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The Winds on ihtBrttfilUi Coaft. y^fovWij-Shoak A Table of all tht VdriatioHs obfetvM in this Voyage. Oc currcnces near the Gape of Good Hofs The Courfe to t^m HoUatid. Shark's Bay The ides and Coal^ &e. ofTVw HoUnmi. Their Infwbitants, Manners, Cuftoms, Trade, (^c Their Harbours, Soil, Beaft^Birds, Filh, (>c Trees, Plants, Fraits, &c. ' IHviftratcd with fevcral Maps and Draughts jalfc divers ffirds, Fifhcs, aad Plants, not found it this part of the World, Ciirioufly Ingraven or Copper-Plates. V O L. UL By Captain William Damfier, LONDON: f'rinted for ^anies Kjtafton, at ibe Crown in, St. PauV Church-yard, 1703. ^. « OXFOHO 2 8JUN1987 Oi A To the Right Honourable THOMAS Earl of Pembroke^ Lord Prcfident of Wt M;e- fty's Moft HonoiHrablePfivv My Lord^ ^ THE Hmuf I bad of kmgerrtfki/din tieSw^ vice of Hit late M^eflji 6f lUnfiriom Memory , at the time n>hen Tom- tc^dfiip freji- ded at the Admraliy^ gifves me A 2 the DEDICATION. the Boldnefs to as\ Tour Prote- Uion..of the following ^aferf. They confft of fome Remarlj^ made, i^^on very ^ Jifi.ant jOtimates^ whith " i jhomct' have the vanity to thii^aliogeiher neiap] coi^dl ^effjfO&'my felpthey bad efcafd ToH^ . , Lorclfhtff ' Knojpkdge. Hdjpever 1 have been fo cautious cf fubliflnng\any jbmg, in my rvhole Bop^ that if generally l^oja^ny that I ^-bttve^'dmfJmy felf the fkajure of faying the due Honour f to Tour Lordfhip Name it^the ^edicdiionl 1 am afhflfn^d, my Lord,^ to- sffer Tou fa- imferfeS! a Prefont ,\ ha^jing not time to fii. donm MUthe Me- moirs of nv^ laB Voyage:: B^ut as the f articular Service! I'J)ave ncfm underpakiny hmderi me frdm fi- [ DfiblCA^ioN. nifiihg thn Volume , fo I hofe it mtt give me an offortHnity of fitting my Rejfefi'sto Tour Lord- Jhif in a neip one.. The World. ^ aft to judge of every thing by the Succefi ; and whoever has ill Fortune -mil \ hardly be allon^d 4 good Name. This, nry Lord, was my ZJnhaf- finefs in my late- Expedition in the „ Rqe- Buck., which founder d^ thro ferfe5f Age near the Ifland of l\{c^hSon. Ijuffer^d extreamly in my JiefHtation by thai 'Mfi fortune 'y tho T comfort my f elf with the Thoughts ^ that my Enemies coud not charge any Negledf upn me. And fince I have the Honour to he acquitted Ipy Tour Lordfbifs Judgment, I jhaud be very humble not to value A3 . ^y DEDICATION. 7n^ felfufon fp comfleat a Vtndi- cation. This , md a World of other Favours , n>hicb I have been fo haffy a^ to receive from Tmr Lordjhifs Goodnefs, do en- gage me to be mtb an everlaping Ref{e^, My Lordj \ Your Lordftiip's Moft Faithful and ** Obedient Servant, WiU. Damfier. 1 •^•^m^a^m^ THE PREFACE. 1"^ H E fevourable Reception I my two former Volumes of Voy^es ana Defiriptions have already met with in the World^ gives me ReaibH to hope, That notwith^ (landing the Objeftions which have been ra^d . againft me by preju- diced Perfbns, this Third Volume likewise may infome metfurebe acceptable to Candid and Impar- tial Readers , who are curious to know the Nature of the Inhabi- tants, Animals, Plants, Soil, t&v, in thofe diftant Countries, which have either feldom or not at all been vilited by any Europeans, A i It J. oe rrerace. It has almptt al\yays been the Fate of thofe who have made new Difcoveries, to be difeftcemed and {lightly fpoken of , by fuch as ei- ther have had no true Relifti and Value for the Things tbemfekes that are difcovered, or have had fome Prejudice againft the Perjons by whom the Difcoveries were made, Ijt would be vain therefore andun- reafonable in me to expe^ to eC- cape the Ccnfure of all, or to hope for better Treatnient than fer Worthier Perfons have met with' before me. But this Satisfeftiori. I ^ • ■ < • ■ ■ - • I am fure of having,' that the Things themfihes in the Dilcovcry of which J have been imployed, are nipft worthy of our Diligenteft Search and Inquiry ; being the various and. wonderful Works of God in different Parts of tlie World : And however unfit a Per- fin I may be in other relpe^ts to have undertaken this Task,, .yet! i^t leaft 1 have given a faithful Ac- count, h.« The Freface. /count, and have found fime Thingi undifcovered by any before, and which may at leaft be Jome Aflift^ tance and Dire^ion to b ettcf qua- Kfied Perfons ^who (hall come after me. ) ' It his been Objefted againft riic by fome , that my^ Accounts and Defcriptions of Things ate dry arid jejune, not filled with variety of plealant Matter, to divert and gra- tify the Curious Reader. How" fer this is tn;e, 1 niuft leaVe to the; World to jtidge. But if I have been exalSly and ftridly careful to give QtHy True Relatiops and De-i ^ foriptions pf Things (as I am fure ' I haye ; ) aiid if my Defcriptions be ftich as may be of' ufe not only to my felf (which. I;have already in good meafure experienced) but alfo to others in .future V6yag(?s • and likewilfc ' to fuch Readers ' at home as are, more defitous of a Plain and Juft Account of the true Nature and* State of the Things TbeTreftKe, ddcribed, than of a Polite and Rhetorical Narrative : I hope all . the Defe£b in my Stile^ will meet with an eafy and ready Pardon. Others hxve taxed me with bor^ rowing firom other Men's Journals; and with Infufficiency^ as if I was not my (elf the Author of whatl write , but publifhed Things di- g^fted and drawn up by others. As to the firft Part of tjiis ObiS" dion, I afliire the Reader, I have taken nothinag firom any J^to- without menlabning his Name, ex^ cept fome vetj few Relations and* particular Obfervations received isom credible Peribns who deHred nottobenamed; and thefe I have always exprefly dilHnguifhed la* my Books , from what I relate as of my own obferving. And as ta the latter ; I think it fo fax from Being a Diminution to one of my Eduction' and Employment, tq have what I write, Reviled andr p>rre^ed by Friend^ y. that on the con- contmry^ the belt and moft emi- nent Authors ore not afhanied to own the fame Thing, andkxdt upon it as an Advantage. Laftly, I know there are fome who ^re apt to Oight my Accounts apd Deicnptions pf Things, jis if it was an ea^ Matter apd of lit^e oj: no Difficulty to do all that T have d(me, to viit little moye than the Coafts of unknown Courttries, 9n4 m^ke fliQift and in:ipef ^^ Ob' fefv^itktns of Thi^gsonly near th^ Shore, fctj whoever ip fxperien* ced in the^ Matters^ or cqnliders Things impartially, will be of a veiy different Opmion. And any one whp is feniible, how back- ward, and r^&a6ipry' the Seamen are apt to be in long Voyage? when; they know not whither they ape giving, how ignorant they are <^f the Nstiure of the Winds and the (hifting Seafons of the Monr i^QtiSy and how. littje even the Of- ficers thcmfelyes generally are skilled The Frefad. skilled in the Variation of the Needle and the life of the Azi- muth Goiripafs ; befides the Hs^ zard of ^1 outward AccideAfe in ftrangfe aild unknown Se^ : - Any one, I fay, who is fenfible of theft , Diffictilties, will be much more bleafed at'the Difco^eries and O!^- feryatiohs I have been al^ td make*^' than difpWfed with nie that I did riot ni^ke more. Thus much I thought rieceflfary to piemife in . ifty; owh; ViridiiCa- tion, againft thfe DbJei^ionS^ that have been made to my forriiei? Per- formances.' Bufc not tq trouble the Reader any further with Matters of this Nature : what" i have more to Offer, mail be only in relation to the following Voyage. For the better apprehending the Courfe of this Voyage, and the Situation of the Places mentioned in it, I have here, as in the former . Volumes^ caufed a Map to he In- graven, with ^ prick'd Liiie^ re- prefenting • Tht Preface, 'presenting to the Eye thewhol^ Thread of the Voyage at one; Vie^v ; befides Dratights and Fi- gures of particular Places, to make the -Defcriptions I have given of them ftibre intelligible arid nfe- Moreover, Which T. had' not the? opportunity of doing in my for- mer-Voyages; having nbw had in the Ship with , ihe a Perfort ^ill'd in'Drjlwing^ Jhave by this means been.efnabledj for the great* er Sitisfe^ioh of the Curious Rea- der, to prefent^ him with exaft Cuts arid Figures of feveral of the priftdpil and "moft remarkable of th(tfe ^Birds ^ Beads , Fifhes and Plants, .which are described in the' following Narrative ; and alfo of feveral , which not being able to give any better or Co good an Ac- cdurit of, as by caufing them to be elc^J^y Ingraven, the Reader wilt n&t find any fiirther Defcription of them, but only that they were • v found ■A / TbeTrefaie. found in fach or fucfi particular Countries.Thet*lant9 themfelyes are in the Hands of the Ingeflidus Dr. Woodward. I could have caufed liiia- iiy others to be drawn in like ilian< ner, but that I refolved to confinei my Self to fuch only, as had fome very remarkable difference in the (hape of their principal Parts frooi any that are found in Europe. I have befides feveral Birds and Fifties ready drawri, which I Could not put into the preferit Vo^ lume^ becaufe they were fouM ia Countries, to the Defcriptiod. whereof the following Narrati¥e does not reach. For, being oyi- ged to prepare for another Voy* age, foonet than I at .firft ex] ed ; I have not been able to i tinue the eniuing Narrative any further than to my Departiure irotit the Coaft of New Bottarid. But, if it pleafe God that I tetuiti again!' iafe, the Reader may expeS *- Continuation of this Voyage GtotUr my TUhrefadi diy departure from New Holland^ titi the foundring of my Ship tieat the Iflatid of Afcenfim. In the mean time, to make the Narrative in fome meafbre com- pleat, I (ball here add a Summary Abfha^ of that latter part of the Voyage , whereof I have not had time to draw out of my Journals a full and paidcubr Account at large. Departing therefore from ^e Coall of New Bioihndm the be- ginning of Sej^tmber^ i^99« (f<3t lihe Reafbns mentioned fage 1 54.} we arrived at 7\»Mr, Se^, 15. and Anchored olf that Ifland. Oit t!ie 94th we obtaiu'd a fmall Si^){dy of freftj Water from the Governor 0f a "Dtttdf Fort and Fadory there j we found alio there a fortugmft^ Settlement, and were kindly treated by tbem. On the 3d ■ I ■ ^ T H E GONTENTS. € HAP. I, 7T>e Als departure fr^m f be .Downs, A Caution to thofe who Sail in the . ChanneL His Arrival at the Ga- nary-lflands. Santa Cruz in , Tcneriffe ; the Road and Town^ and Spanifti Wreck. Laguna T, Lake and Country ; and Oratavia T. and Road. Of the Wines and •other Commodities o^Teneriife, Sec. . tmd the Governors at Laguna and Santa CruZi Of the Winds in thefe Seas. The A.^s Arrival at ■ Mayo. Of the C. Verd Iflands ; its Sak-'Pond^ compard with that Craw and ' Cbatt^ring'Crow, BHUlmdy Currefe^ Turtle»^dti93e andWild-pigeom'y the ' ' Jen^te^ydacking-ben^Crab-catthery Cadden^ and black Heron r The , Dwh y W^J^^on and Tem^ . and : OJirigfs ta, the ^ihwat4 : ^f pc^ of ^-.;- tkn V^n^^fmU^i'Q^^^^ I ' ^ f /e,' Hor/^5 Sec. -ije^ards and \- Tijiefs. Of their. Salxnts^ i . the * Ra^l^Snahe y fmaU Green^Saake^ -,; ^mphtsb^ma , y«wff Black and . JmailOr(y*Snake ', the great Lahdy and the great Water^Snake : and of . fe&^. ^oAer^tdi^, 0/" their Sea*filh and Turtle ^ and of *^. Paul'i " Tew/?, • CHAP, ^ A The CotitentSi CHAP. III. The A?s Stay and Bujimfs at Bahia t Of the Winds ^ and Sea forts of the Tear there. UU departure for N; Hollands C. Salvadore. The Winds on the Brafilian Cda^ ; and Abrohlo Shoal ; Fijhy and Birds i * The Shear *xpater Birdy and Cook- ing of Sharks. Bxcefji'te rmmher of Birds. about a dead Whale ^, of the Pintado" Bird y andthePettd., Sec. OfaBit^thatjkewstheC of G. nop^ to ,be near ; Of the Sea-reckonings , and Variations : And a Table ofaU the Variations obferv^d in this Voyage. Occurren- ces near theCzpe ; and the A^s paf' Jing by it. Of the Wefierly Winds beyona*it : A Storm^ and its Pre- fages. The A?s Courje to N. Hol- land ; and Signs of approaching it. Another Abrohlo Shole and Storm J and the A^s Arrival on fart The Contents. part of N. Holland. That part defer iFd ; and Shark V Bay^ wberd he firfi Ancbifrs. Of the Land there^ Vegetables^ Birds^ Sec. A particular fort ofGvano: ¥\lh^ and beautiful Shells ^ Turtle^ large Shark^ and Water-oerpents. xht A?s removing to another part ofN. Holland : Dolphinsj Whales^ and nwre Sta-Serpents ; and of a Paf- fage or Streight jhjpeaed here : Of the Vegetables^ Birds ^ and Fijh. He anchors on a third Fart o/N. Holland, and digs WeUs^ hut brackijh. Of the Inhabitants tbercy , the great Tides ^ the Vege^a*' bks ana Animals^ &c. V a • •• ' " • 'i ■•-■■■ ti- ;*■ •. ^ i)(^pHrs • 1 • -^«.j699» Dampiers Voyages. VOL. m. V I A Voyage to Terra Auftralis. C H A P. I. The A?s departure from the Downs. A Caution to, thole who Sail in the Chan-^ ml His Arrival at the Canary- Ifl4?i(is>. Santa Cruz in TenCTifFe ; to^^^iid and Town^ andSpa,m(h Wrefk, Laguila T, Lake and toun* try ;: and Oratavia T. and Road, Of ibn Wines and other Commodities o/TenerifFe, &c. and the Governors • at Laguna ay& Rup, nor with the Winds or Weather Princes (.but Ofily in the refjibicr Parts, where it may ^^^^ ^" be more particularly ufeful) ftanding away chuS^ fromi C* U H^gm^ we made the &iirr about yard. .'. ^ that Afternoon ; which being, the laft Land Price i J. wefaw pf £asg/4W, Ve reckoned our Depar- ture from thepc? : ITho' we had rather have taken it frpm the. L/«4r^, if the hazy Wea- ther wookl hav^ fttf&rM us to have feen it. . , ...-.., The firft Land we faw after wewereoiit of the Channel was C. f//?//?fri'^, which we tti^dt oti the 19th; and on the sSth made 4 J. LanGerota. J. AUegrance. J. Tener. An, f 60 9. LafHenUy One of the CsMf^ Iflandb' ; Of whlcft, ^>^VV and '^oi JSe^nnct ;, another of^th^ni ; I ih^vfe here given thb Sights^ zsth^hotlii-p^ttA to us' at tWo ffevi^ril Bcarifl^iftd ©iftancbi. We were fit) W' ftaiidiiig away for th6>Ifliiid Tfwr/j^, wliei^-Iiinteiicfe^ t§ 'take in feme Wiiic and Brafrtdy for tay Voyage. On Sit^ W^^ half.an tioar ^ft 3 in the AfttfrftOOiiy ^e made the Iflaiid^, and crouded in vJ^ith all cftfr . Sails till 5 ; when the N.-RTbinifttf-^tfeiflb . bore W.«. W.^ dift. 7 Leagues :- BikvMti^ ^ th6h fo far off that I coiild not citpta tO'get in before' Night^ t lay by tlH 'n^t Mdf riiiSg, deliberating whether I (hould J)l^^ Sma . . Cruz^ or at OrAPa^U^ thd bflfe on: th« 6;" the other on the W, fide of the Ifland ; which lies moftly North and South:; and thefeare the principal Ports on each Sidfe. I <:h<3ife : Samn Cruz as th€ feeftet^ Harbour (42fpecialiy at this tirfte of the Year) arid as beft furnifhM with that fort of Wine whietil'hadoccafion ' ... to take in for my Vdyage : So thfere I cohie t6 an AndK)r Jan: jpth, in jf Fathom-\va- • ter, black fiimy Groun^'; iabout half a Mile from the Shore ; from which diftance I took the Sight of the Town. [Tablet N*. j.] Inthis Road Ships muft ride in 30, 40, or 50 Fathom- water, not above telf a mile from the Shore at fartheft : And if there are fnany Ships, they muft ride clofe One by another. The Shore is generally high Land, and in moft Places fteep to. This Road lies fo open to iiiiiiiniiaftt ^Al .^^. mm-». • • ^ : ^Mr p.«r«^* * • r I . Santa Cmx Road^ ^. and Wrecks. . $ totneBaft^' ^thatrWinds froni that ficJe make a 4tt.i69%: greit SivsJlj^^aii^ very bad going afliofc in Boats : 11® Ships that;; ric^^.here jrj? thmjS^r ten forced to put to Sea,: fi^d fometimes to ojfc or flip their' Anchors, uoi: being able to weigh them. » Th^ beft and^ finootheft Landr ingistin a {malt Tandy Cove, about a mile to the ;N. E. pf the Road, where there is good Water , with which Ships that lade here are fupplyM; and piany throes Ships that lade at Orauvidy wln^is the chief Tort forTrade^ fend their Boats hither for Water. That is a worfe Port for Wjcftfrly than this is for Eaft; erly Winds i.ao4 ^^ all Ships that ^re there put tt) Seat, . ^tween this Watering-pJacc and Sxnta Cr4^ are two little Forts ; which with.fome j^ttefies fcatterM alopg the Coaft command the Road. Sa»u Cruz, its felf is a fmall unwalled ' Town frpntir^ the Sea^ guarded witl) x%Q other Forts ta fecure the Road* There' are about 200 Houfes in the Tqwo, aD % Stories high/ ftrongly builf with Stone , and covered with. Pantile. It hath two Go$ve.$tsand oneClvdrch, which are the beft, Bii^ldipgs in the Town.^ Thp Forts here could not fecure the Spanijb Galle- ons from AcJgiiji;al BUkey tho' they baird in clofe under the niain Fort. Many of the In- habitants that are now living renrembcr that Action ; in which *he Ej^glijb b^tterM . tlie Town^ andjdid it irtuch Damage; and the marks- of the Shot^ f^ill remain in the Fort- Walls. The Wrecks of the Galleons that B J wert 6 Way from Santa Crtia ifl Lagorft. ^^'^9- were burnt here lie in 15 f^fltbom-vrateil: " ^ ' A nd ^is faid that moft of the Plat* lies tfe«i% tho' feme of it Was Imftilf carri^ albdit at Slalee^s coming in fight, • . : : . Soon after I had anchor^rf I ^6nt sflxtfe here to the Governor of thfe Town, who re- ceived me very kindly and ifivited me to Dine with him the nextdiy. I returned od board in the Evening, and Werit iftiore again with two of my Officers the heft Mornii^; hoping to get up the Hill titifie ertbugh to fet Laguna^ the principal Town, and to be feidc again 10 Dine with the Governor 6\ SVHtk Cruz ; for I was tbld that Ligubi Was but J Mile oE The Road is all the way up a pitt- ty fteep Hill ; yet not fo fteep bui that Cartt go up and down laden. Thet^ i;rc Publick Hbufes fcattering by the way-fide, where we jot fome Wine. The Land on each fidd feemed to be but rt)cky and dry ; yet in many Places we faW Spots of green fiourilbing Com. At farther diftances thete Wfere fmaU Vineyards by the Sides of the Mountains, ih^ termixt with abundance of wafte rocky Ijand^ unfit for Cultivation , which afforded only Dildo-bufhe5. It was about 7 or 8 in the Morning when we fet out frctti &i^f i« Cniz>% and it being fair clear Weather, the Sun fhonc tJ'ery bright and warmed • us fufficietody be- fore we got to the City 'Laguua ; which we f cached about 10 a Clock, all'fweaty and tired , and were glad to refrelh our felves with a little Wine in a forry TipHng-hoHfc ; V .. . -.^ •• ; ^ .: .;■ • - But ki But we foon found out= 6jie ofithe E^fglijb An.i6^^. Merehahtfr • that rcfid^d here ; who enters ^^^v"^ tain'd us han^fomly at Ditider, and in the Afterqoon (bewM us the Town* LaguM is a pretty large well*c6mpad:ed Town, and mak^ a: \^y agreeable Profpeft. It ftands part of it againft a Hill, and part in a Level. 'X^t Houfes have moftly ftrpng XVaBs built Math Stone a^ covered with Pantile. They are not uniform, yet they appear pkafant enough. There are many feir Buildings; among which afe i Pa rife Churches, i Nunneries, an Hofpital, 4 Con* vents, and fome Chapels ; befides many Gentlemen's Houfes. The Convents are thofe of St Auftifij St. Dominicky St. Frmcis^ and St. Diego. The two Churches have pret*^ ty high fquare Steeples, which top the reft of the Buildings. The Streets arenot Regular, yet they are moftly fpacious and pretty hand* fome ; and near the middle of the Town is a large Parade , which has good Buildings about it. There is a ftrong Frifon on one fide of it; near which is a large Conduit of good Water , that fupplies all the Town. They have many Gardens which are fet round with Oranges, Limes, and other Fruits : In the middle of which are Pot-herbs, Sallading, ^ Flowers, &c. And, indeed, if the Inhabi*^ tants were curious this way, they might have very pleafant Gardens: For as the Town flahds high from the Sea, on the Brow pf a Plain that is all open to the Eaft, and B 4 liath 8 Laguna r/flw, Ltffce, &c. ^«^i 699, hath confequcntly the Benefit of the true ^^ "Trade- wind, wHidi blows here, andismofl commonly] fair ; fo there are feldom wanting^ at this Town, brisk, codling, and rcfreihing Breezes all th^ Day. On the back of the Town there is a larce Plain of ^ or 4 Leagues in lensthand 9 Miles wi(}e^ producing a thick kindly fort of Gr^fs, which look'd green and very pleafant when I was there, like our Meadows in Engknd in the Spring. On the Eaft.fideof this Plain, very near the back of the Town, there is a natural Lake or PcMid of frefli Water. It is about half a Mile in circumference ; but be- ing ftagnant, ^tis only i)sM for Cattle to drink of. In the Wintf r-titne feveral forts of wild Fowl refort hither, aflferding plenty of Game to the Inhabitants of Laguna. This City is called L4^iy;^4 from hence ; for that Word in Spanifb fignjfies a Lake or Pond. The Plain is bounded on the W. the N. W. and the S. W. with high ftcep Hills ; as high above this Plain as this is above the Sea ; and ^tis from the foot of one of thefe Mountains that the Water of the Conduit which fuppli?? the Town , is conveyed over the Plain , in Troughs of Stone raised upon Pillars. And, indeed, confidering the Situation of the Town, its large ProfpcQ: to the Eaft (for from hence you fee the Grand CafiaryJ its Gardens; cool Arbors, pleafant Plain, green Fields, the Pond and Aqueduft, and its refrelhing Breezes, it is a very delightful Dwelling; efpe- pike of Teti» Wines, Oratavia. 9 efpeciaHy for fuch 9$ have not Bufihefe that -^»;;j^9* calls them far and c^en from home : For the ' "^ ^ " Ifland being generally Mountainous^ fteep ' and craggy 9 full of Rifiiigs and Fallings, 'tis very trduWefome TraveHing up and down in it, ual^ in the Cool of the. Mornings and Evenings: And Mules and Afles are moft usM by them^ both for Biding and Carriage, as fitted for the ftcJny, uneven Roads. Beyond the MoBntftins^ on the. S. W. fide, ftill further up, you may- fee from the Town and Plain a miiaU peek^ Hill, overlooking the reft. This is that .which is called the Pike of TeHeriffe , fo much noted for its heighth : But we faw it here at fo great a difad vantage, by reafonof thenearriefsofthe adjacent Mountaihs to us, that it looked in-^ confiderable in refpeQ: to its Fame. * ' The true Mi^mefy Wine grows in this; Iflan4 ; and this here is faid to be the bei): of .its kind in the World. Here is alfo Canary^' Wine, and Verdona^ or Green^wine. The Canary grows chiefly, on the Weft- fide of the Ifland ; and therefore is commonly fent to Oratavia ; which being ithech'ef Sea-port for Trade in the Ifland, the principal Ef^giijb Merchants refide there ^ with their Conful ; becaufe we have a great Trade for this Wine. I was told, That that Town is bigger than J^agum; that it has but one Church, but ma- ny Convents : That the Port is but ordinary at beft, and is very bad when the N. W. Winds blow. Thefe Norwefters give no- tice lo Vetttona-^winej Fruits^ Stt '^^•i^f' cice of their cofning, by a great Sea rh&t tumbles in on the Shore for fome time before they come, and by a black Sky in tlie N. W. Upon thefe Signs Ships either get up their Anchors, or flip meir Obles and put to Sea, and ply off and on till the Weatlier is over. Sometimes they are forced to do fo 2 or J times before they can take in their Lad- ing ; which 'tis hard to do here in thefaireft Weather : And for frefli Water, they fend, as I have faid , to Sdntd Cmz. Vtrdona is green, ftrong-bodied Win^, harlber and Imrper than Cmayj. 'Tis not fo much e- fteemed in Eur of e^ but is exported to the iVeJf* Iff dies, and will keep beft in hot Countries ; for which Reaibn i toudiM here to take in fome of it for my Voyage. This fort of Wine is made chie^y on the Eaft-lide of the Ifland, and Shipt off at Sdnta Cruz* Befides thefe Wines , which are yearly vended in great plenty from the Ca^fary Iflands • (chiefly from Grand Canary , Teneriffe^ and Palma) here is ftore of Grain, as Wheat, Ear- ly and Maiz , which they often tranfport to other places. They have alfo fome Beans and Feas, andCoches, a fort of Grain much like Maiz, fowM moftly to fatten X.and. They have Papah's, whidi I (hall fpeak more of hereafter ; Apples, Pears, Plumbs, Cherries, and excellent Peaches, Apricocks, Guava's, Pomegranates, Citrons, Oranges, Lemons , Limes, Pumpkins , Onions th6 heft in the. World, Cabbages, Turnips, Potato^, &c. " ^ They jAt^akmm ykmki^jaii. Canane & 1 1 They are «lfi> ¥*H ftQekedr^^ith Harfo,^».i<599 Cows^ Affcs^. Mules, Sheep^ Goats, Hogsy^^^^^ Q3nie$y and plenty of Deer. The La^arof Horfes are laid tc^ be the moft mettli^Qine, fleer, and loyal Horfes that are. Laftty, here are many FoWlv as Cocks and Hens, Ducks, Eidgeons^Patridges, &e. .ivich plenty of FiO), asr Mackrily &^^ All the Cjmarj Iflands have ctfth^fe Conunoditiesan^Ftoi^ohsinQrQor lefs : But as Lancer ot a is moft fam'd for Horr fesi and Gta^tXlamry^ Wtnetiff^^ 2sA,2dma for Wines , Xentri^e efpeaally for the heft Nfeimefy, (for which reafon thefe 3 Iflands have the chirf Trade) fo is Fortevmtwra for DuQ^il^Fowls , and Gamers for Deer. Fowk and other Eatables are dear on the Trading Iflands ; but very plentiful and cheap on the other ; sund therefore 'tis beft for fuch Ships as. are jgbing out on loos Voyages, and who defi^ to take in but Itttle Wine^ to touch rather at thefe laft ; where alfo they may be fupply'd with Wine enough, and gpod cheap : And for my own part, if I had Known it before I came hither, I fliould have gone rather to one c^thofe Iflands than to Tmeriffe : But enough of this. 'Tis reported they can raife 12000 armed Men on this Ifland. The Governor or Gene-^ \ fii/ (as he is calPd) of all the CAnAty Iflands lives stf hAgunA : His Name is Dan Pedro de Potffa. l£ is a Native of this Ifland, and i was not long fince Frefldent of PAmmA in the . South SeAs ; who bringing fome very rich Pearls I fi Governors at I^sigmia arid ttaaili CvSt. :4».x699.Fearlsfrom tfaeabe^-wbichte prcfeatedcathe . ^^ •Queen of 5/4«,. was thcrcforer as ^s faid, made General of the c^^^iO^ Iflands. Tht Grand Cgmr^ is'an Iflahdtiuich fuperior tb Teneriffe both in Bulk and Value ; but ttis Gentleman chufes^ rathei* to reHdeln this his native Ifland. He has the Ctiarfldef* of a v^ ry worthy Perfon; and ^ovems^ v^ith Mode^ ration and Juftice, being «eryj«reli be^ Ibved. One^of his Eteputies was the Gkivernor of Santa Cruz ^ with whom I was to have DinM ; but ftayingfo long at L&guna^ I oame l)Ut time enough to Sup with fainu He is a civil, difcreet Man. He re(ides'ijii t%e main Fort clofe by the Sea. * Tbereisia Ceminel ftands at his Door ; and he: has a ^w Seiv vants to wait on him. I was: Treated in a large dark Lower Room, which lias- but one fmall Window* There were about 200 Mut kets hung up againU the Wialls , and fome Pikes ; no Wainfcot, Hangings, nor much Eurniture. There was only a fmall old Table, a few old Chairs , and 2 or j pretty long Forms to fit on- Having SuppM with him^ I invited him on Board , and went off in niy Boat. The next Morning he came aboard with another Gentleman in hi& Company, attended by 2 Servants: But he was prefent* ly Sea-fick, and fo much out of order that he could fcarce Eat or Drink any Thing, but went quickly alhore again. Having Tmle4f^tnd.Fikeo(Teni 13 -r » Having rcfttfli^ my Men aftjore, and ta- ^»a699, ISSfi in Hjirhat- ^^ had OOtaflon for, I SaiiM a- " iv^y from S^maCruz on Fek 4. in the After- iiooh ; h^fteHitig out all I could^ becaufe the ^JE. Winds^growingftormy made fo great SesrJ i^at the Ship was fcarce fafe in the Road; ind I was glad to get our, tho^ we left behind fivef^ Goodi W^ had bought and paid Ibr : ^r i Boat ct)uld not go a(hore;i and the ftre& l!9m^6 '^^trib yeighing Aoehor, that the Cable broken •' 1 defigi^d next for the I. of MijfOf one qfi^Ae C. ri>frf)Iflajids; ^and raili away fvefith'Ji itrcing N. Ev Wihdy right afoipc it^ stll than: '4>}ight and thq n^xtiDay, at the ^iate of 16 (Stfil Miles ah hoar; when it flickenM to a iiiore moderate Gale. The Cd- 'M^ Iflands 'arc, for their Latitude, within the ufual Vterge of the Trufe or General Trade- Wind -^ which I haveobfervM to be, on this fide tte Equator, N. Eafterly: But i^en lying not -faf from the 4f^ican Shore, tto&y are mbftr fubjeft to a N. Wind, which is me Coding Wd confianp Trsde^ fweeping that Cbaft downas low as to C Verd ; which fpreading in breadth, takes in moftly the Ca^ nary Iflands ; tho' it be therie interrupted fre- quently with the True Trade- Wind , N. Weft- Winds, or other Shifts of Wind that Iflands are Subjeft to ; efpeciaUy where they lie many together. The Vike of Teneriffe^ which had generally been Clouded while we lay at SmtA Cruz^ appeared now all white with Snow, hovering over the other Hills; but 14 J- Mayo, isH^opAf ^ Y&d*s, 4i.i<$99.butitheir iteighth jt4de iri^'the leg confix ^■^v>^ derable^ ffor it loojos moft jH^nwiMIe to Sh^ lifaat ats to ithe Weftwasdof it: We >ba4 tH-isfcU. K. p. ftud^tg , E. W^sfrom3;W«- f!