^, X.af,M^X.iaL. J.SX. SZj. ^^tfC^f^^n^^i^^ Y^rmrrrrfmmmtmimmm "V"-' ",",i ''^^Mr''''''''''''\ to 1^ X, and idAdybi/^tnl *^ i/ . i/ \ (ft /• ./Uuinii, ti...f/^ti. .. if.. , ■' i{uil..l.lilU-, JX.jX. j^ TSm. *houu$u X/L ..,„„i,. /u„i„ ,ik./i/./ iiiii///Mi-<. ,,//,/'///,,„///., ,/,:////,i//:. III. .,1. il:ium/i/,i//i/i//M////////////,, Thus ihsu^ ^ ^^crvxiitnct miLmh. Scovsttn4. dt ih€U34Arinai ^'^^ S.J. X./aX. .~>\V', tow ■ V . .^ v.-^iVv SSX- ->SSS: Jsre Thus jh4$t^ .S^3£a,tkiai Jfl.a>i/i.jTem the mxdAUfX, J. S.W^-U^jfZ. The Coaji of N. Guinea. top Since the 4.th inftant that we palled ^'^•^ ^9? Cape Maba, to the 12th, wc had fmall ^"^"""^^^^ Eafterly Winds and Calms, fo that wc an- chored feveral times 5 where I made my Men cut Wood, that we might have a good Stock when a Wefterly VVnid (hould nrefent^ and fo wc ply'd to the Eaftward, a^ Winds and Currents would permit 5 having not got in all above thirty Leagues to the Eaftward of Cape Malfo. But on the 1 2th, at four in the Afternoon, a fmall Gale fprung up at North-Eaft by North, with Rain : At five it.fhuffled a- bout to North-Weft, from thence to the South-Weft, and continued between thofe two Points a pretty brisk Gale 5 fo that we made Sail and fleered away North- Eaft, till the 13th in the Morning, to get about the Cape of Good Hope. When 'twas Day, we fteer'dNorth-Eaft half Eaft, then North-Eaft by Eaft till feven aXlock ; and being then feven or eight Leagues off Shore, wc fteer'd awa^ Eaft 3 the Shore trending Eaft by South. We had very much Raiil all night, fo that we could not carry much Sail : yet we had a very fteddy Gale. At eight this Morning the Weather clear'd up, and the Wind de- creased to a fine Top-gallant Gale, and fet- tled at Weft by South. Wc had more Rain thefe three Days paft, than all the Voyage, in fo ftiQrt time. We were now aboiut <«»» tj 1 1 o The Coafi of N. Guinea. -|*^^^l9p. about fix Leagues from the Land ot New- Gniffca^ which appeared very high ^ And wc f;iw two F-lead-Iands, about t»venty Leagues afunder ^ the one to the Eaft, and the other to the Weft, which laft is called the Cape of Good Hope, We found Variation Eaft 4 deg. ^ . The 15th in the Morning between twelve and two a-Clock, it blew a very brisk Gale at North- Weft, and look'd ve- ry black in the South-Weft. At two it flew about at once to the South-South- Weft,and rained very hard. The VVind fettled fometime at Weft-South- Weft, and we fteered Eaft North-Eaft till three in the Morning : Then the Wind and Rain a- bating, we fteered Eaft half North for fear of coming near the Land. Prefently after, it being a little clear, the Man at the Bowfprit-end, caird out Land on our Starboard Bow. We lookt out and faw it plain. I prefently founded, and had but ten Fathom foft Ground. The Ma- tter, being fomewhat fcar'd, came run- ning in haftc with this News, and faid it was beft to anchor : I told him no, but found again : Then we had twelve Fa- thom 3 the next Caft, thirteen and a half 5 the fourth, feventeen Fathom 5 and then no Ground with fifty Fathom Line. How- ever we kept off the Ifland, and did not go fo fafl: but that we. could fee any ' other I very •d ve- tflew ft,and 'cttled id we in the ain a- Providencc-l/7j;;r/. 1 1 r other danger before we came nigh it. For^^"- ^^99' here miglit have been more /flands not^'^'^'^^ laid .down in my Draughts befides This. For I fearch'd all the Draughts I had, if perchance I might 'find any [(land in the one, which was not in the others 5 But I could find none near us- When it was day, we were about . five Leagues off the Land we fa w 5 but, I believe, not above five Mile or at moft two Leagues off it, when we firft faw it in the Night. This is a tmall Idand, but pretty high 5 I named it Providence. About five Leagues to the Southward of this, chere is ano- ther Ifland, which is called IPil/iam Scoa^ tens J/land^ and lard down in our Draughts : It is a high Ifland, and about twenty Leagues long. It was by mere Providence that wi^ mif9*d the fmaW Wland. For -had not the Wind come to Weft-South^ Weft, and blown bard, fo that we fteered Eaft- North-Eaft ^ we had been upon it by our courfe thatAve fteered before, if we could not have fcen it. This morning we faw many great Trees and Logs fwim by us 5 which it's probable came out of fomc great Rivers on the Main. On the 1 6th we croffed the Line, and found Variation 6 deg. 26 min. Eaft. The 1 8th by my obfervation at noon, we found that we had had a Current fetting to # 115 Sea-Snakes. An, i699' to the Southwarcl, and probably that ^^^ drew ns in fo nigh Scontens Ifland. For this twenty-four Hours we fleered Eaft by- North with a large Wind, yet made but an Eaft by South half South courfe 5 though the Variation was not above 7 deg. Eaft. The^ift we had a Current fetting to • the Northward, which is againft the true Trade Monfoon, it being now near the full Moon. I did expeft it here,, as tn all other places. We had Variation 8 deg. 45min. Eaft. The 2 2d we found but httie Current 5 if any, it fet to the South- ward. .J On the 23d \i\ the Afternoon we faw two Snakes 5 and the next Morning ano- ther, paffing by us, which was furfoufly iffariltcd by two Fiflies, that had kept us Company five or fix days; They were ihaped like Mackarel, and were about that bigncfs and length, and of a yellow greenifh Colour. The Snake (Warn away from theni very faft, keeping his Head above Water ^ the Fiflifnap'd at his Tail 5 but when he turn'd himfelf, that Fifli would withdraw, and another would fnap 5 fo that by turns iYi^y kept him employed 3 yet he ftill defended himfelf, and fwam away a great pace, till they were out of figlrf. the tting to the true lear the as tn all 1 8 deg. nd but 5 South- we faw ng ano- urfoufly kept us ;y were out that yellow tn away is Head lis Tail ^ i»t FiOi would ept him liimrelfj» ill they the y Matthias Ife. ^^3 Xhe 25th betimes in the Morning, we* ^1-^^99 faw an Ifland to the Southward of us, at ^ ^'''^ about fifteen Leagues diftance. Wefteer'd away for it, fuppofing it to be that which the Dntch call Wr/han's Ifland 5 but find- ing it otherwife, I called it Matthias • it being that Saints day. This Ifland is about nine or ten Leagues long, Moun- tainous and Woody, with many Savanna s, and fome fpots of Lind which feem'd to be cleared. • At 8 in the Evening we lay by 5 in- tending, if I could, to anchor under Matthhs I(]e. But the next Morning fee- ing another Ifland about feven or eight Leagues to the Eaftward of it, we fteer'd away for it 3 at noon we came up fair with its South-Weft-end, intending to run along by it, and Anchor on the South- E?A fide : But the Tornadoes came in fo thick and hard, that I could not venture in. This Ifland is pretty low and plain, and cloath'd with Wood 5 th^ Trees were very green, and appear'd to be large and , tall, as thick as they could ftand one by another. It is about two or three Leagues long, and at the South-Weft point there is another fmall low woody Ifland, about a mile round, and about a mile from the other. Between them there runs a riff of Rocks, which joyns them. (The biggeft, I named Sqf/4l/^ Ijiaftd:) I , • Seeing i 1 4' Inlands on the Coaji of An. 1699' ' Seeing we could not anchor here, I '-^'^^^"^ ftqod away to the Southward, to m'ake the Main. But having many hard Squalls and Tornadoes, we were oftpn forced to hand all our Sails and fleer more JEafterly to go before it. On the 26th at four a Clqck it cleared up to a hard Sky, and a brisk fettled Gale 5 then we made as much Sa^il as we could. At five it clear'd up over the Land, and we faw, as we thought, Cape Solomafipcr bearing South- South-Eaft diftance ten Leagues. We had many great Logs and Trees fwim- ming by us all this Afternoon, and much Grafs 5 we (leered in South-South-Eaft till fix, then the Wind flackned, and we flood off till feven, having little Wind: then we lay by till ten, at which time we made SajU and fleer'd away Eaft all Night. 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S IShuu^^th S^lohn si. at tfu^ :Rear^i^ and OHfian^, '£^i . ./ more Lig time this left a larg flde, call \JharU Ifle Main 5 the Main, iv,;. *■ «J New-Guinea. 115 more Lightning than we had feen at any f^l^^ time this Voyage. This Morning we ^^^^^ left a large high Ifland on our Larboard fide, called in the D»^^^ Draughts PFr- \ parts Ifle, about .fix Leagues from the Main 5 and feeing many Smoaks upon the Main, I therefore fteer'd towards it. ^ '1 '>-\^ 1 » I \\\ \ . j^ ^m.'. -^ \W. :>''.\ t 2 •• .\^ CHAP. MMMiMMtifel . V . .. . -t 116 An. i6gg ■f\' /'%' U»! ■-V C H A P. IV. The main Land of New Guinea, Its Inhabitants. Slingers Bay. Small Ijlands, Garret Dennis Ijle described. Its Inhabitants. Their Freer, Anthony Caves I jlamL Its Inhabitants. Trees ^ full of Worms found in the Sea. St, ]ohns Ifland. The main Landl ofNcvj Guinea. Its Inhabitants, The Coaji 'defcribed. Cape ami\ Bay St. George. Cape Orford Another Bay. • The Inhabitants there, A large account of the Au- thor s attempts to Iradewith theni\ He names the place Fort Moiin- ta2;ue. Ihe Country thereabout'^ .defcribed^ and Jts produce. A Burning If and defcribed. A mm p.affage found. Nova Britannia. Sir George Rooks IJland. Long Iflandj and Crown IJland^ dijco'l Q/ered and defcribed. Sir R. Rich's Ijlatti! New Guinea, ipand. A Burning Ijland. firange Spout. A ConjeSiure con- cerning a nen> p^jj^g^ Sottthward, King Williams Ifland. Strange Whirlpools. Di fiance between Cape Mabo^ and Cape St. George^ computed. Ii7 » J An, 1^99 THE main Land, at this place, is high and mountainous, adom'd with tall flourifhing Trees ^ The fides of the Hills had many large Plantations* and Patches of clear*d Land^ v/hich, together w'th the Smoaks we faw, were certain figns of its being well inhabited ^ and I was defirous to have fortie commeixe with the Inhabitants. Being nigh the Shore, we faw firft one Proe -^ a little after, tvv^o or three more ; and at laft a great many Boats came from all the adjacent Bays. When they were forty liK in Number, they approached fo near us, that we could fee each others figns, and hear each other fpeak ^ though we could not underftand them, nor they us. They made figns for us to go in towards the Shore, point' ing that way ^ it was fqually Weather, which at firft made me cautious of going jtoo near ^ but the Weather beginning to [look pretty well, I endeavoured to get I ^ into itS The Inhabitants 'An. 1699. into a Bay a-head of us , which wc '"'"''^'^^ could have got into well enough at firft • but while we lay by, we were driven fo far to Leeward, that now it was more difficult to get in. The Natives lay in their Proes round us 5 to whom * (hew'd Beads, Knives, Glaffes, to allure them to come nearer ^ but they would not come fo nigh, as to receive any thing from us. Therefore 1 threw out fome things to them, viz. a Knife faftned to a piece of Board, and a Glafs- bottle corked up with fome Beads in it 5 which they took up and feemed well pleafed. They often ftruck their left Breaft with their right Hand, and as often held up a black Trun- cheon over their Heads, which we thought was a Token of Friendlhip 5 Wherefore we did the like. And when we ftood in towards their Shore, they feem'd to re- joyce :, but when we ftood off, they frovvn*d, yet kept us Company in their Procs, ftill pointing to the Shore. Aboiir five a Clock we got within the Mouth of the Bay, and founded feveral times, but had no Ground, though within a mile of the Shore. The B ifon of this Bay was above two mile within us, into which we might have gone ^ but as I was not affured of Anchorage there, fo I thought it not prudence to run in at this trnie ^ it being near Night, and feeing a blnck ior- of New Guinea. up Tornado rifing in the Weft, which I mod: ^'- i^9p. fear'd: Befides, we had near two hundred ^-"^^"^ Men in Proes clofe by us. And the Bays on the Shore were. lined with Men from one end to the other, where there conld not be lefs than three or four hundred more. What Weapons rhey had, we kaow not, nor yet their defign. There- fore I had, at their firft coming near us, got up all our fmall Afms, and made fc- vcral put on Cartouch Boxes to prevent Treachery. At laft I refolved to go out again : Which when the Natives in their Proes perceived, they began to fling Stones at us as faft as thev could, being provided with Engines for that purpofe ^ (wherefore I named this place Slhijisrs Bay :) But at the Firing of one Gnn they were all amaz'd, drew off and ilung no more Stones. They got together, as if confulting what to do ^ for they jid not make in towards the Shore, but la;/ ftilT, though fome of them were killed or wounded ^ and many more of them had paid for their boldnefs, but that I was unwilling to cut off any of them ^ which if I had done, I could not hope after- wards to bring them to treat with me. The next day we failed clofe by an I- iland, where we faw many Smoaks, and Men in the Bays 3 out of which came two or three Canoas, taking much pains to I 4 over- \\ li f i I! ' L/^rsj 120 The Inhabitants of 't"^^\ overtake us, but they could not, though we went with an eafy Sail 5 and I could not now ftay for them. As I part by the South-Eaft po. c, I founded feveral times within a mile of the S^ndy Bays, but had no Ground : About three Leagues to the Northward of the b'outh-Eaft point, vve opened a large deep Bay, fecur'd from Weft-North-Weft and South-Weft Winds. There were two other Iflands that lay to the North-Eaft of it, which fecur'd the Bay from North-Eaft Winds ^ One was but fmall, yet woody ^ the other was a League long, inhabited and full of Coco- Nut-Trees. I endeavoured to get into this Bay ^ but there came fuch flaws oif from the high Land over it, that I could not 5 Befides, we had many hard Squals, which deterr'd me from it ^ and Night coming on, I would not run any hazard, but bore away to the fmall inhabited I- fland, to fee if we could get Anchoring on the Eaft fide of it. When vve came there, we found the Ifland fo narrow, that there could be no Shelter 3 therefore I tack*d and ftood toward the greater I- fland again : And being more than mid- way between both, I lay by, defigning to endeavour for Anchorage, next Morn- ing. Between feven and eight at Night, we fpied a Cnnoaclofe by us^ and feeing no more, fuffered her to come aboard. She 1-^/^ New Guinea. 