«^ ; and few Flyiflg-fifli^ ifKlia igtcar dart .Of &&-tbiftle WeeoJoating, ; , By ife ioth of iF(f^ atKoQin\¥^« .wjere ia«^ llae. or i.^.4 410. fow€iftQei?ed,aM^8y W.N.W. •forthe I. df A%,^ bekiglay Judgtftfeitt, : ifc continued a^l : JKiglit ,^ ;£ur •Weather, ; abd afmatt lafieGale. ' A41 thefe -were, great Signs j tiiat we •w»« jiear foqje JUnd, after .&vingiJad.fi}<^iQPilJ[hnt brisk ' Winds beffllj^w lo ;tte Moweg attflrSuib !<% w^ikw the Ifl»)d at ajboiit 14 llmgues diftanas ; Bitt it iwas fp hazy ov:er i^ that5*c fiouW fee b»ta fin^U' part of it: J yet even fc|^ that part I knew it to be the Ifle pf 4^«k See how it a^pear*d to us at fcv«-al f^iefps, is iWe werecornpaffing theE. db^ S. E.' and tl^S. of it, to get to the Road, on the S. W. dfit, CTablell. N*'. i, 2, 3.] and the Road km I got not irt ;fiil the neit Day , fek li^ when I come to an Aflehor iii the Road^ which is the Lee-ward part of the Ifland j for 'tis a general Rule never ;lsJ: Anchor to '^ind-Ward of an liiland between the Tro- picks. , We Anchored at 1 1 a Clock in 14 Fathom clean Sand, and very foiooth Wa- ter, about three quarters of a Mile from the Shore, ■Tkti* a. Cape "Ver J. Iflandt CftiJ^^^ 15 Shbi^ ID tlic ^tttfe'Tkc* whtre I 'AnchorM-rf«^itf9>f in tny ^cjagdrtmnAl^ World ; and ft)liftd rid- ing Jbere tne Mttn^ort (f honAon^ a lllefthant Min , C^aki Bareftka -Goinriian^er , who welcoilifecl me tfrkh j Ouns, arid I returned oAe ft>r li^hanks. ^ite caifte fr6m Fajal, one of the Wejlern Iflands ; and had ftofe of Wine t1^ Brabdy aboatd. He was taking in Salt to carry, to Nerp-feuf^d-Lafid, and was very glad tSf fee ^ of the- King^s Ships, being bdfore ©lireoftiirig afi'akloT Pyrates ; which, of late Yetfrs, liaa tntidif 4nfeft^ this arid the reft of i have given fdrtie Account of the Ifland of ^^i attd of olher of- thefe Iflands, in my Voy^e rbund the Wifrld^ [Vol. 1. : p. 70.] but lihaH hbw add fbme further GDfervations that occurrM to me in this Voyage. The I. of Mi^o Is about 7 Leagues in Circumference, of a roimdifli Form, with many fmall rcx:ky Points ' (hooting out into the Sea a Mile, or more. Its Lat. is 15 d. N. and as you Sail about the Iflc, when you come pretty nigh the Shdre, you will fee the: Water breaking off from thofe Points ; which you muft ^ivc a Birth to, and avoid them. I Sail'd at this tifflSS two parts in three round the Ifland, But fa\i|iir¥othing dangerous befldes thefe Points \ andthey all fliewM themfelves by the Break- ing of the Water : Yet .'tis reported, That on the N. and N. N. W. fide there are dan- gerous Sholes, that ly farther off at Sea ; but I was not on that Side. There are 2 Hills 1$ SMt-pond^ofpM^ ^4n.i6%9' on this Ifhnd of a codfiderable heighth ; one ^^^^''^^^^ pretty WufF,. the other peeked at top. The reft pf the Ifland is pretty level, and of a good heighthfrpm the.S^. The Shore, clear round hath fandy Bays^ between the kochy Foinps I fpali^ of; and the whole Illand is a very dry fort of Soil* On the Weft- fide of the :Jfle -where the Road for Ships is there is ^large Sandy Bay^ and a Sand-t^nk, of about 40 Fs^ceswim within it, which runs along the Shore 2 or } Miles ; within which there is a large SaliM or Salt-pond, contaiiied between the Saiid- bank and the Hills beyond it. The whole Salwa is about 2 Miles in length, and half a Mile wide; but ahoyc one half of it^i$ com- monly d ry . , The Nqrth end only of thej PQnd never wants Water, producing Salt from No^ ijember till ik%,which is here the dry Seafon of the Year. The Water which yields thisSisilt works in from but of the Sea through a hole in the Sand-bank before mentioned , like a Sluce, and that only in Spring-tides; when it fills the Pond more or lefs, according to the heighth of the Tides. . If there is any Salt in the Ponds when the Flufh of Water comes inj it prefently diffolves : But then in two or three Days after it begins to Kern ; and fo continues Kerning till either all, or the great- eft part of the Salt-water is congeal'd or kern'd ; or till a frefh Supply of it comes in again from the Sea. This Water is known to come in only at that one Paffage on the N. part ^SK^Btming^ and Trade. 17 part of the Poria ; where alfo it is deepeft. ^^^W; It was at a Spring of the New Moon when ' "^''^^ I was ther&;' and I was told that it comes in at no other time but at the New Mqon Spring-tides: but v^hy that fhould be I can't guefs. They who come hither to kde Salt rake it up as it Kerns, and lay it in heaps on the dry Land, before the Wa- ter breaks in anew : And this is obfervable of this Salt-pond, that the Salt kerns only in the Dry Seafon , contrary to the Salt- Ponds in tne WeH-Indies^ particularly thofe of the Ifland Sdt-Tortuga^ which I have formerly mentioned [Vol. I. pt $6.] for they never Kern there till the Rains comt in about Afril ; and continue to do fo m Miy, ^une^ July^ &C. while the Wet Sea- fon lafls ; and not without fome good Shower of Rain firft : But the ReaCon al- fo of this Difference between the Salt- Ponds of A%(?, and tliofe of the fVeJl* Indies, why thefe flaould Kern infthe Wet Seafon, and the former in the Dry Seafon^ I (hall leave to Philofophers. Our Nation drive here a great Trade ftie Salt, and have commonly a Man of War here for the Quard of our Ships and Barks that come to take it in ; of Which I have been informM that iii fome Years there have not been lefsthan 100 in a Year. It cofts nothing but Men^s Labour to rake it together^ and wheel it out of tht Pond^ •1 15 tmpt-boats (MJiiWid. An.r69^: dictpttht Carria^t And*thdtaffo is very ^^^^V>^ cheap ; the Inhabitapts, having plenty of Affcs, for which they have little to do be- iides carrying the Salt from the Ponds to the Sea- tide at the Seafon wheii Ships are here. The Inhabitants Jade and drive their Aflesthemfelv'es, l^ing very glad to be impIoyM ; for they have fcarce ariy 6- ther Trade but this to get a Penny by. The Pond is not above half, a Mile from the Landing-place, fo that the AfTe^ make a great many Trips^in a day. They have a fet number of Turns to and fro both Forenoon and Afternoon ^ which their Owners will not exceed. At the Landing-place there lies a Fr^/f-boat, as cur Seamen call it, to take in the 5/«/^ *Tis made purpofely for this ufe, with a iDeck reaching from the Stern a third part df the Boat; where there is a kind of Bulk-head . that rifes, not from the Boats -botton^ but from the Edge of the Deck, to about 2 foot in heighth; all calked very tight. The Ufe of ^t is to keep the Waves from dafhinginto the Bdat^ when it lies with its Head to the Shore^ to take in Salt : -For here commonly runs a great Sea ; and when the Boat lies fo With its Head to thq Shore, the. Sea breaks in over the Stern, and would, foon fill it^ was it not For this Bulk-head, which flops the Waves that come Qowwg upon the Deck, ' r and "^^'boats defiribed, ,19 and makes tliem run off into, the Sea on J».i69f each fide. To keep the Boat thus with the Head to tlie Shore, and' the Stern to the Sea, th^re are; two fl:rdngStahtionsf#up in the Boat; the oiie at the Head, the o- ther in the middle of it,. %kinft the Bulk-- head,- and a Fbot higher tlian the Bulk- head. • Therfe is a large Notch cut iii yhe top!^ of each bf thefe Stantionis big enough for a imall Hazer or Rope to lie in ^ one end of whicji'is faftenM'to a Poll afliore, aiid th!e other to a Grapling or An^ chor Jyirtg a pretty w^y off' at Sea. : This ft.opeferteth tp haletheBpat in and out,and the; Statttions fervc to ke^p her faft, fo thai: . Ihe cannot fwrhg to either fide when the Rope is haPd tight : iFor the Sea would elfe fill hen or. tofs her afliore and itave her. The better to prevent her fl:aving and to' keep her the tighter together, there are two fets of Ropes niore : The firfl: go-» ing athwart from Gunnal to Gunnal, which, when the Rowers Benches are laid, bind tlie Boats fides fo hard againfi: the Ends of the Benches that they cannot eafily fall afundpr , while the Benches and Ropes mutually help each other ; the Ropes keeping the Boats fides from flying off, and the Benches from being cruflbM together^ inwards; Of thefe Ropes there are ufual- ly but two, dividing the Boats length, as they go acrofs the Sides, into there equal C 2 parts. lo rta^^boats how marmgd. ^«^i ^99* parts. The other fet of Ropes are more ^ ^ in number, and are fo placM as to keep the Ribs and Planks of the Boat from ftarting off. For this purpofe there are holes made at certain diftances through the £dge of the Keel that runs along on the infide of the Boat ; through which thefe Ropes paf- fing are laid along the Ribs, fo as to line them, or be themlclves as Ribs upon them, being made faft to them by Rattan^s brought thithcr,or final! Cords twifted clofe about both Rop^s and Ribs, up to the Guhnal : By which means tho^ feveral of the Nails or Pegs of the Boat fhould by any fhock fall out, yet the Ropes of thete two fets might hold her together : Efpe- cially with the help of a Rope going quite round about the Gunhal bathe out-nde, as, our Long-boats have. And fuch is the Care taken to ftrengthen the Boats ; from which girding them with Ropes, which our Seamen call Frapmg^ they have the Name of Frape-boats. Two Men fuffice %o hale her in and out , and take in the Salt from Shore (which is brought in Bags) and put it out again. As (oon as the Boat is brought nigh enough to the Shore, he who ftands by the Bulk- head ' takes inftantly a turn with the Hazer about the Bulk-head-Stantion ; and that (lops her faft before the Sea can turn her afide : And when the two Men have got in their Lad- ing, I. Mayo^ Silk-Cotton. \ a i ing, they hale off to Sea, till they cornea ^^.11599. little without the fwell ; where they !> ^ move the Salt into another Boat that car- ries it on board the Ship. Without fuch a Fr^^^boat here is but bad Landing at any time ; for tho' 'tis commonly very finooth in the Road, yet there falls a great $e^ on the Shore, fo that every Ship that icoines here fliould have fiich a Boat^ and bring, or make, or borrow one of other Ships that happen to foe here ; for the Inhabi- tants have hone. I have been thus parti- cular in the Defcription of thefe Frapf-^ boats, becaufe of the Ufe they may be ofiq any Places where a great Sea falls in i^poq the Shore; as it doth efpecially In many open Roads in the EaB and n^e^-hdies ; where they might therefore b? very fer- viceable ; but I never faw any of then^ there. The Ifland Majo is generally barren, be-? ing dry, as I faid ; and t^e beft of it is but a very indiflbrent Soil. The fandy Bank that pens in the Salt-pond hath a fort of Silk Cotton growing upon it, and a Plant that runs along upon the Ground, branch- ing out like a Vine, but with thick broad L^ves. The Silk-Cotton grows on ten- der Shrubs, 2 or 4 Foot high, in Cods as bigasan Apple,but bfaiongfhape ; whigh when ripe open at one end, parting leifure- ly into 4 quarters ; and at the firft bpen- C 3 'ing a a Silk and other Cotton, f^tS?: ing the Cotton breaks forth. It may be of ' "^"^ * ufe for ftufiing of PiHows, or ttie likej but elfe is of no valye, any more than that of the great Cotton-tree. : I took of thefe Cods brfbre they were quite ripe, and laicj them in my Cheft ; and in two or three (days they would open and throw <)ut the Cotton. Others I have bqund faft. with Strings, fo that the Cod could flotopen j and in a few Day s after, as, fooh as I flack-^ ned the String never fo little , the Cod would burft, and the Cotton fly out iorce^ ably, at a very little hole, juft as the Pulp out of a roafting Apple , till all has beep out of the Cod. I met with this fort. of Cotton afterwards, at Ti^or ( where it was ripe in November ) and.no >vherQ elfe in all my Travels ; but I found two p* ther forts of Silk-cotton at Br4;ci7, which l Jliall there defcribe. The right Cotton- Shrub grows here alfo, but not on the Sand-bank. I faw fome Bufhes of it near the Shore ; but the moft of it is plante4 in the middle of the Ifle, where the Inhabi- tants live. Cotton-cloth being their chief Manufadure ; but neither is there any jreat ftore of this Cotton. There alfo are, tome Trees within the If land, but none t^ be fecn near the Sea-fide; nothing but a few Bufhes fcattering up and down againft the fides of the adjacent Hills ; for, a,s I {aid before, the Land is pretty high fronj Soil of I. M^yoy Tormsy 8^c. ^ the Sea* The Soil is for the mod p^ivt ^^j^} cither a fort of Sand^ or Ibolfe crumbling. Stone, without any frefh Water Ponds of* Streams, to moiften it ; but only Showers in the Wet-feafon, which run off as faft as they fall: except a fmall Spring in the middle of the Ifle, from which proceeds a little Stream of Water that runs through a Valley between the Hills. There the Inhabitants live in three fmaDTowns, hav- ing a Church and Padre in each Town : And thefe Towns, as I was informed, are 6 or 7 miles from the Road. Phofe is faid t6 be the chief Town, and to have two Churches: St: Johns the next; and the third Lagod. The Hbufes are very mean ; fmall , lovi^ Things. They build with Fig-tree; here being, as I was' told, no other Trees fit to build with. The Raf- ters are a fort of wildCatie. The Fruits of this Ifle are chiefly Figs, and Water- Melons. They have alfo Ca^ava^^tes (a fbrt of Pulfe like French Beans) and Pump- kinsj for ordinary Food, The Fowls are Flamingoes, Great Curlews, arid Guinea^ Hens ; which the Natives of thofe Iflands call Ga/len4 Pmtada^ or the Painted Hen ; but in Jamaic4y where I have feen alfo thofe Birds in the dry Savannah's and Woods, (for they love to run about in fuch Places) they are called G«/^/^4-Hens. They feem to be much of the Nature of Partridges,. C 4 They ^ a^ .GuinesL-Hens defcribed. '^i^;They are bigger than our Hens » have " ^^ 'long Legs, and will run apace. They can- fly too, but not far, having large heavy JBodies^ and but ihort Wings , and fhort Tails : As I have generally obfcrvM that Birds have feldom lon^ Taik unlefe fuch a$ fly much ; in which their Tails are ufuaU' ly ferviceable to their turning about, as a. Rudder to a Ship or Boat. Thefe Birdi have thick and ftrong, yet Iharp Bills, pretty long Ciaws, and fbort Tails- They fijed on the Ground , either on \X^orms,^ whigh they, find by tearing open the; Earth ; or on Gralnoppers, which are plentiful here^ The Feathers of thefe Birds are fpeclcled with dark and light Gray ; the spots fo regular and uniform,, tteit they look more beautiful than many Birds that are decked with gayer Feathers^t Their Necks are fmall and long ; their Heads alfo but little. The Coqks have a fmall rifing on their Crowns, like a four of a Comb. 'Tis of the colour of a dry Wall* •Nut-fhell, and very hard. They have a fcnall red GiD on each fide of their Heads^ like Ears, ftrutting out downwards; but the Hens have none* They are fo ftrong ?i that one cannot hold them; and very har4y> They are very good Meat, ten- P- der, and fweet ; and in tome- the Flefli is -;: . extraordinary white ; tho' fome others iiav© black Flelh: but both forts are very i ; . , , . good* Birds and Beafis of I. Mayo. *5 ^ood. The Natives take them with Tk>gSy4»*^i99* running them down whenever they pleate ; ^O-^^^ for here are abundance of them. You fhall fee 2 or 300 in a company. I had feveral brought aboard aUve , w^here they throve very well ; fome of them 16 or 18, Months; when they b^an to pine. Whea they are taken young they will become^ tame like -our Hens. The Fl'amingoh I have already defcrib'd at large, [Vol. L p. 79-3 They have alfo many other fort of Fowls, viz. PidgeoQs and Turtle-doves ^ MiniotifSj a fort of Land-^fowls as big as Crows, of a grey colour, and good Food ; Crufii^Sy anothtt fort of grey - coloured Fowl almoft as big as a Crow, which are only feen in the Night (probably a fort of Owls) and are faid to be good- for con-, iumptive People^ but eaten by none elfe. Rdek%^ a fprt of large grey eatable Fowls with long Necks and Legs, not unlike Herons ^ and many kinds of fmall Bitds. Of Land-Animals, here are Goats , as I faid ■ formerly ^ and Affes . good ftore. When I was here before they were faid to have had a great many Bulls and Cows ; But the Pirates , who have iince mi^rably infefted all thefe Iflands, have much leuenM the number of thofe ; not having fparM the Inhabitapts them- ielves: for at my being there this time the ^^ Cover- 26 fijh^ and laying of Turtle. -rfita tf99» Governor of Md^ was but newly returtfd from being a Prifoher among them, they having taken him away^ andGarrfedhim about with them for a Year or two. The Sea is plentiMly ftock'd' with Fifb of divers forts, :w;c. Dolfrfiitis, Boneta's, Mullets, Snappers, Silver-fiflli, Garfifh, &c. and here is a good Bay to hale & Sain or Net in. I haPd mkie feverttl time^, and to good purpofe ; dragging afhore at one time 6 dozen of great Fiih, moft of them large Mullets of a loot imd a half or two foot long. Here are alfo Porpofes, and a fmall fort of Whales, that common- jfy'vifit this Road every daf. I haVeal* #eady feid, CVol. L p. 75.} That the Months of May, 5^w, ^uij and AuguUy (tlMit is, the Wet Seafon ) afre the time. When the Green Turtle come hither, ;and* go alhore to lay their Eggs. I look upon- it as a thing worth taking Notice of, that the Turtle Ihould always, both in North and South Latitude, lay their Eggs in the Wet Months. It might bethought, con- fidering what great Rains, tliere are then- in feme places where thefe Creatures lay, that their Eggs Ihould be fpoiled by them. But the Rain, tho^ violent, is fobn foaked up by the Sand, wherein the Eggs are buri-' cd ; and perhaps finks not fodeep^nto it as * * the Eggs are laid : ktA. keeping do wii the Heat may make the Sand hotter below than IbeJNatwes, of L Md,^, I7 than it was before, tik^ % Hotrbeii ^hat* An. 169^ ever thq Reafon may he Tvhj :]?)S)yideflceV determines thefe Creature^ na this Snlibii of laying their Egg?, rather tfigft tbfl Dnr, in FaStit is fo, as I have cpSftatjitlyronM ferv'4 ; and th*t pot poly wifcliitbQ&R- Turtle, but with aU other &(fts^ oiAtB^l^ bious. Animals that , lay Eg^ ; as^^Crocx)*^ dils, ' Alligator!s, Guano's, <^f. ^ ^bb In^' habitants of this Iflai|i()> even their flout, lufty, well-lirobM Peopk, both Mea and Women , fat and i^^iby I and they and their Children a,s round and plump as little Forpofes ; tho' the Ifland appears fo batren to . a Stranger as fcarqq tp hsLve Food for its Inhabitants. I inquired how many !^cople there rnighj: be o;i' the Ifle j And was told by one of the Padre% that here were 250 Souls ; in all . The Negro- jGovernor has his Eat^nt from the Porfw- guefe Governor of St. "J^o. He is a very civil and fenfible^poor Man ; and they are generally a good fprt of People. He ex* peSts a fmau Prefent froni every Coni- manderthat lade^^Sak here.; and is glad to be Inyit^d aboard their Ships. He fpends moft.'Of his time with tlmEp^lifb in the Saltmg i8 Employments of the Natives. iAf. 1 699. Salting Seafon, which is his Harveft ; and ^^'T^ indeed, all the Manders are then fully cm- fioyed in getting fomewhat; for they Ittve no Veffels of their own to Trade with, nor do any Portuguefe'YcSds come hither : fearce any but Engli[hj on whom diey depend for Trade ; and tho' Subjd^ of Pcrtugdy have a particular Value for us. We don't pay them for their Salt, but for the Labour of themfelves and their Beafts in lading it: for which we give them Vi- diials, tomeMony, and old Cloaths, viz. Hats, Shirts, and other Cloaths: by which means many of them are indifferently welt rigg'd ; but fome of them go almoft Naked. When the Turtle-fciafon comes in they watch the Sandy-bays in the Night, to turn them; and having fmall Huts at par- ticular Places on the Bays to keep them &om the Rain, and to fleep in : And this is another Harveft they have for Food ; for by Report th?re come a great many Tur- tle to this and the reft of the Cape Verd IJlands. When the Ti^rtle Seafon is over they have little to do but to hunt for GuineAHttiSj and manage their fmall Plan- tations. But by thefe means they have all the Year fome Employment or other ; whereby they get a Subfiftence, tho' but little elfe. When any of thiem are defirous to go over to St. J ago they get a Licence from the Governor, and defire pal&ge in any Affts. LStJago. Pi^ya. a^ any Englifb Ship that is gaing thither ; -'••^^Jti Arid indeed all Ships that lade Salt here ^^'^^^ will be obliged to touch at St. 7^' fi>r Water, for here at the Bay is none, not fo much as for Drinking. 'Tis true there is a fipall Well of brackifh Water not half a tnile from the Landing-place, which the AfTes that carry Salt drink at ; but ^tis very bad Water. AfTes themfelves are a Com- modity in fome of thefe Iflands, feveral of ourShips coming hither purpofely to freight with them, am carry them to Barbadoes and our other Plantations. I ftay'd ae MajQ 6 days, and got 7 or 8 Tun of Salt aboard for my Voyage : In which time there came alfo into this Road feveral Sail of Merchants Ships for Salt; all bound with it for Newfoundland. The 1 9th day of February y at about One a Clock in the Morning I weighed from i(%(^Road, in order to Water at St. J^o^ which was about 5 or 6 Leagues to the Weft ward. We coafted along the Ifland St. J^o^ and paft by the Port on the Eaft of it, I mentioned formerly [Vol L p. 76.] whidi they call Praja ; where fome Eng- lilh outward-bound EaH India Men ftill touch, but not fo many of them as hereto- fore. We faw the Fort upon the Hill, the Houfcs and Coco-nut Trees : fiut I would not go in to anchor here, becaufe I expe- ftcd better Water on the S. W. of the ^ Ifland, ^ pa The: A. arrmSiatptJijigo Tl -^is^^.t{im^y^tSt.j4go Townr/ By 8 a Clock '€^\^ in the ■ MottJing *re ikw tlie Snips in that Road^; fiieif^ within^ Leigaesof iti But Wiere. forcM' to keep Txirmn^ many hours tp get itr, the Flaws of Wind coming fo Wncfcctain ;' as they do eQ)eciiHy to the Le^- n^rd oi Iflands that arc High Land. At length two Fm'fuguifrhous came off to htelp tow us in ; and aboikt j a Clock in |he Afternobn we came to an Anchor; aDd took the Profpefib of the Town , [Table ILNP-'SO. Wefound here, be- fides two' Partuguefe-Shi^s bound for Brdzih^ whofe Boats had towM us in ; an Eftgli/h Pink that, had taken in Affes at onfe of the Cape Ferd Iflands , and .Was boudd ta Barmdoes widi them* Next Morning I went Afbore with my Officers to the Governor^ who treated us with Sweetfmeats : I told him, tlie occa* fion of my coming was chiefly for Water j and that I defired alfo to take in fome Re* frefhrtients of Fowls, &c. Hefaid I was welcom, and ^that he would order the Townfmen to bring their Commodities to a certain Houfe, where I might purchafe what I had occafion for : I told him I had notMony, hut would exchange forrie of the Salt which I brought itoxax Ma)o f6r their Commodities. He reply'd, that Salt was indeed an acceptable Commodity with the poor People, but that if I dcfignM to buy bt. j4goi. utjcnbed. ^i buy any Cattk, I muft give Mony for Jin.i6^^ them. I contented my felf with taking iii ^•^'^ * Dunghil Fowk : The Governor orderrng a'Cryerto go about the Towb and give ftotice to the People, that they might repair td^Tucha'pkde withFoWls, and Maiz for feeiiirigtbem, wherethey might get Salt in exchange for them : So Ifenton board ftwr &ilt, and ordered fome oftby Meii to truck the fame for the Fowls atidMaiz, while the reft of them were bufie in filling of Wa^ .^ ter. This is the efFefl: of their keeping no Boats of their own on the feveral Iflands^ that they ' are- glad to buy even their ow;h Salt of Foreigiiers, for want of being able to tranfport it - themfelyes from Ifland to Ifland. ^^' 3^^^ Town lies on the S. W. part of the Hlaod , in Lat. about 1 5 Disg, -N. and is the Seat of the General Govcrnour, and of the Biflbop of all tW Cape Vetd Iflands. T|iis Town fknds fcattering a- gainft the fides of two Mountains, be- twcen which there isa deep Valley, which is about 200 Yards wide againft the Sea ; bat within a quarter of a mile.it clofes up fo as not to be 40 Yards wide. In the Valley, by the -Sda, there is a ftragling Street, Hpufes pn each fide, and a Run of Water in the bottom , which empties it felf into a fine fmall Cove or fandy Bay^ where the Sea is commonly very fmooth : fo 3 1 jsatwes of ^z. jago. 'AnA6p.{o that here is good Watering aod good ' Landing at any time ; tho^ the Road be rocky and bad for Ships. Jiift by the Landing-place there is a Imall Fort, almoft level with the Sea , where is always a Court of Guard kept. On the top of the Hill, aboye the Town ^ there is another Fort; which, by the Wall that. is to be feen from the Road, feems to be a large Place. They have Canon mounted tbere^ but how many I know not : Neither what ufe that Fort can be of, except it be for Sa- luties- The Town may confift of 2 or 3 00 Houfes, all built of rough Stone ; having alfo one Convent, and one Church. The Peoi)lc in general are black, or at leaft of a mixt colour , except only fome few of the better fort, viz, the Governor, the Bifhop, fome Gentlemen, and fome of the Padres ; for fome of thefe alfo are blacks The People about Pray a are Thievilh ; but thefe oiSt. JagoHoyf^tXy living under theit Governour^s Eye , are more orderly ; tha' generally poor , having little Trade : Yet befides chance Ships of other Nations > there: come hither a Portugu€fef^\{v^ovV9/6 every Year, in their way to Braiil. Thefe vend among them a few European Com* modies, and take of their principal Manu- faQures, viz. ttriped Cotton-cloth, which they carry with them to BraziL Here is alfo another Ship comes hither from For- tugM ftogafi Wtne: rrtiits. 3^ Uigd for Sugar,: their other Manufaflure, ^^;J52?4 and returns with it direSIy thither : For ^^^"^^^ 'tis reported that tliere are feveral fmall Sugar- works on thb Ifland , from which they fend home near 100 Tun cvdry year j and they have plenty of Cotton grpwing up in the Country, wherewith tl^y cloath thcmfelves, apd fend alfo a great deal to Brazil. They have Vines, of which they, make fome Wine : but the European Ships furnifli them with better ; tho' they driiJc but little of any. Their chief Fruits are^ (befides Plantains in abundance) Oranges^; Lemons, Citrons, Melons^ (^bothMusk and Water- mdons) Limes, uuava's, Pom^ granates , Quinces ^ ^uftard- Apples, and ^ Papah's, &s.^ The Cuftird- Apple (as we cafl it) is ^ Fruit as big as a Pomegranate^ and much o£^ the fame colour. The out-fide Huslc^ Shell or Rind , is for fubftance and thick* nefs between the Shell of a Pomegranate^ and the Peel of a tSwiZ-Orange ; (otter than this, yet more brittle than that; The Coat or Covering is alfo remarkable in that it is befet round with fmall regular Knobs or^ Rifings ; and the infide of the Fruit is full of a white foft Pulp, fweet and very pleafanti and moft refembling a Cufiard of any thing , both in Colour and Taft : From whence probably it is called a Cuftard-^ Apple by our Engli(h, It hds in the mid* D dk 34 Cuftaid-%/e. Papah. An.1699.Ak a few fmall black Stones or Kemtk ; but no Core, for 'tis all Pulp. The Tree tliat bears this Fruit is about the bimefs of a C^ince-tree, with long, fniiall, and tfaick- fet Branches fpread much abroad : At the Extremity of here and there one of which the Fruifc grows upon a Stalk of its own about 9 or 10 Inches long, (lender and tough, and hanging down with its owa weight. A large Tree of this fort does not bear ufually above 20 or jo Apples ;' fel- dom more. This Fruit grows m moft Countries within the Troficks. I have fc^n of them:(tho* I omitted the Defai- ption of them before) all over the WeH- Jndies, both Continent and lihnds.; asal- fo in Brazil, and in the Eali-lndUs. The Pdf ah too is fotrad in all thefe Countries, though 1 have not hitherto de- fcribM it. It is a Fruit about the bignefs of a Musk-Melon, holtow as that is, and much refembling it in Shape and Colour, both outfide and infide: Only in the mid- die, inftead of flat Kernels, which the Me- lons have, thefe have a handful of fmaU blackifh Seeds, about the bignefs of Pep- per-cbrns ; whofe Tafte is alfo hot on the Tongue fomewhat like Pepper. The Fruit itfelf is fweet, foft and -lufaous, when ripe ; but while green 'tis hard and un- favory : the' even then being boiled and eaten with Salt- pork or Beef,-it ferves in- Itead V^pAhi ieafis tff St; Jago. ^ 5 fteaii of Turnips, aodisasmuchefteemed.