121 r'd from Winds, at lay to :ur'd the One was er was a of Coco- get into flaws off 1 1 could d Squals, id Night ' hazard, abited I- tichoring WQ came narrow, herefore reater I- an mid- efigning t Morn- t Night, d feeing aboard. She She had three Men in her, who brought^"- '^9? off five Coco-nuts, for which I gave each ^:^^'^^^^^ of them a Knife and a firing of Beads, to encourage them to come off' again in the Morning : But before thefe went away, we faw two more Canoas coming^ there- ' fore we (lood away to the Northward from them, and then lay by again till Day. We faw no more Boats this Nighty neither defign'd to fuffer any to come a- board in the dark. , By nine a Clock the next Morning, we were got within a League of the great Ifland, but were kept off^ by violent gufts of Wind. Thefe Squals gave us warning of their approach, by the Clouds which hung over the Mountains, and afterwards defcended to the Foot of them 5 and then it is we expeft them fpeedily. On the 5d oi March ^ being about five Leagues to Leeward of the great Ifland, we faw the Main Land a-head ^ and another great high Ifland to Leeward of us, di- ftance about feven Leagues ^ which we bore away for. It is called in the Dntclf Draughts, Garret Dennis Ifle. It is about fourteen or fifteen Leagues round ^ high and mountainous, and very woody: Some Trees appeared very large and tall ; and the Bays by the Sea-fide are well ftored with Coco- nut-Trees^ where we alfo faw fome fmall Houfes. The fides ©f " s^l I' ■ If I Ml Mi 122 (jarrct Dennis Ijlc. An. \699' of the Mountains are thick fct with Plan" ^■^'^^^tations^ and thcMoukl in the new cicar'd Land, fecm*d to be of a brown rcddiQi Colour. This Island is of no regular Fi- gure, but is full of points (hooting forth into the Sea i; between which are many Sandy Bays, full of Coco-nut-Trees. The middle of .the isle lies in 5 deg. 10 min. South Latitude. It is very populous : The Natives are very black, ftrong, and well limb'd People ^ having great round Heads 3 their Hair naturally curl'd and Ihort , which they fliavc into feveral forms, and dye it alfo of divcrfe Colours, 7ji%. Red, White and Yellow. They have broad round Faces with great bot- tle Npfes, yet agreeable enough, till they disfigure them by Painting, and by wearing great things through their Nofes as big as a Mans Thumb and about four Inches long ^ thefe are run clear through both Noftrils, one end coming out by one Cheek-Eone, and the other end againft the other ^ and their Nofes fo ftretched, that only a fmall flip of them aippears about the Ornament. They have alfo grec^"'i^9% dorn d with lofty Trees. We faw many ^-''''^'^^ Plantations on the fides of the Hills, and abundance of Coco-nut-trees about themy as alfo thick Groves on the Bays by the Sea fide. As v/c came near it, three Ca- noas came off to us, but would not come aboard. They were fuch as we had fceu about the other Iflands : They fpoke the fame Language, and made the fame Signs of Peace ^ and their Canoas were fuch, as at Caves Ifland. We flood along by St Johns IJland^ till we came almoft to the South-Eaft Point ^ and then feeing no more Iflands to the Eaftward of us, nor any likelihood of an- choring under this, I fteer'd away for the Main of Nev-Guwea ^ we being now (as I fuppos'd) to the Eaft of it, on this North fide. My defign of feeing thefe I- flands as I paft along, was to get wood and water , but could find no Anchor- Ground, and therefore could not do as I purposed. Befides, thefe Iflands are all fo populous, that I dar'd not fend my Boat afhorc, unlefs [ could have anchored pretty nigh. Wherefore I rather chofe to profecute my Defign on the Main, the Seafon of the Year being now at hand ; for I judged the Wefterly Winds were nigh fpent. On ' -. m.<' Itt, ! 12 !i 8 The Main of New Guinea; An,^6og. On the 8th of March^ we faw fome> ^/'^''''^ Smoaks on the M lin, being diftant from it foiir or five Lengnes. Tis Very high, woody Land, "with fome fpots of Savan- nah. About ten in the Morning fix or feven Canoas came off to us : Moft of them had no more than one Man irf them 5 they were all black, with (hort curl'd Hair -^ having the fame Ornaments in their Nofes, and their Heads fo (hav'd and painted, and fpeaking the fame words, as the Inhabitants oiCavts Ifland before- mentioned. There was a Head-land to the South- ward of us, beyond which feeing no Land, I fuppofed that from thence the Land trends away more Wefterly. This Head-land lies in the Latitude of 5 deg» 2 min. South, and Meridian diftance from Cape Mabo^ one thoufand tvvo hundred and ninety Miles. In the Night we lay by, for fear of over-lhooting this Head- land. Between which and Cape St. Ma- rks^ the Land is high. Mountainous and Woody 5 having many points of Land fhooting out into the Sea, which make fo many fine Bays. The Coaft lies North- North-Eaft and South-Soiith^Weft. The 9tfi in the Morning a huge black Man came off to us in a Canoa, but would not come aboard. He made the fame figns of Friendftiip to us, as fche reft we had X or of had New-Guinea. had met with 5 yet feem'd to differ in his Language, not ufing any of thofe words which the others did. We faw neither Smoaks nor Plantations near this Head-land. We found here Variation I deg. Eafl:. In the Afternoon, as we plied near the Shore, three Canoas came off to us 5 one had four Men in her, the others two a- piece. That with the four Men, came pretty nigh us, and fhew'd us a Coco-nut find Water in a Bamboo, making figns that there was enough afliore where they lived 5 they pointed to the place where they would have us go, and fo went a- wiy, Wc faw a fmall round pretty high Illand about a League to the North of this Head-land, within which there wasa large deep Bay, whither the Canoas went ; niid we fkrove to get thither before Night, but could not 5 wherefore we flood off, and faw Land to the Weft ward of this Head»Land, bearing Weft by South half South, diftance about ten Leagues ^ and, as wc thought, ftill more Land bearing South-Weft by Souths diftance twelve or fourteen Leagues : But being clouded, it difappeared, and we thought we had been deceived. Before Night we opened the Head-Land fair, and I named it Cape &o George. The Land from hence trends •xway Weft-North-Wefl: about tenLeag I2p All. 1699 r •!„ If » 1-1 ill m I .?! I II If ! m 'tt ii 111 .v|i« 30 TIjc Main Land of ^-^^^ which is as far as we could fee it 5 andi ^^^ the Land that we fawto the Weftward of I it in the Evening, which bore Weft by South half South, was another point a- bout ten Leagues from Cape 5/. George • between which there runs in a deep Bay for twenty Leagues or more. We faw fomc high Land in fpots like Iflands, down in that Bay at a great diftance 5 but whether they are Iflands, or the Main clofing there, we know not. The next Morning we faw other Land to the South- Eaft of the Weftermoft point, which till then was clouded ^ it was very high Land, and the fame that ue faw the day before, that difappear'd in a Cloud. This Cape St. George lies in the Latitude of 5 deg. 5 min. Souths and Meridian diftance from Gape Maho a thoufand two hundred and ninpty Miles. The Ifland off this Cape, I called St, Georges Ifle 5 and the Bay be. twQein it and the Weft-point, I named & Georges Bay. Note^ No Dutch Draught? go fo far as this Cape, by ten Leagues. On the loth in the Evening, we got within a League of the Weftermoft Land feen, which is pretty high and very woody, but no appearance of Anchoring. I ftood off again, dcfigning (if poffible) to ply to and fro in this Bay, till I found a convcniency to Wood and Water. We faw no more Plantations, nor Coco-nut- • Trces) Rirtz. OrforiL mmmm MimMS^j^MMMl jSjZ. Sluu*ith :Pot Pon Partz Orford. ISava. Birittannia :P.V< m m m 1! i til ¥ (i ■ If l.f.^^^>^.„, Trees 5 y fmall Fir Morning the Coun peaked at fent forti We took fplit it foi fome fma The da Weft Cap North of 1 called m it Cape Or tron^ drin Cape bear Weft aboi them thei Leagues d( all round though tl Cape Orfoi 24 min. S( Meridian forty four 1 from this i I the Bay, a Weft per ^9deg. V^ which is h «ach fide c than wood New-Guinea. 1 3 1 Trees 5 yet in the Night we diTcerned a ^". ^^99 fmall Fire right againft us. The next ^^'^^^''"^ Morning we Taw a Burning Mountain in the Country. It was round, high, and peaked at top (as moft Vulcanos are,) and fent forth a great quantity of Smoak. We took up a Log of drift Wood, and fph't it for Firing ^' in which we found feme fmall Fifti. The day after, wc pad by the South- Weft Cape of this Bay, leaving it to the North ot us: When we were abreaf o^it„ 1 called my Officers together, and nar..'?d it Cape Orford, in honour of my noble Pa- tron 3 drinkinghis Lordlhip's health Thi^ Cape bears from Cape St. Geor ^ South- Weft about eighteen Leagues^ Between them there is a Bay about twenty five Leagues deep, having pretty high Land all round it, efpecially near the Capes, though they themfelves are not high* Cape Orford lies in the Latitude of 5 deg, 24 min. South, by my Obfervation ^ and Meridian diftance from Cape St. George^ forty four miles Weft. The Land trends I from this Cape North- Weft by Weft into I the Bay, and on the other fide South- Weft per Compafs^ which is South- Weft 1 9 deg. Weft, allowing the Variation [which is here 9 deg. Eaft. The Land on wch fide of the Cape, is more Savannah than wood Land 5. and is higheft on thd K ^ North-^ 1^1 • The Main Land of An. 1^99 North- Weft fide. The Cnpe it felf is a ^^^'^ Bluft- point, of an indifferent heighth, with a flat Table Laud at top. When we were to the South- Weft of the Cape, it appeared to be a low point ftiootine out^ which you cannot fee when abreaft of it. This Morning wc ftruck a Log of Drift-wood with our Turtle-Irons, hoifted it in and fplit it for Fire- wood. After, wards we ftruck another, but could not get it in. There were many Fifh a- bout it. We ftcer'd along South-Wdft as the Land lies, keeping about fix Leagues off the Shore ; and being defirous to cut Wood and fill Water, if I faw any con- veniency, I lay by in the Night, becaufci I would not mifs any place proper for] thofe ends, for fear of wanting fuch Ne- ceffaries as we could not live without.l This Coaft is high and mountainous, and I not fo thick with Trees as that on the o| ther fide of Cape Orford. On the 14th, feeing a pretty deep Bayl a-head, and fome Klands where I thought we might ride fecure, wc ran in towards the Shore, and faw fome Smoaks. At ten a Clock w^ faw a point, which (hot out pretty well into the Sea, with a Bafj within it, which promifed fair for VVa-j ter ; and we ftood in, with a moderatel Gale. Being got into the Bay within m Point, ¥ C/^/Nj New Guinea. 15:5 Point, we faw many Coco-niit-Trces, ;^';^5i*» Plantations, and Houfes. When Icame ' ^^ within four or five mile of the Shore, fix faall Boats came off to view us, with about forty Men in them all. Perceiviuc^ that they only came to view us, and would not come aboard, I made figns and wavt^ to them to go alhore 5 but they did not or would not underftand me 5 therefore I whiftled a fhot over their Heads out of my Fowling-piece, and then they pull'd away for the Shore as hard as thev could. Thefe vvere no fooncr aftiore, but we faw three Boars coming from the Iflands to Leeward of us, and they foon came within call 5 for we lay becalm'd. One of the Boats had about forty Men in her, and was a large well built Boat 5 the other two, were but fmall. Not long after, { faw ano- ther Boat coming out of that Bay where I intended to go : She likewifc was a large Boat, with a high Head and Stern Pain- ted, and fall of Men -^ this I thought came off to fight us, as *tis probable they all did 5 therefore I fired another fmall (hot over the great Boat that was nigh us, which made them leave their babling and take to their Paddles. We ftill lay be- calmed 3 and therefore they rowing wide of us, direfted their courfe toward the other great Boat that was coming off : Wheii K ? thoy 34 The Inhabitants of ><«;Jl^. they were pretty near each other, I caused ^'^'^^^^ the Guuner to fire a Gun between thcin, which he did very dextroufly 5 it wai load^n with round and Partridge (hot ^ the lafl: dropt in the Water fomewhat fliort of them, but the round (hot went between both Boats, and grazed about a hundred yards beyond them ^ this fo affrighted them, that they both rowed away for the Shore as faft as they could, without coming near each other 5 and the little Boats made the beft of their way after them : And now having a gen- tle Breeze at South-South-Eaft, we bore into the Bay after them. When we came by the point, I faw a great number of Men peeping from under the Rocks : I ordered a (hot to be fired clofc by, to fcare them. The (hot graz'd between us and the point 5 and mounting again, flew over the point, and grazed a fecond time juft by them. We were obliged to fail along clofe by the Bays 5 and feeing multitudes fetting under the Trees, I or- dered a third Gun to be Fired among the Coco-nut-Trees, to fcare them 5 for my bu(inefs being to Wood and VVater, I thought itnecelTary toftrike fome terrour into the Inhabitants, who were very nu- • merous, and (by what I faw now, and had formerly experienced,) treacherous- After this I fent my Boat to found ; they had tr 5 a causy them, it wai fhot ^ lewhat t went bout a this fo rowed could, ad )f their ; a gen- ve bore Ive came mber of ocks : I by, to between g again, I fecond Jiged to i feeing JS, lor- long the for my ^ater, I terrour ^ery nu- >w, and :herouj, i 5 they had New Guinea. 155 had firft forty, then thirty, and at hdAn. i^^? twenty Fathom Water. We followed ^^"^• the Boat, and came to anchor about a quarter of a mile from the Shore, in twenty fix Fathom Water, fine black Sand and Oaze. We rode right againft the Mouth of a fmall River, where I ho[>ed to find freih Water. Some of the Natives (landing on a fmall point at the Rivers Mouth, I fent afmalLflio^- over their Heads to fright them ^ which it did cffeftually. In the Afternoon I fent ni :?od upon the point by the Rivers Morth with a prefent of Coco nuts ^ when the Boat was come near the Shore, they came run- ning into the Water, and put their Nuts into the Boat. Then I made a fignal for the Boat to come aboard, and fent both it and the Yawle into the River to look for frefh Water, ordering the Pinnace to lye near the Rivers Mouth, while the Yawle went up to fearch. In an hours time they returned aboard with fome Bar- rcccoes full of frefli Water, which they had taken up about half a mile up the River. After which, I fent them again with Casks 5 ordering one of them to fill Water, and the other to watch the moti- on of the Natives,, Icafl: they (hould make any oppofition 5 but chey did not, and fo the Boats return'd a little before Sun- R 4 fee i:' w I nil tM y 1^6 The Inhabitants of An. 1699. fct with a Tun and half of Water 5 and '•^"^'''^ the next day by noon brought aboard about fix Tun of Water. I Cent afliore Commodities to purchafe Hogs, &c. being informed that the Na- tives have plenty of them, as alfo of Yamms and other good Roots 3 But my Men returned without getting any thing that I fent them for ^ the Natives being unwilling to Trade with us : Yet they admired our Hatchets and Axes 5 but would part with nothing but Coco-nuts 5 vy^hich they us*d to climb the Trees for ; and fo foon as they gave them our Men, they beckon d to them to be gone 5 for they were much afraid of us. The 1 8th, I fent both Boats again for Water, and before noon they had filled all my Casks. In the Afternoon I fent them both td cut Wood 5 but feeing about forty Natives (landing on the Bay at a fmall diftance from our Men, I made a fig- nal for them to come aboard again ^ which they did, and brought me word that the Men which we faw on the Bay were paf- fing that way, but were afraid to conic nigh them. At four a Clock I fent both the Boats again for more Wood, and they return'd in the Evening. Then I called my Officers to confult whether it were convenient to (lay here longer, and en- deavour a better acquaifitance with thcfe ' ' . . • ' people ;, %. • New-Guinea. 157 people 5 or go to Sea. My defign of ^1^99. tarrying here longer, was, if poffible, to ^^'""^^'^^ g€t fome Hogs, Goats, Yamms or other Roots 5 as alfo to get fome knowledge of the Country and its produft. My Officers unanimoufly gave their opinions for (laying longer here. So the next day I fent both Boats afliore ^again, to fi(h and to cut more Wood. While they wereafhore, about thirty or forty Men and Women part by them 5 they were a little afraid of our People at firft ^ but upon their making figns of Friendfliip, they part by quietly ^ the Men finely bedeck'd \» Itn Feathers of divers Colours about thc'f Heads, and Lances in their Hands 5 The Women had no Ornament about them, nor any thing to cover their Naked- neft, but a bunch of fmall green Boughs, before, and behind, ftuck under a ftring which came round their Waftes. They carried large Baskets on their Heads, full of Yamms. And this I have obfcrv'd amongft all the wild Natives I have known, that they make their Women carry the burdens, while the Men walk before, without any other load than their Arms and Ornaments. At noon our Men .' came aboard with the Wood they had cut, and had catch'd but fix Fifties at four or five hauls of the Sain, though we faw abundance of Fi(h leaping in the Bay all . the day long, * In ,.p * 1 3 8 The Inhabitants of -j^j^j^ In the Afternoon I fent the Boats a- ^^^ fhore for more Wood ^ and feme of our Men went to the Natives Houfes, and found they were now more (hy than they iis'd to be 5 had taken down all the Coco- nuts from the Trees, and driven away^ their Hogs. Our People made figns to them to know what was become of their Hogs, &c. The Natives pointing to fome Houfes in the bottom of the Bay, and imitating the noife of thofe Creatures, feem*d to intimate that there were both Hogs and Coats of federal fizes, which they exprefs'd by holding their Hands a- broad at feveral diftances from the Ground. At night our Boats came aboard with Wood ^ and the next Morning I went my felf with both Boats up the River to the Watering-place, carrying with me all fuch Trifles and Iron-work as I thought moft proper to induce them to a Commerce with us 5 but I found them very (hy and roguifli. I faw but two Men and a Boy : One of the Men by fome figns was per- fwaded to come to the Boat's fide, wheVc I was 5 to him I gave a Knife, a String of Beads, and a Glafs-bottle ^ the Fellow caird out, Cocos^ Cocos^ pointing to a Vil- lage hard by, and fignified to us that he would go for fome ^ but he never re- turn'd to us. And thus they had fre- quently New Guinea. I5f qucntly of late ferved our Men. I took^n. i6>9. eight or nine Men with me» and march- ^^^""""^^^ ed to their Houfes, which I found very mean 5 and their Doors made faft with Withes. I vifited three of their Villages ^ and finding all the Houfes thus abandon d by the Inhabitants, who carried with ^han all their Hogs, &c^ I brought or>t of their Houfes fome fmall Fifliing-nets in recompence for thofe things they had re- ceived of us. As we were coming away, wc faw two of the Natives \ I fhewed them the things that we carried with us, and called to them, Cocos, Cocos^ to Jet them know that I took thefe things be- caufe they had not made good what they had promised by their Signs, and by their calling out Cocos, While I was thus em- ployed, the Men in the yawle filled two Hogsheads of Water, and all the Barre- ccoes. About one in the afternoon I came aboaid, and found all my Officers and l^en very importunate to go to that Bay where the Hogs were faid to be. I was loath to yield to it, fearing they would deal too roughly with the Natives. By two a-Clock in the afternoon many black Clouds gathered over the Land, which I thought would deter them from their En- terprJze 5 but they folicited me the more to let them go. At laft I confented, fend- ing !. •'■ 1 :!Hi 140. Tl'C Inhahitarit? on An »l99mg thofe Commodities I Lad ailiorc wkh me in the Morning, and givh:;: iJicm a ftricl charge to deal by fair nieaiis. ajjd to ad cautiondy for their own Security. The Bay I fent them to, was about two Miles from the Ship. Affoon as they were gone, I got all things ready., that, if I faw occalion, / might aflift then; with my great Guns. When they came to land, the Natives in great Companies, ftoodto refift them c, fliaking their Lances, and thrcatning them ; And fome were fa daring, as to wade into the Sea, holding a Target in one Hand and a Lince in the other. Our Men held up to them fuch Commodities as I had fent, ,\\A made figns of Friendrtiip 5 but to no piirpofe 5 for the Natives waved them off. Seeing therefore they could not be prevailed up- on to a friendly Commerce, my Men, be- ing rcfolvcd uy have fome Provifion a- mong them, ' !d fome Muskets to fcare xJiem away ^ which had the (^efired ef- feft upon all but two or three, who ftood ftill in a menacing pofture, till the boldefl; dropt his Target and ran away 5 They fuppos'd he was (hot in the Arm : He and fome others felt the fmjjrt of our Bullets, but none were kill'd 5 our defign being rather to fright than to kill them. Our Mer. landed, and found abundance of t^me Hogs running anaong the Honfe got wl m a Id to |rity. two |thcy it, if [with re to inies^ the A^aw of New Guinea. They (hot down nine, which tliey brought away, bcfides many that r'^.n Ci\i'ay vvoun ded. They had but little time ^ foi in lefs than an hour after they went fromthe Ship, it began to fain : Wherefore they got what they could into the Boats 5 for I had charged them to come away if it rain*d. By that time the Boat was aboard, and the Hogs taken in, it clear'd up^ and my Men defir*d to make another trip thi- ther before night ; This was about five in the Evening ^ and I confented, giving them order to repair on Board before night. In the clofe of the Evening they returned accordingly, with eight Hogs more, and a little live Pig ^ and by this time the other Hogs were jerk'd and fak- ed. Thefe that came laft, we only drefl and corn d till morning 5 and then fent both Boats aftiore for more Refrefhments., either of Hogs or Roots : But in the night the Natives had convey 'd away their Pro- vifions of all forts. Many of them were now about the Houfes, and none ofFer'd to refift our Boats landing, but on the contrary were fo amicable, that one Man brought ten or twelve Coco-nuts, left them on the Shore after he had (hew'd them to our Men, and we.nt out of fight. Our People finding nothing but Nets and iBHigcs, brought fomc of them away ^ ■ whicb two of my Men brought aboard iri a fmall 4^ '>'"' '"^ 1 if i/V ^"j^i^PP-fmall Canoa ^- and prefently after, my Boats came off. 1 ordered the Boatfwain to take care of the Nets, till we came at fome place where they might be difpofed of for fome Refrefhment fer the ufe of all the Company : The Images I took into my own cuftody. In the Afternoon I fent the Canoa to the place from whence fhe had been brought 5 and in her, two Axes , two Hatchets (one of them helv'd,) fix Knives, fi^ Looking- glaffes, a large bunch of Beads, and four Glafs-bottles Our Men drew the Canoa afhore, placed the things to the beft advantage in her, and came off in the Pinnace which I fent to guard them. And now being well ftock*d with Wood, and all my Wnier-casbs full, I refolv*d to fail the next Morning. All the time of our ftay here, v e had very fair Weather ^ only fometimes in the Afternoon wb had a Shower of Rain, which lafted not above an hour at moft : Alfo fome Thunder and Lightning, with very little Wind. VVe had S?a and Land-breezes 5 the for- mer between the South-South- Eaft, and th.^ latter from North-Eaft to North* Weft. This place I named Port Mount ague^ in honour of my noble Patron. It lies in the Latitude of 6 deg. 10 min. South, ' 4Cid Meridian diftancc fcom Cape St^ New Guinea. 43 , my a in to fome of for 1] the o my loa to been two nives, Jeads, drew to the off in them, l^ood, v'd to me of ithcr 5 ehad ibove under Vind. jfor- and brth* «e,in ies in 3utb, ? 