^*!^??' The Papah*Trec is zhout 16 or 12 Foot ^^^ V high. . The Body near the Ground may be a Foot and an half or 2 Foot Diameter ; and it grows up tapering to the top. It has no Branches at all^ but^^nly large Leaves growing immediately upon Sta& from the Body. The Leaves are of a roondifh Form and jagM about the Edges, having their Stalks or Stumps longer or fliorter as they grow near or further from the top. They begin to spring from out of the Body of the Tree at about 6 or 7 Foot heighth frcxn the Ground, theTrunK being bare below: but above that the Leaves grow thicker and larger ftill to^ Wards its Top, where they are clofe and broad. The Fruit grows only amonjg thei Leaves ; and thickeft among the thickeft of them ; infomuch that towards the top' of the Tree the p4/ahh fprings forth from its Body as thick as they can fiick one by another. But then lower down^ wherd the Leaves are thinner^ the Fruit is larger^ and of the Gzt I have defcribM : And at the Top. where thw are thick, they arp but fmatl 9 and no bigger than ordinary Turnips ; yet ta ftcd like the reft. Their dhief Land- Animals are theif Bullocks I which are faid to be toany i tho' they askt us 20 Dollars apiece tot Ihedi : They have alfo Horfts^ AfTes, and D 2 Muled 5 6 Animals of St.^zgo. lu Road. ^n^i69^lMuh!S y Deer, Goats^ Hogs, and black-- ^ ' facM long-tailed Monkeys. Of Fowls they have Cocks and Hens , Ducks^ Guinea^ Hens, both tame apd wild, Parakites, Parrots, Pidgcons, Turtle-Doves, Herons, Hawks, Crab-catchers, Galdens, (a larger fort of Cifc-catchers)Curlew*s, &c. Their Filh is the fame as at Majo and the reft of thefe I{lands,and for the moft part thefe Iflands have the fame Beafts and Birds alfo : But fome of the Ifles have Pafturage and Bniployment for fome particular Beafts more than. other; and the Bit'ds are in- couragM, by Woods for flielter, and Maiz and Fruits for Food, to flock rather to fome of the Iflands (as to this of St. JagoJ than to others, » St. Jaga Road is one of the worft that I have been in. There is not clean Ground enough for above j Ships ; and thofe alfo miift lie very near each other. One even of thefe muft lie clofe to the Shore, with a^ Land-faft there : And that is the beft for a fmall Ship. I fhould not have come in here if I had not been told that it was a good fecure Place ; but I found it fo much otherways, that I was in pain to be gone. Qz^tzin Barefoot\ who came to an An- chor while I was here , in foul Ground, lolt quickly 2 Anchors ; and I had loft a fiiiall ••-li Fogo. ^j finall one. The IdmdFogo flhcws its felf^».f 69^: from this Road very -plain, at about 7 or 8 Leagues diftance ; and in the Night we faw the Flames of Fire ifluing from its Top. •. I D J CHAP. ■MiBMl gS TheContemf, '.■... G H A P. 11. . 7%e A*s 'Qeliberation on the Sequel of his Voyage j ami Departure from St. Jago. Ha Cmrfe , ana the Windsy , &c. in^crofing the Line. He fiands away for the Bay of' All Saints in Brazil ; and why. HU Arrival on that Coafi and in the Bay. Of the fever al Forts , the Roady Situation^ Town^ and Build^ ings of Bahia. Of its Governor^ Ships and Merchants ; and Com^ pioaities to and from Europe. Clay- ing of Sugar, TheSeaJonfor the European Ships , andCoitt Co- hies: Of their Guinea-frtw/e, and of the Coaling-trade^ and Whaler kiOihg. Of the Inhabitants of Bat- jiia ', their carrying in Hammocks : their Artificers , Crane for Goods^ and Negro - Slaves. Of thS Country about Bahia , its Soil and fjrodi0, ' Its Timber^trees ; the Sapi- . Guitteoa, Serrie, and Marignfves. The Bafiard'Oxo , its Nnfs and CaMes'y and the Silk-Cotton'trees. The Brafilian Fruits^ Oranges^ &c. Of the Sour-fops, Cafhew's, and Jennipah*s. Of their peculiar Fruits^ Arifah's, Mericafah's, Pctango's, Petumbo's, Munga- roo's , Muckifhaw's , Ingwa's, OteeV , and Mufteran de ova's. Of the Palm-berries^ Phyfii^-nuts^ Mendibee's, ^j^c. and*their Roots , and Herbs , &c. Of tbeir Wild FavpL Mactiaw^s , Parrots , 8cc. Ti&eYemma, Carrion-^tow and Chattering-crow^ BiU-bird^ Currejb^ ' Turtle-dove and Wild-pigeons ; the JcneteCyClockJng^hen^ Crab-catcher^ Galden , and black Heron : The Ducks 5 Wigeon and Teal ; and Ofiriges to the Southward : and of ^ the DunghiUfdwls, Of their Cat- tle^ Horfis^ &c. Leopards and Tiger\ Of theit Serpents ; the the Rattle Sruike^JmaU(jrreen''Snakey D 4 Am- 49 The 4h\4^J^tspfr BraziL &/>S Amphis^Boa ., : fimtli ^.^PW and finaU Grty'-^iakerf fbe gfceat Land^ (ind the great Waterr$n(ik^ : ^nd of the Water-dog. Of their Sei^-Jijo gnd Turtle \ and of $t, PavilV H' Aving difpatchM my fm^ll Affairs at ^ the C. Verd Iflands, I- meditated on the procefs of my Voyage- I thought it rpquifite to touch once more at a cultivated Place in thefe Seas, where my. Men might be refrelh'd , ' and might have a Market wherein tck furnifh themfelvcs with Ne^ ceflaries: For defigning that my next Stretch fhould be quite v>N.. Holland^ and knowing that after fo long a Run nothing was to be expefted. there %\A frefh Water, if I could mcpt even with that there, I re-' fplved upon puttiqg in firft at Tome Port of Braztly and to provide my Self there with whatever I might Havp further Oc- cafion for, Befide the r^frefbing and fur-r nifhing my Men,I aijnM alfo at the inuring them gradually and by intervals to the Fa- tigues that were to be expefted in the re^ mainder of the Voyage, which was to be ^ in a part of the World they wei\e altogether Strangers to ; » nqne of tnem, except two ypung Men, having eyer crofst the Lhe. With The 4 departs firm St. Jago. f^i With this IPpfign I fa^ifd frflm 5r. J^gPf^^^J^^. on the 22d qi Feiruark >yitl^jrfie Winds at '^^^' E. N. E. and :N..E. fair r Weather, ;and a brisk Gale. We fte^r^d away Si; S. E« and S. S; E^ half Eaft , tiU in, tfap Iau. qf 7 deg- 50 min; :Wp met; witV, oiany K^^ lings in the Sea like 4 Tide or fkang ;^^fv- rent , which ifetting agsiinft the \5?^94 caus'd fuch a Ripling. We conjinu'4 ,tp meet thefe Currents fronitl^acL^t. till^ came into the Lat* of 3 dig^^zi N. rwji^n ihey ceafed. During this^^tjpjiqwa'f^^ fome Boneta^s, and SHarks; catching one qf ^hefie* We^ had the true - General Xrade- Wind Wowing /r^(h at K[.E. till iri -thp Lat. of 4 deg. * 40fmyn- ^^ y^iffff^ thj? Wind varied, and we had fmall Xjaies^^witb foine Tornadoes. We were then to the Eaft of St. Jago 4 deg. 54 min. when weg(y into Lat. 3 deg. 2 min- N. Cohere I laid the Kipling c^M): and Long, to the Eaft of&.j4g(^ 5deg. 2 min. we had the Wind whiffling between the S. by £. and E« by N. fmall Gales , frequent Calms, very black Clouds, with much Rain., In the Lat. of? deg, 8 min. N. and Long. E. from 5/. j4go 5 deg, 8 min. we. had the Wind from the S. S- E/totheN.N.^. faint , and often interrupted with Calms. While we had Calms we had the opportu- liity of trying the Current we had met yrith hithertO; and found that it fet N. !^. by 4* The A. crcffis the Line. ifff.i<99«by E. half a Knot| which is is mile in ^-^"V^ 24 hours : So that here it ran at the Rate ( of half a mile ah hour, and had been .much ftroBger before. The Rains held us by intervals till the-Lat. of I deg- o min. N. with fmall Gales of Wind between S. S. E. and S. E. by E. and fometimes calm : Af- terwards we had the Wind between the is. & S. SL E: till we crofst the Line, fmall Winds, Ohm, and pretty fair Weather, We faw but few ri(h befide Porpofes; but of them 9 great many, and ftruck one of them. It was the loth day of Miirch^ about the fame erf the Equinox^ when we crofst the Equator y having had aU along from the Lat.of4dcg. 4omin. N* where the True Trade- Wirfl left us, a great fwell out of the S. E. and but fmall uncertain G^ies, moftly Southerly , fo that we crept to the Southward but (lowly. I kept up againft thefe as well ias I could to the Southward, and when we had now and then a flurry of Wind at E. I ftill went awjiy due South, purpofely to get to the Southward as faft as I could ; for while near the Lwe I expc- Q:6d to have but uncertain Winds , fre- quent Calms, Rains, Tornadoe,^, &c. which would not only rpiard my Gourfc, |>ut endanger Sicknefs alfo^mong my Men : cfpecially thofe who were ill provided witH Ctoaths, or were too lazy to Ihift tfiem-s felves Obfervattms for crojfmg the Line. 4 ^ iclvcs when they were drenchM with thtAn.1699^ Rains. The Heat of the Weather madcl^v^i them carelefs of doing this; but taking a Dram of Brandy ,^yhidk I gave them when wet, with a Charge to ibift themfdvcs^ ,thcy would however lie down in their Hammocks with their Wet Qoaths ; fb that when they turnM out they causM an iU fmell where-ever they came^nd thdrHam* mocks would ftink fufficiemly: .that I think the Remedying of this is worth the Care of Commanders that.crofs thsLsM; cfpa:ialJy when they are, it may be; a Month or more e'er they get out of the Rain$, at fQme times of the Year , as in jfuMy "July J or JuguH. What I have here faid abottt theCun^ rents^ Winds, Calms, &c. in thisPaflage is <;hiefly fen: the farther lUuftration of what I have heretofore bbfervM in general about thefe Matters, and efpecially as to Crofling . the Line, in my Difceurfe of the Winds ^ ^c ^ the Terr id Xffne : > [See VoL II. Part j. p. 5^ 6.] Which Obfervations I have had very much confirmed to me in the Courfe, of this Voy a^ ; and I fhall particularize m ieveral of the chief of them as they come in my] Way. ^ Ai^ indeed 1 think I may fay this of the Main of the Qbfervations in ihat Tredtifsy that the clear Satisfadion t * bad about them, and how much I might rely upon them, was a great Eafe to my y 4.4- The A.dejigns for Perhambuc : ii«. 1 699. Mind during tins Vexations Voyage; * '^'^ * wherein the Ignorance, and Obftinacy withal, of fome under me, occa(ionM me a great deal ofTronble: tho' they found all along, and were often forcM to acknow- ledge it, that I was feldotn out in my Coii* jeftures, when I told them ufually before- hand what Winds, &c. we fhould meet with at fuqh or fuch particular Places we fliould come at. FernMAuc was the Port that I defigned jR>r at my firft fetting out from St. Jago ; it being a Place moft proper for my purpofe, by reafon of its Situation, lying tiear the Extremity of C St. Augitfiine; the Eaftern- moft Promontory of Brazil ; by which means it not only enjoys 'the greater bene- fit of the Sea-breezes, and is confequently more healthy than other Places to the Southward , but is withal lefs fubjeO: to the Southerly Coafting-Traide- winds, that blow half the Year on this Shore ; whiiah were now drawing on , and might be troublefome to me : So that I might both hope to reach fooncft PernAmhuc^ as moft directly and neareft in my Run; and might thpnce alfo more eafily get away to the Southward than from BahU de Todos los Santos^ or Ria "Janeira. But . notwithftanding thefe Advantages I proposM to ray felf in going to Pemamhucy I was foon put by that Defign through the And why he quitted that Defign. .45 refraQorinels of fomc under me ^ and An.^^^9i the Difcontents and Backwardnefs of ^ fome of my Men. ' For the Calms and Shifting^ of Wind which I met with, as I was to expeft , in crofling the Line , made them , who were un- acquainted with thefe Matters, almoft heartlefs as to the {)crfuitof jhe Voyage, as thinking we fhould never be able to weather C. St. Auguftim : And though 1 told them that by that time we fhould get to about three Degrce$ South of the Line, we fhould again have a True brisk General Trade- Windl from the North Eafl, that would carry us to what part of Brazil we pleasM, Vet they would not believe it till they lound it fo. This, with fome other uii- forefeen Accidents, ijot neceffary to be ftientionM in this place, meeting with the Averfion of my Men to a long unknown Voyage, riiade me juftly ap- prehenfive of their Revolting, andt was a great Trouble and Hindrance to mq. So that I was obliged partly to' alter my Meafures , and met with ma- ny Difficulties, the Particulars of which I fhall not trouble the Reader with : But I mention thus much of it in g^e- tm^\ for my own neceffary Vindica- tion,^ 46 He rejoices for We b. ot AllSaLints. ^H^^^-tion, in my taking fuch Meafures fome- •^^'^'^^^ times for profecutmg the Voyage as th^ ftatc of my Ships Crew ^ rather than my own judgment and Experience, de- termin'd me to. The Diforders of my ^hip made me think at prefent that Ternambuc would not be fd fit a Place for me ; being told that Shipi^ ride ther? two or three Leagues from the Town, under the Command of no Forts ; fo that whenever I fhould have been a^ Jhore it might have been eafy for my difcpntented Crew to have cut or flipt their Cables, and have gone away from me : Many of them difcovering already an Intention to return to EngUni^ and fome of them declaring openly that they would go no further onwards than Brazil. I alterM my Courfe therefore, and flood away for Bdhio de todos los Santos^ or the Bay of All Saints , where I hopM to have the Governor's help, if need fhould require, for fecuring my Ship from any fuch Mutinous Attempt ; be- ing forcM to keep my felf all the way upon my Guard, and to lie with my Of- ficers , fuch as I could truft, and witli fmall Arms , upoa the Quarter-deck ; it fcarce being fafe for me to lie in my Cabbin , by Reafon of the Difcontents ^mongmyMen/' « ♦ Jbrrvbai at tiram 47 Onthiesjd ofM/trch we faw the Land A«i^ of Brazil ; having had thither , from the tisne when we came into the True Trade* Wind again after croffing the Line , very fair Weather and brisk Gales, moftly at E. N. E. The Land we faw was about 20 Leagues to die Nordi of BdhU; fo I ooaft- ed along Shore to the Southward. , This Coaft is rather low than high, with Sandy* Bays all along by, the Sea. A little within Land are many very white Spots of Sand, appearii^ like Snow; and the Coaft looks very pleaiant, .being cbecker'd with Woods and Savanate. The Trees in general are not tall; bat diey are gi-een and flourifhing. There are ma* ny itnM Houfesby the Sea^fide, whofe In* habitants are chiefly Fifhermen. . They come off to Sea on Barklogs, made of feve^ ral Logs faflenM fide to fide , that have one or two Mafts with Saik to thcfdi. There are two Men in each Barklog, one at either end, having fmall low Bertches, raifed a little above the Lc^s , to fit and fifli on , and two Baskets hanging up at the Mafl; or Mafb ; one to put their Pro- vifions in, the other for their Fifh. Many of thefe were a Fiflhing now, and two of them came aboard;, of whom I bought foine Fifh. In the Afternoon we failed by on^ very remarkable piece of Land, where, 00 a fmall pleafant Hill, there was a Church i» ' * >£i^*Ourch ||l«dicated to th^Vi^ixil^/l^ ^ ^^ * a Sight pf fome parts ctf this Coaft QTfable Illy N% i^'2, j,4, 50 and of *he Hill tlwi iffeircfeftarifcon BTableIILN*^.i/] :. :>l:Coaft€d .along. uir the Evening, ani^ thfo broii^t to^ .andlay by till the. xi^ IS^wiog^ ^Jboot 2 hours aftio^^ ^i]01lghtfiQ; there' can^ a S^il loi$ oif the OJJin (from Scia ward)' ^and lay-by about |E Mile to Windward oPus^ aM fo lay^ ri^ IJ^Tight; . In the! Morning, upod ipeakin'* )with her , Qm proved to be a Pm.a^ Ship, bound to Bshia ^ thecefoc&l-iibfit-aiyi . Boat abc^rd and ddfiredto ham oai&,o£J^ Matea to' Pilgt me mt He anfwer?d, That he bad not •g;Mate capable of it , but that he, woiiid fail in before me, and fhew xm the. way ; and that if he went in to t&d Harbour, in the Night, he would hangout^ a Light for me. He faid we hadxiot fan in.'and might reach it ^before Might witha^ tolerable Gale: ; but that with fo fmallaii oqe as now we had we could not do it : Sa we jogM on till Night., and then he ac-f cordingly bung out his Light, which we ^ fteered afcer, founding as we went in. I * kept ill my Men on Deck, and had ai| AnchorreadytoJet go ondecafiori. Wc had the Tide of Ebb againft us, fo;thatt we went in but itowly • and it was abpuc the middle of the Night when we anchorMj immediately the Bohstg.u^fd Mz^t carpo^ . ■ ' / ■ aboard . ' v\« ^ i .. I \-.. --N"-i i •»••» ■ ■s. '•t \ v. ^ \ ■ V '■ V ;. ^ > , v ^. ^ ' .-. : > ;. \ ■\ ' JL m ji. ancoars m r>ania, . 4.9 aboard to fee me, to whom I returned -^«2j^5>j Thanks For his C^ivilities ; and indeed I found muc^ JRefpeft , not only from this Gentleman, but from all of that Nation both here and in other Places, who were ready to ferve me on all Occafions. The tlace.that wx anchored in was about two Miles from the Harbour where the Ships generally, ride ; but the Fear I had left my People (Jiould run away with the Shipl made me haften to get a Licence from the Governor, to run up into the Harbour, and ride among their Ships, clofe by one of their Foi-ts. So on the 2 5th of March about I o a Clock in the Morning the Tide ferving I , went thither, being Piloted by the Super-intendaqt ther?, 'whole Bufinefsi it is to carry up all the King of PortugaPs Ships that come hither , and to fee themi Well moored. \ He brought us to an An- chor right againft the Town, at the outer part of the Harbour, which was then full of Ships, within 150 yards of a fmall Fort that ftands on a Rock half a mile fromi the Shore* See a Profpefl: of the Harbour and the To Wn, as it -appeared to us while we lay at Anchor, [Table IH. N^. 5 J Bahh^de todos los.$mtos lies in Lat. 13: deg. -Si It is the moft confiderable Tow.rf in Brazil f whether in refpeO: of the Beauty of its Buildings, its Bulk, or its Tr^de and . Revenue. It has the convenience of a E goodE 50 Bahia Harbour and Forts. ii;^i«99. good Harbour that is capable of receiving ' """^ * Ships of the greateft Burthen : The En- trance of which is guarded with a ftrong Fort ftanding without the Harbour, calfd St. Antonio: A Sight of which I have gi- ven CTablb III. N®. 4.] as it appearM to us the Afternoon before we came in ; and its Lights (which they hang out purpofe- ly for Ships) we faw the fame Night. There are other fmaller Forts that com- mand the Harbour, one of which ftands on a Rock in the Sea, about half a mile from the Shore. Clofe by this Fort all Ships muft pafs that anchor here, and muft ride alfo within half a mile of it at fertheft bet\^een this and another Fort (that ftands On a Point at the inner part of the Har-^ hour and is called the Dutch Fort) but muft ride licareft to the former, all along againft the Town ; where there is good holding Ground, and lefs expofed to the Southerly Winds that blow very hard here. They commonly fet in about April^ but blow hardeft in May , ^une , %ilj and AuguH : but the Place where the Ships ride is ex- pofed to thefe Winds not above j Points of the Compafs. Befide thefe there is another Fort front- ing the Harbour, and ftanding on the Hill upon ^<'hich the Town ftands. The Town it felfconfifts of about 2000 Houfes; the major part of which cannot be feen from Bahia Town defcrih^d. 5 1 from the Harbour : but fo many as appear -rf».t«99. I in (^ht, with a great mixture of Trees be- v^'^' tween them , and all placed on a rifing Hill , make a very pleafant Profpeft ; as may be judgM by the Draught, [T able III. There are in the Town 1 j Churches, Chapels, Hofpitals^ Convents, befide one Nunnery ; viz. the Ecclefia Major or Ca- thedral , the Jefuits College , vi^hich ard the chief, and both in fight from the Har- bour : St. AntoniOy Su. Barber a^ both Pa- rifh-Churches ; the FrMcifcam Church, and the Domimcans ; and two Convents of Carmelites ; a Chapel for Seamen clofe by the Sea-fide , where Boats commonly land , and the Seamen go immediately to Prayers; another Chapel for poor People^ at the farther end of the fame Street, which runs along by the Shore ; and a third Chapel for Soldiers , at the edge of the Town, remote from the Sea ; and an Hofpital in the middle of the Town. The Nunnery ftands at the outer-edge of the Town next the Fields, wherein by Report there are 70 Nuns. Here lives an Arch- bilhop who has a fine Palace in th6 Town ; and the Governor's Palace is a fair Stone-building, and looks handfome to the Sea, tho' but indifferently furniftiM with* in : both Spaniards and Portuguefe in their Plantations abroad^ as I have generally B 2 ©l>* 5 5 The Govetnor and Soldiers. ^i^9;pbfervM, afFeSingto have large Houfcs; * ^^ "but are little curious about Furniture, ex* cept Pictures fome of thera. The Honfes of the Town are 2 or 3 Stories high, the Walls thick and ftrong, being built with Stone, with a Covering of Pantile ; ind many of them have; Balconies. The prin- cipal Streets are large, and all of them pav'd or pitchM with fmall Stones. There are alfo Parades in the moft eminent Places .of the Town, and many Gardens, as well within the Town as in the Out-partsof it, wherein are Fruit-trees, Herbs, Salladings and Flowers in great variety^ but order'd with no great Care nor Art. The Governor who refides here is calPd Don Joh» de Lancafiario^ being defcended, as they fay, from our Englifb Lancafter Fa- mily ; and he has a refpeO: for our Nation on that account, calling them his Country- men. I waited on him feveral times and always found him very courteous and civil. ^ Here are about 400 Soldiers in Garifon. They commonly draw up and exercife in a large Parade before the Go vernor's Houfc ; and many of them attend him when he goes abroad. The Soldiers are decently clad in brown Linen, which in thefe hot Countries is far better than Woollen ; but I never faw any clad in Linen but only thefe. Befide the Soldiers in Pay, he can foon have fome thoufands of Men up in Arms \ J ; The Merchants e>jf Bahia. . 55 Arms on occafion. The Magazine is 00^^^1699: the Skirts of the Town, on a fmall rifing between the Nunnery and t|ie Soldiers Church. ^Tis big enough to hold 2 or jcoo Barrels of Powder ; but I was told it feldom has more than ioo> fometimes but 80. There are always a Band of Soldiers to guard it, and Gentinels looking out both Day and Night. A great many Merchants always refide at BahU ; for 'tis a Place of great Trade : I found here above 50 great Ships from Europe^ with two of the King ofJPortugaPs Ships of War for their Convoy ; befide two Ships that Traded to Jfrica only , either to Angola^ Gamba^ or other Places on the Coaft of Guinea • and abundance of fmall Craft , that only run to and fro on this Coaft , carrying Commodities from one part of Brazil to another. The Merchants that live here are faid to be Rich, and to H^ve mdiny, Negra Slaves in their Houfes , both of Men and Women. Themfelves are chiefly Portu- guefe , Foreigners having but little Com- merce with them ; yet here was one Mr. Cock an Englijh Merchant , a very cit^il Gentleman and of good Repute. He had a Patent to be our Engli(h Conful, but did not care to take upon him any Publick Chara&er , becaufe Englijh Ships feldom come hither, here having been none iii ^ i E J or 54 Comwodtttes from and to Europe. ^lj^^9jor 12 years before this time. Here was alfo a Dsne^ and a French Merchant or two; but all have their Ef&ds tranfported to and from Eurofe in Portuguefe Ships, qone of any other Nation being admitted to Trade hither. There is a Cuftom-houfc by the Sea-fide, whete aU Goods imported or exported are entred . And to prevent Abufes there are 5 or 6 Boats that take their turns to^ row about the Harbour , fearching any Boats they fufped to be run« ning of Goods. The chief Commodities that the Eu- rope an Ships bring hither, are.Linnen* cloaths, both courfe and fine ; fome Wool% lens alfo, as Bays, Searges, Ferpetuana's, &c. Hats, Stockings, both of Silk and Thread , Bisket-bread , Wheat-flower , Wine ( chiefly Fort ) Oil-piive, Butter, Cheefe, &c. and Salt-beef and Pork; would there alfo be^ good Commodities. They bring hither alfo Iron, and all forts of Iron- Tools ; Pewter - Veffels of all forts , as Dilhes, Plates, Spoons, &c. Looking* glafles , Beads, and other Toys ; and the Ships that touch at St. Jago bring thence, as I faid , Cotton cloath, which is after- Wards fent to ^/:gt?/4. * The European Ships carry from hence ^ Sugar, Tobacco, either in Roll or Smiff, never in Leaf, that I know of: Thefe arer (he Staple Commodities. Befides whicbf^ Qaying of SHgar. 55 here are Dye-woods, asFuftick, &c. with^^il?9; Woods for other ufes , as fpeckled Wood, Br4x,ily &rc. They alfo carry hoaie raw Hides, Tallow, Train-Oil of Whales, dv. Hwe are alfo kept tame Monkeys, Parrots, Farakites, &c. which the Seamen carry home^ ^ The Sugar of this Country is much bet- ter than that which we bring home from our Plantations : for all the Sugar that is made here is clayM, which makes it whiter and finer than our Mufcovada^ as we call our unrefinM Sugar. Our Planters feldom refine any with Clay , unlefs fometimes a little to fend home as Prefents for th^ir Friends in Er^Und. Their way of doing it is by t^ing fome of the whitefl: Clay and mixing it with Water, 'till 'tis like Cream. With this they fill up the Pans of Sugar, that are funk 2 or ^ Inches below the Brim by the draining of the Moloffes out of it: Firlt fcraping off the thin hard Cruft of the Sugar that lies at the cop , and would hinder the Water of the Clay from foak- ing dirpugh the Sugar of the Pan. The refining is made by this Percolation. For 10 or 12 days time that the Clayifli Li- quor lies foakingdown the Pan, the white Water whitens the Sugar as it paffes thro' it ; and the grofs^Body of the Clay it felf grows hard on the top,^ and may be taken off at plcafure ; when fcraping off with a ; jrl E 4 Knife 5$ Seafon fir Eiiropean Ships. ]rf»;i699.Knife the very upper part of the Sugar^ * "^'^'''^^ whicli will be a little fullied , that whiclj is underneath will be White almoft to the bottom : and fuch ^s is called Braz.il Sugar is thus Whitened. When I was here this Sugar was fold for 50 s. per ico ib- and the Bottoms of the Pots, which is very, courle Sugar, for about 20 s.per 100 Ife. both forts being then fcarce ; for here w^s not enough to lade the Ships , and therefore fome of them^ were to lie here till the next Sea- fon. The Europe4n Ships commonly arrive here in FebruAry or March^ and they have generally quick Paffages ; finding at that time of the Year brisk Gales to bring them to the Line, little Trouble, then, in crof- fing it, and brisk E. N. E. Winds after- wards to bring them hither. They com- monly return from hence about the latter end of A%, or in June. 'Twas faid when 1 was here that the Ships would fail hence the 2oth day- of May ; and therefore they Were all very bufy, fortie in taking in theii: Goods, others in Careening and making themfelves ready. The Ships, that come hither ufually Careen at their iirft coming ; here being a Hulk belonging to the Kin^ for that purpofe. This Hulk is under the charge of the Superintendent Ifpoke of, w^ho lias a certain Sum of Mony for every Ship that Careens by her. He alfo pro^ ' ' • / vides Guinca-Trtf^e. Coafting-Trade. ^j vides Firing and other Nccef&rics for that ^»j^^^' purpofe: and the Ships do comnionly '"^""' hire of the Merchants here each 2 Cables to moor by all the time they lie hero, and fo fave their own Hempen Cables ; for thcfe are made of a fort of Hair , that grows on a certain kind of Trees, hanging down from the Top of their Bodies, and is very like the black Cojre in the fi^^-Z/r- dies , if not the fame. Thcfe Gables are ftrong and lafting : And fo much for the European Ships. The Ships that ufe the Guma-Tv^dt are fmail Veffels in comparifon of the for- mer. They carry out from heiice Rum, Sugar, the Cotton-doaths of St. J^o^ Beads, &c. and bring in return , Gold, Ivory, and Slaves ; making very good rcr turns. The fmall Craft that belong to this To^n are chiefly imployed in ^carrying EuropeM Goods from Babi^j the Center of the BraJiliM Trade, to the other Places on this Coafl: ; bringing back hither Sugar, Tobacco, &'c. They are failed chiefly with Negro-Slaves ; and about Chrifima^ thefe are moftly imployed in Whale-kill- ing : for about that time of the Year a fort Whales, as they call them, are very thick on this Coafl:« They come in alfo into the Harbours and inlapd Lakes , where the Seamen go otit and kill them* The Fat of them 58 WhaU/>yl Shipping. ^•^^99^ them b boyled to Oyl ; the Lean is eaten ^ by the Slaves and poor People : And I was told by one that had frequently eaten of it tl^t the Fleih was very fweet and whole- fonse. Tbefe are faid to be but fmall Whales : yet here are fo many , and fo eaiily kill'd^ that they get a great deal of Mony by it. Tho(e that ftrike them buy their Licence for it of the King : And I was informed that he receives 30000 Dol« lars per Annum for this Filhery. All the fmall VefTels that ufe this Coafting Traf- fick are built here ; and fo are fome Men of War alfo for the King'sService., There was one a Building when I was here, a Ship of 40 or $0 Guns : And the Timber of this Country is very good and proper for this purpofe. I was told it was very ftrong, and more durable than any we have, in l^rop : and they have enough of it As for their Ships that ufe the Ettrofesn Trade, fome of them that I few there were Eng^ UJb builc,^ taken from us by the French dur- ing the late War, and fold by them to the Portugefe. Befides Merchants and others that Trade by Sea from this Port, here are other pret- ty Wealthy Men , and feveral Artificers land Trades-men of moft forts, who by Labour and Induftry maintain themfelves very well ; ^fpecially fuch a$ can arrive at the purchafe of a A^^^ro-Slave or two. ' " And . y Carnage tn Hammocks. 