5/4 (Jeorge, one hundred fifty one miles Weft. ^"- '^^p- The Country hereabouts is Mountainous ^"^'"^^''^ and Woody, full of rich Valleys and pleafant frefli Water-brooks. The Mould in the Valleys is deep and yellowifh^ that on the fides of the Hills of a very brown Colour, and not very deep, but rocky underneath ^ yet excellent planting Land. The Trees in general are neither very ftreight, thick, nor tall 5 yet appear green and pleafant enough : Some of them bore Flowers, fome Berries, and others big Fruits 5 but all unknown to any of us. Coco-nut-Trees thrive very well here 5 as well on the Bays by the Sea-fide, as more remote among the Plan- tations. The Nuts are of an indifferent fize, the Milk and Kernel very thick and pleafant. Here is Ginger, Yamms, and other very good Roots for the Pot ^ that our Men faw and tafted. What other Fruits or Roots the Country affords, I know not. Here are Hogs and Dogs ; other Land-Animals we faw none. The Fowls we faw and knew, were Pidgeons, Parrots, Cockadores and Crows like thofe in England'^ a fort of Birds abou: the big- nefsof a Black -Bird, and fmaller Birds many. The Sea and Rivers have pleiicty of FiCh , we faw abundance, though wc catch'abut few, and thefe were Cava I- lies. Yellow- tails and Whip- rays. Wc. I J ' I nm 4 I'i'i \ ■ !! HI J" 1 44 The Coaji of New Guinea: ^^^^J^ We departed from hence on the a ad ^•^"^^^^ of March, and on the 24th in the Even- tug we favv fomc high Land bearing North-Weft half Weft 5 to the Weft of which vvc could fee no Land, though there appeared fomething like Land bea- ring Weft a little Southerly ^ but not be- ing fure of it, I fteered Weft-North-Weft all Night, and kept goino; on with an eafie Sail, intending to coaft along the Shofc at a diftance. At ten a Clock I faw a great Fire bearing North Weft by Weft, blazing up in a I illar, fometimes very high for three or four Minutes, then fal- ling quite down for an equal fpacc of time 5 fometimes hardl^^ vifibk, till it blazed up again. I had laid me down, having been indifpofed this three days : But upon a fight of this, my chief Mate called me 5 I got up and view'd it for about half an Hour, and knew it to be a burning Hill by its intervals : I charg'd them to look well out, having bright Moon-light. In the Morning I found that the Fire we had feen the Night be- fore, was a burning Idand 5 and ftcer'd for it. We faw many other Iflancjs, one large high Ifland, and another fmaller, but pretty high. I ftood near the FHlca- no^ and many fnaall low Iflands with JTomc Shoalj, we came Mitch a Bnrmng IJIe. 145 M^rch the 25th 1700, in the Evening ^n. 1700: we came within three Leagues of this ^■^'^^'^^ jBurning-hill, being at the fame time two Leagues from the Main. I found a good Channe' to pafs between them, and kept nearer the Main than the Ifland, At feven in the Evening I founded, and had fifty two Fathom fine Sand and Oaze. I ftood to the Northward to get clear of this Streigbt, having but little VVind and fair Weather. The Ifland all Night vomited Fire and Smoak very amazing- ly^ and at every Belch we heard a dread- ful Noife like Thunder, and faw a flame of Fire after it, the moft terrifying that ever I faw. The intervals between its Belches, were about half a minute 5 fome more, others lefs : Neither were chefe Pulfes or Eruptions alike 5 for fome were but faint Convulfions, in comparifon ofi the more vigorous 5 yet even the weakeft vented a great deal of Fire 5 but the largeft made a roaring Noife, and fent up a large Flame 20 or 50 yards high ^ and then might be feen a great ftream of Fire running down to the Foot of the Ifland, even to the Shore. From the Furrows made by this defcending Fire^ we could in the day time fee great Smoaks arife, which probably were made by the Sulphureous Matter thrown out ot [the Funnel at the top, which tumbling h down il .,st|f) {■;■ I 'I. I a6 a mrv Fajfage. An. 17-0. down to the bottom, and there lying in ^"^'^^^'^ a heap, burn*d till, either confumed or extinguidied 5 and as long as it burn'd and kept its heat, fo long the Smoak afcended from it 5 which we perceived to increafe or dccreafe, according to the quantity of Matter difcharged from the Funnel. But the next Night, beir^*; (V.oi to the Weilward of the Burning-Iiiand, and the Funnel of it lying on the South 1'*'/";^ fide, we could not difcern the Fire there, ^ as we did the Smoak in the day when wc were to the Southward of it. This Vul- cano lies in the Latitude of 5 deg. 5;; min. South, and Meridian diftance from Cape Si\ George^ three hundred thirty two miles Wcflf. The Eaftcrmoft part of NewGmmi lies forty miles to the Weftward of this Traft of Land 5 and by Hydrographers they are made joyning together : But here I found an opening and paflOige be- tween, with many Illands 5 the largeft of which, lye on the North fide of this Paffage or Streight. The Channel is ve- ry good, between the Iflands and the Land to the Eaftward. The Eaft part New Guinea^ is high and mountainous,!^ ending on the North-Eaft with a largi " Promontory, which I nam'd King WH Half's Cape, in honour of his prefent Ma jefty. We faw fomc Smoaks on it ^ andj leavii [/ Jkrt z nrj S-iJi S. 6Z. 'mm V^. !i:;i 1 Ivin^ in fcj j ^^^^^j mjr»ge and Jf/Lndj anyCra /i of y.GuingA ^ utned or Jr^x. t burn'd le Smoak U'jtZ ^S.hS.joZ. J. u^. h. W^ W. ' W.t.Sj'Z. Jwhw. Tt^hS II X. -z^ ^-.<-^] % ^'J' O 'm '>> /A 7 Photogr^jhic Sciences Corporation 33 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. I4SS0 (716) 872-4503 ^ eaving away : with tv diftant League very r very gr afForde< Profpe( Land w Land t pea red the Sav and eve pears r thefe. ftrive t( to get I I thoug bitants, which \ turc afti ftood o^ very we Laiid t aflbr'd t that th NewGh Britann called ( VVcftf A new Pajjage. 4 eaving it on our Larboard fide, fteer'd^"^ away near the Eaft Land 5 which ends ^^ " with two Remarkable Capes or Heads, diftant from each other about fix or feven Leagues, Wkhin each Head were two very remarkable Mountains, afcending very gradually from the Sea fide 5 which * afforded a very pleafant and agrceablp Profpeft. The Mountains and lower Land were pleafantly mixt with VVood- Land and Savannahs. The Trees ap-f peared very Green and Flourifliing 5 and the Savannahs feem'd to be very fmooth and even 5 No Meadow in England ap- pears more Green in the Spring, thaii thefe. We faw Smoaks, but did not ftrivc to Anchor here ^ but rather chofe to get under one of the Iflands, (where I thought I (hould find few or no Inha- bitants,) that I might repair my Pinnace, which was fo crazy that I could not -ven- ture afhore any where with her. As we flood over to the Iflands, we look'd out very well to the North, but could fee no Land that way 3 by which I was well afliir'd that we were got through, and that this Eaft Land does not joyn to New Guinea'^ Therefore I named it Nova Britannia. The North-VVeft Cape, I, called Cape Ghcefter^ and the South- Weft point Cape Ann 5 and the North- L a Weft 47 lyooy .\ 1 48 Nova Bntanma. An. 1700. vVeft Mountain, which is very remark- ^"^"^'^ able, I caird Mount Gtocefter. This Ifland which I called Novd Bri- tdnnia^ has about 4 deg. of Latitude : The Body of it lying in 4 deg. and the Northermoft part in 2 deg. 30 min. and theSouthermoft in 6 deg. 30 min. South. It has about 5 deg. 18 min. Longitude from Eaft to Weft. It is generally high, mountainous Land, mixt with large Val- leys ^ which, as well as the Mountains, appeared very Fertile 5 and in moft places that we fa w, the Trees are very large, tall and thick. It is alfo very well inhabited with ftrong well-limb*d Negroes^ whom we found very daring and bold at feveral Places. As to the produfl: of it, I know no more than what I have faid in my Account of Port Mountague : But it is very probable this lOand may afford as many rich Commodities as any in the World 5 and the Natives may be eafily brought to Commerce, though I could not pretend to it under my prefent Cir- cumftances. Being near the Ifland to the North- ward of the Vulciino^ I fent my Boat to found, thinking to Anchor here^ but (he returned and brought me word that they had no ground, till they met with a Riff of Coral Rocks about a mile from the Shore. Then I bore away to the J North The Coajl of N. Guinea. 1 4p North fide of the Ifland, where we found An. 1700. no Anchoring neither. We faw feveral ^-"^^^^^^ People, and fome Coco-nut-Trees, but could not fend alhore for want of my • Pinnace which was out of order. In the Evening I ftood off to Sea, to be at fuch a diftance, that I might not be driven by any Current upon the Shoals of this I- fland, if it (hould prove calm. We had but little Wind, efpecially the beginning of the Night ^ But in the Morning I found my (elf fo far to the Weft of the I- fland, that, the Wind being at Eaft-South. Eaft, I could not fetch it ^ Wherefore I kept on to the Southward, and ftemm*d with the Body of a high Idand about eleven or twelve Leagues long, lying to the Southward of that which 1 before de- Cgned for. I named this ifland Sir Gearge Rook^s Ifland. We alfo faw fome other I Hands to the Weftward 5 which may be better feen in my Draught of thefe Lands, than here defcribed. But feeing a very fmall I- fland lying to th:) North- Weft of the long Ifland which was before ns, and not far from it 5 I fteer'd away for that 5 hoping to find Anchoring there : And having but little Wind, I fent my Boat beforei to found 5 which, when we were about two miles diftance from the Shore, came on board and brought me word that there L 3^ was 1 50 The Coaft of N. Guinea. ^|»;«7oo. v^ras good Anchoring in thirty or forty Z^^ Fathom Water, a mile from the Ifle, and .within a rifF of the Rocks which lay in a half Moon, reaching from the North part of the ifland to the South-Eaft 5 So at noon we got in and anchored in thir- ty-fix Fathom, a Mile from the ifle. In the Afternoon I fent my Boat afhore to the Iflarid, to fee what convenience there was to haul our Veffel afhore in order to be mended, and whither we could catch any Fifh. My Men in the Boat rowed about the Ifland, but could not Land by reafon of the Rocks and a • great Surge running in upon the Shore. We found Variation here, 8deg. asmin. Weft. I defign'd to have ftay'd among thefe Iflands till I had got my Pinnace refitted 5 but having no more than One Man who had skill to work upon her, I faw (he would be a long time in repairing 5 (which was one great Reafon why I could not profecute my Difcoveries fur- ther :) And the Eafterly Winds being fet in, I found I (houkl fcarce be able to hold my Ground, The 31ft in the Forenoon we (hot in between two Iflands, lying about four Leagues afunder 5 with intention to pafs between them. The Southermoft is a long Ifland, with a high Hill at each ' ■ end; The Coaft of N. Guinea. 1 5 1 end 5 this I named Loptg IJland. Tho ;^^|;J^ Northermoft is a round high Ifland, tow- ^"^^^^^ ering up with feveral Heads or Tops, fomething refembling a Crown 5 this I named Crown-ljle^ from its form. Both thefe Iflands appeared very pleafant, ha- ving fpots of green Savannahs mixt among the Wood-land ; The Trees ap- * peared very Green and Flourilhing, and fome of them looked white and full of Bloflbms. We paft clofe by Crown- IJle ^ faw many Coco nut-Trees on the Bays and the fides of the Hills ^ and one Boat was coming off from the Shore, but re- turned again. Wj faw no Smoaks on either of the Iflands, neither did we fee any Plantations ^ and it is probable they are not very well peopled. We faw ma- ny Shoals near Crown-IJlaml^ and riffs of Rocks running off from the Points, a mile or more into the Sea, My Boat was once over-board, with defign to have fent her alhore 5 but having little Wind, and feeing fome Shoals, I hoifted her in again, and ftood off out of dan- ger. In the Afternoon, feeing an ifland bearing North- Weft by Weft, we fteer*d away North- Weft by North, to be to the Northward of it. The next Morning, being about mid-way from the iflands W9 left yefterday, and having this, to the / L 4 We(V . I o The Coaft cf N* Guinea. i^n^iToo. Weft ward of us 5 the Lind of the Main ^ of N«p Guinea within us to the South- ward, appear'd very high. When we came within four or five Leagues of this Ifland to the Weft of us, four Boats came off to view us ^ one came within call, but returned with the other three without f peaking to us : So we kept on for the Ifland 5 which I named Sir R. Rich*s Ifland. It was pretty high, woody, and mixt with Savannah's like thofe for- inerly mentioned. Being to the North of it, we faw an opening between it and another Ifland two Leagues to the Weft of it, which before appear'd all in One, The Main feemed to be high Land, trending to the Weft ward. On Tuefdof the ad of Aprils about eight in the Morning, we difcovered a high peeked Ifland to the Weft ward, which feem'd to fmoak at its top. The next day we paft by the North fide of the Burning Ifland, and faw a Smoak again at its top 5 but the vent lying on the South fide of the Pe.ek, we could not obfAve it diftinftly, nor fee the Fire. We afterwards opened three more Iflands, and fome Land to the Southward, which we could not well tell whether it were Iflands or part of the Main. Thefe I- (lands are all high, full of fair Trees and fpots of green Savannahs ^ as well the Burn- mi jfr Jkrt X r-»«»»«. » •«« f «< M XfV. lAanii on tht Cit/t p-f 38'. Guinea i7i y. i. .?v: ^. //i ;y.w. l.wiw. J^/X ^wj. wsz s.l.w.yz. lift SShJ.7X. fr- J.s.JS.ioZ. :Mm^- — — ( toh.J^X • J*, h W $X . *-} ISSX. taX.-. ■i^ jj \-SVN^' k^^^vi^Vv: J iX um/M^i'/J/mm J n/.lj.^x. thtu jK€u/sy lil.ScJkouteja. at th/k JJ^artnfj and jDijtancerj i;^ ^.J*. /J*. i^X \7f'A 'n^^X. ^(.l^^^^^Myft'^'i^'' ?)>!ltW^^ ^-3g^. iw/,/ ;Yj4fZ. Jf. ^X ;. s.x.l^.x}je ^ A SpOHU ley Burning Iflc as the reft 5 but the Burning ^»;j 700. Ifle was more round and peelc'd at top, ' ^'^ ' very fine Land near the Sea, and for two thirds up it. We alfo faw another Ifle fending forth a great Smoak at once 5 but it foon vanilhed, and we faw it no more. We faw alfo among thefe Iflands three fmall Vcffels with Sails, which the people on Nova BritunnU feem wholly ignorant of. The 1 1 th at noon, having a very good obfervation, I found my felf to the Northward of my reckoning^ and thence concluded that we had a Current fetting North- Weft, or rather more Wefterly, as the Land lies. From that time to the next Morning, we had fair clear Wea- ther, and a fine moderate Gale irqin South-Eaft to Eaft by North : But at day break, the Clouds began to fly, and it Lightned very much in the Eaft, South- Eaft, and North-Eaft. At Sun-rifing, the Sky look'd very Red in the Eaft near the Horizon 5 a^d there were many black Clouds both to the South and North of it. About a quarter of an hour after the Sun was up, there was a Squall to the Windward of us ^ when on a fudden one of our Men on the ForeJ 1 62 The Ifland Ceram. >JV7^* Weft 5 and the Wind being from that quarter, we commonly heard them alonp, time before they came 5 and fometimes lowered our Top-fails, thinking it was a guft of Wind. They were of great length from North to Sputh, .but their breadth not exceeding two hundred yards, and they drove a great pace : For though we hid little Wind to move i^s, yet thefe would foon pafs away, and leave the Water very fmooth 5 and juft before we encountred them, we met a great fwell, but it did not break. Tho 26th, we faw the Ifland Ccraw 5 and ftill met fome* riplings, but much fainter than thofe we had the two pre- ceedings days. We faird along the I- fland Ceram to the Weftward, edging in withal, to fee if peradventure we might find a Harbour to Anchor in, where we might water, trim the Ship, and re- frelbouiMea In the Morning we faw a Sail to the . l^orth of us, fteering in for the Weft- end of Ceram^ as we Rkewife were. In the Evening, being near the Shore on the North-fide of the Ifland, I ftood off to Sea with an eafy Sail 5 intending to ftaud in for the Shore m the Morning, and try to find Anchoring, to fill Wa- ter, and get a little Fifti for refrefhmcnt. Accordingly in the Morning early, I ftood XiW^JS. ^fj. yiT.JS./Ji 3on», *t W.J.w. ^*i" s^yf f^ ^.\ . -OSKw? - tPx-iJ?. m that a lonp, letimes it was great t their andred pace : Omove away, 1 ^ and Are met i.» Zeram 5 much ro pre- \ the I- ging in J might ere we nd re- to the Weft- re. In ore on )od off ling to >rning, 1 VVa- hnjcnt. rly. I ftood Virl III Art z . SU^U XV Oilolo and atfurJflarUf l^etuHiti it and Bo ur o ^ , ^^ llaio.Mftd^ ^gB^mSBma^^ 11/. ■j.um'L^^^:], .,5>J> ^^ TAmu ih4u^yJir.W.J(0rt of Ceiraxn 4ind,f^3^ wk4eA ***** umtartd and *t* .^. W.S.tv.g'X. ^^^J^ Ift Jion», m,.M„.. .J/"'' //■^#^' u^.4.X. ;,/../A//i(liKivVt i»:ff . Xh* JjtlMn d Bona, o TMdj ^/uuMttfi '^t>^.U/.Rtrt atf CexMMi. i^J/t.3^M», andiht XnuuL and I^. -that ttyi to -ih* Jouihuwrd of JBotiA ^Boujfo ^-. JKR*"? -r tfi-.;v!^., i I I ftood i Cerdm , BonaOy the da) U3, ftet CerafH j for hirr us, not Boat a come 1 Amhoyn Boat, I each cc thirty i The Sic for Sale Malayah that ab BcpjcoU, either c Comma that R( ment. In th North a Boat tc with th thom from tl River o ing I fe they re The Ijland Ceram, 1 6^ flood in with the North- Weft point of ^"- J7o©. Cerdm 5 leaving a fmall Ifland, called ^■'^^^^'^^ Boftao^ to the Weft. The Sail we faw the day before,was now come pretty nigh U3, fteerjngin alfo (as 'we did) between CeraM and Bondo. I (hortned Sail a little for him 5 and when he got a-breaft. of us, not above two miles off, I fent my Boat aboard. It was a Dutch Sloop, come from Tcrra^ate. and bound for AmhoytJA : My Men whom I fent in the Boat, bought five Bags of new Rice, each containing about one hundred and thirty pounds, for ^va Spamjt) Dollars. The Sloop had many rare Parrots aboard for Sale, which did not want price. A MaLyafT Merchant aboard, told our Men, that about fix Months ago he was at BcficoU, and at that time the Governour either dyed or was ^!ird, and that the Commander of an EngUjh Ship then in that Road fucceedcd to that Govern- ment. In the Afternoon, having a Breeze at North and North-North- Eaft, I fent my Boat to found, and ftanding after her with the Ship, anchored in thirty Fa- thom Water oazy Sand, half a mile from the Shore, right againft a fmall River of frefli Water. The next Morn- ing I fent both the Boats afliore to fifh^ they rcturn'd about ten a Clock, with a IVt 7. lew u 164 Strange Fowls* An. foo few Mullets artel three or four Cavallies, '"'^^'''^'^ and fomc Pan-Fi(h. We found Variation here, 2 deg. 1 5 min. Eaft. When the Sea was firiooth by the Land- winds, we fent our Boats afhore for Wa- ter 5 who, in a . curns, filled all our Casks. The Land here is low, fwampy and woody ^ the Mould is a dark Gray, fri- able Earth. Two Rivers came out within a Bow-(hot of each other, juft oppofite to the place where we rode : One comes right down out of the Coun- try 5 and the other from the South, run- ning along by the Shore, not Mufquet {hot from the Sea- fide. The Norther- nioft River is biggeft, and out of it we filled our Water 5 our Boats went in and out at any time of Tide. In fome places the Land is overflown with frefli Water, ;it full Sea. The Land hereabouts is full of Trees unknown to us, but none of them very large or high ^ the Woods yield many wild Fruits and Berries, fuch as I never faw el fe where. We met with no Land- Animals. The Fowls we found, were Pidgeons, Parrots, Cockadores, and a great number of fmall Birds unknown to me One of the Matter's Mates killed two Fowls as big as Crows ^ of a black Colour, excepting that the Tails were all white. Their Necks were pretty long, one avallies, ariation le Land- for Wa- all our ipy and ay, fri- me out tier, juft e rode : e Coun- th, run- MuCquct Slortner- 3f it we It in and ne places b Water, Its is full none of Woods es, fuch net with e found, >res, and nknown is killed a black were all y long, one i'oi JJJ J*art ^ . ,- JTAu 3iri u^aj t^tXttx an /^ ^' A JtAttly Xrtuid'^owljiund on. lAe Catist of ^^fimr C%uttsa, dt^rcri^d f A Strang Xrtuxd Awi -/vtituL on th4> Xitiand Ci.ran%, . dercrihed -^^l^ '^ one theot Bills, Legs claws ordin iioife very \ ]5erch is fwe at JVn Ma weigh nM ai ,^ot u Proe ( of Ce\ North our E way, ^ behiiK veriiig with and w find in] and Ci %o the Thi about point Dutd withfl J?^^ tS/ Strange Fotvls^ 1 6^ one of which was of a Saffron-colour, ,^''''^ the other black. They had very large '"^'^^^ Bills, much like a Rams-horn 5 . their Legs were ftrong and (hort, and their claws like a Pidgeons^ their Wings of an ordinary length : Yet they make a great noife when they fly, which they do very heavily. They feed on Berries, and perch on the highefl Trees. Their FleflV is fweet^ I faw fomc of the fame Species at New Guinea^ but no where elfe. May the ^d, at i\)L in the Morning we . weigh'd, intending to pafs between Bo- nM and Ccram 5 but prefently after we ;^ot under Sail, we faw a pretty large Proe coming about the North- Weft point of Ceram. Wherefore I ftood to the North to fpeak with her, putting aboard our Enfign. She feeing us coming that way, went into a fmall Creek, and skulked behind a point a while : At laft difco- vering her again, I fent my Boat to fpeak with her :> but the Proe row'd away, and would not come nigh it. After this, finding I could not pafs between Bofjno and Ceram^ as I purpofed 5 I fteer'd away io the North of it. This Bofiao is a fmall ffland, lying about four Leagues from the North- Weft point of Ceram. I was infprm*d by the D«/^^ Sloop before-mentioned, that not- withftanding its fmallnefs, it hath one t ■II i 166 The Ifland Bouro. An, 17C0. fine River, and that the Dutcb are there ^^"^^^^^^^ fettled. Whether there be any Natives on it, or not, I know not 5 nor what its produce is. They further faid, that the Ceramers were their mortal Enemies 5 yet that they were fettled on the Weftermoft point of Ceram^ in fpite of the Na- tives. The next day, as we approach'd the Ifland Bouro^ there came off from it a very fragrant fcent, much like that from TLing Williams Ifland ^ and we found fo ftrong a Current fettingto the Weftward, that we could fcarce ftem it. We plied to get to the Southward, intending to pafs between Bouro and KeeUng. In the Evening, being near the Weft- end of Bouro^ we faw a Brigantine to the North- Weft of us, on the North-fide of Bouro^ ftanding to the Eaftward. I would not ftand Eaft or Weft for fear of coming nigh the Land which was on each fide of us, vi%. Bouro on the Weft and Keclang on the Eafli. The next Morning we found our felves in Mid-channel be- tween both Iflands ^ and having the Wind at South- Weft we fteer'd South- South-Eaft, which is right through be- tween both. At eleven a Clock it fell calm, and fo continued till noon 5 by that time the Brigantine, which we faw a-Stern the Night before, was got two or e there Natives ^hat its that the ies 5 yet ftermoft :he Na- ch'd the Totn it a hat from found fo leftward, A^e plied ading to r he Weft- mtine to lorth-fide tward. I or fear of ts on each Veft and : Morning annel be- iving the d South- rough be- Dck it fell loon 5 by :h we faw s got two or IPahU^'VI ^o^'o anA. athtr J/lands h^tuuen itandAmho j, . ^T7 \ — . This lit. ntaiujXhus at tkiA^^ctrUMi -whtnjf Ifl.3om. Jh^wi dty oAdrjiA ^.z. .><'' S. wi J. /Z . ""^.^r^-^^W.b.J./X, Thuj Sh*M^ -Ai^ JM,. Afntolow and 3curc at- -^CtJUa^na^ i\^SS^^\\t~.i. j^.s^W.^X. .\\v,-^\ v,\V-\^^>x^^^,■^-<^v^^.^X^X■i^^ ^l X.S X.j^J.ioX At tfn/i 3earin^ SfuM^t^jr JM^Amho and,y Jfflandi aj you.j^t toySotuh 'UMAu^rd. ^ if . ThtuS Sfuw^thj^Xftandj'L^^^'icJk.and Paniairra at thtA34arina;t w^^ Wfet came h*tu>ei.n aty^tarinM ^vT W: k. ^. aiJhyXflandj h^tuu-tn thaf J^art afAtnho . 11 < I 4 J «"• i. 1 r< or three bable ft Eveninj (he ke( could have a where fetting in Mid- Abo which along t Guns Match( Quarte ing on got f d watch faw he At ter fcnt tl aChir rack, modit Comn aftiore they ^ twoo what their proba Dutci v\ /-* - i-J -.1 ■ f.r vrt***-?^^ .»!>' ITje Ijland Boii^. . i6f or three Leagues a-head of us. ft is pro- m^x-joq: bable (he met a ftrong Land-wind in the ^'^^'"^^'^ Evening, which continued all Night 5 (he keeping nearer the Shore, than I could fafely do. She might like wife have a Tide or Current fetting Eafterly, vi^here fhe was ^ though we had a Tide fetting Northwardly againft us, we being in Mid-channel. About eight at Night, the Brigantine which we faw in the day, came clofe along by us on our Weather-fide : Our Guns were all ready before Night, Matches lighted, and fmall Arms on the Quarter-Deck ready loaden. She ftand- ing one way, and we another ^ we foon got further afunder. But I kept good watch all the Night, and in the Morning faw her a-Stern of us, (landing as we did, At ten a Clock, having little Wind, I lent the yawle aboard of her. She was a Chinefe VefTel, laden with Rice, Ar- rack, Tea, Porcellane, and other Com- modities, bound for Amhoyna. The Commander faid that his Boat was gone alhore for Water, and ask*d our Men if they ^aw her 5 for ihe had been wanting two or three days, and they knew not what was become of her. They had their Wives and Children aboard, and probably c me to fettle at fome new Dutch Faftory. The Commander alfo M4 Worm'd • n ■»r ii/ii' ** . i' -ff ' »-^ ' > P /V W (58 The IfJand Mifacomby. An. 1700 inform'd us -that the Dutch h^d latclv UO/-Si fettled at Ampulo^ Memppe^ BonaOy and on a point of Ceram. The ne^it day we paft out to the Southward between Kee- Ung and Bouro. After this, we had for fevcral days a Current fetting Southerly, and a great tumbling Sea, occalion'd mo/e by the ftrong Current than by Winds, as was apparent by the jumping of its Waves againft each other 5 and by bbfervation I found twenty-five miles more Southing then our Courfe gave us. On the 14th we difcovered the Ifland Mifacomhy , and the next day fail'd along to the Weft on the North fide of the Idand. In fome Charts it is called Omha 5 it is a* mountainous Ifland, fpot- ted with Woods and Savannahs 5 about twenty Leagues long, and five or fix broad. We faw no figns of Inhabitants on it. We fell in ncareft to the Weft end of it ^ and therefore I chofe to pafs on to the Weftward, intending to get through to the Southward between this and the next Ifle to the Weft of it, or between any other two Iflands to the Weft^ where I (hould meet with the clcareft paffage ; becaufe the Winds were now at: North-Eaft and Eaft-North-Eaft, and the Ifle lies nearly Eaftard Weft ^ fo that if the Winds continued, I might be a . long lately , and ly we Kee" id for herly, fion'd ill by nping tid by miles gave Ifland faird ide of called fpot- about or fix bitants Weft o pafs to get n this it, or :o the th the s were h-Eaft, jft^fo htbe a long Th Ifland Pentare. . 