59 Andin4eed, exceptiog People of tlMlQw*An.i6^ eft d^ree of all, here are fcarce any but what Keep Slaves in their Houfes- The Richer Sort , befides the Slaves of both Sexes whom they keep for fcrvile Ufcs in their Houfes, have Mefrflaves who wait on them abroad , for State ; either r«n- oiog by their Horfes^fides wlien they ride out, or to carry them to and fro on their Shoulders in the Town when they aaake fhort Yifits near home. Every Gen- tlemao or Merchant is provided with Things neceffary for this fort of Carriage, The main Thing is a pretty large Cotton Hammock of the WeH-ImUd Famion, but rooftly dyed Blue, with large Fringes of the fame, hanging down on each fide. This is carry'd on the iVe^r<>^s Shoulders by the help of a Bambo about 12 or 14 Foot long, ta which the Hammock is hung ; and a Covering ccxnes over the Pole, hanging down on each fide like a Curtain : So that the Perfon fo carry'd cannot be feen unleft be pleafes ; but may either ly do wn, hav- ing Pillows for his Head ; or may fit up by being a little fupported with thefe Pil- lows> and by letting both hii$ Legs hang out over one fide of the Hammock. Wherj he hath a .mind to be feen he put$ by his Curtain, and falutes every one of hk Ac- quaintance whom he meets in the Street ; for they take a piece of Pride in greeting ^•^ ^ . • " ' ^ one 6o Artificers. Butciferty^c, iP^'if99'Onc another from their Hammocks, and ^^^^^C^ will hold long Conferences thus in the Streets : But then their two Slaves who carry the Hammock have each a ftrong well-made Staff, with a fine Iron Fork at the upper end^ tod a (harp Iron below, like the Reft fpr a Musket, which they ftick faft in the Ground, and let the Pole or feambo of the Hammock reft upon them y till their Mafters Bulinefs or the Complement is over. There is fcarce a Man of any falhion,* cfpecially a Woman, will pafs the Streets but fo carried in a Hammock. The chief Mechaaick Traders here, are Smiths. Hatters > Shoemakers, Tanners, Sawyers, Carpenters, Cooper^ ^c. Herearealfo Taylors, Butchers, d"r. which laft kill the Bullocks very dexte* roufly, fticking thjem at one Bbw with a iliarp-pointed Knife in the Nape of the Neck, having firft drawn them clofe to a Rail; but they drefs them very flovenly.^ It being Le^f when* I came hither there was no buying any Flefh till EAJier-iEsVQy yhen a great number of Bullocks were kiird at once in the Slaughter-houfes with- in the Town , Men , Women and Children flocking thither .with great Joy ^ to buy, and a multitude of Dogs, almoft ftarvM, following them ; for whom the Meat feem'd fitteft:, it was fo Lean; AH thefe Trad^s-mea buy Ne^rQ\ and train then^ I Negr6\. Crane for {loodi. 6i them up to their feveral Imployments ,^i^9S^i which is a great help to them: and they ^^•'^^^'^^ having fo frequent Trade to Angola , and other parts of Guinea^ they have a conftant fupply of Blacks both for their Plantations; and Town. Thefe Slaves are very ufefal in this Place for Carriage, as .Porters ; for as here is a great Trade h^ Sea , and the Landing-place is at the foot of a Hill^ too fteep for drawing with Carts, fo there is great need .of Slaves to carry Goods up in* to the Town, efpeCially for the inferiouf fort ; but the Merchants have alfo the Convenience of a great Craiie that goes with Ropes or Pullees, one end -of wnich goes up while the other goes down. The Houfe in which this Crane is ftands on the Brow of the Hill towards the Sea, hanging over the Precipice : and there are Planks fet Ihclving againft the Bank from thence to the Bottom,againft which the Goods lean or Aide as they are hoifted up or let down; The Negr(h^\z,v^ in this Town are fo nu^ merous , that they make up the greateft part or bulk of the Inhabitants : Every Houfe, as Ifaid, having fome, both Men and Women, of them. Many of the F(?r- tuguefe^ who are Batchelors, keep of thefe black Women for Miffes, tho^ they know the danger they are in of being poyfonM by them, ' if ever they give them any occa- fion of JealouCy. A Gentleman of my Ac- quaintance, 6^ Tht Country about Bahs» .Ar«i<99wqttamtance ^ ^ho had been fansiiiaf ^■^'V^ with his Cook-toaid, lay under fomc fuch ' Apprehenfions from her when I wastherci Thdfe Slaves alfo of either Sex will eafily be engaged to do.ai:iy fort of Mifchief ; even to Murder^ if they are hired todoit^ cfpecially in the Night : for which Reafbn, I kept my Men on board as much as I could ; for one of the French Kbg^s Ships, bdnghere had feveral /Men murder'd by them in the Nighty as I was credibly in* formM. having given this account of the Town of B$hU^ I ihall next fay fomewhat of the Cobntry. There is a Sak*water Lake runs 40 Leagues^ ^s I was told, up the Coumry> N. W. from the Sea, leaving the Town and Dutch Fort on the Star* board fide. The Country all round a«- bout is for the moft part a pretty flat e* ven Ground, not high, nor yet very low : It is well watered with Rivers, Brooks ami Springs, neither wants it for good Harboui;8, Navigable Creeks, and good Bays for Ships to ride in* The Soil in general is good, naturally producing very latge Trees of divers forts, and fit for any ufes. The Savannahs alfo are loaden witn Grals, Herbs, and many forts of fmaller Vegetables ; and being cultivated, producfe any thing that is proper for thofe hot Countrys, as Sugar-Canes, Cotton, Indi^ €0- The Brafilian Trees ^ See, 6^ ' CO, Tobacco, Maiz, Fruk-Trees of fcve-^j^9: ral kinds, and Eatable Roots of all forts. Of the feveral kinds of Trees that are here, I fliall give an account of fome, as I had it partly from an Inhabitant of BahUj and partly from my knowledge of them other- wife, iriz. Safiera^ Vermia$ko^ Comejfe-^ rie^Guitteba^Serrie^zs they were pronounc'd to me, three forts of Mangrove^ fpeckled Wood, Fuftick, Cotton-Trees oT three forts, c^r. together with Fruit-Trees of divers forts that grow wild, befide fuch as are planted. Of Timber-Trees, ih^Safierx is faid to be large antltall ; it is very good Timber, and is made ufe of in building of Houfes ; fo is the VermUtko^ a tall ftreight-bodied Tree, of which they make Plank 2 Foot broad, and they alfp make Canoa's with it. Comefferie and Gaitteba, are chiefly u- fed in building $hips ; thefe are as much efteemed here, as Oaks are in England^ and they fay either fort is harder and more durable than Oak. The Serrie is a^ort of Tree much like Elm, very durable in water. Here are alfo all the three forts of Mangrove Trees, viz. the Red, the. White, and the Black, which I have de- fcribed ^VoLl. p. 54.] The Bark of the Red Mangrove, is here ufed for Tanning of Leather, and they have great Tan- pits for it. The Black Mangrove grows lar- •ger ^4; jbajtard LocOi otlk Lotton. ^^9; ger bere than in the Wefi-Indies^ and of "^ it they '.make good Plank: Tht White Mangrove is larger and tougher than in ihQWejf'hdies ; of tHefe they make Mafts and Yards for Barks. i'here grow here U^ild or Baftard Co- co Nut Trees, neither fp large nor fo tall as the common ones in the Eaji or Weft- Indies. They bear J^iits as the others, but not a quarter fo big as the right Coco- Nuts. The fhell is full of Kernel, with-* out any hollow Place or, Water in it ; and the Kernel is fweet and wholefome-, but very hard both for the Teeth and for Di- geftion. Thefe Nuts are in much efteera^ for making Beads for Pater-mjier\ Boles of Tobacco-pipes , and other Toys: and every fmall Shop here has a great many of them to fell. At the top of thefe Baftard Coco-trees , among the Branches , there rows a fort of long black Thread like orfehair, but much longer, which by . ' the Vortuguefe is called Trefaho. Of this they make Cables which are very fervice- ablcj ftrong and lafting ; for they will not rot as Cables made of Hemp, tho' they ly expofed both to Wet and Heat. Thefe are the Cables which I faid they keep in their Harboiirs here, to let to. hire to Eur of em Ships, and rcfemble the C^re-Cables. Here are threeforts of Cotton Trees that bear Silk- cotton. One fort is fudi as 1 'have Lottott^J ree of Ura^iL 65 Jave formerly defcribed, [Vol. L p. i650:^'i£& oy the Name of the Cotton-tree. The: ^^^ other two forts I never fawany where but here. The Trees of thcfe latter forts arc but fmaU in comparifon of the former^ which are reckonM the biggeft in all the Weii-Iftdia Woods ; yet are however of 3 good bignefs and heighth* One of th@fe Mt forts is not fo full of Branches as the other of them ; neither do they produce their Fruit the fame time of the Year : for one fort had its Fruit juft ripe ^ and was fheddihgits Leaves while the other fort was yet gtfeen, and its Fruit fmall and growing, having but newly done blpflbm* ing ; the Tree being as full of young Fruit as an Apple-Tree ordinarily in Englmd. Thefdaft yield very large Pods, about, 6 Inches long, and as big as a Man's Arnu It is ripe in September and O^ober ; then the Pod opens, and the Cotton burfts out in a great Lump as big as a Man'siHead* They gather tliefe Pods before they open : otherways it would fly all away. It opens as well after 'tis gathered ; and then they take out the Cotton, and preferve it to fill Pillows and Bolfters, for which ufe 'tis very much efteemed : but 'tis fit for no- thing elfe , beins fo fhort that it cannot be fpun. 'Tis of a tawncy Colour ;, and the Seeds are black, very round, and as big as a white Pea. The other fort is ripe F in 'An.i6w. \n Mdrch or JpriL The Friiit or Pod is ^'^^'*^^;^like a large Apple, and veryround. The out- fide Shell is as thick as the top of ones Finger. Within this there is a very thin whitiih Bag or Skin which inclofeth the Cotton, When the Cotton- Apfde is ripe the outer thick green Shell fplits it felf into ^ equal parts from Stemb to Tail^and drops ofT^ leaving the Cotton hanging iiiK)n the Stemb, only pent up in its fine Bag. A day 6r two afterwards the Cotton wells by the heat of the Sun , breaks the Bag and burfts out, as big as a Man's Head : And then as the Wind blows 'tis by degrees driven away, a little at a time, out of the Bag that ftill hangs upon the Stemb, and is fcatterM about the Fields ; the Bag fooa following the Cotton, and the Stemb the Bag. Here is alfo a little of 'the right Wejl'India Cotton Shrub ; but none of the Cotton is exported, nor do they make much Cloth of it. This Country produces great variety of line Fruits, as very good Oranges of 3 or 4 forts ; (efpecially one fort of China Oran- ges ; ) Limes in abundance, Pomgrantts, Pomecitrons, Plantains, Bonano's, right Coco-nuts^ Guava's, Coco-plumbs, (called here Mu9fjber(H?s) Wild-Grapes, fuchas I have defcrib'd [VoL H. Part 2. p. 46 .] befide fuch Grapes as grow in Europe. Here are alfo Hog-plumbs^ Cuftard-Ap* • pies. Brafilian Fruits * The Sour-fop. 6f pies , Sour^fops , Cafbews , Fapkhh (called ^^'^^♦j here Mamooas) Jenmpdl^s (called here' ^'^^ Jej$ni*pi^dh^s)M^nQh\nccUAppks and \faa- go's. Mangoes are yet but rare here : I faw none of them but in the Jefui^s Gar- den , which has a great many fine Fruits^ and foine Cinaraon-trees. Thefe, both of them, were firft brought from the £4^- Indies y and they thrive here very well : So do Pumplemuffes , brought alfo from thence ; and both Chim and SevU Oranges are here very plentiful as ^^ell as good; 1l\\q SQur-fof (as we call it) is a large Fruit as l^g as a Matfs Head , of a long or oval Shape , and of a green Colour ; but one fide is Yellowifli when ripe. The out- fide Rirtd^or Coat is pretty thick, aid very rough, with fmall fharp Knobs; thein** fide is full of fpungy Pulp, within which alfo are many Slack Seeds or Kernels, in (hape and bignefs like a Fumkin«-feed. The: Pulp is very juicy, of a pleafant Tafte, and wholefome. You fupk the Juice out of the Pulp, and fo fpit it out- The Tree or Shrub that beai-s this Fruit grows about 10 or 12 Fo6t high , with a fmall fhort Body ; the Branches growing pretty ftrait up ; for I did never fee any of them fpread abroad. The Twigs are flender and tough ; and fo is the Stemb of the Fruit. . This Fruit grows alfo both in the EmH and t^FeiUMies. F t The 6S The C^ihew^Fruity and jetii^dh^ -Aivi6^9- Thc^Cafiew is a Fruit as big as a Pippin; ^^'VNJ pretty long, and bigger iiear the Stemb than at the othet end, growing tapering* The Rind is fmooth and thin, of a led and yclfow Colour.The Seed of thisFruit grows ' at the end of it ; 'tis of an Olive Colour ihaped lil^e a Bean, and about the fame bignefe , but not altogether fo flat. The Tree is as big as an Apple tree, with Branches not thick,yet fpreading off. The Boughs are grofs , the Leaves broad and round, and in fubftance pretty thick. This Fruit is foftind fpongy when ripe, and fo full of Juice that in biting it the Juice will run out on both fides of ones Mouths. It is very plqafant , and gratefully rough on. the Tongue ; and is accounted a very wholef6me Fruit. This grows both in the EaH and fVeii hdies. where I have feen and eaten of it. The Jempah or Jenipapah is a Tort of Frait of the Calabaih or Gourd-kind. It is about the bignefs of a Duck-Egg, and fomewhat of an Oval Shape ; and is of a grey Colour. The Shell is not altogether fo thick nor hard as a Calabaih : ^Tis full of whitifli Pulp mixt with fmall flat Seeds ; and both Fulp and Seeds mufl: be taken in* to the Mouth, where fucking out the Fulp you {pit out Seeds. It is of a fh^rp and pleafing Tafte, and is.very innocent. The Tree that bears it is much like an Alh, . . ftrait . The AriCih^FrMt^ and MevkaCsih. 6^ ftrait'bodied , and of a good heigh th ;An.i6^^. cl^an from Limbs till near the top, where ^^ there branches forth a fmairHead. The Rind is of a pale grey, and fo is the Fruit. Weus'd of this Tree to make Helves or Handles for Axes (for which it is very pro- per) in the Bay of Campeachj; where I have feen of them> and no where elfe but here. Befide thefe,here are many forts of Fruits which I have not met with any where but here ; zsJrifdh\ Mericafab\ PetMgo\ &c. Arifalfs are an excellent Frait, not much bigger than a large Cherk-y ; ihaped like a Catherine-Fear, being fmall at the 3temb, and fwelling bigger towards, the ^end. They are of a greemilh colour, and have fmall Seeds as big as Muftard-Seeds. They are fome what tart,yet plealant,and ve^* ry whojfqm,and maybe raten by fick People. Mericafah\ are an excellent Fruit, o£ which there arq two forts ; one growing on a fmall Tree or Shrub, which is count- ed the beft ; the other growing on a kin^ of Shrub like a Vine, which they plant about Arbour; to make a (Inside, having many broad Leaves. The Fruit is as big as a fmall Orangp, round and green. When they are ripe they are foft and fit tp^at; fulf of white pulp, mixc thick with little black Seeds , and there is no feparating one frona the other, till they are in your F J Mouth ; 7© Petango/ Petumho. Mungaroo, tf^c. 'f^^;^^^ Mouth ; when y^u fuck in the white Pulp and fpit out the Stones* They are tart, pkafant, and very wholfome. Pefangd^s are a fmall red Fruit, that grow alfo on fmall Trees, and are as big as Cherries, but not fo Globular, having one flat fide, and alfo 5 or 6 fmall protule- rant Ridges. 'Tis a vo-y pleafant tart Fruit, and has a pretty large flattifli Stone in the middle. Fetumbo\ are a yellow Fruit ( grow- ing on a fhrub like a Vinej bigger than •Cherries, with a pretty large Stone : Thefc are fweet, but rough in the Mouth. Mu9igdroo\ are a Fruit as big as Cher- ries, red on one fide and white on the o- ther fide : They are faid to be full of fmall Seeds, which are commonly fwallowed in eating them. Muckilhm\ are faid to be a Fruit as big as Crab- Apples, growing on large Trees. They have alfo fmall Seeds in the mid- dle, and are well tafted. IngwA\ are a Fruit like the Locuft- Fruit, 4 Inches long, and one broad* They grow on high Trees. Otecy is a Fruit as big as a large Coco- Nut. It hath a Husk on the outfide, and a large Stone within, and is a accounted a Very fine Fruit. * ' Mufiemn^ MufteraiKie-ova. Falm^beny^ Sec. 71 Mafieran^th-wd^ are a round Friiit a$^»^i<99. big as large Hazel-Nuts, coverM with thip brittle (hells of a bkckifh colour: They have a fmall Stone in the middle, inclofed within a black ptilpy fubftance, which is of a pleafant tafte. The outfide fhell is chewed with the Fruit, and fplt out with the Stone, when the pijlp is fuck'd from them. The Tree that bears this Fruit is tan, large, and very hard Wood. I have not feen any of thefe five laft named Fruits, but had them thus defcribed to me by an Jr^ Inhabitant ofBahU^] thoVas to this laft, I am apt to believe,' I may have both leen and eaten of them in jichia in Su^ matra. Palm-Berries (called here Dendees) grow plentifully about Bi^ix ; the largeft are as big as Wall-nuts ; they grow in bunches on the top of the Body of the Tree, a- mong the Roots of the Branches or Leaves, as all Fruits of the Palni kind do. Thefe are the fame kind of Berries or Nuts as thofe tliey make the Palm-Oyl with on the Coaft of Guinea, where they abound : And I was told that they make Oyl with them here alfo.- They fometimes roaft and eat them ; but when I had oneroafted to prove it, I did not like it. ' PfyJkk'Nuts, as our Seamen call thenv^ are called here Pineon ; and Jgnus Cafius is called here Carrepat : Thefe both erow F 4 nere: n'i pranuan ^itSi^ Rodts^ And Herbs. ^*!l'^': ^^^^ '^^ ^^ Me^ibees^ a Fruit like Fhyfick* ^"" "A^«/i. They feorchthemin a Pan over the ^re before ihtf eat ttiem* Here are alfo great plenty of Cabbage* Trees, and other Fruits, which I did not get information about, and which I ha4 pot the opportunity of feemg; becau(^ this was not theSeafon^it being our Spring, and confequently their Autumn, when their beft Fruits were gone, tho' fome were left. However I faw aburidance of wild Berfies in the Woods and Field, but I jcould not learn their Names or Nature. They have withal good plenty of ground Fruit, as CalUvances^ Pine-Apples, Pum- kins, Water-Melons, Musk- Melons, Cu- cumbers; and Roots, as Yai^ds, Potatoes CaiTava's, &c. Garden Herbs alfo good ftorej as Cabbages, Turnips^ Onions, Leeks, and abundance of other ^lading, and for the Pot* Drugs of feveral forts, viz. Saffafras, Snake-Root, &c. Befide the Woods I mentioned for Dying, and other yfes, as Fuftick, Speckled- wood, &e. I brought home with me from hence 9 good number of Plants, dried between the leaves of Books : of fome of the choiceft of which, that are not fpoil'd, I may give 4 Specimen at the End of tlie Book. Here are faid to be great plenty and va- riety of Wild-Fowl,w^. Temmd^s^MofCAW^s (which are called here "Jiicl^^ and are a larger fort of Parrots, andfcarcer) Par- ' ^ rors. Birdsi The Y^mmsLj and Crov/s, 7^ rots, Parakites, Flamipgo^ Carrion-Crows, -^»/i^9?^ Chattering-Crows, Cockrecoes, Bill-3irds ^'^ finely painted, Corrpfoes, Doves, Pigeons, Jemtees J Clocking-Hens, Crabcatchers, Galdens, Currecoo^s, Mofcovy Ducks, common Ducks, Widgeons, Teal, Cur- lews, Meiji of War Birds, Booby's, Nod* dy\ Pelicans, &c. The Temma is bi^cr than a Swan, gircy- feathered, with a long thick fharp-point- ed Bill. The Carrion -Crow and Chattering*. Crows, are called here A/4r/rer4)v's, and are like thofe I defcribed in the Weft-Indies^ I Vol. IL Part II. f. 67.3 The Bill of the Chattering-Crow is black, and the Upper- BiU is round, bending downwards like a Hawks-Bill, rifing up in a ridge almoft iemicireular, and very fiiarp, both at the Ridge or Convexity, and at the JPoint or Extremity : The Lower-Bill is flat and Ihuts even with it. I was told by \ Por^ tegueze here, that their A^^grc?- Wenches make Love- Potions with tbefe Birds. And t^e Porttmiefe care not to let them have « any of thele Birds, to keep them from that \ Superftition : As I found one Afternoon whea I was in»fhe Fields with a Padre and another, who jfhot two of them, and hid them, as they faid, for that reafon. They are not good Food, but thjeir Bills are reckoned a good Antidote againft Poi- Ton. '^ \ the 74r Bill-bird. Currefo. Turth-Bwe^ 8cc. 4^.1699. ^Thc BilUBirds are fo called by the £;/- gUpjj from their monftrous Bilfs^ which are as big as their Bodies. I faw none of thefe Birds here, but faw feveral of the Breafts fleaM off and dried, for the beau- ty of them ; the Feathers were curioufly coIourM with red, yellow, and Orange- colour. ^ The Currefoh ( called here Mackerawh) are fuch as are in the Bay of Campeacky [Vol. 2. Part 2. p. ^7.3 Turtle^Dove s are in great plenty here ; and two forts of Wild Pigeons ; the one fort blackilh) the other a light grey : The blackifh or dark grey are the bigger, ^be- ing as large as our Wood-Quefts, or Wood- Pigeons in England. Both forts are very good Meat ; and are in fuch plenty from May till September^ that a Man may fhoot 8 or 10 Dozen ih feveral Shots at one ftanoieg, in a -clofe mifty Morning, when they come to feed on Berries that grow in the Woods. ^ . , The Jenetee is a Bird as big as ia Lark, with blackifh Fathers, and yellow Legs and Feet. '^Tis accounted very wholfonj Food. , Clocking-Hens, are much like the Crab- catchers, which I have defcribed [KoA IL Tan 2. /. 70.] but the Legs are not alto- ether fo long. They keep always in wampy wet places, tbo' their Claws are like . Birds aftbe Heron-i^/K/^ 5cc. jj like Land-FowPs Claws. They make 3^*11.1699: Noifc or Ciuck like ouf Brood-ltens, or Dunghimcns, when they have Chickens, and for that reafofl they aTe<::allcd by tbe Englijb Clocking Hens. There are many of them in the Bay of Camf^achj (tho' I omitted tofpeak of them there) and elfe- where in the Wejt^hdief. There are both here aiid there four forts of thefe long- legM Fowls, near a-kin to eaeh other, as fo many Sub^Sfecies of the fame Kind ; "viz^ Crab catchers, Ckx:king-H€ns, Gal- dens ( which three are in Chape and co- knir like Herons in England^ but leis ; the Galden^ the Wggeft of the three, theCrab* catcher the imalfeU; ; ) and a rourth fort which are black, but Ihaped like the other, having long Legs and fhort Tails j thefe are about the bigoefs ofCrai^i^atchers, and feed as they do. Cunecoosj are Water Fowls, as big as pretty large Chickens, of. a bluifh colour, with Ihort Legs and Tail ; they feed al- fo in fwaropy Ground, and are very good Meat. I rave not feen of them elfe- where. The Wild-Ducks here are faid to be of two forts, the Mufcov) , and the cbm- moh-Ducks. In the wet Seafon here are abundance of them, but in the dry time but few. Wigeon and Teal alfo are faid to bKS in great plenty here in the wet Sea* fon. To 76 Oftri4ges.: J)UngbU^l^cn^l: Beaftsy8<.c. '4».'i^99- Tothc,So]itthwardof B^A/iithereareal- y^^y^ fo Oftridges in great plenty , tho', 'tis&id, they are npt fo lar^e as thofe of Jfrica : They are found chiefly in the Southern Farts of Brdjilj bfpecially among the large Savanahs near the River of Plate ; and . from thence further South towards the Streights of Magellan. \ As for Tame Fowl at Bahia^ the chief befide their Ducks, are Dunghil-Fowls, of which they have two forts; one fort much of the fize of our Cocks and Hens; the other, very large; and the Feathers of thefe laft are a long time coming forth ; fo that you4ee them very naked when half grown; but when they are full grown and wellfeathered, tfiey appear very large Fowls, as indeed they are ; neither do they want for price ; for they are fold at Bahia for half a Crown or three Shillings apiece, juft as they are brought firft to Mirket out of the Countrey, when they are fo lean as to be fcarce fit to Ear. The Land Animals here are Horfes, black Cattle, Sheep, Goats, Rabbits, Hogs, Leopards, Tigers, Foxes, Moiw keys, Pccary (a fort of wild Hogs, called h^rtPica^ Armadillo, AHig^ters, Guano's. (called ^ittee) Lizards, Serpents, Toads^ Frogs,' and a fort of Amphibious Crea-. tures called by the Portuguefe Cachr^s d^, aguay in Engltfb Water-Dogs. The The Leopards and Tigers of this Cotin-/^»;i^^^ try ate faid to be large and very fierce :" But here on the Cpaft they are either de- ftroyed, or driven back towards the heart df the Country ; and therefore ire feldoitt found but in the Borders and Out- planta- tions, where they oftentimes do Mifchief. Here are three or four forts of Monkey^ of different Sizes and Colours: One fort is very large; and another fort is very fmall : Thefe laft are ugly in S^ape and Feature, and have a ftrong Scent of Musk. Here are feveral forts of Serpents, many of them vaftly great , and moft of them very venomous : As the Rattle-fnake for one: and for Venome, a, fmall Green Snake is bad enough , no bigger than the Stembof a Tobacco-pipe, and about i8 Inches long, very common here. They have here alfo the Amfhish£na^ or Two-headed Snake , of a grey Colour , mixt with blackifh Stripes, whofe Bite is reckoned to be incurable. 'Tis faid to be blind, tho^ it has two fmall Specks in each Head like Eyes : but whether it fees or not I cannot tell. They fay it lives like a Mole, moftly under Ground ; and that when it is found above Ground itiseafily kiird, becaufe it taoves but (lowly i Nei- ther is its Sight (if it hath any) fo good as to difcern any one that comes near to Kill ■ / it : y8 Landmd IFater^Serpents. Jln^i6<^9. as few of thefe Creatures fly at a Man, or ^-''^v^ hurt him but when he comes in their Way. ^Tis about 14 Inches long, and about tne bigncfs of the inner joint of a Man's mid- dle Finger ; being of one and the fame bignefs from one end to the other, . with a Head a^ , each end^ (as they faid ; for I bannot vouch it , for one I had was cut ihort at one end) and both alike in Q^pe and bigneis ; and 'tis fa.id to move with either Head formofl:, indifferently ; whence ^tis called by the Vortugueze^ Cohra de dos Cahefasy the Snake with two Heads. The (mall black Snake is a very veno- mous Creature. . There is alfo a grey Snake, with red and brown Spots all over its Back. 'Tis as big as a Man's Arm, and about j Fpot long, and is faid to be venomous. I faw one of thefe. Here are two forts of very large Snakes *. or Serpents: One of 'em a Land-fnake, * the other a Water -fnake. The Land- fnake is of a grey colour, and about 18 or 4o Foot long : Not very- Venomous, but Ravenous. I was promifed the fight of . one of their Skins, but wanted opportu- nity. The Water-fnake is faid to be near jo Foot long. Thefe live wholly in the Wa- ter, either in Ijirge Rivers, or great Lakes, and prey upon any Creature that comes withis fjrearivater^imht Of tiTazil. 79 within tBcir i?each , be: it Man or Beaft.