1 6^ long time in getting to the Eaft end of it, ^- nog. which yet I knew to be the beft paffage. ^^"'"^^^ In the Night, being at the Weft-end, and feeing no clear paffage, I ftood off with aneafieSail, and in the Morning bad a fine Land: wind, which would have car- ried us five or fix Leagues to the Eaft, if we had made the beft of it 5 but we kept on only with a gentle Gale, for fear of a Wefterly Current. In the Mornings finding we had not met with any Current as we expefted 5 affoon as it was Light, we made Sail to the Weftward again After noon, being near the end of the Ifle Pe»t4re, which lies Weft from Mifacomky^ we faw many Houfes and Plantations in the Country, and many CocQ-nut-Trecs growing by the Sea fide. We alfo faw feveral Boats failing crofs a Bay or Channel at the Weft end of Mifacomhy^ between it and Venture We had but little Wind, and that at North, which blows right in, with a fwell row- ling in withal 5 wherefore I was afraid^ to venture in, though probably there > might be good Anchoring, and a Com-, merce wit^i. the Natives. I continued fleering to the Weft, becaufe the Night before, at Sun-fetting, I faw a fmall round high Ifland to the Weft of Pentare^ where I expefted a good paffageo ■ We 'k ' 170 • The Ifland Pcntarc. >jj7oo. We could not that day reach the Weft* ^^•^^end of Ptfjtare^ but favv a deep Bay to the Weft of us, where I thought might be a paffage through, between Petttare and Lauhatja, But as yet the Lands were fbut one within an other, that we could not fee any paffage. Therefore I orde- red to fail feven Leagues more Wefterly, and lye by till next day. In the Morn- • ing wd look'd out for an Opening, but could fee none ^ yet by the diftance and bearing of a high round Ifland called Po* foro^ we were got to the Weft of the Opening, but not far from it. Where- fore I tack'd and ftood to the Eaft 5 and the rather, becaufe I had reafon to fup- pofe this to be the paffage we came through in the Cygnet mentioned in my Voyage round the World 3 but I was not yet fure of it, becaufe we had rainy Weather, fo that we could not now fee the Land fo well as we did then. We then accidentally faw the Opening, at onr firft falling in with the Iflands ^ which now . was a work of fome time and difficulty to difcover. However be- fore ten a Clock we faw lite Opening plain 3 and I was the more confirmed in my knowledge of this paffage, by a Spit of Sand and two Iflands at the North- Eaft part of its entrance. The Wind was at South-South- Weft, and we plied to, Weft ly to light ntare were :ould 3rde- * erly, lorn- but and I Pi?. F the here- 5 and )fup- camc in my IS not rainy ^ lee We g at ands y * time IX be- lening n*d in a Spit lorth- Wind plied to T/?e Ifland Pentare* 171 to get through before Nighty for we^"»7ooj found a good Tide helping us to the '•'^^^^'^ South. About feven or eight Leagues to the Weft of us we faw a high round piked Mountain, from whofe top a Smoak fcem*d to afcend as from a Vnlca- no. There were three other very high piked Mountains, two on the Eaft, and one on the Weft of that which fmoak- ed. In our plying to get through between Vent Are and Lanbandj we had (as I faid) a good Tide or Current fetting us to the Southward, ^nd it is to be obferved^ that near the Shores in thefe parts we commonly find a Tide fetting North- wardly or Southwardly, as the Land lyes 5 but the Northwardly Tide fets not above three hours in twelve, having little ftrength 3 and fometimes it only checks the contrary Current, which runs with great violence, efpecially in narrow pafles, fuch as this, between two Iflands. It was twelve at Night before we got clear of two other fmall Iflarids, that lay on the South fide of the paffage ^ and there we had a very violent Tide fetting us through againft a brisk Gale of Wind. Notwithftanding which, I kept the Pin- nace out, for fear we (hould be becalm*d. For this is the fame place, through which Ipaffed in the Year one thoufand fix hundred ■I •! 4 iy2 7fje IflandTwaox. An* iToo/hundred eighty feven, mentioned in my ^^'"^''^ Voyage round the World, (pag. 459.3 Only theii we came out between the Weft- ern fmaH Ifland and Lanbafia^ and now we came through between the two fraall Iflands. We founded frequently, but had no Ground. I faid there, that we came through between Omba and Pefftare ; For we did not then fee the Opening be- tween thofe two Iflands ; which made me take the Weft fide of Pent are for the • Weft end of Omha^ and Laubana for Pen- tare. But now we faw the Opening be- tween Omba and Fentan 5 jvhich was fo narrow, that I would not venture through : Befides, I had now difcovered my mi^ ftake, and hop d to meet with the other paffage again, as indeed we did, and found it to be bold from fide to fide, which in the former Voyage I did not know. After we were through, we made the beft of our way to Timer 5 and on Mdy the i8th in the Morning, we faw it plain, and made the high Land over Laphao the Portugneze Faftory, as alfo the high Peak over our firft Watering- place, and a fmail round Ifland about mid-way between them. We coafted along the Ifland Timor^ intending to touch at BabaOy to get a lit- tle Water and Refrefliments, I would xpt go into tjie B^y where we firft wa- . ter*d. over alfo The Ifland Timor. . .172 ter'd, beicaufe of the Currents which ^n. 1 700. there whirle abpnt very ftrangely, efpe- '-'^'^'^^ daily at Spring-tides, which were now fettingin^ befides, the South-Eaft Winds come down in flaws from the Mountains, fo that it would have been very dange- rous for us. Wherefore we crowded all the Sail we could, to get to Babno before Night, or at leaft to get fight of the Sandy Ifland at the entrance of the Bay ^ but could not. So we plied all Night 5 and the next Morning entered the Bay. There being good Ground all over this Bay, we anchored at two a Clock in thirty Fathom Water, foft oazy Ground. And the Morning after I fent my Boat afliore with the Sain to Fi(h. At noon flie return d and brought enough for all the Ships Company. They faw an Indian Boat at a round Rocky Ifland about a mile from them. On the 2 2d, I fent my Boat afliore again to Fifti : At noon fhe return d with a few Fifti, which ferv*d me and my Officers. They catch'd one Whiteing, the firft I had feen in thefe Seas. Our people went over to the Rocky Ifland, and there found feveral Jarrs of Turtle, and forae hanging up a drying, and feme Cloaths^ their Boat was about a mile off, ttriking Turtle. Our Men left all as they found. '♦ |:,';fl:: ll , 1) ' 74 The Ifland Timor. # j^j^T^ found. In the Afternoon, a very large Shark came under our . Stern 5 I never had fcen finy near fo big before. I put a piece of Meat on a Hook for him, but he went a-Stern and returned no more. About Mid- night, the Wind being pretty moderate, I weijjh'd and ftood into the bottom of the Bay, and ran over nearer the South Shore, where I thought to lye and water, and at convenient times get Fifli for our refre(hment. The next Morning, I fent my Pinmce with two Hogftieads and ten Barreccoes for Water 5 They return'd at noon with the Casks full of Water, very thick and muddy, but fweet and good. We found Varia- tion, 1 5 rain. VVeft. This Afternoon,finding that the Breezes were fet in here, and that it blew fo ha.d that I could neither fifh nor fill Water without much difficulty and ha- zard of the Boat 5 I refolved to be gone, having good quantity of Water aboard. Accordingly at half an hour after two in the Morning we weighed with the Wind at Eaft by South, and ftood to Sea. We coafted along by the Ifland Rotte^ which is high Land, fpotted with Woods and Savannahs. The Trees appeared fmall and flirubby, and th^ Savannahs dry and rufty. All the North-fide, has Sandy- Bays by the Sea. We faw no Houfes nor Plantations. The Fault of the DiTJHghts. lyt The next day we crowded all the Sail /^V^' we could, to get to the Wed: of all the ^^^^^^ Ifles before Night, but could not ^ for at f\K in the Evening we faw Land bear- ing South-Weft by Weft. For here are more Iflands than arc laid down in any Draughts that I have feen. Where- fore I was oblig d to make a more Weft- eriy Courfe than I intended, till I judg'd we might be clear of the Land, And when we were fo, I could eafily perceive by the Ships motion. For till then, be- ing under the Lee of the Shore, we had fmooth Water ^ but now wc had a trou- bled Sea which made us dance luftily. Th's turbulent Sea, was occafion*d in part by the Current 5 which fetting out dinting againft the Wind, was by it raifed into (hort cockling vSeas. I did indeed expeft a South- Weft Current here, but not fo very ftrongas we found it. On the 26th we continued to have 4 very ftrong Current fetting Southwardly^ but on what point exaftly, 1 know not. Our whole diftance by Log was but eigh- ty two miles, and our difference of Lati- tude fince Yefterday^noon by obfervaii- on one hundred n^iles, which is eighteen miles more than the whole diftance 5 and our courfe, allowing no Lee- way at all, was South 17 deg, Weft, which gives but fevcnty fix miles difference of Latitude, tj6 Strange CnrrenU* An. lyco. Latitude, twenty four lefs than we found "^^^^ by obfervation. I did cxpeft (as has been fa id) we might meet a great Cur- rent fetting to the South yefterday, be- caufe there is a conflant Current fetting out from among thofe lllands vve pafs*d through between Tiwor and the Isles to the Weft ot it, and, *tis probable, in all the other Openings between the Islands, even frotii the Eaft end of Java to the end of all that Range that runs froni .. thence, both to the Eaft and Weft of Timor : But being got fo far out to Sea as we were, though there may be a very great Current, yet it does not feem pro- bable to me that it (hould be of fo great ftrength as we now found : For bol;h Currents and Tides loofe their force in the open Sea, where they have rooni to fpread 5 and it * is only in narrow places; or near Head-lands, that their force is chiefly fclr. Befides in my o- pinion, it (hould here rather fet to the Weft than South 5 being open to the narrow Sea, that divides New-HoBand from the range of Islands before-menti- oned. The 27th, we found that in the laft twenty four hours vve had gone nine miles lefs South than the Log gave : So that 'tis probaUe vve were then out of the Southern Current, which vve felt V fo found IS has tCur- h be- etting pafs*d sles to in all Iand$, to the froni eft of to Sea a very n pro- ) great both irce in rooni larrow t their ny o- to the o the JoUand menti- le laft enine e: So )ut of e felt to Whales. 177 f6 much before. Wc favv many Tro- f^^^l^ pick- Birds about us. And found Varia- ^^^^^ tion I deg.* 25 min. Weft. On June the ift, vvc favv feveral Whales, the firft wc had at this time feeii on the Coaft : But when we were here before, we faw many^ at which time we were nearer the Shore than now. The Variation now, was 5 dog. 58 min. Weft. 1 dcfigu'd to have made Nei» Hottattd in about the Latitude of 20 deg. and fteer'd Courfes by day to make it, but in the Night could not be fo bold* efpe- cially fince we had founding. This Af- ternoon I fteer'd inSouth-VVeft, tillfix a Clock 5 then it blowing frefti, and Night coming on, I fteer*d Weft-South-Wcft, till we had forty Fathom 5 and then ftood Weft, which courfe carries along Shore. In the Morning again from fix to twelve I fteer'd Wcft-South-Weft, to have made the Land 5 but, not feeing it, I judged we were to the Weft of it. Here is very good Soundings on this Coaft. When we paft this way to the Eaftward, we had, near this Latitude of 19 deg. 50 min. thirty-eight Fathom, about eighteen Leagues itom the Land : But^ this time, we faw not the Land* The next Morning I faw a gr^t many Scuttle*- Filh-bones, which waJ? a fi^ that >ve N were • iSi 1 78 Great Change in the Variation. Aft, 1700. were not far froiH the Land. Alfo a ^•''^^'^ great many Weeds condnually floating by us. VVe found the Variation increafe con- (iderkbly as we went VVeftward. For onf the 5d, it wa$ 6 dcg. 10 rain. Weft 5 on the 4th, 6 deg. 20 min. and on the 6th, 7 deg. 2c min. That Evening wc faw (ome Fowls like Men Sf Wur Birds flying North-Eaft, as I was told 5 for I did not fee them, having been indifpo- fed thefc three or four days. On the nth we found the Variation 8 deg. I min. Weft 5 on the 1 2th, 6 deg. o min. I kept on my Courfeto the Weft- ward till the 1 5th^ and then altered it. My defign wrs to feek for the Trydl J^ch ^ but having been fick five or fix d^s, without any frelh Provifion or o- ther good NQurifljiment aboard, and fee- ing no likelihood of my recovery, I ra- ther chofe to go to fome Port in time, than to beat, here any iQnger ; my peo- ple beiog veryy negligent, when I was not upon OjQck my (qlf: I found the Winds yari^bl^^ Co that I might go any wy% ^^9 Wi^Oi, North, QIC South 5 where- fore, its piobfijiblq. I might have found the faid R.oqk$^ had not Sickn^fs pre- vented me ^ vfjtkkh difcovery (when ever made) wiJl: Im of^ gyeat ufe? to M^ch^pu rradiog to tbefe p^l5« From fo a atittg :con- For >athe cigwc Birds fori difpo- riatioa 6deg. Wcft- rcd it. J Trjfdl or fix or o- id fee- , Ira- time, ^y peo* I was ^ndth« [go any jwhercf found jfs pre- ^n ever From The Cdafi of Java. i ^^ From hence nothing material hap -^o- 1700.' J)cned, till we came upon the Coaft of ^'^^^^'^ Java. On the 23d we faw Princes-Ijle ' plain, and the Mouth of the Streights of Stiff da. By my computation, the diftance between Timor ^viAPrinces-lJle^ is I4deg, S2 min. The next day in the After* noon, being abreaft of Crockadore Ifland, i fteer'd away Eaft-North-Eaft for an I- ifiand that lies near Mid-way between Sttwdtra and Java^ but neajeft the Java Shore ^ which is by EftgUflj Men called Thwart'the-vpay. We had but fraall Winds till about three a Clock, when it frefhned, and I was in good hopes to j)afs through before day : But at nine a Clock the Wind fell, and we gpt but little, I was then abreaft ot ThParMhe-^ way, which is a pretty high long Ifland a bur before eleven, the Wind turned, and prefently afterward it fell calm. I was then about two Leagues from the faid Ifland 5 and, having a ftrong Current a- gainft us, before day we werp drhren a* ftem four or five Leagues, fa the Morn, ing wc had the Wind at North-North- Weft 5 it looked black and the Wind un- fcttled : 80 that I could not cxpeftto get through. I therefore ftood toward the Jifz^ii Snore, and atten anchor(-d,in twenty fonr Fathom Water, black oa?/; Ground, three Eeagucr from the Shore* ^ 1 8 o The Coajl of Java. ^j^iTcol founded in the Night when it was '-^^^^^'^^ calm, and had fifty-four Fathom, courfe . Sand and Corai. In the Afternoon before, we had feen many Proes 5 but none came off to us 5 and in the Night we faw many Fires alhore. This day a large Proe came a- board of us, and lay by our fide an hour. There were only four Men in her, all Jdvimsy who fpoke the MaUjam Lan- guage. They ask'd if we were EngUJb 5 I anfwered, 'we were ^ and prefently one of them came aboard, and prefented me with a fmall Hen, fome Egg$ and Coco- nuts ^ for which I gave fom^; Beads and a fmall Looking-GIafs, aad fome Glafs- Bottles. They alfo gave me fome Sugar- canes, which I diftributed to fuch of my Men as were Scorbutick. They told me there were three Englijh Ships at jB^i/^c- vid. The 28th at two in the Afternoon, we anchored in twenty-fix Fathom Water 5 prefently it fell calm and began to rain very violently, and fo continued from three till nine in the Evening. At one in the Morning we weighed with a fine Land-wind at South-South-Eafl:^ but prer fently the Wind coming about at Eaft, we anchored 5 for we commonly found the Current fetting Weft. If at any time it turn'dy it was fo weak, that it did us little 5 S freights cf Siuida* 1 8 1 little good 5 and I did not think it fafc ^^ 1700. Co venture through without a pretty ^^'^^'^^ brisk leading Gale 5 for the paffage i$^ but narrow, and I knew not what dan- gers might be in the way, nor how the Tide fets in the Narrow, having not been this way thcfe twenty-eight Years, and all my People wholly ftrangefs : We had the Opening fair before us. While we lay hwe, four Malay- 4n Proes came from the Shore, laden with Coco-nuts, Plantains, Bonanoes, Fowls, Ducks, Tobacco, Sugar, &c, Thcfe were very welcome, ^nd we pur- chafed much rcfreftiment of them. At ten a Clock I difmifs'd all the Boats, andweigh'd with the Wind at North- Weft. At half an hour paft fix in the Evening, we anchored in thirty-two Fathom Water in a courfc fort of Gaze. We were now paft the Ifland TlmArtthe- wdy^ but had ftill one of the fmall Iflands to.pafs. The Tide begun to ruii ftrong to the Weft 5 which obliged me to anchor while I had Soundings, for fear of being driven back again or on fome unknown Sand. I lay ftill all Night. At five a Clock the next Morning, the Tide began to flacken : At fix, I weighed with the Wind at South-Eaft by Eaft, a handforae Breeze. We juft weathered the Button y aad founding feveral times, had ft ill be- N 3. tvvcen \\u.i i82 Strtights of Sunda. 'An. 1700. tvveen thirty and forty Fathom. When ^'^^^^^^^ vve were abr^aft of the Button^ and a- bout two Leagues from the Wcftermoft point of Jdva^ vve had thirty-four Fa- thom, fmall Peppery Sand. You may ejther come between this ifland and Jdva^ or, if the Wind is Northerly, run out between the Ifland Tinpart-the-way and this laft fmall Ifland. The Wind for the raoft part beinjg at Eafl: and Eaft by South, 1 was obliged to run over towards the SumntrA Shore, founding as I went, and had from thirty- four to twenty-three Fathom. In the Evening I founded pretty quick, being got near the Sumntrd Shore ^ and, find^ i^g a Current fetting to the Weft, be- tween eight and nine a Clock vve an* chorcd in thirty-four Fathom. The Tide fet to the Weft from feven in the Evening to rev«n this Morning 5 and then, having a fmall Gale at Weft-South- Weft , I vveigh'd and ftood over to the Jivn: Shore.. In the Evening, having the Wind be- tween Eaft-North-Eafft and South-Eaft by Eaft, vve could not keep off the Java, Shore. Wherefore I Anchored in twenty feven Fathom Water, about a League and a half off Shore. At the fame tima Tve faw a Ship at anchor near the Shore, about two miles to Leeward of us. •1 Stre^ffts of Sonda, H US. We found the Tide fetdng to the ^^ 5 7<^ Windward, and prefehtly aftet we An* ^-^^'^'^'^ chored, it fell iealm. VVelay ftill a!! Night, Jind favv many Fiits aftore. At five thfe nekt Mornihg, being Jufy the ift, yve vvfefgh'd and ftcxxl to the North for a Sei-breeze : At ten the Wind comin* out, I tack'd and had a fine brisk Gale. ThiE? Ship we favv at anchor, vveigh'd alfo and Rood after us. While * ^c naft by Pnh Bdtf, I kept fodndftig, w.id h^i no lefs than fburtben Fathoni. he o- ther ship comihg ciUer us with all the Sail (he could rliake, i (hortned Sail on pur pdfc thslt fhe might overtake us, but (he did hot. A little after five, I ancho- red ih thirti^en Fathotti goad oazy GtX)und. Abofcii: feven iii the Evening, the Ship that followed us, |>aft by clbfe tinder out Stern ^ (he Was a Dutch Fly- boat 5 they told us they came direftly from HoUafiAy and had beeri in their palTage fix Months, it Was now dark, and th^ Ihtch Ship anchored within a mile of ufe. I ordered to look out (liarp iti the Nte^ning5 that, fo foon as the Xiutch Man began to move, we might * be reidy to follow him 5 fo^r I intended 16 make him my Pilot. In the Morning at half an hour after five we vveigh'd, the Dutch Man b^ing under Sail before 5 and we ftood dire&ly after him. At us. N4 cisjhL li i! I I ; I 1 , 41 184 Sireights of Sunda. An. i7oo.eight, having but little Wind, I fcnt my ^'^'^^^ Boat aboard of him, to fee vvha' Aevvs he had brought from Europe. Soon after, vve fpied a Ship coming from the Eaft, plying on a Wind to fpeak with us, and (hewing E«g/i/& Colours. I made a fig- nal for my Boat, and prefently bore a- way towards her 5 and being pretty nigh, the Commander and Super-cargoe came aboard, fnppofing we had been the Tufcany Galley, which was expefted then at Batavia, This was a Country Ship^ belongin3 to Fort St. George^ having come out from Batavi^ the day before, and bound to BencoU. The Commander told me that the Fleehfrigat was at An- chor in Batdvia Road, but would not ftay there long : He told me alfo, that his Majefty Ships commanded by Cap- tain Warren were ftill in India^ but he ^ had been a great while from the Coaft and had not feen them. He gave me a Draught of thefe Streights, from the jButfon and Cap to BatavUy and fliew*d me the bcft way in thither. At eleven a Clock, it being calm, I anchored in fourteen Fathom good oazy Ground. At two a Clock we weighed again 5 the Dutch Ship being under Sail before, ftanding clofe to Manjheters Ifland 5 but finding he could not weather it, he .tack'd and ftood off a little while, and then It my Jews after, Eaft. , and a fig- ore a-' pretty rargoe en the i then Ship, laving )efore, lander at An- d not >, that if Cap. )ut he Coaft ? me a m the Oiew'd even a ed in id. igain 5 )eforc, [5 but it, he ?, and then Arrwal at Batavia. 1 8^ then tack'd again. In the mean time I An, 1700. flood pretty nigh the faid Ifland, found- ^^/^ ing, but could not weather it. Then I tack'd and flood off, and the Dutch flood in towards the Ifland 5 and weathered it. I being defirous to have room enough^ flood off longer, and then went about, having the Dutch Ship four points under my Lee. I kept after him 5 but as I came nearer the Ifland, I found a Tide fetting to the Weft, fo that I cojuld not weather it. Wherefore at fix in the Evening I anchored in feven Fathom oazy Ground, about a mile from the I- fland : The Dutch Ship went about two miles further, and anchored ajfo 5 . and we both lay ftill all Night. At five the next Morning we weigh d ag3in, and the Dutch Ship flood away between the Ifland CambuJJhs and the Main ^ but I could not follow, becaufc we had a Land- wiqd. Wherefore I went without tl^ CambuJJes^ and by noon we fa w the Ships that lay at the Careening Ifland near Batavia. After the Land-wind was fpent, which we had at South-Eaft and Southr South-Eaft^ the Sea-breeze , came up at Eaft. Then we went about 5 and ihe Wind coming afterward at Eaft-N'orth- ]|aft, we had a large Wind to run us i^tp Batavia Road : And at four in the After- noon, we anchored infix Ipathom foft CHAR An, 1700. Ritavia ItW. CHAP. VI. Tl&e i^. cofitiffues in Batavia-Ro^^/^ ?(? r^jf/^ and to get Fr&'yiftons, Engliih Ships then in the Road, Departtire front Batavia. T^nch at the Cape of Good Hope. jind at St. Helena. Arrival at the Ijland of h(cQvRoa, A Leak Sprung. Which being impoffible U be flopped , the Slnp is lofl^ . but the Men fa*z/ed. Tihey find Water upon the Ifland. And ar^ brought back to England^ WE found in BatMvU Road a great many Ships at anchor, moft Df^tch, and but one EngUJh Ship named the Fleets frigMt^ commanded by one Merr/. We rode a little Without them *ll. Near the Shore lay a ftout China JmK and a great many fittdll Veflfels, viz. Brigantines, Sloops and Mdlayan Proes in abundance. Aflboti a^ I an- chored, I fent my Boat aboard the Fleet- fig^t^ with orders to make them ftrike their their F ter th Clerk, for the fee if Salute he hi Shiprbi vernm lute w had fi that n( ingm] Morni theD viledg Stores, grante I la; lowini Weatl • the m withl fitting leaky was I carree Veffe] \riiiot] Tb from comn <» y BatavkRW, 187 their Pendant, which was done foon at- An. 1700. ter the Boat went aboard. Then my ^•^"^'^^ Clerk, wliom I fent in the Boat, went for the Shore, as I had direfted him 5 to fee if the Government would anfwcr my Salute ; But it was now near Night, and he had only tinte to fpeak with the Shiprbander^ who told him that the Co vernment would have anfwered xny Sa- lute with the fame number of Guns, If i had fired as foon as I anchored ^ but that now it was too late. In the Even- ing my Boat came aboard, and the nest Morning I my felf went afliore, vifited the Dutch General, and cjefifd the Pri* viledge of buying fuch Provifion im& Stores, as I now wanted ^ which lie granted me. I lay hcr^ till the 17th of Qfif^er fol- lowing, all which time we bad very feir Weather, fome Tornadoes excepted, f 11 the mean time I fupplied the Carpenter with fuch (lores as were neceffary tot re- fitting the Ship^ which prov'd raot^ leaky after he had caqlk'd her, then ibe was before : So that I was obliged to carreen her, for which purpofe I hired Vcflfels to take in our Guns, Ballaft, Pro- viiion and Stores. The Brg///6 Ships that arriv'd here from EngUndy were firft the Lia^jxf^ commanded by Captain Afow^, bound fo7 si- i88 Batavia RoadT i4ff.i7oo. forChwa-j next, the Pdnthcr^ command- ^^"^^^ cd by Captain Robin fatt-^ then the Marcel Frigat, commanded by Captain CUrh. All thefe broughr good Tidings from England. Mod of them had beenimfor- tnnate in their Officers ^ efpecially Cap- tain Mobinfon, who ftid that fomc of them had been confpiring to ruin him and his Voyage. There came in alfa feveral Englijh Country Veffels ^ firft a Sloop from Benjarr^ commarkled by one Rujfel^ bound ta Bengak j next, the Monfoon^ belonging to Bengalee She had been at Malacca at the fame time th^t hii Majefty Ship the Harwich was there : Aftf;rwards c^me in al(b another frnall Ship from. jBd^^4/e. ^ While we ftay'd here, all the fore- ti'SLmed Englijh Ships failed hence ^ the - two Bengali Ships excepted. Many J^tcfi Ships alfo came in here, and de- parted again before us. We had feveral reports concerning our Men of War in India\ and much talk concerning l^overs who had committed feveral Spoils upon the Coaft, and in the Streights.of M^/^r- €a. I did not hear of any Ships fent out to.quaOi them. At my firft coming in, I was told that two Ships had been fent bom Ambojnam queft of md;^ which was lately confirmed by one of the Skip- peri, whom I by accident met with here* He H«tol rae 5 the C days went ring I Somet Merry told that tl of my I look thing. Wh fevera Ships Atlafl uponi two N lay rej went were, theFi three ( by S Comn thisti fitted Provil time < being alfo. . Mancel Clerk. 5 from [.unfor- y Cap- )mc of in him in alfa f firft a 1^ one t, the he had ne thdt there : :r frnall 5 fore- e 5 the Many md de* feveral War in \,over$ s upon MaUc- nt out g in, I n fent which rSkip- 1 here* He Batavia Koad. i8p He told me they had three Protefts againft An. 1700. me 5 that they came to ftthSabudd on ^^'''^'^ the Coaft of New Guinea twenty^eight days after my departure thence, and went as far as Scoutem Ifland, and hea- ring no further News of me, returned. Something likewife to this p'urpofe Mr. Merry^ Commander of the Fleet-frigdt^ told me at my firft arrival here 5 and that the General at Batavia had a Copy of my Commiffion and Inftruftions ^ but I look'd upon it as a very improbable thing. While we lay here, the Dntcb held feveral Confultations about fending fome Ships for Europe fooner than ordinary : At laft the i6th of OSober was agreed upon for the day of Sailing, which is two Months fooner than ufual. They lay ready two or three days before, and went out on the loth. Their Names were, the Oflrefteen^ bound to Zealand 5 the Vanheufen^ for Enchiehonjl 5 and the three Crowns^ for Amflerdam^ commanded by Skipper Jacob uncrighi^ who was Commadore over all the reft. I had by this time finilhed my bufinefs here, viz. fitted the Ship, recruited my felf with^ Provifion, filled all my Watery and the time of the Year to be going for Europe being now at hand, I prepar'dto begone alfo. . Accordingty i«jio Strange Gellies. a^/f. T700. Accordingly on the i 7th of 03o' f^ »-^^VNJ at half an hour after fix in the Morning, i weighed Anchor from BatavU^ having a good Land-wind at South, and fair Weather: And by the i9ih at noon, came up with the three Dutch Ships be- fore-mentioned. The 29rh of JV(??