^«.i«9>. They draw tfeeir. Prty to them with their Tails : for when they fee any thing on the Banks of the? River or Lake where th^y lurk ♦ they fwing about, their Tails io or 12 Foot over the Bank ; and whatever ibnds within their Svfc^eep is fnatcht with great. Violence into the River, and drowa- cd by them. . Nay ^tis reported very cre- dibly that if they fee oniy a (hade of any Animal at all on the WatiK*, they will llourilh their Tails to bring in the Man or Beaft whofe fhadc they f^ , ; and are ofteih times too fucqclsful in it. Wherefore Meo that have Bufinefs near any place where thefe Water Monfters are fufpe^ed to lurlf, are always provided with ^ Gun, which they often fire, and that fcares them away, or keeps them quiet. They are faid to have great Heads , and ftrong Teeth a- bout 6 Inches long. I was told by an Irijb Man who Uved here, that his Wives Fa- ther was very near bfeing taken by one of them about the time of my firfl: Arrival here, when his Father was with him up in the Country ; for the Beaft flouriiht his Tail for him^ but came not nigh enough by a yard or two ; however it feared fiim fufHciently. The Axnphibioiis Creatures here which I (aid are called by the Portuguefe Cuchora^s de AguAy or Water-dogs, are faid to be as big J^ UuGhora de Agua. ttjb^ :mu-tyb. ^«;>^9. big as fmall Maftites, and af e all hairy and ' ^*^^ Ibaggy frotn^ Head to Tail. They have; '4 fhort Legs, a pretty long Head and ftorr Tail j and are of a blackifh colour* They live in frefh Water- ponds, and of* tentimes come afhore and Sun themfelves ; fcut retire to the Water if alTaulted. They -are eaten, and faid to be good Food. Se- veral of thefe Creatures which I have now fpoken of I have not feen, but informed toy fcif about them while I was here at Bahia^ from fober and fenfible Perfonsa- tnong the Inhabitants, among whom I met with fome that could fpeak Englifb. In the Sea upon this Coaft there is great rftore and diverfity of Fifl3,w^. Jew-fifh,for which there is a great Market at Bahia. ia Lent :'- Tarpom's , Mullets , Groopers, Snooks, Gar-fifh {called here GooUon^s)y Gorajfes , Barrama^s , Coquinda's, Caval- lie's ^ Cucfjpra's (or Dog-filh) Conger- Eeles, Herrings (as I was told) the iVr- retv^ the Olio de Boy , (I write and fpell them jufl: as they were named to me) Whales, &c. Here is alfo Shell-fifli (tlio' in lefs plenty ab9ut Bahia than on other parts of the Coaft) 'viz. Lobfters,Craw-fiih, Shrimps, Crabs , Oyfters of the common fort , Conchs, Wilks, Cockles, Mufcles, Perri- wirikles, &€". Here are three forts of Sea- Turtle, viz. Hawksbill, Loggerhead, and Green : ♦ • (^reen: bat none pF thfem. arfc itt/gpy-^^i^99' efteem ,: neither ^pantArds nor Portuguefe loving them : Nay they have a great An- tipathy 9gainft them, and vmoi\A much 1JI7 tber eat a Porpofe, Kho^/ ^ui: EngUjh conrxt thfe Gf eeayTwde very extraof dinary Food.. Thp Rcaibp that is comftionly given in the We^^Iifdies.fov xh^Spa^iArds BOtcarihg to feat of them,, is the fear: they, have left b©^ iog ufually foul-bodiedy and many of them pox'd (lying^^MrfKy do, fo proniiifcuoufr ly .with .;tlicir Negrines ^je4[o?her She- flaves) the^' ibould break Oet I^athfonjdy likeLepei^s; which thiiifart bf^oodj 'tis faid, does muchincline Men to do, fearch* ing the Body, and^ driving out any- fuch grofe Humors ; for which caufe many ofl our E^lffb Valetudinstrians . . have goflfc from jdmaicd (tho' there they ' have alfa Turtle) to the IXaimunes^ at the Laying- time , to live wholly upon Turtle that then abound there ; purpofely to have their Bodies fco.ur'd by this Food, and their Di^ (tempers driven out : ^nd have been faid to have found many of them good Succeis in it. But this by the way. The Hawfef- bilt-Turtle on this Coaft of Brazil is moft fought after of any, for its Shell, .which by Report of thole I have conversed with at *^Bahia'y is the cleareft and beft-clouded Tortoife-(heU in the World. I had fome ofitfhewn me, which was indeed as good \ O ^ as *• / 8a ' St. Paul's, ^g'c. i« IRazil. An. t «99' as t . ever faW. They get a prett^ deal of ^■^"^^ it income Parts on this C^oSift ; but ?tis v©. ry^ear. . iCefides this Ptirt of Bahia de todor los Sw^ tbs\ thci:e are two more principal Votts^ oh Brazil^ MhtV€ Europeat$%\\i^^ 'Oiz. PernambHCZTili Ria Jamrdyind I wa^" told that thfcte ^o^ ar many Ships to each of thete Plates as to BahUy and two Men o£ ^, War to each Place for their Convoys. Of ri&e other Forts in thifKIountry oone i^ of greater^ Note than that of St.. p4ul% where they* gather much Gold; but the lahabita nts are f^id to be a fort of Bmiitti i or loofe People that live under no Govern- ment : but their Gold brings tjiem att fcrts of Commodities that they need^ as Clodi^ Arms> Ammunition, &c.^- . The ToWn is faid to be large and ftrortg. ■P^WB ¥■ ■■ ' J C H A- P. ,v^ / :X^ Contents. , 8^ : C H A p. III. The Ah Stay and Bujifufiat Bah]^ : / . Of the Winds'^ and Seaflris of the 'tear there. His departure for l!^. Holland. C. Salvadore. The Winds on the Brafiliah Coaf^ ; and - 'Ahvo\i\oShM' Fi/h.. and Birds : • ^heShear-rvater Bhrd\' and Cook- ' ^^K ^Sharks. Excmve nurtiher of Birds about a deaaWhah ; of • the fintado-Btrd^ ani'theTetrel^ See. Of a Bird that :^s the C, of 6. Hope to^e near : of the 'Sta^ reckonirigSy and Variations : and a . Table ofaU the Variations ebferv^d in this Voya£e. Occurrences near the Cape ;• and the A, spaj/ing by it. Of the. Wefierly Winds beyond it : A Storm^ and its Prefiges. The A?s Courfe to 1^. Holland : and ^gns of •approaching it. Another \ Abroiilo - Shole . arta Storm , and the A?s Arrival on part o/N. Hol- land. That part defirib^d : and Shark'j ^aj , ixih'ere he firfi An- G 5 V chors, « A ^J ^ The A^s fiay at ^shh ; MnA6.^9- chors. Of the Landtherf ^ VegeA ^^"^^"^ tables^ Btrds^ &c. A^partkular yfirt of Guano: Fijh^ andheaufi" ful Shells ', •Turtle J large Sharky and Wdter-'Serpents. .The A!s remmmg to another part ^^ N. • Holland ■;■ J^lphins^ Whales j. and . * . more Seo'Serpmtsmand of a V^C' fege or Strdght fujfeaed here : ,\ Of the Vegnables , Birdi , and JFi/h. He Anchors dn a third Part 4)f N; Holland^ artflf digs^WeUsy* , ■ but- hr^jk Of ihe'^ Inhabitants theriy the great Tides^ th^'Vegeta- • bles.and.J^imals. Sec. t My . ft^y ,here. at Bahia. was about a Month; during, which time the ey (if A(?oit-came hither frojii. thence in a great Ship, ftid to be pichly laden with ' all forts, of Mia^ Qcio^s 4 but . S^t di^ . not break ?.ulk. bpce, beijog bounid. honi^ for Lisk^ : ' onlyrtlic Vice-'Rpy iWeodedto re-* ' frefh his Men (pf Whom he had loft irlany, band ipoft of thexeft were Very • iOickly^ ha!?ingbeen 4 Months in their Voyage hi- ther> and fo ?o take in Water, and .depart '^or Eurdpe y i*n Company with the other " . • - \-'' • • - For- . ; / / 4nd Preparation to go avpay, 8 5 Porf$^ueJe Ships thither Bound ; who-^^i^^^ Jjad Orders to be ready to Sail by the * ^"^ * twentieth of Maj. He defir'd me to car^ ry a Letter for him, direSefd to his Sue- ceflbr, the new Vice-Roy of Goa : Which J did ; fending it thither afterwards by Captain Hammondj whom I found neap the Cape of Good Hope. The Refrelh- ing my Men, and taking in Water, was the main alfo of my Bufinefs here ; be- fide the having the better ppportuni^ Vy to compofe tnie Diforders among my Crew : Which, as I have before relate ed, were grown to fo great a Heighth, that they could not without great Dif- ficulty be appeafed : However, finding Opportunity, during my ftay in thi? Place, to allay in fome meafure the Ferment that had been raifed among my Men, I now fet my felf to provide for the car- rying on of my Voyage with more Heart th^n before, and put all Hands to work, in order to it, as faft as the backwardnpfs of my Men would per- mit ; who fhewM continiially their un- willingnefe to proceed farther. Befides, their Heads, were generally fiU'd with ftrange Notions of Southerly Winds that were now fetting in (and there had been ajready fome Flurries of them) G 5 which. 86 Of the P'inds arid Seafins at Bahijt. Jif». 1699. which, as they furmiz'd, would hinder ^"^^ ^ iny farther Attempts of going on to the Southward, fo long as they flbould laft. The Winds begin to fliift here in Jfril and September j and the Seafans of the Year (the Dry and the Wet) alter With thefn. In Jpril the Southerly Winds make their entrance on this^ Coaft, bringing in the Wet Scafon, with violent T6riiaao% Thunder and Light- hing, and much kain. In September the Other Coafting Trade ^ at Eaft North Eaft comes in, and clears the Sky, bring- ing fair Weather. This, as tothechangc of Wind, is what I have obfervM Vol. 11. Part ^. p. 19. but as to the chance of Weather accompanying it fo cxa&Ty here at Babia^ this is a particular Excep- tion to what I have ExperiencM in all V other Places of South Latitudes that I have been in between the Trapicks , or thofe I have heard of ; for there the Dry Seafons fets in, in Jpril^ and the Wet about OHober or November , fooner or later (as I have faid that they are, in South Latitudes, the Reverfe of the Seafons, or Weather, in the fame Months in N- La- titudes Vol. 11. Part J. p. 77.) whereas oa this Coaft of Brazil , the Wet Scafonf eonies Seafiti fit ^tting Sugar-canes. 87 comes in in Jpril^ at the fame time that ^«;^i^9' it dpth in N. latitudes, and the Dry (as I have faid here) in September ; the Riains here not lafting fo far in the year as in 0- ther Places : for in Seppembirmo^ Weather . ijs ufuaDy (o fair> that in the lAter part of that Month they begin to cut- their Su- gar-Ganes here^' as I was told ;" for I en- quired particularly about the Seafons : Thpugh this, as to the Seafon- of cut- ting of Cartes, which I was now af- fur'd to be in September y agrees not very \vell with what I was formerly .told CVoL>IL Part J. p-82.3 that ia J8^4«;/7 they cut the Canes in July. And fo, as to what is faid a little lower' in the farrite Page, that in mana^ng their' Canes they . arc not confined to the Seafons, this oti^bt to have been exprefs*d only of Plantir^ them ; for they never cut them but in' c! prySeafort;^ ' '* 'a But to- return to the Southerly Winds,- which came -in (as I eKpefted they woul(t) while I' Wife here*,: Thefe daqnted m^y Ship's Conspany very much, tho' I had toiW them they ^vere to look for them'; But they being ignorant as td what I told them farther, that thefe were only Cd&ft- ing- Winds, fweeping the Shore to about 40 or 50 Leagues in breadth from it ; and ^ imagining th^t they had blown fo all the Sea over , between JmerttA,zndi -AjricA-^ tj 4 and E8 / Watmog-f lace at B^hk ; Jin.j6st9'tnd beij:}g cdnfifm'd in this their Opinio^ ^^'"'"'^^^by the Wortu^uefe- Pilots of. rfie Europe An Sliips, with whom fcveral of^liy; Officers .*• converfed niUQl\; and ".who were them- fclvefs as ignorant that thefe , were only Coafting Trad^Winds (therafelves going ^ away before thenfi, in their r«urn honao- w^ards,' till* they crofs the Line, .and fo ha- ving no experience of the Breadth of thenO being thus poflfefsM with a Conceit that we could not feilfrbm hence till September^ thi^ niade them ftill the niore temifs in th^ir Diities; and very liftlefs to theIge^• ting Things in a' readinefs for our Depar- ; ture. Howeyfer I was the more diligent .ray Self ttf hgve the Shi p. fcrub'd, and to feftd my Watte-Casks afliore to get them tri|n?d, my Beer being ncfw out. I went ^ alfo to the, Governor to g^t ittyvWater ^, iiird; for here being but one Watering- place (and the Water running, low, GOAy at the end of the Pry Seafpit) it was al- ways fo- crouded with the £«r^/>^^/^ Ships Boats, who were preparing to be gone, that my Men. could feldom come nigh it, till the Governor very kindly fept- an. Of- i ficer to clear the Water* place for my Men, and to ftay there till ^ny Wares- Casks weri? all full, whom I fatisfied for his Painsi i ^ Here I alfo got Aboard 9 or 10, Tun o? Ballaftj and made my; Boatfwain fit the andpleafint Fields aboiit it. 8^ Rigging that was ataifs : and I enquired ^'5^; alfo of my particular Officers whofe Bu- ' ^ finefs it was, whether they wanted any Stores, efpecially Pitch and Tar ; for that here I wouM fupply tfiy felf before I pro- ceeded any farther : but they fay they had enough, tho' it did not afterwards prove fo. I commonly went afhore every day, either upon Bufinefs, or to recreate my felf in the Fields, which were very plea- fant, and the more for a fhower or Rain now and then, that ufhers in the Wet Sea- fon. Several forts of good. Fruits were al- fo ftill remaining, efpecidly Oranges, which were in fuch plenty, that I and all my Company ftockM our felves for our Voyage with them, and they did us a great kindnefs ; and we took in alfo a good quantity of Rum and Sugar : But for Fowls, they being here lean and dear, I was glad I had ftockt my felf at St. Jago. But by the little care my Officers took for frefh Provifions, one might conclude, they did not think of going much farther. Be- fides, I bad like to have been imbroiled with the Qerg^j)^ here (of the //?j/;r//?//w, as I fuppofe) and fo my Voyage might have been hindred. What was faid to them of me, by fome of my Company that went alhore , I know not ; but I was aflurM by a Merchant there , that if they got me into their Clutches {^nA It 90 The A?s departure from Balm. An.j699*it fecms, when I was laft aChorc they bad ^ ^ ' narrowly watch'd me) the Governor hint- felf coula not releafe oie. Befides I mig^ either be murtherM in the Streets^ as he fenti^e word, or Poy Coned, if I came a- ihore any more; and therefore he adviied me to flay aboard. Indeed I had now na further Bufinefs afliore but to take leave of the Governor, and therefore took his Ad* vice. Our Stay here was till the ajd of JpriL I would have gone before if I could fooner have fitted my felf; but was now earneft to be gone, becaufe this Harbour lies open to the S. and S. S. W. which arp raging Winds here, and now was the Seafon for them. We had had two or three Touches of them ; and one pretty fevere : and the Ships ride there fo near each other, that if a Cable fhould fail, or an Anchor ftart, you are inftantly aboard of one Ship or other : and I was more afraid of being dif- abled herein Harbour by thefe bluftring. Winds, than difcouraged by them, as my People were, from profecuting the Voy- age ; for at prefent I even wilhM for a^ brisk Southerly Wind as foon as I fhould be once well out of the Harbour, tofetme' the . fooner into the True General Tmde- Wind The Tide of Flood being fpent, and having a fine Land-Breez on the 23d. in' the \i the Mbrnif]^, I ^oAt^^WsyftJOriL the An* AH^s^^i choring-pkce bo&re 'twas ii^^ lay by tiU Daf -light that ^c rtii^ fee dii better how to go^ciitof-ihe^Bafbour/ J had a Pilot' bfelonging ti(> 1^^ went out with me^ to whom 1 givethwic Dollars; but Ifoujidlcdiildasi^ell hai^ gone put my. &{(; bjrthe^ubdlrfgs I ffladil >at coming ini The Wimd was E. by 3)4j and fair Wither; Byfo a Clttgk I. wa* ;ot paft all danger^ and then fent way mip ^ilot. : At 12 Ca^ Sdvudbre hdie N, di^ J ftant dLeaguisfr, and wehad tbc Witt<^ between the .E.,by\N- iiid S.E; aeonfi-^ derabfe timeifo that wc: kept along fieafr the-ShG^e, coiomonlyr ift fight of it. .The Southerly Bbfis had. now left us again ^ for they come at firft in jhort Flurries-, and ihift, to other Pollute (for lo or li days fometimes) before thejT are quite fet ih : And we had uncertain Winds,bet wiecn Sea-and Land-Braezes, arid the Coafting^ Trade, which was its felf unfetkd. The Eafterly- Winds at prefait made me doubt I (hould not \yeather a gfcat Shoal which lies in Lat. between il.deg, and . ^19 deg. S. and runs a great way* into th^ *Sea, direOJy froni.tb^ L^nd> Eafferlyi. Indeed the Weather wasfair^ ( and coiitii Bued foa good while) fotliat I might the better avoid: any Danger from it: aniVif the Wind camp io the Southwiard I kneW »i ' • ■ ' ^ ,.. . ^ * X / ji Longitude taken from C. Salvaddr. . '4».i^,wJ could ftretdixilFto Sea.; fo thatljogg'd . ^^ * oa cx)uragiQufly:. • The 27th of Afril we faw a msall Brigantine unfl^r the Shore plying to the Southward. We alfo faw many Men of War-birds and Boobies, and abundance of AAicore-^Viih. Having ftill &ir Weath^9 {mall Gales, and fome Calms, !• had the opportunity of trying* the Current, which I found ^ fctfome- times Northerly and fometimes Southerly i and .therefore knew I \yas ftiU within the Verge of the Tides. Being now in the Lat. of the ^^rt^^A? Shoals, which lexpeded to njeet with, I founded,. and had Wat^ lelTenihg froin 40 to j ?• andfoto 2^ EaW thpm: but then it. role again to 3?, $5;, $i^&c. all Q)ral Rocks. Whilft we were pn this Shdat^ (which w« crofst towards the further part of it from Land, where it lay deep, and fo was not dangerous) we caught a great many Fifh with Hook md Line; and by Evening; Aro'plitudt we had 6deg* 38 niin..Ea{iVariation, T^fiswas the 27th of Jpfil ; we were then in Lat. 1^ deg. 13 mi n, . St apd . Baft- Longitude from Cape .Sahadoret' 3 1 tniij. On the 29th, being then in Lat. 18 deg. 39 min. S. 'we had f^nall Gal^s from the W. N. W.' to the W. S, W. often (hifcirig^ The 30th- we had the Winds from .W. to S. ^S. E- Squals aad Rain :* and wp faw fome Dolr. phins and other Fifh about us. - We wgrg * now AoV^r 6utof fight of La«d,';Atadfiad bcqn-*^^?. fo 4br 5 Days;but.theWind'&qoW^ in^' ifn' the South was an appareht Sign that- wc were ftill tod high th6 Shortf to receive ttie True General Eaft-Trade 5 as* the Bafterly Winds we had beforfe thew'dl * that we were too fer off tMLand to have the Benefit of the Coaftlng South-Trjjde: * and th^ faintnefs of hoth thde Winds, and their often Shifting from the S. S. W* to th^ , S. E; with Squills, Rain and fmafl Gales; were a GonfirmatK)n of oiir being between the Verge of thie & Coafting^Trade, and that of the True Trade; which is here^ regularly, S. E., " The third of M4j being ift Lat. 20 deg, CO min. and Merid. diftance Weft fronj Cz^ Salvador^ 234 Miles, the Variation was 7 deg. do ihin. We'faw noFowl . but Shear- waters, as Spur Sea- men call them, being a fmall Wack Fowl that* fweep the Water as they 'fly , and are much m the Seas thaj: lie Without either of the Troficks : they are not eaten. We caught 3 fmall Sharks, each 6 Foot 4 Inches long; and they were very good Food for us.. The next day we caught ^ more Sharks of the fame fize, and we eat thtm alfo, efteem- ing them as good Fi(h boilM and prefer, and then ftewM with Vinegar and Pep- We ' ^tjy^v r We hfi(|,flptliipg of Jlemark from the ^'^yT'^ ta qiJMU^iophsr loth, Ofily row and then feeing. %.^ali Whale "^ming ^ i^ yTater, V Vlfe had the Wind Eafferly, ^nd we ran witi^jt to; thp Southward, runningr » ^ this t)^ijipm the X^^ pif .30 deg« 00 m^ ^, ^ 4eg^i iPWv' *• ^"4 baying, then>7 d. Sta. E.J^itgfximC.§ai^^jre; the Va- fjation in?re>|i|ig upbn ':us>. at prefent;^ iaotWiithftagdRig we. wenV E^ift. , We* ^ faad all al<^g:%grea| diifetpoae betWicen the Morning a^rP^eQiog Ao^plitudes ; ufuaJU ly a degre? or^tswp, . apri Jometinaes more. We were pow . in thp ^T^ue Trade, flnd therefore made good way to the Soutbr waF4 1 .to get without: the Y^rge . of the Wind's w?yi that might carry us towards the C^^cJ>iQopd tic^, Bythq 12th of Majy being in Latl jideg* lo.min, we fcegah tp meet with Weftcrly Wind^i which ^eflbned on us, aijd di^DOfc leave us till a lit;|tle^fofe we made the Cat)e. Som^ tinaes it biew fo. b^td .that it; put us under a fore-courfe ; efpecially in, ih» Night : but in thie da}Hinie we had oommooly (Mir Maia tpp-fai] jift. We met Ayitli nothing of ^ moment ; only wi pfeft by a dead Whale, and faw millions (as I may fay) pf Sea-Fowls about the iCariufsXa^d as far round about it as we could fee) Umip Feeding, and the reft flying about, or fit- .; '' . ^ . ting ttfi^ oa ihe Wacavj wait i og) i to. takie, diiic ^^ i «»• Tiirns" WifirttfiHfcowrratfae Wh^ ^"" " tlbe Fowls;* fcMtr^deed I ckd m^nt l^e io fliaajt FowlsIit/.Qnce in mt^Lilb beferej t^k ^I^wnber&tieids ii^ great 1 Ttey weteiof dbrars fortSv irt/Bigfief^ Shapsattd'^oldtik Somo-weccraknoftas big' ' zv Gcefe : ^: of- a . grey Ctoteriri with White B«iiSs,and%)rith &ett Bittsi-Wi^^ ai*i)T^is. . Som9 wtireJPjR^iafe ^ U^ ' as D«:k^^;«arid. fpeckkxik rslack an^ tVhfte.^ SocBe:wcraSheaftwal]qra>5jfoaii Perrefe;^ aad^tber^ -^ere'ieimeal'fi^is df latge Fowis.t <) W€ fiiw: pf thefc? Bjras, efr pecially tbb' Pi^^^birds^.dlthe Sea b^6t ^om about: a(b ILeagues d}ftaiit ^fi'om die Cdaft x>f BfMzM^ to withia muchjthe &fwr diftance of NemJMMd^ The Pmtdub is z Somherri Bird , and of tl^t Temperate Zofie^ for I never faw of thiem much to the Norward of jo deg^ 8* The Prntaeb^ bird is aSrbig as aOuck ; but appears, m it flies, about the bigni^s o£a*t:ame Pigeon, having a fliof t Tail^ but th« Wings very bhg, as moft Sea-Fowls l^vc ; efpecially fuch ^ thefe that fly far Jfrorfi the shore^ and feldom cx>me nigb it : for their Refl> ihg is ' fitting afloat upon the Water ; bur they l^y, Ifuppofc, afhore. ^ There are * three forts of thcfe Birds, allvef the fame ' lijake and bignefs , and are only different muColour. The firft is black all over: The -*fc#d99^The ferotid fort: are grq^':, with "W^f^ ^^^V%; Bellies and Breafts. |:hethird fort, which is the true Fiih^o^ or Painted- bird/ is nd the itips of tUeir Wings and T^y are black for aboitt an Ihch; and their Win^are alfo edgM.q^ite i!Ouad with fuch a fmaU black Lift : Only withiii; the black on the tip of tlieir ^Wings there is a white Spot feeming as they By (foe \ ihen theii* S]^^ are Left feqn) 'as big as a' Haif^cr(»Kn. All this is on the outfide of ^ the: Trails and iWipgs \^ and ks tfhere.is; a; ^ite Spot'io anda Wa-t ter-Spaniel«we hid with -us brought it in : I have given a Picture of it '[See hirds. Fig; 1 but it was fo damaged, that the JPidnre • doth -\ :PUit rfi> r. gS. T.'uS. i The retrel. Variation. 97 doth not fliew it to advantage ; and its-^«.i<^99* Spots are beft leen when the Feathers are ^^-^'"V*"^ fpread as it fifes. The Petrel is a Bird not much unlike a Swallow, but fmaller, and with a Jhorter Tall. ^Tis all over black, except a white Spot on the jRump. They fly fweeping like Swallows, and very near the Water- They are not fo often feen in fair Weather ; being Foul- weather Birds, as our Seamen call them,and prefaging a Storrri when they come about a Ship ; who for that Reafon don't love to fee them. In a Storm they will hover clofe under the Ship's Stern, iii s the WakeoftheShip (as 'tis call'd) or the fmoothnefs which trie Ship's pafling has made on the Sea : and there as they fly (gently then) they pat the Water alter- nately with their Feet , as if they walkt upon it ; tho' ftill upon the Wing. And from henc6 the Seamen give them the name of Petrels^ in allufiOn to St.Peterh walking upon the Lake of Genmfareth. We alfo faw many Bunches of ^ Sea- weeds, in the Lat.. of ^9. J2. and by Judg- ment, near the Meridian of the Ifland Tr/- JiiAnd^Aconha,: and then we had about 2 d. Qo min. Eaft Variation ; which was now again decreaHng as we ran to the Ealt ward, ^ till near the Meridian oiAfcekion ; where we found little or no Variation : But from thence, as we ran farther to the Eaft, our Variation increafed Wefterly. H Two 9 o rowlsjfjowtng toe u. or kj. MOpe near. Av/1699. Two days before I made the Cape of ^-^"^"^ G. Hope, my Variation was 7 deg. 58 min. Weft. I, was then in 43^ deg. 27 min. feaft Longit. fromC. Salvador ^ being in ' Lat. J 5 deg. j6 min. this was thefirft of J^^^e. The fecohd of June I faw a large black Fowl, with a whitifh flat BUI, fly by us ; and took great notice of it, becaufc in the EaH-India Waggoner, or Pilot-book, there is mention made of large Fowls, as bigasRaVens, with white Hat Bills and black Feathers ^ that fly riot abbve jo Leagues from the (7^/^^, and are lookt on as a Sign of ones being near it. My Reck- oning made me then think my felf above 9 o Leagues from the Cafe^ accord ing to the Longitude which the ilafe hath in the com- mon Sea-Charts : fo that I was in fonie doubt, whether thefe were the right Fowls Ipoken of in the Waggoner; or whether thofe Fowls might not fly farther off Shore than is there mentioned ; or whe- ther, as it prov'd, I might not be nearer the Cape than I reckoned my fclf to be: for I found, foon after , that I- was not then above 25 or 30 Leagues at mofl: from the Cape. Whether the fault were in the Charts laying down the Cape too much to tlie Ealt from Brazil, or were rather in our Reckoning, I could not tell : but our Reckonings are liable to fuch Uncertain- . ties from Steerage, Log, Currents, Half Mintite- Brrmnn Ships Reckonings. 99 A4itit|te<^ Glafles , and fometimes want of ^n. i <99. Care, as in fo long a Run caufe often a dif- ference of many Leagues in the whole Ac* count Moft €)f my M^n that kept Journals im*- poted it to the Half^Minute-glaffes ; and indeed we had not a good Glafs in the Ship befidetbe Half- watch or TwoH6u^Glat fes. As for-our Half-Minutc-Glalfes we tried thefti ^ aB at feveral times, and we found ^h^fe that we had tis'd from Braz^il as much too Qotort^ as others we had usM before were too long : wliich might well make great Errors in thofe feveral Reck- onings. A Ship ought therefore to haVe its Glafles very ^a£t : and befides, an eit-* traordiriary Ca?e ought to be tried io^ heav- ing the Log> for fear of giving too much Stray-Line in a tnoderate Gale } andalfo to ftop quickly-in-a brisk Gale ; for e to take an Az^muthy there is often fome difference be* tween him that looks at the Compafs, and the Man that takes the Altitude heighth of the Sun ; . and a fmall .Error in each, if the Error of both ihould be one way, will make it wide of any great; jfexafltHefs. Buj^ what was moft jDbocking to pie, I found that the Variation did not alwavs increafe or decreafe in proportion to the Degrees of Longitude EaiVor Weft ;.asl hada No- tion*they might dp to a certain Numberof Degrees of Variation Eaft or Weft , at liich or fuch particular Meridia^&r But finding in this Voyage that the Difference of Variation did not bear a regular pro- portion to die difference of Loqgitude, I was Capi;^K\\tf ^Scheme Qf the Vanat -loi ^Was liiutfi litefes'd to fk k thus O^fervM iii ^^.^99. ^ Scheme (mw* irie.after my Return home,' whereiii are' re{)refen^ tb& -feverat Vari- ations in the JtUntick Sea, on both ikies the Equator ; and there, the nine of no Variation in that Sea is not a Meridian Lin6, but goes very oblique, a§ do thofe alfo which fhew the Increafe of Variation on each fide of it. In that Draught there is fo large an Advance made as well to- wardslfe"^ccounting for thofe feeniingly Irregular Increafes and Decreafes of Vari^- ation towards the S. E. Coaft of America^ as towards- the fi)cing a general Scheme or Syftem of. the Variation every where , which would beof fuch great Ufe in Na- vigation, that I cannot but hope that the Ingenious Authpr , Capt. Hull^^ wlio to his proband Skijl in all TiiCQries of rhefe kinds, |ath ladded and is adding continu- ally P^rXonal Experiments, . wjll e^er long oblige t;hei;VJ/orid with a foltr Difcovery of the Coiirfe of-the Variation, which hath hitherto beeii a Secret. Forvpiy part I pro- fefs my.feiftanqualificd for. offering at any thing pf a jGeyQ^rai Scheme ; but fince Mattel; of, Fad , gnd whatever increafes the HiAorj of the Vaf iation , may be of ufe tpy^^aws the fetling or confirming the Theory oif it , ^1 flialThere oace for all in- fers: a TMs of all the V^riitions I obferv-d beyond the Equator in this Voyage , l^otli H 3. m , N loi Variation's W^«V in this Voyage. ^M. 1 699. in going out, and returaMagback; aad ' "^""^^^ what Errors there may be ii»it, I Cball kavfi to be Corceded ;by tbe ObTerviktioms of Others. A Table of Variations. - D.M. D. M. D. M. 1699. S.Lat. Longit. Vaa-iat.' Mat. 14 6 15 1 474 \ vi'Bi 21 12 45 12 9 . ? 27 Jfr. 25 14 49 00 .10 b 7 2 s8 18 1300 ji , 6 j« • jo'19 bo 2 26 6 50 May 219 22 ? 5» S15 ^ J 20 I J 40 7 52a 47 J 48 9 40 6«4 2J ? 5? 7 j5 725 44 ? 5H 10 15 826 47 4 J5 7 14 -928 9 5 50 ^ 9 45 ^ 10' 29 5 7 1 ^ II 41 II 29 25 Z ^^ 12 47 1 17 ?4 58 «» 4r 5 40 I 18 >9 ?4 54 ?5 48 19 06 • 19 45 6 19 5 6 2? ?9 42 27 I 2-55 25 ?9 " ?i 35 2 ^une I 15 ?o 4? 27 7 58W a W. from 5^ 74^^. t £, from Ct Salvador in Braxih A^Tkbie ef Variations. iD. M.p. M. Longit* I Variat. c E. from C, C lio^e. 105 H 4 jr«'^ 104. A tabh of Vai^itibrfe. 1699, "J^ij Jug. Se^. 17 20 24 27 28 6 D.M. S. Lat. D. - M. Longit. ■■III..'— if*»«— " 2726 4j86 16 2927^887 25 J 126 5488 I 525 JO 86 J 15JX4 41 86 2 ^ 2 J 200 22 »9 ?7 19 52 19 45 19 241 Dec. heb. p. M. Vftriftt. 7 8 20 2 Mir. Jfr. 8 58 17 16 16 9 815 '37 f? 55 IS I |2 9 12 12 43 4? 10 5 ?5 5 15 ? 32 I 00 4 4« 10 II 5 6 6 iCi El 29I i; 16 21 2J 27 re 6 I? 5 I o o o . o 2 5 57 18 57 9 J4 10 55 It 6 6 2 7 42 ?4* 48/ 31 15 25 18 00 19 41 (50 5/ 00 44 <& 6 4 8 25 9 7 24 6 6 ^' ii6 po . 7 7 6 40 5 18 6 12 4 J 3' 7 S'^ 20 I 47 I 47 I« 1 2 E 4 8 4 6 26 8 45 8 45 9 50 I 9 8 25W, 7_ 16 d E. from Sharij'Bay in N. HoSand. • e E. from Babao-Bay in J. Timor. f E. from C. Ai4^^ in N. Guinea. g E. from C. 5^. Ge/a* ^/r// ATabk of Yarmfk)Os. D.M.|r). MD. M. Maj Jf«t 22 I ,3200 377 I J '00 ; . i 24 9 5900 25/ 5 2 19 44 I '9 SI 4 <9 4^ 3 30 8 1 ^ in 9 5 20 00'I2 2^ iWvl 18 7 14 Z)«. 