/e«^^r in the Morning we faw a fmall Hawk flying about the Ship till (he was quite tired. Then (he reded on the Mizen* Top*Sail-Tard, where we catch'd her. It is probable (he was blo^n off from Madagdfcdr by tha violent Northerly Winds 5 that being the nigheft Land to us, though diftant near one hundred and fifty Leagues. The goth of December^ we arrived at the Cape of Good Hope ^ and departed again on the nth oi January iJOr. A- bout the end of the Month, we faw a- bundance of Weeds or Blubber fwim by us, for I c^not determine which. Ir wa9alIof one Shape and Coloui** As they floated on the VV»ter, they feem'd to be of the breadth of the Palm of a Mam [jand, fpread out round into many Branches about the bignefs^ of a Mans' Finger. They had in the middle a fitdi*^ Knob, no bigger than the top of a' Mmisp Thumb. They were of a Smoak-colour - and the Branches, by their pliantHefs m the Water, feem*d to be more fimplb^ thani )(7^; ^ )ming, having id fair noon, ips be- pembcr Hawk IS quite Mizen* y her. F from rtherly .and to ed and ived at jparted T. A- faw a- /im by :h. It K As feem'd i of a many }Man»^ a fittfo ' Mans* olour - kiefsr ity The Ijland of Afccnfipn. t^i than Gellies, I have not fcen the like -^"-i 700. before. ^^VVi The 2d of Fchrudry^ wc anchored in St, HtUffA Road^ and fct fail again from thence on the 15 th. On the 2ift we made the Kland of Afctnfion^ and flood in towards it. The 2 2d between eight and nine a Clock, we fprung a Leak, which incrcafed fo that che Chain-pump could not keep the Ship free. Whereupon I fet the Hand- pump to Work alfo, and by ten a Clock iuck'd her. Then wore the Ship, and ftood to the Southward, to try if that •would eafe her ^ and then the Chain- pump juft kept her free. At five thi next Morning we made Sail and ftood in for the Bay ^ and at nine anchored in ten and a ha]f Fathom, fandy Ground. The South-point bore South-South- Weft diftance two miles, and the North-point of the Bay, North Eaft half North, di- ftance two miles. As foon as we an- chored, I ordered the Gunner to clear his Powder-room, that we might thers fearch for the teak, and endeavour to ftop it within board if poffible \ for we cx>uld not heel the Ship fo low, it beicg within four ftreaks of the Keel ^ neither was there any convenient place to haul her a(hore« I ordered the Boatfwain to affift the Cunner 5 and by ten 21 Clocb the ii y ' !l t^'l An incurable heakjprUftg. -^^jToo. the Powder-room was clear. The Gar- ^^^"^penters Mate, Gunner, and Boatrwain tvent down ^ and foon after I followed them my felf, and ask*d them whether they could come at the Leak : Theyfaid they believed they might, by cutting the Cieling, I told thd Carpenters M^tc (who was the only perfon in the Ship that un- derftood any thing of Carpenters-work,)' that if he thought he could come at the Leak by cutting the Cieling without weakrmg the Ship, he might do- it ^ for he had ftopp'done Leak fo before^ which though not fo big as this, yet having feen them both, I thought he might as * well do this as the other. Wherefore I left him to do his befl:. The Ceiling beins^ cut, they could not cohie at the Leak^ lot ft was againft one of the Foot^ hook-Timhers, which the Carpenters Mate faid he muft firit cut, before it could be ftopp'd. I went down again to fee it, and found the- Water to come in very violently. I told them I never had known any fuch thing as cutting Timbers to ftop Leaks 5 but if they who ought to be befl judges in fuch cafes, thought they could do any good, I bid them ufe their utrapft Care and Diligence, promifing the Carpenters Mate that I would always be a Friend to him if he could and would ftop it : He faid, by four a Clock iti the Afternoont Car- "wain 3wed ether yfaid ig the (who It un- cork,)' at the ithout ^ for which laving jht as* ifore I >iHng at the J Foot'- 5 Mate uld be fee it, n very had imbers ]ght to ht they b their )mifing always would : in the ernooii A Leak Sprung. i^j Afternobn he would make all well/ it ^|l^ being then aliout eleven ki the Forenoon. ^"^^^ In the Afternoon my Men were all em* ploy'd, pumping with both Pumps ^ except fuch as affifted the Carpenter's Mate. About one in the Afternoon I went down again, and the Carpenter's Mate was cutting the After-part of the Timber over the Leak. Some faid it was beft to cut the Timber away at once 5 I bid therh hold their Tongue, and let the Carpenter's Mate alone ^ for he knew beft, and I hop'd he would do his utmoft to ftop the Leak. I defir'd him to get every thing ready for flopping the violence of the Water, before he cut any further 5 for fear ft fhould over-power us at once. I had already ordered the Carpenter to bring all the Oakam he had, and the Boatfwaiu to bring all the wafte Cloaths, to ftufF in upon occafion 5 and had for the fame purpofe fent down my own Bedcloaths. The Carpenter's Mate faid he (hould want (hort Stantions, to be placed fo that the upper-end (hould touch the Deck, and the under-part reft on what was laid over the Leak 5 and prefently took a length for themo I ask*d the Mafter-Cr^.rpenter what he thought beft to be done : He replied, till the Leak was all open, he could not tell. Then he went away to make d O Stamion,- 1^4 * ^ Leak Sprung. ♦ An- f7oo, Stant!on» but it was too long : t ordered ^^'^^^'^^ him to make many of fcveral lengths, that we might not .want of any fize* So, once more defiring the Carpenter's Mate to ufe his utmoft endeavours, I went up, leaving the Boatfwain and fome otiiers there. About five a Clock the Boatfwain came to me^ and told me the Leak was Jncreafed, and that it was impoffible to keep the Ship above Water ^ when on the contrary I ex- pefted to have had the News of the Leak's being flopt* I prefently went down, and found the Timber cut away, but nothing in readmefs to ftop the force of the YVater from coming in. 1 ask'd them why they would cut the Timber, before they had got all things in rcadinefs : The Carpenter's Mate an* fwered, they could do nothing till the Timber was cut, that he might take the dimenfions of the place ^ and that there was a Chaulk which he had lined out, preparing by the Carpen- ter's Boy. I ordered them in the mean time to ftop in Oakam, and fome Pieces of beef 5 which accordingly was done, but all to little purpofe : For now the Water gu(h*d in with fuch violence, not- \ withftanding all our Endeavours to check it, that it flcg^ In over the Cleling ^ and, for Want oFPaffbgc out of the Room, \ ovcr- j^ The ship left. ip^ tavcr^flow'd k above two feot deep. I An. 1 700. ordered the Bulk-head to be cut open, ^^'^^''^ to give Paffage to the Water that k might drain oqt of the Room 5 and withal or- dered to dear away abaft the Bulk.head, that we might bail : So now we had both Rump going, and as maeny bailing iis t:on!a 5 and bjr this means the Water be- gan to dedreafe ^ which gave me fomc Iwipe of living the Ship. I iask'd the Onrpentcr'f Mat^, what he thought of it 5 He faid, JFhar 0€it 5 fir fy ten g Clod ^^ Night I'll effg^e to flap the Leak. I went from him with a heavy Heart ^ but put- ting a good Countenance upon the Mat- ter, encouraged my Men, who pump'd find baird very briskly ^ and, when! faw occafion, I gave them ferae Drams to tXDmfort them. : About, eleven a Clock at Wight, the Boatfwain came to me, and tbld me, that the Leak (till encreafed f and that the Plank was fo rotten, it broke away like Dirt;) and that now it was impo(fibie to fave the^ipr for they conid not come at the Leak, becaufcthe Water in the Room was got above it. The reft of the Night we fpent in Piim- )}hig and Bailing. I worked my felf to -encourage my Med, who were very dili- gent 3 i3Ut the Water (till encreas'd, and we now thought of nothing buU^ving mi Live*. Wherefore I hbiftedlRit the O 1 B6it^ itW m ,'M ip6 the Ship loft. An. 1700. float ^ thati if the Ship (hould fink, yet * we might be favcd : And in the Morn- ing we weighed our Anchor, iand warp'd in nearer the Shore ^ yet did but little .good. • ' ^ ■ ■ ■ • ^r Tc^ [■•>■'■ ' -''^ ui In the Afternoon, with the helpdf a aea- breeze; I ran into fevenfethom, and anchored^ then carried' a fmall Anchor alhore, and'warp'd in till i came into three fathom ariKl a half.; W&re having faftncd her, I made a Raft to carry the Mens Chefts^ aiid Bedding afhpore 5 antt, . before eight at Night, moftof them were afliiore, Inibe Morning I ordered the , Sails to be uabent, to maid Tents 5 and then my felf ^nd Officers went alhore, I had fent alhore a Puncheon, and a 36 Gallon Castof Water, v*fHh one Bag of Rice for our common ufe : 3ut great part of it was ftolen away, before I came A- Ihore s, and many of my Books and Pa- pers loft, i^iiuu ..iik.rk-^Ui ' : , On the twtmty-fixth following, wcj to our great cdbfort, found a Spring of frefti Water^ about eight miles from our Tents, beyond a very high Moun- tain, which we muft pafs over : So that now we were, by God's Provi- dence, in a condition of fubfifting fome time 5 having plenty of very good Turtle by our Tents, and Water ft>r the fetching. The next day I went op to ij >', \ :, yet 4om- • afp'd little 3 df a 1, and ncbor e into aving ry the and, iwc/e id the I and ifhora ia 36 Bag of at part ime ai- idPa- r ive, to ng of from ^oun- : So Provi- ; fome good ?r for ?nt up to P^ I i '! il I i > I ''l| W to niec lay Moi foui EaH hali nua is V ter. Cos Soul thrc of V and and fron for Hirt holl ing War and foin A our faw Bcfo and of 1 Ship fore Water ^ in the Ifland of Afcenfion. 15)7 to fee the Watering-place, accompa- ^'»- no^ nicd with mod of ray Officers. Wg^^'"^'^^ lay by the way all Night, and next Morning early got thither^ where we found a very fine fpring on the Sonth- Eaft fide of the high Mountain, about half a mile from its top : But the conti- nual Fogs make it fo cold here, that it is very unwholfome living by the Wa ter. Near this place, are abundance of Goats and Land- crabs. About two mile South-Eaft from the Spring, we found three or four (hrubby Trees, upon one of which was cut an Anchor and Cable, and the Year one thoufand fix hundred and forty-two. About half a Furlong from thefe, we found a convenient place for (heltering Men in any Weather. Hither many of our Men reforted ^ the hollow Rocks affording convenient Lodg- ing ;, the Goats, Land-crabs, Men of Wdr Birds, and Boobies, good Food ^ and the Air was here exceeding whol- fome. About a Week after, our coming afliore, our Men that liv'd at this ne\v Habitation, faw two Ships making towards the Ifland. Before Night they brought me the News 5 and I ordered them to turn about a fcore of Turtle, to be in readinefs for their Ships if they (hould touch here : But be- fore Morning they were out of fight, and O 3 il It' i' r the ipS^ Return to England. An. 170C. the Turtle were released again. Here we ^^^""^^"^ continued without feeing any other Ship till the fecond of Jpril 5 when we fawi eleven Sail to- Windward of the Iffand : But they likewife paft by. The Day after appeared four Sail, which came to anchor in this Bay. They were his Ma* jefty's Ships the Anghfiy^ H^jtings and Lizard ^ and the CufHerhury Enfi'IndU* Ship. I went on board the \Anglejf$y with about thirty-five of my Men 5 and the reft were difpos'd of into the other two Men of War, We fail'd from Afcenfion^ the 8th 5 and continued aboard till the 8th of M4> ? At which time the Men of War having mifs'd St Jago, where they defign'd to Water, bore away for Barbudoes : But I being defirous to get to Englavd as footi as poffible, took nly paflage in the Ship Cunterbury^ accompanied with my Maftcr^ Purfer, Gunner, and three of my fupe- nour Officers. Vbl JII I'ar Ihis :fuh THE Vel JII :Part z two H E Catut cf New Guitiea . jhis Juh hisjmj 3c '. u/*:BUw Jpats aUevwylhJy ^UtA ifiij 4ty tamr tnd I i £a Ba Bt B( B( Bi THE IN D E X A. ANabao IJl^nd. its Inhdbitunts. AfcenGon Island. Wdfcr found there. P4g. 19. 23, 55 191 196 Babao in Timor. Batavia, arrival there. Its Road, Englifii Ships there. Departure from thence. 'Bird-Island. Birds^ firoitge. Bonao Island. Bouro Island. gritanuia, nova. 74> 9h O 4 46, 58 185 186 187 190 90 99^ i<54 163, 16s 166 147, 148 !in 'i I I ;i J! The I N D E X. Bird [Strange] htWd on the CoMjlofNcyf Guinea. 92 Burumg' Island. 88 Another Burning' Island defcrih'd. 145 C Calabajh' trees, 7^ Calalaloo, Herb. 73 Cana-fijlula-Tree defcrih'd. 69 Cape Orford in New Guinea. 131 Cape of Good Hope in New Guinea. 1 09 147: Caves (Anth.) Island, its Inhabitants. Cape, iC///^ William's Cape and Port Gloccftcr. Cape Ann. Ceram Island, defcrib'd. Channel, a deep one, Ciccale, Port. Cockles, very big. CockU'Merchant, a Fifi. Cockle- Island on the Coaft of New Gui- nea. IC4 Copang-bay in Timor. 46, 58 Crofs Island. 26, 27, 28, 47 Crown Island, difcoverd and defcrih'd. Currents (See Tides.^ 33, 85, 157, 176 124 125 146 148 H7 162 160 67 75, 104, 106 75 D. New 88 145 70 73 69 131 109 124 125 146 148 147 162 160 67 106 75 Gui- 1 04 •, 58 3.^47 151 176 D. The INDEX, D. Plijlatice between Cape Mabo, and Cape St'. George, computed. 157 Dutch, th: A.'s Parly with them. 22 Their fiifpiciOfi of the A. 50, &C, Draughts^ (Dntch^) their falfenefs, 17, ^9, 54» 9O1 Ui, 17s Dutch Fort called Concordia. 21, 50 E. Elide, Island. ^3 F. Fetter Island Fig' trees ^/ Timor defcriUd Ftjh, flrange Fowls ^ ftrange Q S7 70 94 r6s Garret Dennis Island 121 Inhabitants defer ibed 122 Gelly found in the Sea .190 George fSt^ Cape and Bay in New ' Guinea. 130 Another Bay 133 . The inhabitants there . ibid. A Urge Acconf?t of the Authors Ai^ i M I ^\ ■ i 1 I' wi ) il The INDEX. tempt ot trade wUb them 135, . 137, &c. New Guinea Coajl . 92 Inhabitants ^7^ lOO, 117, &c. faS, I33y &c. Their wanner of fifl'fffg 100 - Tije Author departs from New Guinea 160 L Java Island 179 Indian Plantation on the Island Timor 17 Indian PweJ, &c. 28, &c. 100 linea 160 179 mor 180 176 ic6 62 170 193. 194 151 83 U NDEX, M. i/hhoCape MdH-ofWdr Birds Manfheter J Island Matthias LUftd Mifacomby LUptd Mountaguc Port in New Guinea Th Country thtruhouU deferii'd, its produce N. \% 184 115 1 68 143 and 143 New Guinea, fee Guinea Nova Britannia H7, H» O. Qmba, iy?4;!f^ 87, 1^5 P. Pdlnf 'trees of Timor defirib*d 7 1 P^dgCy a new one conjeSured 6\ 155 L^i »f» *ri*i'i'i^/ R. \^ vv>H ^*:'' Sefurn (the As) to England Rich's (Sit R.) 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