1 20 0014 >7 '9 59 «^ 01 9 5||i7 4« 1 9 48 1^ o 2 1 26! »» 27 ..i?5 35 15127 1036 34 i^t*7 1137 54 ittsS 1441 40 21 29 2444 47 «3 24 25 27 29 30 X 2 4 /, 29 4247 34 30 i6'49 26 30 32 3' 31 3» 32 4051 5155 55 5<5 5^57 57;58 5759 24 2!. 25 »7 33 3<5i 45 i W. from C. M<^«. 4 Ac Ancbpr ofF I. C^am. f? W. from Pr/WM Iflc by Java-Heti, Dec^ f^irii. 166 D. M. S. Lat. 1 700. i>ff. J 2 4970 09 ja $071 45 D. M. t). M. LongitjIVariat.' 6,32 15166 00 jf 31 9 II 'I 14 O ISJ2 21 75 22 iJJJ 579 !9 18 5 J 0|8o ^9 2i|j4 J982 46 22'j4 j they {teerii% away for .the Ea^-Imlhs ^ and I keeping an R S. E* Courfc^ the better to make my way for New Hd^and : For tho* Js/etP Holland lies Nqrth^Eafterly from the C^e , ^ yet all Ships , bound towards tli^t Coaft, or the Streights of Sundy^ ought to keep for a while in the fame ParaDel, or in a L'at^ between j 5 and 40. at leaft a little to the 8. of the Eaft, . that they may contihue in a variable Winds way ; and riot venture too foon to (land fo far to the North, as to be within the verge of the Trade- Wind ^ which will put them by their Eafterly Courfe. The Wind increafcd upon us ; but we im Cohut^d Oouds Ming a Storm. jiKf 699^ ^ had jret fi^ht of the Jhtilafe, and of i3ip Laod toa^ jill Tuefda)^ the 6th erf ,June : And th6xM^ iawalfb by man inumerable Company of Fowls of divers fwts j fo that we iookt about to fee if there were not ailotfactf^d Whale, but &w none. : The Nifht before, the Sun fet in a black Cloud, which appeared juft like Land ; aod the Cioud?above it were gilt above 2 deg4 high, it enteired into a dark ih!U)alcKrr€olouired Cloud that lay paraM withtneHoriJson, from whence prefemly feem'd tfaifliaie mapy du^y biackifh Beam^ The Sky^^^as at this time covered with finaU :hird Clpiids (as we call fuch as li^ foajtieririgibotit, not likely to Rain) very . thick one by another ; and fuch of thttn as lay iie»: tblthe Bank of .^Clouds at ^ Horizon, Were of a pure GfehJ colour to j or 4 deg^ high above the Bank : From theie to about 10 deg. high they^ were redder, and very bright; above them they were of a darker Coloar ftill, to about 60 or 70 deg. high ; where the Clouds began to be of their common Colour, I took the more partico* lar Notice of all this, becaufe I have gene* rally bbferved fach colour'd Clouds to ap«- pear ASt&rm. tti pear before an approaching dtorm : And4n.t69^ this being Winter here, and the time for '^^'^ ' bad Weather, I expefted and provided fbt a vioknt Plaft of WindLby rifling ^ur iTop* fails, and giving a ftri£t charge to my OiP- ficers to hand thbm or tafefe them in, if die Wind fhould grb^ ft^onger.- The Wind was now at W/N. W. a very briik Gale. About 1 2a CIt)cfc at Night we had a pale whitifB Gkre in the N. W. whicH was another Si^n, and intimated tlie Storm to be near ai^hand jahd the^indincreafin^ upon it, we prefently handed dfirTopfaiU^ furled the Mainfail , and weht^away only with our Forefail. Bfejfdre 2 in the Morn- ing it cartieoii very fiercd and'^e kept right before WiffiJ and Sea, tiie #iml fog increafing : But ihe^Ship Was v^ry governv able, and StCerMihcbmparablywel}. At 8 in the Moi^nins^ We fe«:Ied bur Fore- Yard, lowering it 4 or .5, Foot, and w6 ran very fwiftly; efpecialiy when the Equals of Rain or Hail, from a blicfk Cloudy came over head , for then it blfew cxcdfive hard. Thefe, tho* they did not laft long, yet came very thick and faft one after another. The Sea alfo ran very high : Biit we running fo violently before Wincl and Sea, we Shipt little or no Water ; thp' a little wafht int6 our upper Decb Forts; and with it a Scuttle or Cuttle-Fiih was calt upon the Carriage of a Gun. Th« < 112 OMyon Of Wejteny wtnas oere. ^113699* The Wind blew extraordinary hard all JVedvefdajy the 7th of "Jme^ but abated of its fiercenefe before Night : Yet it continu- ed a brisk Gale till about the ^6th, and flitf a moderate one till the 1 9th Day ; by which time we had run about 600 Leagues: For the raoft pajrt of which time the-Wind was io fome point of the Weft, viz. from the W. N. W. to the S. by W. It blew hard- eft when at W. or between the W. and S. !W. but after it veered more Southerly the foul Weather broke up: This lobfcrved at other tiinjss alfo in.thefe Seas,* that when the Storms at Wefl^ veered to the Soirtfc* ward they igrew lefs ; and that when th^ Wind came to the E. of the S. we had dim fgialler Gafes, O^lms, and fair Wea- ther. As for the Wcfterly Winds on that fide the Cape^ we like them never the worfe for being violent , for they drive us the fafter to the Eaft ward ; and are therefore tiie only Winds coveted by thofe who fail towards fu^h. parts of the Eafi^hdiesj as lie South of the Equator ; as Timor y J^va, 2.nd £umafra', and by the Ships bound for Chi/fa^ or any other that are to pafs through the Streightsof Su/^dj. Thofe Ships having once paft the Cj^^, keep commonly pretty far Southerly, on purpofe to meet wiin thele Weft Winds, which in the Winter Seafon of tlicfe Climates they foon meet with ; for then the Winds are generally Wefterly at the XP^nds and Courfe towards New H. 115 the Cape, and dpecially to the Southward ^n^699^ of it : Bat in their Summer Months they get to the Southward of 40 deg. ufually e'er they meet with the Wefterly Winds. I was not at this time in a higher L,at. than j6 deg. 40 min, and oftentimes was more Northerly, altering my Latitude often as Winds and Weather required ; for in fuch lone Runs ^tis heft to ihape ones Courfe ac- Gording to tlie Winds. And if in Steering to the Eaft, we (hould be obliged to bear a little to the N. or S. of it , 'tis no great matter ; for ^tis but SaiUng 2 or 5 Points from the Wind, when 'tis either Norther- ly or Southerly ; and this not only eafeth the Ship from (training , but fhortens the way more tlmn if a Ship was kept clofe on a Wind, as fome Men are fond of doing* The 19th of June we were in Lat. 34 deg. 17 min. S. and Long, from the Ca/e J 9 deg. 24 min. E. and had fmall Gales and Calms. The Winds were at N. E. by E. and continued in fome part of the E. till th^ a7th Day. When it having' been fome time at N. N. E. it came about at N. and then to the W. of the N. and continu- ed in the Wefl- board (between the N. N. W. and S. S. W.) till the 4th of July ; in which time we ran 78 2 Miles ; then the Winds came about agajin to the Eaft, we reckoning our fclves to be in a Meridian 1 100 L.Eaft of that of the O/e; and having fair Weather foundefl, but had no Ground. 1 We ^•VVJ 114 otgns of being near Land. ^An.1699: Wc met with little of Remark in this Voyage, befides being accompanied with Fowles all the way, efpecially Pintado- Birds, and feeing now and then a Whale : But as we drew nigher the Goaft of New^ Holland^ we faw frequently ^ or 4 Whales together. When we were about 90 Leagues from the Land we began to fee Sea-weeds, all of one fort ; and as we drew nigher the Shore we law them more fre- quently. At about JO Leagues diftance we began to fee fome'Scutle-bones floating on- the Water ; and drawing ftill nigher the Land we faw greater quantities of theni^ ^f/y/y the a5th being in Lat. 26 deg. 14 min. S.and Longitude E. from the Cof G. Hofe 8 5, deg. 5 2 min. we faw a large Gar- fifti leap 4 times by us, which feemed to be as big as a Porpofe. It was now very fair Weather j and the Sea was full of a fort of very fmall Grafs or Mofs, which as it floated in the Water feemed to have been fome Spawn of Fifh ; and there was among it fome fmali Fry. The next Day the Sea was full of fmall round things like Pearl, fome as big as white Peas ; they were very Clear and Tranfparent, and upon crufhing any of them a drop of Water would come forth : The Skin that contained the Water Was fo thin that it was butjuft defceroable* Some Weeds fwam by us, fo that we did not doubt but we Ihoyld quickly fee Land. whales. Skipjacks: Fawli^ Sccl 115 On the tyth alfo, fome Weeds fwam by ^.1699; iis, and the pirds that bad flown along with ^-^''^'^^''^ us all the way almoft from Brazil^ now left us, except only 2 or j Shear- waters. On the 28th we (aw many Weeds fvvira |>y us, and fome Whales , blowing. On the 29th we had dark clpudy Weather , with much Thunder, Lightning, and vio- lent Rains in the Morning: -But in the E- vening it grew fair. We law this Day a Scutle-bone fwim by us, and fome of our young Men a Seal, as it fhoiild feem bj their Defcription of its Head, I faw aUo fome Boneta s, and fome Skipjacks, a Fiflb about 8 Indies k>ng , broad and (izable^ not much unlike a Roach ; which our Sea* men call fo from their leaping about. The g ot h of Jui/^ being ftifl nearer the Land» we faw abundance of Scutle-bones and Sea- weed, more Tokens that we were not far from it ; and faw alfo a fort of Fowls the like of which we had not feenin the whole Voyage, all the other Fowls ha- ving now left us. Thefe were as big as Lapwings ; of a grey Colour, black about their Eyes, y^ith red ffiarp Bills, long Wings, their Tails long and forked like Swallows; and they flew flapping their Wings like Lapwings. In the Afternoon we met with a Ripling like a Tide or Cur- rent, or the Water of fome Shole or Over- fill ; but were paft it before we could found. I 2 The 1 1 6 Abrohlo-5W near N. Holland, :ifii.i69rThc Birds laft mentioned and this were further Signs of Land. In the Evening ive had fair Weather, and a fmall Gale at Weft: At 8 a Clock we founded again ; but had no Ground. We kept on ftill to the Eaft ward, with an eafy Sail, looking out fharp: for by the many Signs we had, I did.expeO: that we were near the Land. At 1 2 a Clock in the Night I founded, and had 4< Fa- thom, cou^fe Sand and fmall white Sheik. I prefently clapt on a Wind and flood to the South, with the Wind at W, beicaufe I thought we were to the South of a Shoal callM the Abrohles (an Appellative Name for Shoals, as it feems to me) which in a Draught I had of that Coaft is layM down in 27 deg. 28 min. Lat. ftretching about 7 Leagues into the Sea. I was the Day before in 27 deg. 38 min^ by Reckoning. And afterwards fleering E. by S. purpofely to avoid it, I thought I muft have been to the South of it: but founding again ^ at One a Clock in the Morning, Aug. the firft, we had but 2 5 Fathom, Coral-Rocks ; and fo found the Shoal was to the South of us. We prefently tackt again, and flood to the North , and then foon deepned our Water ; for at two in the Morning we had 26 Fathom Coral flill : At three we had 28 Coral-ground : At 4 we had 30 Fa- thom, courfe Sand, with fome Coral: At 5 we ' * '.% Xt »•# ^••■••••r ■••-,«-« *■ » « * V .r^',. A, "t^ -^- /■, ■%s} •■- • •>.. \ ■ . «' IdiU TV. ISerw Holland :p. ttj iiA :taX> a^fj.. ar.Z, y^Hollaiid^ ik^fium, C&ioJhJronL 8 J,, dUt ; Xtotii 3ffi>^ %BM,S. ^^HioIUttiil^ a^X'Tt, Jijt i in^J^at : % ^^4* S X s,x.h.s. M' ""^^'^'f-^nM/rn'r":-* fmrn/umas^.^ ^^^' y,Ho»ayiA^^ i^X,^rmX.rt-;a^r-jyX IPln*^ ^,^6. Of- X^t» Shvr€ ^ ^ 7 J&^^-^-2^ Paart of iS"evr ^ ^ 7 SKadks \ Bar or v^fiy liUii^d . J'iWr^ <^ y fiiii^y jJ«V d^firthdJ^p. ^'^' rZ^^v a£dMX/h494>itth'AuJ in - JS.J,JC, ., Ti&e A tfr^i^e/i#.N» Holland. iij Twc fiaid ,4$ Fathom V courfe Sand and -4^^699. Wieils ; being now ofF the Shole ^ as ap- pearM by tjie Sand and Shells, andrbyhay.- jng l?ft the CoraL By aU this! l?new weh^ fairn in to the Jt^orth qf.the Shole, and that it was laid dowii wrong in my Sea- Chart: .for I found it licin about 27 deg. Lat. and by our Ran in the 4iext daybri, found that the Outward-edge of it, which I fcttihded oil ; lies 16 Leagues off Shorq. Wbpi it was day we fteered in E* N. B^ with a fine brisk G^le; but did not fee,the Land till 9 in the Morning, when we law it from our Topmaft-head, and were dlffanf from it about 10 Leagues ; having then 40 Fgthom- water, and clean Sand. About 3 Hours after we faw it on our Quart6r-Deck , /being by Judgment about 6 Leagues off: and we had then 40 Fa- thom^ deaa Sand* As we i;an in, this day and the next, we took feveral Sights of it, .at different Bearings and Dillance? ; &QiS^ which it appearM as you fee in [/V Ble Vf. N^* I, 2i ?, 4^5-] And here I .wjDuld, Note once for all. That the Latir tifdes markM in the Draughts, or Sights here given , are not the Latiti^de of the -X^nd, but of the.Shlp when ^he Sight wa$ taken. This Mprping y Au^uH the fii ft, as we ^vcre fltanding in we faw fevei al large Sea*fowls, Uke ourGannets on the £oaIl of ^nglmdi Eying three or four to- J 3 gether^ 1 18 N. Holland in tat, «6, S» t^$2?% gather J and a fort of white Sea-Mews, but black about the Eyes, and with forked Tails. We ftrove to run in near the Shor@ to feek for a Harbour to refrefh us after our tedious Voyage ; having made one continued ftretch from Brazil hither of a- boqt 1 1 4-Deg, ; defigning from hence al- fo to begin the Difcovery I had a mind to make on N. Holland and N. Guinea. The Land was low, and appear- d even, and as wedrew nearer,to it, it made (as you fee inTabklY. N^. ?, 4, 5.) with fome red and fome white Clifts ; thefe laft in Lat. i6. 10 S. where you will find 54 Fathom, within four Miles of the Shore. Abont the Lat. of 26 deg.^ S. we/faW an Openihg, and ran in, hoping to find a Harbour there: but when we came to its Mouth , which was about two Leagues wide, we faw Rocks and foul Ground within, and therefore ftood out again : There we had 20 Fathom-water within two mile pf the Shore. The Land every where appeared pretty low, flat and even ; but with fteep Cliffs to the Sea ; and when we came near it there were no Trees , Shrubs or Grafs tobe feen. The Sound- ings in the Lat. of 26 deg. S. from aboutt 8 or 9 Leagues off till you come within a League of the Shore, are gerierally about 40 Fathom ; differing but little, feldom above three or four Fathom. iBut the The A. fiands of again. 119 Lead brings up very diflferent forts of -^^^^9. Sand, fome courfe, fome. fine ; and of fe- veral Colours, as Yellow, White, Grey, Brown, Bluifih and Reddifh. •When I faw there was no Harbour liere, nor good Anchoring, I' ftood off to Sea a- -gain, in the Evening of the fecond of Au-^ guBy fearing a Storm oh aLee-fhore, in a place where there was no fhelter, and de* firing at leaft to have Sea- Room : Fpr the Clouds began to grow thick in the Weft* era-board, and the Wind was already there , and began to blow frefh almoft upon the Shore ; which at this Place lies along N. N- W. and S. S. E. By Nine a Clock at Night we had got a pretty good Of5n; but the Wind ft ill increafing, *I took in my Main Top- fail, bemg able to carry no more Sail than two Courfes an4 the Mizen. At two in the Morning, Jag. J. it blew very hard , and the Sea was much raifed ; fo that I furled all my Sails but my Main-fail. Tho* the Wind blew fo hard, we had yet pretty clear Weather 'tin Noon : But then the whole Sky was blackned with thick Clouds, and we had Ibme Rain, which would laft a quarter of an hour at a time, and then it would blow very fierce while the Squal§ of Rain were over our Heads ; butasfoon as they were ;onc the Wind was by much abated, tlte :rcfs of the Stormi being over. We found- i 4 ed I ao Arriml at Sharks^Ba]^ in N. H. '4iiM699.edfeveral times, but had no Ground till " 8 a Clock Jug.iht 4th. in the Evening ; jind then had 60 Fathom- water, Coral- ground. At Ten we had ^6 Fathom fine Sand* At Twelve we had 55 Fathom, fine Sand , of a pale, bluifti Colour. It was now pretty moderate Weather ; yet J made no Sail till Morning : but then, the Wind veering about to the S. W. I made Sail and ftood to the North : And at II a Clock the next day^ Aug. 5. we f^w Land again, at about 10 Leagues di^ ftance. This Noon we were in Lat. 25 deg. 30 min. and in the Afternoon our Cook died, an Old Man , who had been fick a great while, being infirm before we came out of England. The 6th of JuguS in the Morning we faw an Opening in the Land, and we ran in to it and anchored in feven and a half Fathom-water, 2 miles from the Shore, clean Sand. It was fomewhat difficult getting in here, by reafon of many Shoak we met with : But I fent my Boat found- ing before mc. The Mouth of this Sound, which I caird Sharkh ^ay^ lies in about •2 5 deg. S. Lat. and our Reckoning made its Longitude from the C. of Good Hope to be about 87 Degrees ; which is lefs by 195 Leagues than is ufuaily laid down in Our common Draughts, if our RecJcQning Was righpy and our GhScs did not deceive ' us. Soil of Sharks-B. in N. Holland, i a i us. AsfoonasI came to anchor in this ^«! ^99* Bay (of which I have given a Plan, Table IV. N^. 6.) I fent my Boat alhore to feek for frelh Water : But in the Evening my Men returned, having found none. The next morning I went alhore my felf, carrying Pictaxes and Shovels with*me, to dig for Water ; and Axes to cut Wood. We tried in feveral places for Water, but finding none after feveral Trials, nor in feveral oiiles compafs, we left any farther fearch for it, and fpending the reft of the day in cutting Wood, we went aboard at Night. The Land is of an indiffet-ent heighth, fo that it may be feen 9 or lo Leagues of£ It appears at a diftance very even ; but as you come nigher you find there are many gentle Rifings , tho' none fteep nor high. 'Tis all a fteep Shore ^gaioft the open Sea : but in this Bay or Sound we were now in, the Land is low by the Spa^fide, ri- fing gradually in within the Land. The Mould is Sand by the Sea-fide, producing a large fort of Sampier , which bears a white Flower. Farther in, the Mould is reddifh, a fort of Sand producing fome Grafs, Plants, and Shrubs. The Grafs grows in jgreat Tufts, as big as a Bufhel, here and there a Tuft : being intermix'd with much Heath, much of the kind we h^ve growing on bur Comrnons in Eng- laa y eget Ms and Birds (fSharki-B. An.1699% land. Of Trees or Shrubs here are divers forts ; but none above ten Foot high : Their Bodies about 3 Foot about, aiad 5 or 6 Foot high before you come to the Branches, which are bufhy and composM of fotall Tv^rigs there fpreading abroad , tho' thick fet, and full of Leaves ; which were moftly long and narrow. The Co- lour of the Leaves was on one fide Whi- tilh , and. on the other Green : and the Bark of the Trees Was generally of the fame Colour with the Leaves ^ of a pale Green. Some of thefe Trees were fweet- fcented, and reddifb within the Park, like Saffafras, but redder. Moft of the Trees and Shrubs had at this time either Blof- foms or Berries on them. The Bloffoms of the different fort of Trees were of feveral Colours, as Red^ White, Yellow, &c. ^ but moftly Blue : and thefe generally fmelt very fwcet and fragrant , as did fome alfo of the reft. There were alfo befide fome Plants, Herb^, and tall Flowers, fome ve- ry fmall Flowers, growing on the Ground, that were fweet and beautiful, and for the moft part unlike any I had feen elfe- whcre. . There were but few Land-Fowls : we faw none but Eagles,, of the larger forts of JBirds; but 5 or 6 forts of fniall Birds. The biggeft fort of thefe were not bigger than Jjarks ; fome no bigger than Wrens, all fing- **• 1 > :pltUt. -Aij T. 33.!. of y mck. of -AvJ hird. ts red.. 8C i^rein Ji^enjnnn ^ Comcn:^^Ani^ . T.id •V Ithe Sill 3c JU^ of ihu Sirdart of a. ^Srt^-ir :R.el Aparticularjart ofQumo. ^ la^ finging with great variety of fine (hviW 'jtn.u^(^: Notes ; and we faw feme of their Nefts with young Ones in them. The Water- Fowls are Docks, (which had young Ones fldWythii being the beginning of the Spring in tliefe Parts ; ) Cwrlews, Galdens, Crab-« catchers^ Cormorants ,' Gulls, Telicafris^ atid'foitae Water Fowl,-fuch as I have not fe^fi -any where befides. I have given the Piftures of 4 feveral Birds oh this Gd^ft. [See Birds : Fig. j, :j, 4, 5.I \ The Land- Animals that .wd faw here were only a fort of Racibdris , difffer^nt from thofe of the fVeH^Indies , * chiefly as to their Legs ; * for thefe have very mort fore Legs ; but go Jumping upon them as the others do, and like them are very joodMeat:) and a fort of Guano's, of the ^mc fhape aftd fiie with other Guano's, defcribM [ Vol. I. p. 57.] but differing from thejfiL in three remarkabre Particu- lars: I^of^hefe had a larger and iiglier Head ; and had no Tail : And at the Rump, inftead of/the Tail there, they had a ftump of a Tail , which appearM like another Head ; b\Tt hot really fuch, being without Mouth Of Eyes : Yet this Crea- ture fcemM by this means to have a Head at each end ; and, which niay be reqkon'4 a fourth difference, the Legs alfo feemM all four of them to be Fore-legs; being all a- like ia fhape and lengthy and ieeming by ^^-^•••: ' ''' : . the 124 ; P/^ «/ Sharks-Bay. ^i €99. the Joints aijd Bending to be made as if ' they were to go indiflterently either Head or Tail foremoft. Tf'hey were fpeckled black and yellow like Toads, and had Scales or Knobs on their Backs like thofe of Crocodiles, plated on to the Skin, orftuck into it, as part of the Skin. They are ve- ry flow in motion; and when a Man comes ni^h them they will Itand ftill and hifs, not endeavouring to get away. Their Livers are alfo fpotted black and • yellow : and the Body when opened hath a very unfavory Smell. I did never fee fuch ugly Creatures any where but here. The Guanoes I have obfcrvM to be very goqd Meat: and I have often eaten of tlmtn with pleafure : But tho' I have eaten 01 Snakes, Crocodiles and Allegators, and many Creatures that look frightfully e- nough , and there are but few I fhould have been afraid tp cat of if preft by Huri- ;cr, yet I think my Stomach ^Wuld fcarce lave fervM to venture upon thefe N. HoU /W Guano's, both the Looks and the Smell of them being foofFenfive. The Sea*fi(h that we faw here (for here was no River, Land or Pond of Frefh Wa- ter to be feen) are chiefly Sharks. There are abundance of them in this particular Sound, that 1 therefore gave it th^ Name ,o( ahark^s Baj. Here are alfo Skates, Thornbacks, and other Fiih of the Ray* kinoj; SheUsy Turtle^ large Shark. 125 kind; (one fort efpecially like the Sea--^».i^99. Devil) and Garfifh, Boneta's, c^^. Of^*-^^^ , Shell-fiih we got here Mufcles, Periwink- les, Lim^its, Oyfters , both of the Pearl- kind and alfo Eating-Oyfters, as well the common fort as long Oyfters; befide Cockles, &c. The Shore was lined thick 'With many other forts of very ft range and beautiful Shells, for variety of Colour and Shape , moft finely fpotted with Red , Black, or Yellow, &c. fuch as I have not feen any where but at this place. I brought away a great many of them ; but loft all, except a verv few, and thofc not of the beft. There are alfo fome green Turtle weigh- ing about 200 ib Of thefe we caught 2 which the Water Ebbing had left behind a Ledge of Rock, which they could not creep over. Thefe ferved all my Company ' 2 Days ; and they were indifferent fweet Meat. Of the Sharks w;e caught a great many, which our Men eat very favourily* Among them we caught one which was 1 1 Foot long. The fpace between its 2 Eyes was 20 Inches, and 1 8 Inches from one ^ Corner of his Mouth to the other. Its * Maw wa^ like a Leather Sack, very thick, ; and fo tough that a fharp Knife could fcarce cut it : In which we found the Head and Boans of a Hippopotamus ; the hairy Lips of which were ftill found and^not putrified, ' and Ia6 The A.jflay in Shatks^Bay. - if»,itf99. and the Jaw was alfo>firm, out of whicft ^^^'V^ v^€ pluckt a great marty Teeth, 2 of them ^ S Inches long^ and as big as a Mans Thucnb^ fmall at one end, and a little crooked ; the • reft not above half fo long. The Maw was full of Telly whidi ftarik extrcamly : However I lavea for a while the Teeth ahii the Sharks Jaw : The Flefh of it was divi- ded among my Men ; . and they toojk care that no waftei fhould be made of it. ^Twas the 7th of Augu^ when we came into 5W*'sBay; in which we AnchorM at three feveral Places , and ftayM at the firft of them (on the W. fide of the Bay) till the 1 1 th. During which time we fearch- ed about, as I faid , for frefh Water, -digging Wells, but to no purpofe. How- eveif, we cut good ftoi;e of Fire- wood at this 'firft. Anchoring- place; and my Com- pany were all here very well refrelhed with Kaccoons, Turtle, Shark and other Fifb, and fome Fowlcs ; fo that we were now all much brisker than when we came in hi- ther. Yet ftill I was for ftanding farther into the Bay, partly becaufe 1 had a Mind to increafe my ftock of frelh Water, which was began to be low ; and partly for the fake of Difcovering this part of the Coaft. I was invited to go further, by feeing from this Anchoring- place all open before me j which therefore I defigned to fearch before I left the Bay. So on the 1 1 th about Nbon^ - • 1 fteer'd I fteerM farther in, wh an eafie Sail^, be- An.169^ caufe we had but fliallow Water : We kept therefore good looking out for fear of Shdes ; fometime$ ihortning, fometimes deephing the Water. Abc^ut 2 in th&« Afternoon. we faw the Land a Head that makes the S. of the.Bay, and before Night we had again Shoidings from that Shore : And therefore Ihortned Sail and ftood off" and on all Night, under 2 Topfails, conti- Dimlly founding, having never more then 10 Fathom, and feldpm lefs than 7, The Water dapned and (holdned fo very gent** ly, that in heftvipg the Lead 5 or 6 times we (hould fcarce have la Foot difference. When we came into 7 Fathom either way, we prefently went about. From this S. part of tne Bay, we could not fee the Land from whence we came in the Afternoon : And this Land we found to be an Ifland of j or 4 Leagues long, z$ is feen in the Plain, [Ta^ ble IV. No. 6.] but it a^ppearing barren, I did not ftrive to go nearer it ; and the ra- ther becaufe the Winds would not permit us to do it without much Trouble, and at the Openings the Water was generally Shole. J therefore made no farther attempts in this S. W. and S. part of the Bay, but fleered away to the Eaft ward , to fee if there was. any Land that way, for as yet we had feen hone there. On the 1 2th in the MQrning we pafs'd by the N. Point of that 1 aS Going out of Sharks^Bay. iii.i«99-tbsit Land, And were confimi'd in the Per- ; fuafion of its being an Iflaiid, by fecinj an Opening to the Eaft of it , as vre tew done on the W- Having fair Weather, a • fmall Gale and fmooth Water, we ftood further on in the Bay , to fee what Land was on the B. of it. .Our Soundings at jGrft were 7 Fathom, which held fo a great while, but at length it decreased to 6. Then we faw the Land right a-head , that in the Plan makes the E. of the Bay. We could not come near it with the Sftiip, hav- ing but Shole- water : and it being dange* rous lying there , and the Land extraordi- parily low , very unlikely to have frcfh Water (though it had a few Trees on it, feemingly Mangroves) and much of it pro- bably covered at High-water , I ftood out again that Afternoon, deepning the Water, and before Night anchored in 8 Fath©m, clean white Sand, about the middle of the Bay. The next day we got up our An- chor ; and that Afternoon came to an An- chor once more near two Ifland?, and a Shole of Corral Rocks that face the Bay. Here I fcrubb'd my Ship : and finding it very improbable I fhould get any thing further here , I made the beft of my way out to Sea again, founding all the Way : but finding by the jpiallownefs of the Wa- ter that there was no going out to Sea to the Eaft of the two Iflands that face the Kay, 1 be A. atpinrts jrom onarKS-my . 129 B^y^ nor betwtentfa^m, I'rrturn'd to che^»*/^9: Weft Entrance y going out by the &me Way I came in at^ only 60 the Eaft inllcad of the Weft-fide of thefinaH Shole to be lien in the Plan r in which Channel we had la, li, and I'j Pathoin-watefy ftill deep- n»ig nfiOn i» tfll we were diktat Sea/ The day before v^e otole oiit I fent a Boat a* fhore tb ,th& moft Northerly of the Two lUtnAsj whidh b the leaft of thtuft, catch- . in^ many fdiafl Fifh in the mean whib With Hook and Line. The B^at^s Crew returning told me. That the Ifle produces nothing but a fort of green, Ihort, hard, prickly Grafs, affording neither Wood nor frefh Water ;.aod that a Sea . broak betweeo the two Iflands, ai Si^ that the Water was fhallow. They faw a large Turtle, and many Skates and Thornbacks, but caught none. . It was JuguHt the 14th when I faiPd out of this Bay or Sound, the Mouth of which lies^ as I laid, in 2 5 deg. 5 min. deiigning to coaft along to the N. £• till I might commodioufly put in at fome other part of A^. Holland. In paffing OtTt we faw three Water - Serpents fwimming about in the Sea, of a yellow Colour , fpotted with dark , brown Spots. They were each a- bout four Foot long , and about the big- nefs of a Man's Wrift, and were the firit I faw on this Coaft , which abounds with K fevcral An. 1 699* feveral forts of them. We had the Wincfe at our firft .coining out at N. and the Land lying North-Eafterly. We plied ofFand on, getting forward but little till the next day :, When the Wind coming at S. S. W. and S. we began to Coaft it along the Shore to the Northward, keeping at 6 or 7 Leagues off Shore ; and founding often, we had between 40 and 46 Fathom- water, brown Sand , with fome white Shells* This 1 5th of AuguH wc were in Lat. 24 deg, 41 min. On the i6th Day at Noon we were in 12 J deg. 22 min. The Wind com- ing at E. by N. we could not keep the Shore aboard , but were forced to go far- ther off, and loft fight of the Land. Then founding we had no Ground with 80 Fa- thom-line ; however the Wind fhortly af- ter came about again to the Southward, and then we joggM on again to the North- ward, and faw many fmall Dolphins and Whales, and abundance of Scuttle-fliells' fwimming on the Sea ; and fome Water- fnakes every day. The 17th we faw the Land again, afid took a Sight of it. [See Table IV. N^.7.] The 1 8th in the Afternoon, being j or 4 Leagues off Shore, I faw a Shole-point, ftretching from the Land into the Sea, a League or more. The Sea broke high on .it ; by which I faw plainly there was a Shole there. I ftood farther off, and coaft- .... cu ' Shotes^ arid noijy Whales. 1 ^ t dd along Shore, to about 7 or 8 Leagues ^n.16^9. diftance : And at 1 2 a Clock at Night we ^ "^^^ ibdnded, and had but 20 Fathom, hard Sand. By this I found I was upon ano^ ther Shole, and fo prefently fleered off W; fialf aii hour, and had then 40 Fathom. At One in the Morning of the 18 th day we had 8 5 Fathom : By Two we cx}uld find no Ground ; and then I ventured to fleet alongshore again, due N. which is two Points wide of the Coaft ^that lies here N. N. E.) for fear of another Shole. I would not be too far off from the Land, being defirous to fearch int0 it where-ever I (bould find an Opening pr any Conveni- ence of fearching about, -for Water, &c. When we were off the Shole-point I men- tion'd where we had but 2tt Fathom-wa- , ter, we had in the Night abundance of Whales about the Ship,^ foiiie ahead, a- thers a ftern^ and fome on each fide blow- « ing and making a very difitiai Noife ; but when we came out again into deeper Wi- ter they left us. Indeed the Noife that they made by blowing and dafhing of the Sea with their TailSj making it all of a Breach and Fome, was very dreadful to us, like the breach of the Waves in ver^ Shole-water , or among Rocks. Thcf Shole thefe Whales were upon had depth of Water fufficient, no lefs than twenty Fathom, as Ifaid; and it lies in Lat.,22 K 2 de^' 1 3 ft Codfiing along N. Holland. An.\6^f*^(^. 22 iiiia« Th6 Shore wi|$^ generally ■ ^ "" ' boM all aloog : we had met with no Sholc at Sea fince the Mrohlo-^hy wim. we fir ft fell onrfhe N: Holland Coaft in the.Lat. pf 2$- till yefterday in the Afternoon, and this Night. This JMorning alfo when w« ^xpefted by th^ t)raUght we had with us to have been ii. Leagues off Shore, we were but 4 : fo ^hat cither our Draughts were faulty, which yet hitherto ajid aSetr .wards we found true enough as to tlie.^ ly- ing of the Coaft, or elfe here was a Tide unknown to us that deceived us ; tho' wc had found very little of any Tide on t^his Coafl; hitherto. As to our Winds in the .Coaftingthus far, we had beea within the Verge of the General Trade (tho' inter- rupted by the Storm I mentioned) from the Xadt. ofsS, when we firft feU in with the Coift: and by. that time we were in the Lafc of 55. we had ufually the regular Trade- wind (which is here S. S. E.) when ^ we vi^ere at any diftance from Shore : but we had often Sea and Land-Breezes, fefpe- ciaHy .when near Short, and when in Sharks- hy ; and had a particular N. Weft: Wind , or Storm , that fet us in thither. sOn this 1 8th, of Augufi we coafted with a brisk Gale of the Irue Trade-wind at S. S, E. very f^ir and clear Weather ; but haling off in the Evening to Sea, were next Mprning out of fight of Land : and the . L " Lapd Breezes m the Coafi -of^ Hollanci. I ^3 Land noW. trending away N. Eafteriyj^i<$99- and we being to the Nofward of it, anc| ^"^ ' the Wind alio fhrinking from the S. S. E- to the E.^S. E. (that is, from the True Trade- wind to the Sea-Brccze,^s the Land now lay) *we could not get in with the Land again yet a- while, fo as to fee it, tho' we triKiM (harp and kept clofe on a Wind. We were this 1 9th day in Lat. 21 deg* 42 miij. The 20th we were iij Lat. 19 deg. 317 min. a:nd kept clofe on a Wind to get fight of the Land again, but could not yet fee it. We had very fair Weather ; and tho^ we were fo far from the Land as to be out of fight of it, . yet we had the Sea and Land-Breezes. In the Night we had the Land-breeze at S. S. E^ a fmall gentle Gale ; which in the Morn- ing about Sun-rifing would fhift about gradually (and withal increafing in Strength) till about Noon we fhould have it at E. S. E. which is the true Sea-breeze here. Then it would blow a brisk Gale , fo that we could fcarce carry our Top fails double rift : and it woula continue thus till 3 in the Afternoon, when it would decreafe again. The Weather was fair all the while, not a Cloud to be fecn ; but very hazy , efpecially nigh the Horizon. We founded feveral times this 20th day, and at firft had no Ground : but had after- wards from 52 to 45 Fathom, courfe K 3 brown^ 1 54 Sea-Serpents. N. Holland, ^^f99rhtQwnS^nd, mixtwith fnfall, brown an4 ' ^ ' white Stones, with Dints befides in the. Tallow- The 21 ft day alfo we had fmall Land-^^ breezes in the Night ,^ and Sea-breezes in the day : and as we faw fome Seafnakes every day, fo this day we faw a great ma- fiy, of two different forts or (bapes. One fort was yellow, and about the bignefs of ^ Man's Wrift , about 4 Foot long, havf ing a flat Tail about 4 Fingers broad. The other fort was much fmaller and ihorter, round and fpotted black and yeU low. This d^y we founded fgyeral times> ^ndhad 45 Fathoni, Sand* Wedidno( make the Land tiH Noop, and then faw i% ijrft from our Topmaft-head. It bore S.E. By E. about 9 Leagues diflance ; and 1$ appeared like a Cape or Head of Land« The Sea-breeze this day was not fo ftrong as the day befprp, and ir veered out more ; |b that we had a fair Wind to run in with to the Shor^ , and at §un-fet anchored iq 20 Fathom, clean S^and, about 5 Leagues from the bluif Point ;whiph was not g. Cape (as it appear'4 at a great diftance) but the Eaftermoft end of an I'fland, about 5 or 6 JLeagyes in length, ^nd one in breadth. There were j or 4 Rocky I Hands about a League from us between iis and the bluff Point ; and we faw many other Iflandsboth to the Eaft and VVeft of it, as Iflan^s hy N. Holland, 1^5 far as we could fee either way from our -^.1699. Topmaft-head : And all within them to ^ "" ' die S. there was nothing, but Iflands.of a ^pretty heighth, that may be feen 8 or 9 leagues off. By what we faw of them tfiey mufth^ve been a Range ©f Iflands of about 20 Leagues in length , ftretching ' from E. N. E. to VV, S. VV- and for ought I know, as far as to thofe of Sharks^ Bay ; and to a confiderable breadth alfo, (for we could fee 9 or 10 Leagues in a- mong them) towards the' Continent or main Land of N. Holland, if there be any fuch thing hereabouts : and by the great Tides I met with awhile afterwards, more to the N. Eaft, I had a ftrong fufpiciop that here might be a kind of JrchipeUgg bf Iflands, and a Paflage poflibly to the S. "of N. Holland and N. Guinea into thp great S. Sea Eaftward ; which I had Thojights alfo of attempting in my Return fromM Guinea (had Circumftances permitted) and told my OflScers fo : but I would not at- tempt it at this time, becaufe we warite4 Water, and could not depend upon findr ing it there. This Place is in the Lat. of aodeg, 21 min. but in the Draught that I had of this Coaft, which was Tafman\ it was laid down in 1 9 deg. 50 min. and the Shore is laid down as all along joining in one Body or Continent , with fome Openings appearing like Rivers ; and not ' K^ " like 1^6 Tafrnan'jr Draught reSified. An A 699. like Iflands, as reaflv tljey «ft. See feyoral " Sights of it. Table fy; N^8,9, ip. This Place therefore lies more Northerly by 40 min. than is Wid down in Mr. T4jman*s Draught .: Anud to be (eea ; but the Horizon appeared very hazy, and the Sun at fetting the Night before, and thb Morning at ri- fiijg, appeared very Red. The Wind con- tinued very ftrong till Twelve, then it be* gan t($ abate : I hkve {elddin niet wit^ a ftronger Braze. Thrfd ftroing Sea-breezfes kfted thus^ in thdr Turns j or 4 Days. They fprling op with the ^n rife: By 9 a eteckthey Were very flrorig, and fo con- tinued till Noon, when j:hcy began toa- bate: And by Sun-fet there ^as Rttle Wind, or aCiklm till theLand-breezes came ; which we fhould^ertainly have in the Morning about I or 3 a Clock TheLand-breezes were between the S. S. W. *and S. ^. E. The Sea-breezes between theE. N. E. and N. N* E. In the Night while Calm we fifliM with Hook and Line, and caught good (tore of Fifh, 'viz,. Srtappers, Breams, Old Wives, and Dog-fiili. When thefe laft ckme we feldom caught any others ; for if they did not drive away, the other Fifh, yet they would be fure to keep them from taking our Hooks, for they would firft ^ Jk f -4 "Aflj taXt-n an -A^ Ccti^fk of :^w ^tciiitn-A' p ^ Ctdd^ -takpn. itAor ^. 0£eU*tnJ, . ■^Ti* ^fonk Ix/h . IP^f*^ fAJ . JTL^ opt.n StA — td:S~£mff7tL-titk£n stick,tna -to >Shtu4ij huchs . Coafting along N. Holland. i/^ %^ JsK^a theo^ biting vecy^t^99 greedily. Wc caught alfo a , Momc-filb/ ^^ ' of wtuchIfarougbtfaoaietheFi£hire. Sec . Oo the « 5th df! JMgufii wd jftill? Cmfted ^oug: Sfaarci {hilt wc might the^bccter fee aoyOpeoii^; Ixfitibiindibg^ iu^ hada- bout 20 Fathom clean 6and. The 26tfa Day ) beings about 4 Leagues off Shore the Water bcg^h . graduaOy td ftolden from 20 to 1 4 Fathom. I was Edgimp, in i littbi:owardsdhb'Lasid, idiitittifilgtD^m Aoi^ored : But piBferitl^ after, the : Water decreased. almoft at once»: till wehad but ^ Fathojn^ I durfl: therefone^ad venture nd farther, but. fteered.out the &he'4(ray thai We came in ; andiB a ihort time had 10 Fathom (being then about 4 Leagues and a half from the £h6ce) and even found- ings. I fleered away E. N.iB. Coafiring kJong.as the Land lies. This Day the SesL* ireezts began to be \^ry moderai^ again^ and we made the beft of our \*^y along 5hore, only in the Night Edging off a lit- tle for fear of Wholes. Ever fiace wc left Sharks- Baj we had had fair dear Weather j and fo for a great while ftill \ The ?7th Day, we had 20 Fathom Wa- ter all Night, yet ux could not fee Land till I ia the Aftemooh from our Topmaft- bead. By * we could juftdifcern Land from our Quarter-deck : We had then 16 Faihbm, , 14^ i^t>ddy-^rds of N* Holland. ^i<5w Fathom. The Wind was at N* and x^rtf fleered E. by N. which is but one point in on the Land : Yet we decreafed our Water very faft ; for at 4 we had but 9 Fathom ; the next Caft but 7, which frighted us ; and we then tackt inftantly and ftood off : But in a fhort time the Wind coming at N. W^ and W. N. W- we tacjct again, and fteered N- N. E. and then deepned our Water i- gain, and had all Night from 1 5 to 20 Fa- thom. The 28th Day we had between 20 and 40 Fathom. We faw no Land this Day^ but fa\v a great many Snakes, and fonie Whales. We faw.alfo fome Booties^ and Noddy-birds ; and in the Night caught one of thefe h&. It was of another Shape and Colour than any I had fcen before. It had a fmall long Bill, as ail of them hare, fiat Feet like Ducks Feet ; its Tail forked like a Swallow^ but longer and broader, and the Fork deeper than that of the Swal- low, with very long Wings : The Top or Crown of the Head of this Noddy \hs Coa^black, having alfo fmall black Streaks round about and clofe to the Eyes ; and rpund thefe Streaks on each fide, a pretty broad white Circle. The Breaft, Belly, and under part of the Wings of this Nod-» dy were white: And the Back and upper part of its Wings of a faint black or fmoak Colour. See a Pidlurc of this, and of the CocFt- Ml jLccitfje oj toe moon. 14^ Common one^ Birds ^ Fig. 5, 6. Noddies ^»*i 69^. are fcen in moft Places between the Tr^icks, as weflln the Eafi-Indies^ and on the Coail of Brazil^ as in the WeB^ Indies^ Th^ reft a 5hore a Nights, and therefore we never fee them far at ^ea, not above 20 or ^o Leagues , unlefs driven off in a 5torm. When they comeabput a 5hip they conu- monly perch in the Night, and will fit ftill till they are taken by the Seamen. They Build on ClifTs againft the Sea, or Rocks^ as I have faid Vol. I. p. 5 J. The 30th Day being in Lat. 18 deg. 21 tnin. we oiade the Land again, and faw many great Smoaks near the Shore ; and having fair Weather and moderate Breezes, I fleered in towards it; At 4 in the After- noon I Anchored in 8 Fathom Water, clear Hollands ^».i699.gof]e, which .was noc of many Digits; ^-^'"V^^The Moop^s Center was dwn 3^ aeg^ 4omia.hkh. The 5 i-ft df Ji^uH betimes in the Morflr Ingl wentafhore with 10 or 11 Men tQ fearch for Water, We went armed with Muskets and CutlafTes for our Defence, ex« . peding to f» People there ; and canied ^Ifo Shovels a,nd Pickaxes to dig Wells* Whcfi we came near the Shore we few ^ tall black naked Men on the fandy Bay a* head of us: ButaswerowM in, they went, away. . When we were landed I (ent the Boat with two Men in her to ly a little from the Shore at an Anchor, to prevent being feizM ; while the reft of us went af- it^r the } black Men, who were now got on the top of a fmall Hill about a quarter of a Mile from us, with S or ^ Men more in their Company. They feeing us com- ing, ran away. When we came on the top of the Hill where they firft flood, we faw a plain Savannah, about half a mile from us, farther in from the Sea. There were feveral Things like Hay-cock?> flanding in the Savannah ; which at a di« ftance we thought were Houfes, looking juft like the Hmentoth Houfes at the Cafe cf G. Hope : but we found them to be fo many Rocks. We fearched about thefe for Water, but could find none, nor any Houfes ; nor People , for they were all gone- Natitesof^. Holland. 145 Then we returned again to the Place ^^»^9; U'here we knded> and ' there we dug for ' "^'^ ' Water, While we were at work there came 9 or 10 of the Natives to a fmall Hill a little way from' ns, and flood there rofinaciijg and ^threatniiig of usy and making a great Noife. At laft one of them came towards us, and the reft followed at a diftance. I went out to meet him, and came within 5c yards of him, inaking to him all the Signs of Peace and Friendfhip I could ; but then he ran away, neither would they any of tbeni ftay for us to XQjUe nigh them ; for w^ cried two] or three times. ' At laft I took two Men with me y and '^^(it in the Afternoon along by the Sea- fide, purpofely to catch one of them> if I could, of whom I might learn where they got their frefh Water. There were 1 o or I ^ of the Natives a little way off, who feeing us three going away from the reft: of oil r Men, followed us at a diftance. I thought they woiild follow ,us : but there being for awhile a Sand-biank between us and them, that they could not then fee us> we made a halt, and hid our felves in a bending of the .Sand- bank. They knew We muft be* thereabouts, and being 3 or 4 tirlies our Number, thought to ieize us. So they difjpers'd themfelves, fome going to the Sea-Uiore, and others beating about L the v 1 4^ Natives of N, Holland* -^»^i699.thc Sand-hills. We knew by what Ren^^ counter we had had with them in the Morning that we could eafily out-run them : fo a nimble youns Man that was with me, feeing fome of them near, ran towards them ; and they for fome time^ ran away before him. But he foon over- taking them, they facM about and fought him. He had a Cutlafs , and they had Wooden Lances : with which, being ma- ny of them, they were too hard for him. When he firft ran towards them I chasM two more that were by the Shore : but fearing how it might be with my young Man, I turnM back quickly, and went up CO the top of a Sand-hill , whence I faw him near me f^ clofely engag'd with them. Upon their feeing me, one of them threw a Lance at me, that narrowly mifst me. I difcharg'd my Gun to fcare them, but avoided mooting any of them : tiU finding the young Man in great danger from them^ and my felf in fome ; and that tbo' the Gun had a little frighted them at firft, yet they had (bon learnt to defpife it, tofldng tip their Hands, and crying Poah^ Pooh, Pooh ; and cdming on afrelh with a great JJoife, I thought it high time to charge a* gain, and (boot one of tfaem> which I did. The reft, feeing him fall, made a ftand2- gain ; and my young Man took the op- ^ortuntty to difengage liimfelf, and come ©ff }>fatms (?/N- Holland. 147 ^ off to me : bay other Man alfo was with ^'^' me, who ha^ done nothing all this whiter ' ^ having come out unarmM ; and I remmM back with my Men, defigning to attempt the Natives w) farther, being very forry for what had happenM already. They took up thtir wounded Companion : and iny voung Man, who had been ilruck through the Cheek by one of their Lances, was afraid it had been poifpnM : but I did not think that likely. His Wound was very painful to him , being made with a bhint Weapon : but he foon recover^ of it. Among the N.Hollanders; Whom we were thus engagM with » there was onei who by hk Appearance and Carriage, as well in the Morning as this Afternoon^ feem^d to be the Chief of themy and a kind bP Prince or Captain among them. Hi was a ydung brisk Mjms, not very tall, nor fo perfooabieasfomeofthereft, tho'morcf a^ive and couragious : He was painted (which notte of tne reft were at all) with a Circle 6f white Fafte or Figment {z fort Lime> aiswetl^ought) about his Eyes^ and a white ftreak down his Npfe from his ' Forehead to the tip of it. And his Breaft and fome part of his Arms were alfo made livhite with the fame Paint : not for Beauty or Ornament, one would think , but, as fome Wild b^dim Warriors are faid to do^he h ^ feemM ii^.8 ^ Natives cf^.Holhnd. j4w/i699.feemM thereby to dei^n the looking more ' ""^ ' terrible ; this his Painting adding very much to his natural Deformity; for they all of them of the moft unpleafant Looks and the worft Features of any People that ever I faw, tho' I have feeri great variety of Savages. ' Thefe N. Hollanders were probably the fame fort of People asihofe I ma with on this CdSft in my Voyage round-tht World ; [See Vol. I. p. 464, drc.'] for the Place I then touchM at was not a- bdve 40 or 50 Leagues to the N. E. of this : And thefe were much the fame blinking Creatures (here being alfo abundance of the fame kind of Flelh-flics teizing them) and with the fame black Skins, and Hair Irizled, tall and thin, &c. as thofe were: Bilt we had not the opportunity to fee whether thefe, as the former, wanted two of their fore-Tetth. We faw a great many places where they had made Fires '; and where thert were commonly j' or 4 Boughs flruck up to Windward of them ; for the Wind (which is tlie Sea-breeie) in the day-time blows always one way with them ; ^nd the Land- breeze is but fmall. By their Fire-places we fhould always find great heaps of Fifh- (hells, of feueral forts ; and/tis probable that thefe poor Creatures here lived chiefly on the Shcll-fifb) as thofe I before defcribM 4id on fmall Fifh, which they caught in Wires Tides in N. Holland^ 14,^ Wires or Holes in the Sand at Low-water. ^»- ^699. Thefe gatberM their Shell - fifh on the ^^^^^^ Rocks at Low- water ; but had no \^if€S (that we faw) whereby to get any othe^ forts of Fiifa : As among the former I few not any heaps of Shells as here, thoygh- 1 know they alfo gathcrM fomc SheH-^fifli; The lances alfo of thofe were fuch asthefo had ;^owever they being upon an I&ind, with thieir Women and Children, and all in our Power, they did not there ufe them againft U9, as here on the Cpntinent, whefe we faw none fc^ut fome of the Men under Head, who come out purpofely toobferv© us. We faw no .Houfes at either Flace* 5 and I believe they have none, (ince the for- mer People )on tlie Ifliand had none, thtf they had all their Families with them. Upion . returnit^ to my Men I faw that tho* they had dug & or 9 Fooi: deep, yet found no Water. So I returned aboard that Evening, and the next day, being Seftembet ift, I fe^t^my Boatfwain alhore to dig deeper, and fent the Sain with him to catch Fifh. While I ftiaid ^oard I ob- ferved the flowing of the Tide , which runs very fwift here, fo that our Nun-buoy would net bear above the Water to be feen. : Itflov;^ here (as on that part of N. Ho/ldml I defcribM formerly, about 5 Fathom: and here the Flood runs S. E% by S. ttH the laft Quartibr ; then it fets L 3 right I $o New Fajfage to the Souih^Sea. Jbu 1699. right in towards the Shore ( which lies here S. S. W- and N. N. E.) and the Ebb runs^N. W. by N. When the Tides flackned we Fah'd with Hook 'and Linc> as we had already done in feversll Places on this Coaft ; on which in this Voyage hi- therto, we had found but little Tides : but by the Heightb, and Strength, andCoyrfe (» them hereabouts, it fhould feem that if there be fuch a PafTage or Streight going through Eaftward to the Great South Sea^ as I (aid one might fufped, one would ex** ped: to find the Mouth of it ibmewhere between this Place and Rojimsry Ifland, which was the ipdiVtoi N. thlland I come laftfrooL Next Morning my Men came aboard and brougtu: a Rundlet of bracki(h Water which tt^y got oitt of another Well that they dug in a Place a mile q^, and about half as far from the ^ore ; but this Watet; was not fit to drink. However we a^l toncluded that it would fcrve to boil our Oatmeal, for Burgoo, whereby we might fave die Remains of our other Water tot drinking, till we ihould get more; and ac- cordingly the next day we brought aboard 4 Hoguieads of it : but while we were at work about the WeO we wcrefadly p^- crM with the Flies, which were more troublefome to us than the Sun, thb* it ibone dear and ihong upon us alltbe while, ; . . very i i ■ *, \ V 4 Plants in N- Holland. 151 very hot. All this while we faw no more ^»- ^^99- of the Natives , but faw fome of the ^^"^^^^"^ Smoaks of fome of their Fires at 2 or j miles diftance. The Land hereabouts was much like that part of New fMd»d that I formerly defcribed [Vol. I. p. 46 j.] 'tis low, but ieemiogly barricado'd with a long Chain of Sand-hills to the Sea, that let's nothing be feen of what is &rther within Land. At hi^h Water the Tides rifingfo high as they do , the Coaft (hews very low : but when 'tis low Water it feems to be of an indifierent heighth. At low Water-Mark > the Shore is au Rocky, ib that then thqre is no Landing with a Boat ; but at* high Water a Boat may come in over thoie Apcks to the Suidy Bay ^ which runs all along on this Coaft. The Land by the Sea ror about 5 or 600 yards is a dry San* dy Soil J bearing only Shrut» and Bulhes of divers forts. Some of thefe had them at this time of the year, yellow Flowers or Bloflbms J fome blue , and fome white ; moft of them of a very fragrant Smell. Some had Fruit like Peafecods ; in each of which there were juft ten fmall Peas : I opened many of them, and found no more nor lefs. There are adfo here (ome of that fort of Bean which I faw at Rofemarj* Ifland : and another fort of fmall , red^ hard Pulfe > growing in Cods ^ifo, with L 4 little 1 5 i Nature of the Land in N. Holland. ^»^9« little black Eyes like Beans^ I know not ^^ their Names, but have feen them ufed of- ten in the Eaff^hdies for weighing Gold ; and they make the fame ufe of them at GuineAy as I have heard, where the Wo- men alfo make Bracelets with them to wear about their Arms. Thefe grow on Bufhes: but here are alfo a Fruit like Beans growing on a creeping fort of Shrub-^ like Vine. I'here was great plenty of all thefe forts of Cod-fruit growing on the Sand-hills by the Sea-fide , fome of them green, fome ripe, and (bme fallen on the Ground : but I could not perceive t^at any of them had been gathered by the Na« tives; and might not probably be wholes fome Food. The Land farther in, that-is lower than what borders on the Sea, was, . fo much as wefaw of ii^ very plain and even ; part- ly Savannahs, and partly Woodland. The Savannahs bear a fort of thin courfe Grafs. The Mould is alfo a courfer Sand than that by the Sea«fide , and in fome places 'tis Clay. Here are a great many Rocks in the large Savannah We were ip, which are 5 or o Foot high, and round at top like a Hay-cock, very remarkable; fome red , and fome white. The Woodland lies farther in ftill;' who'e there were di- vers forts of fmall Trees, fcarcc any three Foot ip circumference : their Bodies 12 oc 14 Their Beafts^ Ford and Fijh. 15; 5 14 Foot high, with a Head of fmall Knibs ^»- »<^9»- or Boughs. By the fides of the Creeks, ef- ^-^^""^^""^ pecially nigh the Sea , there grow a few fmall black Mangrove^Trees. There are but few Land* Animals. I faw fome Lizards ; and my Men faw two or three Beafts like hungry Wolves, lean like fo many Skeletons, being nothing but Skin and Bones : 'Tis probable that it was \ the Foot of one of thofe Beafts that I mentioned as feen by us in N. Holland^ [Vol. I. pw 46 J,] We faw a Rackoon or two, and one fmall fpeckled Snake. . The Land-fowls that we faw here were Crows ( juft fuch as ours in England) fmail Hawks, and Kites ; a few of each fort : but here are plenty of fmall Turtle-- Doves, that are plump, izx, and very good Meat. Here are 2 or ^ forts of fmalkr Birds, fome as big as Larks, fome lefs; but not many of either fort. The Sea* Fowl are Pelicans, Boobies, Noddies, Curlews, Sea- pies, &c^ and but few of thefe neither. The Sea is plentifully ftockM with the largeft Whales that I ever faw : but not to . compare with the vaft ones of the Nor- thern Seas. We faw alfo a great many Green Turtle, but caught none ; here be* ing no Place to fet a Turtle- Net in ; here being no Channel for them, and the Tides running fo ftrong. We faw fome Sharks, and 154- F(^ /n N. Holland. #f^ 1^99' and Paracoots ; and with Hooks and l^ines we caught fome Rock-iilh and Old Wives. ' Of Shell-fifh, here were Oyfters both of the common kind for Eating, aiul of the Pear l*kind : and alfo Wilks, Conchs, Mufcies, Limpits, Perriwinkles, &c. and t gathered a few ftranse Shells; chiefly a fort not Iar|e, and thi^-fet all about with Rays or %)ikes growing in Rows. And thus having ranged about, a confi- derable time, upon this Coaft, without finding any good frefh Water, or any con- venient Place to clean the Ship, as I had hopM for; And it being moreover the heighth of the dry Seafon, and my Men growing Scorbutidk for want of Refrefh* roents, fo that I had little Incouragement to fearch further ; I refolved to leave this Coaft, and accordingly in the beginning of September fet Sail tows^rds Timor. \ AN ''1 ^55 f mm '.fM % . » T' ' ■■ ■■* I U I ■ ■ ' '■ I II ■ I ■ i ■■■■■■ I — »n»»in>i^ AN AG e O U N T Of feveral PLANTS Colledediti , . . ■ ■ ' ■ ■ ' ■ % • 1 • ■ .... Brafi^ Nm IMand^ Timr^ aa(| Ntp Guinea , referring to the Hgures Engravea on the Cop^ . perPlsites. ;. ■ . \ TAB. 1. Fig. I. Ottttm-^mir from Biyt, in Br4^. The Flower con- iifts of a great many Filainei^ts, almoft as fmall ^^HairS) betwixt } and 4 Inches long, of a Murrey*col6ur ; on the top of ^em ftand fniall a(b-coIourM Aftw. The bedicale of the Flower is inclosM at the DOttoin with five narrow ftiff Leaves, a- bout fix Inches long. There is one of 4:his gemis in Mr. Ri^'s Supplement, which a- grees 156 An Account of Plants. . grecs C3cafl:ly with this in every refpeft, only that is twice larger at the leaft^ It was fent from Surinam by the Name of Tab. I. Fig. 2. Jafmmum Brafilianum luteumj mdli limonU folio nervofo , petalis Tab I. Fig.'^. Crip a Pavonis Brafilima BardMA foliis. The Leaves are very tender and like the top Leaves of Bardana n^Ajor^ both as to (bape and texture : In the Figure they are reprefented too fiiflfaod too m^chferrated. . Tab. I . Fig. 4. Filix BrafilfMd Ofmund^ winori ferrato folia. ZThis.Vern is of that kind, which bears it's Seed-Veffels in Lines on the'Cdge of the Leaves. ... Tabi 2i Fig i • RApa^iam tky^ flol- ta^fdijgy ,fiore jn(igno coc(iinvf.x The Pefisn* thium comp6sM of five lorig'pbin ted ]Parts, the Form of the Seed- Veffd and the fijial- nefs of the Seeds, together with the irre* gular (hape of the Flower and thinnefs of the Leaves^ argue this. Plant to be a Ka^ Tab. 2. Fig. 2. ,Fucus foliis capHlseeis irevifftmis^ vefieulis minimis donatts. This elegant fuisus is of the Erica Marina, or Sargazo kind , but has much finer p!arts than that. It was collefted on the Coaft of New Hdl^i . tab. :PiatvtJ -fou.nJ. in. PViw SMla-nJ:. •\ ■ I 1 .' * .J : x^. J-, t • An Account of Pknts. 157 Tab. 2. Figi 2. Riciwifits Nova HSl- iMrid£ ahguh/i craffo folio. .This Plant is Ihrnhby^ has thick woolly Leaves^ tfped- allyen the under fide. Its Fruit is tricoc- tous, hoary on the out-fide with ^ CMx divided into five' parts* Incomes near Riciid. frn^u pdAjd; pucoftt Cttraffwm^ . Tab. 2. Fig. 2. $6ldnumfpnifufJ^:No^^ HoliandU Ptyllr foUis /ukotMyr:This new ^ SoUnum be^rs ;? bfew^fh FliAvet like th^ others of the fame Tribe: 'the Leav« are of a whitifh cx)Iour; chick acii| woolly Oil both fides, force an Iiichlbnejahd neat ' 49'broad The Thorns are very'^^arp ^ thicjc fct^ of a deep Orange coioutf .elped- ally towards the Points. ^^ :- ^ - ^" ^ Tab. J. Fig. 1. Stabiofa (fof^efNov^ HoliaffdW^ ^Atkes foliis fuhtus^^Atgenteis. Thcf'Ho^'er ftaridson a Foot'-ftaHc four Inches Jong, included in a rougli'Cali^ of a ,yell6wifn colotfr*." T^he LeaVte are not •ifc&irc .'an Incb'ldng ; wry Mrt'OW' like yfcri^jj*' green oh tfie u]f)per and'hoatyoa theurippr (iac,\growing in tt^ts." .Whe- thei'^- this- Plant Be a Scabiousyfhrtft or Helidryfiit^ is hard to' judge 'from the iin^ perfi^ft/Flower of the dryM Spe^^ ' . T2^.^^\ Vig..il. Jlcea NoVJ^ HolUfidU folHrdfi^ufiis utrih^uivinofts.. TheLeaVes ftglk.dnd under, fide of the Perianthiumi bf this Plant are all woolly. The Petala are verv 1^8 An Accwfit of Plants. very tender , five ip number , fcarce (o large as the Calix : tn the middle ftands a a ColumUd thick fet with thrummy dfUuU^ which argue this Plant to belong to the JMalvaceous kind- Tab, J* Figi J. Of what ginus tW ^rub or Tt'ee is, is unceruin> agreeing; with none yet defcrib'd^ ^ ^^^ ^^ can be judg'dt by the Stalte it is in. It has a very beautiful Flower, of a red Colour as far as can bci guefs'd by the dry Sfeeimen, con- lifting of ten ki^ PetaU^ hoary on both ikies J ^GOdSiy underneath ; the middle of the FlQwer is thick fkt with Stamina^ which are woolly at the bottom, the length of the IPetda , each of theni crown'd with its Apex^ The C4ix b divided into five round |iointed parts. The Leaves are like thofe ol AmelMchier hch. gr^ a t<^' and very woolly underneath, not rtinning to a point, as is common in others, hxst with an Indenture at the upper end. Tab. J. Fig. 4. Ddmmara sx Nova HoU Isndia , Sanamuhda fecund^ Chjii foliis: This tisw genus was firft fent troth Jm- hbjM by Mr. Rumphius^ by the Name of Dammars^ of Dtrhich he tranfmitted two kinds ; one with naitow and lolig fti£f L^ves, the other with fhorter ahdi broad- er. The firf! of them is meotiohM in Mr. Petiver^s CenturUf p; 3^0. b^ the Name of Jrhr hertenfs Ja^Morum foliis ^ifii An Account pf Plants. 159^ i>^fce Attgufiioribus MrottnttkisfiorAuSyffiettis fismimis lutefcentibus \ MiiClPet. As alfo i& Mr. Rsfs Spi^plement to his Hiftory of Plants now in the Pre&. T^is is of the uune ge»ms with them, agreeing both in Flower and Fruit , thp* viery much differing in Leaves. The Flowersare ftamineous and feqqEi to; be. of anberbaoeous colour, gro^' ing among the. JLeaves, wluch are fit>cc add ahnoft round, very fti^P and ribbYtoii 4m unde^ -fide, of \a dark green above> and a pale xoloHr undefneiai^, thick fet on bj^ r'fs, anfweiif^ one another cro&ways^ thsit chiE^ $x)ver the Stalk. The Fnlut is as big as a |^pper*oorn, almoftcoiiod, of awhiuib 0(^0^, dry .and tough, with a Hole oaijle top, containing (mall Seeds< Any one tW fees this Plant without' ^s Seed-Ve0^. would take it kit aa Em» or San^miftda* •: The Leaves of ^i$ Plants are of avtry urematick "taft. .Tab. 4. Fig. i. M^Mfettm Nom Hal^ i^HtUd frutefftut . foliis kf^i$Mt[.. . ?Xisr dcMibcftil whether this be %xi Efu^tttim or not ; the texture of the Lcaves^ agrees bdS with that^«i»0/ of any, being a'rticukuied ^niB witl^in another at jeach J6tnt, . which is only proper to this Tribe. . .The longeft of them are about nine Inches.' . faribus Mmflis smimuj umbtOMini Mfftiftts ffhicuU pmr^rf4 mtatiss^ TheFe.beiag ne JUaves to this Fknt^ 'tis hard to fay what g€9$Uf 1 6o An Account of PlariU. genus it properly belongs to. The Flow* ers are very like to the Colutea Barba Jovis folio flore coccineo Bireynii ; of the fame Scarlet colour, with a large deep purple Spot in the w^illum , but much bigger, coming all from the fame point after the manner of an Umbel. The rudiment of . the pod is very woolly, and terminates in a Filament near two Inches long. Tab.4^ Fig. ^. Conyza Novd HoUdndU dngufiis RorifmariBi foliis. This Plant is very much branched and feems to be woody. The Flowers ftand on very ftiort .Pedicules, arifing from dbie finus of the Leaves, which are exaftly like Rcfemary^ only lefs. It tafts very b&ttep flow dry. Tab. 4. Fig- 4. Mt>boh li^alk Timor. This is a very odd Plane, agreeing with no defcribM geMs. The L^f is almoft round, green on the upper fide and whi- tifli underneath, with teveral Fibres run^^ ning from the infertion of the Pedicule tawards the circumference 'tis umbilicated as Cotyledon ajuaica and^ Fabd yEgyptia. The Flowers sure white ftandingoh fingle Foot-ftalks, of the fhape of a Stramonium^ but divided into four points only/ as is the Ferianthium. Tab. 5. Fig. r. Fueus ex Nova Guinea mfa marina diituSy foliis n/ariis. This beautiful fiSTMi* is chick fet with very fmali ihort tuns of Leaves^ which by the^help of An Account of Plants. 16 1 of a magnifying Glafs, fecm to be round and articulated,' as if they were Seed-Vcf- fels ; beHdes thefe, there are f)ther broad Leaves, chiefly at the extremity of the Branches, ferrated on the edges. The veficuU are round, qf the bigneft exprefs'd in the Figure. Tab. 5. Fijg. 2. Fttcus ex Nova Guinea IlmjUtilii l^ifMit J. B. foUis. Thefe Plants arc fo apt to vary in their Leaves, according to their different States, that *tis hard to fay this is diftind: from the laft. It has in feveral Places (not all exprefs'd in the Figure) fome of the fmall i(hprt Leaves, or Seed-Veffels mentionM in the former ; which makes me apt to believe it the fame, gather M in a diflferetit ftate ; be- fides the broad Leaves of that and this agree as to their Sliape and Indentures^ \ tmmmimmm^m M J» l64 An Account of feme Ftjhes that an figured in Plate a. & 3. See Plate j. F/if. 5. THis is a Fifli of the Tumiykind, and agrees well enough with the Fi- gure in Tab'. ^. of the Appepdjx to Mr, Willughbfs Hiftory of Filhes u^d^r tlw Name of Gurabuca ; it differs {bn^ethiog, in the Fins efpecially, from Pifd^s Figure of the GuarAfMu. See Plate ^. Figure 4, ; \ This refembles tlie Figure of the Gua-^ ferva maxima candata in WHiughb^^ Ich^ thycL Tab. 9> «?• and the Guaperva of Pifoy but docs not anfwer their Figure in every particular. See Plate 2. Figure 2. There are 2 forts of Porpujfes : The one the long-fnouted Porpufs, as the Seamen call it ; and this is the Dolphin of the Greeks. The other is the Bottle-nofe Porpufs^ which is generally thought to be the Pbctcem of Artjlotte. Plate 2/ figure 7. This is the Guaracapema of Pifo and Marcgrave^ by others calPd the Dorado. 'Tis Figured in Willughbyh Ichthjol. Tab. O. 2. under the Name ofDelphin Belgis. THE — -^ r ■«. # . * ^ -if-i/h afih^ ^umta kinJ.-tak£n any Cottft fff 3^. OiaUofO ^■s- ^ ^ifh £aJUd hy -A* j-eatntn -^ aid T4H^ 1 < •^'•'<- v\s > K '■V .--ff. » ^ i: I' ' ■ " ""! V !> >■ > ■ ' 1 1 I THE INDEX. A. ALIegrance, tme of the Canary yUnisy Page 4. its Vi€t» from fever d PointSy ibid. Amphistena (Snake) defer ibed^ 77 Amplitude ; Differeaee bettveen the Morning : dnd Evening Jmf lit ude^ 94 Arifkh (Fruit) defirikd 6^ An Account of fever d Plants . csUeBed in Brafil, New Holland, Timor^ snd New Guinea^ referriteg ta the Fi^es Tab. i. An Account of fome Pipes thai^s Figured on Plate a. k J. B. Baha de todos ios Santos *^ Brarfil, its Har* hour j^ndT^tm defer ibti^ 49,.&t:.: M. % ^ The The INDEX. The Product and Trade of the Country^ 5 Their Shifting and Timber^ ^ ' The Soil and frmt of the €vmrtrjr,62^ 8fc. The Winds and Seafons, 86 The time of cutting Sugar-canes^ 87 Its view from fever al Points ^ 48 Bil1*Bird defcribedy 74 Birds ^ N. Holland, . , 122,12} Blake, funk the Sfanijh Galleons near Tene- rifFe, ^ 5 Brafil, theViewofitsCoaJl^ 47 See Bahia. Britain (New) an IJland difcovered by the Luther y weH4nhabited ^ and frchahl) af- fording rich Commodities^ Preface Bubbles like fmaH Pearl fwimming thick in theSea^ 114 C Cables made of a fort of Hair growing on Tr^^i in Brafil, 57> ^4 Callavances, a Fruit in Mayo, 2 j Canary-///4ir^/, their ProduH and Trade^ 1 1 ^ The Character of their prefent Gover- nor^ ii« 12 Cape of Good Hope, its View fromfeveral Points^ 48 . Cafhew (Fruit) defer ibed^ 68 Channel (Englijh) a necejfary Caution to : th'ofe P^JAt Sail through it y j Shattering-Crow of hxz£\\ defer ibed^ 7j Clocking. The INDEX. I Clockihg-Hens of Brafii, 74 QocO'Nut^Tree in Brafii, 64 Cotton (Silk) its grmth and defgription^ / ; . 21, 22, 65 Crofia^ 4¥mly 25 (Currecoo ("JB/rJj defer ibed 75 .CurreiUs m.f A? Sm, from 7 dcg. 50 roin. ^: Lat. /e? jdeg. 22min,H. 41 C«rrefo (Bbtd) 74 Cuftard-App^ deftribed jj .Cmtle-F(/^, Plate I. Fig. J. ^ D. Dfenijeos, «y^^ pf PtUm-Urries im Brafii, 7 1 £>ogs, y^e Water- Do^. t^ti^AxiXXMfds of &^i£\\ .'■ . 76 f> I- F. Fiih (?/ N.. Holland, 124, 125 t^ilh (/ the Tunny kind, and account of^ 162 Fifh called by the ^eafpe^ the Old Wife, an account of .. ^. ' ' 162 Ftamingo, a Fotpl^ 2j Flying-Filh, betwixt the Canaries ^nd C. y^vd-IJlands ' 14 Frape-Boat, its fife at the Salt-Pond at Mayo, 18, &Ct M J G, 1 he INDEX. G. Galleoa Pintada, 4 BirJij defcribU. 2|, &c. .Galleons (Spanijh) funk hy jlJmir^lmkty near Tcneriff , aful continufr JkUl there^ Gerrec-Dennis-^^ its UhditMms Mftriied^ Prtface Guano (Beaft) (?f N. Hollancl, < - 123 Guinea- J^^/, fee Gallena Pitiuidbw Guinea (New) its Natives^ &c Pr^. Hammocks; Gentlemen ^^ru^JHmfJn them at Bahia /^ Brafil^ ^^ /^ 59 ^Holland (New) Coaft defcrikdi lit^ &c. 132, &c. 1J7. Jif/ Natives defer ibed^ 145, ore. /^/wi of fever al Farts cf its Coafts and Iflands from fever al Points^ 1 1 7 J- Jago (St.) IJland and Tmn^ 29, &c. Its Inhabitants^ j2 ItsProduif^ ?Ji&C- J// Jnimals^ , j 5, &c. /^i Road a very had om^ 36 Its ViexVy % 4 Jeneta (Bird) defmhed^ 74 Jeni- Th€ INDEX. Jenipah^ cr Jenipapah (fruit) defcribed^ 68 Jngwa (Fruit) defcribedy 70 L. Laguna in TeoerifF, defer ibed^ 7 IjSinctrotSLyOneoftheCsLmvylJlandsy 4 Its FietP from fevered Points^ ibid. Mackeraw (Bird) defer ibed 75 MsAinkyWine grows in the Iflmd Tcne- rifl; 9,11. ^Mayo, one ofC Vcrd IJlandsj^ its VieWy 14 Its Defer iption^ 1 5 j' Jt lar^$ Account of the making Salt there^ 16, &c. Its Soil apdProduSiy , 21, &c. hs Inhabitants, 27 Its Fiew from federal Points^ 14 Mcndibee (Fruit) 72 Mericafah (Fruit) defer ibed^ 69 Siliniola, aFowl^ 25 ionkrFifi^ 1 41 •Muckilhaw (Fruit) defcribed^ 70 Miinsaroo (Fri^/>) deferibedy 70 .Milfteran-de-ova (Fr«/>j defer ibed ^ 71 M 4 N- The IN D E X. *^ .»■ N. ■ Voddy-Bird defcribed^' 1 42 North weft- W^/Wj ^w^ A^i>^^^ before-hand of their coming, at Port Oratavia in Tc- neriff, and hoi^ provided i^ahfi, ' 9> 10 Oratavia, * Port itr'tcnenff, 4,9. Otee {Fruit) tlefcribed^ rjp p. Palm-Berrits in Brafil^ • ; ; . -jrt Papah, a Fruit defcribed' / ?4 Paflage p(^bly to the Sotah of New Hot land and N^w Guinea into^he great South Sea Eajiward^ 1 3 5, 1 50 Pernambuc more Healthy than other Places to the Southwardy ... . ^ Ptt^ngo.( Fruit) ^efcribed^ . .70 Petrel (JBird) defer ibed gy Petumbo {Fruit) defcribed 70 Phyfick-Nuts . 71 Pineon (Fruit) Ibidt Pintadp Bird defcribed 9Sj 9^ Plants, an account of them^ ^^ 5 5 Plants Engraven on Copper^ Tab. l> «, J, 4> 5- Plants ^heiiSTDEX. Hants of N.'HoDand, 151 j^rpufTes, Pjg. v6i> Mid Figured in Piute ^ <^dn\3^xsaCivilto the Author, 49 R. iUcooon / W^rf, r(?mii and Hxrbour defcribed ^^ 4, 5 Seamen in great Danger of Sicknefs^ ty neg- leSfing tojhifi their mt Cloaths in hot Coun^ triesj 4j Their Ignorance and ObflinAcj^ a great Impe* diment in long yojageSy 45, 85, 85, : 87, 88. Sea* Weeds, y^^ Weeds. Shark of N. HoDand dtfcriied 1 2 $ Sharks*B9y in N. Holland defer ibe4^ 121, - 126, 127. Shear- ^ I ThcvINPEX. Shcaf-Water {Bird) dtfiriM^ ■ Ship (the Authmy jfoan^r^d^tSed^ ■? Ship of 50 Guns built Mt Brafil, 58 Skip-jack (Fifif) dejeriked. .: i« Snake, fee Water-Snake, atU Amphif- bscna. ^Spur-fop (Fruity defcribed^ , .&j 'Sqgar, the mj of. rf^^ir m.,Brafiliri«^ C/-!y, ^ :,P •;;.•■■; •; >/ ■ .$55 . **• • '< V, V ' y ■ 1 ' T r T. I'cneriffe, 4 ItsWims andfruks Mi Animds^ 9, 10 //J M W. wflp, 4 Timber # Bra^ <* &>oJimd ^e dwN^ thvt ofrji in Europe, ,o/^;.' •. „ -J* Timor,' , -v, o-, ; ,ou-^ ,- / Pt«rape Trces^ NslipHand, . \ 122 Turtle, Isjf their iEggs in the mt Seafon^.. 26 . ffi&jr noteMen ^ the SpBLt^tds, ^hftht Englifh, , .'81 Tuttlc-poyesofBrafil, , , , 74 • r Variation, wi^er* i> increi^edin Saitf/fg Eafi- Where it deereafed in S^tiUt^ Etfierif, fj Its uneertAiktj, mi $hi dmultj of tskiifg it, 99, 100, &c« A The I N D E X. 9 A large TdUe (f VmMimrcbftrvei in ihis Vcyige^ 102, &c. 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The Coaft of Java^ and Streights of Smda. Author's Arrival at Batavh^ Cape of Good Hope^ St. Helens^ L Afcenjion^ &c. Their Inhabiahrs, Cuftoms, Trade, #c. Harboars, Soil, Krds, Fifli, jSfc. Trees, Planes, Fruics» iSrc. . liluArated witiiMaps and Draughts: Alfo divers bird s,Fi(he9, fyc' not found in this pare of the Worlds Ingravea on Eighteen Gopper-Plates. By Captain William DampicTi jLom^^ Printed by ^* Botham ^ for James Knaptan^ at the Crcmn in St PauV$ Chdrch- Yard; 1 709. «■ ■■■■■< iCC\ ''<\"- ^tT'-' ^:. .* / »l V -• THE CONTENTS. CHAP. J. The A.'s depofture from the Coafi cf New Holland^ with the Resfotts if it, fVater^kaket. The A.'f anival at the IjUml Timor^ Search fit fiejh fVattr on the South' fide cf the If and ^ in vain, fatdt of the ChavU, The Ijland Rotce. A Taffage between thi Ijlandt Timor and Anabao. Faidt of the Charts* A Dutch Forty called Concordia; Their ' Sufpicion ao i» Copang 'i5» • ' • . ^^^^ «. . C H A i>. mmmm II. Apmkular Defcriptionoftheljland Timor. Its Co^.^ The Iflsnd Anabao. Fault rf the Draughts. The Channel between Timor and Anabao. Copang-%. Fort Con- cordia. A f articular defcription The Contents. * if the Bay, The Anchoring- place ^ called Babao. The Malayans here all all the Eurapeaas they can. LAptoLO^ a PortiigMe%e Settlements^ de[cribed. Tort Ciccale. The Hills y Water y Lowlands^ Soil^ Woods y Metalsy in the Iff and Timor. Its Trees.- Cana fiftula- tree defcrihed. Wild Fig-trees de- [tribed. Two nem forts of F aim- trees defcrihed. The Fruits of the Ifland, The Herbs, Its hand Animals, Fowls, The King- ing Bird. \ts Fijh. Cockle-mer- • chants and Oyflers, Cockles- as Sig as a Mans Head, Its original Natnfes defcrihed. TheFortugne%e and. Dutch Settlements. The Ma- layan hangup generally fpoken here, V Orantuca on the Ifland Ende. The Seafons^ Winds ^ and Weather at Timor. f \ A 3 C HA P. The Contents. C H A P. m. . Departure from Timor. Theljlaads Omba and Fetter. A burning tjland. Their ntifjing the Turtle- Ides. Bande-I/£r. hiiddfland. They defcry the Coafi of New-Gui- nea. T^hejf dnchbr on the Coafi of New-Guinea. Jt defcription of the place y and of a jtrange Fowl found there' Great qnantities of Mackerel' A white Ittand^ Tfjty jfnchor at an Island called by. the Inhabitants Pulo Sabuda. A de- fcriptiop ofiiy and its inhabitants and ProduSi- The \ndians manner of Fijhing there' Airifval at Ma- bo, the NorthWeJi Cape of New- Guinea* A Defcription of it* Cocklc-Jsland* Cockles affek/enty' eight pound Weighu Pidgeon- Island. The Winds here^outs. An empty Cockle" fbeU weighing two. hundred fifty^eight Found, King Williams William's Island* A Defer ipMn of it. Flying on the Coaji of Hew- Guinea* Fsult of the Dritfights, PrqVidencc island, T^ry crofs the Lihe- A Snake fnrftted hy Fijb, SquaUylsland, Ti&eAJfi/* 4^ New- Guinea. CHAP. IV. The 3iain Land of New Guinea. Its lababitoMfs. S!inger$ Bay, Small Islands. Garret Dennis Isle deferihed. Its .. \nhahitants. Their Proes. Anthony Caves /- sland. Its Inhabitants' Trees fuU of Worms found in the Sea, St. Johns Island. The main Land He names^ihe place Vort Moun«» A 4 tague. \ The Contents. tague. The CMtttry thereaBonts defcrihedy and its produce' A Burning If land defcribed, A new p iff age found. Nova Brittaimia; Sir George Rooks Island. Long Island y and Crown Islandydifco- *vered and defcribed' SirR. Rich's Island. A Burning Island. A flrange Spout' A CoHJe&ure cotH kerning a new paffage Southward, King Williams Island. Strange Whirlpools' Diftan^e }>etwem Ct^ Mabo^ and Cape St. George compHted* CHAP. The Contents. * C H A P/ Y. The A':s return from the Coafi way IflanH, Indian FroeSy and their Trafflck. Paf' fage through the Streight, Arri" at Batavia. CHAP. I 1 ne u ontentf. G H A P. VI. The A* continues in l&^tViiZ'Koad, to fefit^ and to get Prtcfifionf. Englifh Sh^s then in the Road: DepairtHre from Batavia. Tench at the Cape of Good Hope. And at 5^ Helena, Arrevifi at the Jfland ef Afcenfiofi. A heak Spmng, Which being impofpbk to be flopped j the Sbh is lofi^ but the Men faved. They fnd ^ Water upon the Ifland* Anql are ' .brought baek to England; • . , ■ mmammmmmfmmmfm'mim CATALOGUE OF THE Mappf and Copper-Plates ^ THE General Mtpp: fdehg the Title, t Tab. 5. Timor, Num. i, 3, ^, and 5. ' Rotce, N. 4. Tab. 6. A fm*U Mafp of Timor, N. i , ^. ao Bearings of Lgnd, N. 2, 3, 4, 5, Mcl 6, Tab. 7. Laphao ; dnithe Bay, N. z. . ^. 6» Nor$h-Wefiftrt oftimot^X^^, JJldnd Omba, N. 3. JJldnd Fetter, N. 4. /i^<«r4 Terra Alta, N. 5. Burnipfg A Catalogue^ &c. Bftming Iflgnd to the Et/hmrd of Timor, N. 6, Bandy Jjk, N. 7. • Bird Ifla»d,.'N. 8. IflMd Meva, Bnchao, N. 9. ^tf«<;f GofaiD, N. 10. * Tab. 8. Shepsptrt */N. Guinea, N. 1. p. ^2 The three Jfldtids^ N. 2. Ti6e f /6r« jj/rfwfi/ »» L, Brff, N. 3. ^rfflw/ Bm, White Jjle, Wnter Buy, Md Frepi-wMter River, . • . N. 4. The Lofid North'Eafi tf thg Watering'flace, N. 5. The Jpud Sabnda, N. 9. Pulo'Sabuda. Bm JflMcts, N. 7. Tab. 9. Coafi of New Guinea, N. i, 2i 3, 4, 5. 6, p. ica C^ Orford, N. i.. />. i3 /. 146 ' Tab.14. j[il?4« • Tab. 1 5. Gilolo and other JjUt$ds be- tmm it and Bouro, N. i , 3. p. 162 North-Wefi part of Ccram, N. 3, &c. IJland Bonao, N. 4. Tab. 16 f Booro and 0ther IJlMnds p. l66 Bouro, N. !• Arabalo, N. 2. Ambo., N. 3. JbeP^fd^t, N.4. IpMMds IJlands Laubano ahA Panta-* ra, N.4. , Numb. I. StTMge Tifia tdkem on the Qfdjt of New Guinea. Numb. II. A Fi^ of a pdU red, alt parts tfity exc^ttheEje^ Fig* x* Ajirame Urge Batt taken op the L fldnd Pulo ^abuda in New Cxiinesi/deferibedp.i^^ * Fig. 2, A Urge Bird. Fig. 3. NumK in. Three fhrange Birds S Medt- fcrthd. p. 93 Another defcribed. p: ^6$ Numb. IV. Several JPtJbes taken on the Coafi of New Guinea. Numb. V. 735* Mountain-Co vir 5 or, as fome think, the Hippopotamus, defcri- bed in Capt» Dampier V 2d VoL ist Campcachy, p, i oa, 3, 4, 5. 6, 7. BOOKS BOO KS Prhted fir J. 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The A*s departure from the Ceafi of New'Hqlland^ with the Redfins cf it, WaUjT'Sriahes. The h*s arrival at the Ifland\ Timor. Searth for frefh Water on the Sotah-ftde nf^thetfland^ in vdini FoHlt of the Charts, ' The Iflattd Rbtee. A Pajfage hetwtUn, the Timor and Aiiabao^ ^ • New llolland. » ^j«^ Fauit cf the Charts, A •Dut^ . Fert^ called Concordia. Their Sufpicion of the h. The Ifldad « Anabao defcrihed. The As Parly With the Governowr J Irefli Water and ProvifioM for the fuiv ther Diftoveries t inirpofed to attnnpc . on the Terra Auflrilk, This large and hitherto almoft unkown Tradi of tan^d, is fituated fo very advantageouily ih the ridieft Climates of the World, the Torr rid a^ Teiiivergte Zokes j hayine in ft efpecially.ali the advantages oif the Tinrr * fid ^oHty as being known to reach froof the Equitw it felf (within a Degree) to the Trefici of Ct^ricMt^ anid beyond it\ t thdkt in coafting round It^ which I de? * * %i'd by ih\^ Voyage, if poffible j t coold not but hope to meet With fbtne ifruitftll Lands, Continent or ill^hdii, of both , produftive of any of the rich Fruits, Drugji« prSpices^ (perhaj^ Mine, rals alfo, '^c.) that are in tlite other parts of the Tmii Zone, under edual Patallels of Latitude j ^t leaft a soil and Air capable of fuch, upon tranf- plai^ing them hither, and Cultivatioii; J meant alfo to make as diligent a Sur- vey as I could, of the feveral fmaller I- illands, Shores, Capes, Bays, Creeks,' and Haiixmrs, 6t as well for Shelter as de^ feQfe, Rocite and Currents, Winds and Weather, Va- riation, &c. Whatever might be bener ^ , New Hollaad. An. jiop.fichl for Navigation, Trade/ or* Settle* '^^"^^^ ment 5 or be of ufc to aiiy who fhould * profecute the fame Defigns hereafter ^ to whom it might be ferviceable to have fo much of their work done to their hands 5 which they might advance and perfeft by their own repeated Experiences j as there is no Worlc of this ](ind brought to perfeftion at once. I intended efpe- « daily to obferve what Inhabitants I ihould meet with, and to try to win them over to fomewhat of TraflBck and ufeful ^ Intercourfe, .as there might be. Common . • dities among any of them that might be fit, for Trade or Manufaifture, , or any found out in which they might be em^ ployitd. Though as to the NetP Hoffaft- ders hereabouts, by the Experience I had had of their Neighbours former^, I ex- pected no great opatters from theiH. With fiich Views as thefe, I fet out at firft from EngUftd 5 and would, accord* ing to the Method I propofed formerly tVol. L] have gone Weft ward, through the Magettapfick Streight, or round Terra del Fuego rather^ that I mi^t have be* gunmy Difcoveries upon the Eaftern and leaft known fide of the Terrd Aufitglis. But that way 'twas not poffible for me to go, by reafon of the time of Year in which I came out : For I muft have been tompaffing the £outh of Americd in a • very • / New Hollands < very high Latitude, in the^epth; of thej^ji^ Winter there. I was therefore neccffita^ t^W. • ted to go Eaftward by* thfr C^ft of GooJL Ehpe ; and when f (hould be paft^ it^ ' 'twas requifite I fhould keep in a pretty hi^ Latitiiile,^ to avbid> the general - Tf ade- winds ^ that wduld be ^ ^gairift me, and to ihave* the 'benefit* of the Va- riable Winds : By all Iwhieh I wlis inf * a manner unavofdably deterrtlrfd to fall i;i.firfl: with thofe parts of Nm Hottdnd I have hithcrtd been defcriBing* For * (hould it bi ask'd^hy at my fir ft making thatShore,^ I did not coaft it to the^ Southward; and that way try to get round to the Ea(t of 'Nm Holland arid N^of GmH€d:^\\ confeft I i»^s ndt for ii>ending my time more than was nec6f- * fery in the higher Latitudes 5 as know- ing that the Land there could not be' (b well worth the difcovering,^ -4« the Parts that lay nearer the L^e, aiKl more di^ reftiy- under the. Sun. Befidtfs, at the ' titae when Flhduld come firft oh Mii>^ Holhnd^ wfaick was early in the Spring; I muft, had I Hood Southward^ have had for fame time i great deal of Winter-^ weather, iocr&a&ig in feverity, though not in . time^ and : in a plaice altogether unknown j which my Men, who were * - heartlefs* enough to the Voyage at • M, would never have born^ after B 3 fo te « $ "^ NcwHoHanA •. • 'jnj629{(o lom a E.ufi as from BrMiil hi- For t\)fiffi Reafons tberefi;^ I chofe lo, cooift along to the NortHwarcl, and fo to, the Eaft, and fo thought to come round bf the South, of TerrdAuftrtUit in my re> ^»i:n Uack, which (hould be in the Sum- Aier-feafbn there ; ' And* this Paflage back ' alfo I now tWij^t I mighit pomjbljr be able ^o (horjten, fiiould it appear, at ny gettii^ to the Eaft Coaft of Nov Gtatud, that thertfis a Chaimel there corakig out into thefe Seas, as I now fiifpe*' £ked, nsK Bofemtny JflMid : Unlefsthe high Tides and great Indriaught (herea- bout ihould be occafion'd by the Mouth of fome large Riveir ^ which hath often! • Ibw Lands on each fi^e of its Outlet, and many Iflands and Sholes lying at its En- trance. But \ rather thought it a Chan*' oel or Streight, than a River : And I was afterwards confirmed in this Opini- ■ on, when, by coafl^g tJm Gm^ed, t, fixind tl^t other parts of this great Tra£t of Tend AitftratiSy which had hitherto been reptjefented as the Shcnre of a Con- tijient, were certainly Iflaods 3 and' tia probably the fame with Nm IbUd»d s Though for Reafons I (hall afiterwardf (hew, t could not return by tiM >fivf i propos'd to my fell, to fix die Difcove- ry. All that I; had now fecn from the La- New Holland. 7 Lathude of yj d. Soatk to 3$^ which is ^J^2^^ Sbtrh'Bay 5 an* again from • thence tQ ^ "" Rofem^rif JJkffds^ and about the Latl^ ttide of ^o *y feems to be nothing but Ranges of prettv large f flands agamfl: the Sea, whatever might be behind them to the Eaftward , whether Sea or Lai^, Cbntinent or Iflands. But to jwoceed with my Voyage^ Though the Land I had feen 2iS yet, wai not very niviting, being but barren to* wards thie Sea, and affording me nekhef freftr Water, nor any great ftorc of other Refrefhments, nor fo much as a fit place for careening 5 yet I flood out to Sea a- gain, with tihougjits of coafting ftill a- kmg. Shore (as near as I could) to the. North Eaflward, for the further difcove^ ry of it : Perfwading my felf , that at leafttfae place I anchored at in my Foy^fge. fMnd the Worlds in the Latitude of i6 cteg. 1 5 min. from which I w^s not now far diftant, would not fail to afford me fweet Water upon digging, as it did then ( For ilie brackifh Water I had ta^ ken in hei», though it^ ferv'd tolerably well fpr boiling, was yet not very whpl^. With thefe Intentions I put to Sea on. &e ^€iSSefttmber 1699, with a gentle Gale, founding all the way 5 but was qqickly induc'd to alter my defign. For B 4 I An^h9' I had :not been out above Day, but! found that the Sholc^f among which t was engaged all the while on the Coaft, and was like to be engaged in, would make it a very tedious thing to fail along by theShSre, or to put in ♦where I might have occafion. I therefore edged farther 6fF to Sea, ^nd fo deepned thp Wate? from eleven] to thirty-two Fathom. The next day^ being September the 6th, wc tould but jufl: difcern the Land, though we had then no more than about thirty Fathom, uncertain Soundings 5 For even v?hile we were out of fight of Land, we had once but feyen Fathom, and had i^lfo great and uncertain Tides whirling ^bout, that made me afraid to go Qear 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 i^ear a Shple, (he might be hurl'd upr on it unavoidably by a ftrong Tide, un- lefs there (bould be a good Wind to worH her and keep her, off. Thus alfa on the fcventh day we faw np Land, thought our. Water decreased again to. twenty- fix Fathom ; for we had. deqp- iied if, as I faid, to thirty. This Day we faw two Water- fnakes, different m (hape from fuch , as we had, formerly feen. The one was very fm^ll, though long 5 the other long and as big ^ as at a Mini Leg, haying a red Head^^i^^; which I never fa w any nkve, befc^eDp-, fince^ We, had tlfts pay^ Lat. i6d< 51 m. by Obfervation, I was by this fime got to the North of the Place I had though^ to have put in at, where 1 dug Wells in my former: • Voyage J and though I knew by the Ex* per ience 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 this Coafli, I wa$:> afraid I (hould have the famp Trouble ^ to coaft all along afterwards beyond that ^ place : And beGdes the danger of run*^ ning almofl: continually amongfl: 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 muft have been fpent in beating < about a Shore I was already almoft wcai* ry off, which I might employ with grea- ter fatisfaftion to my mind, and better - hopes of fuccef^, in goi{\g forward to # NemGfdnea. Add to this the particular danger I (hould have be^;i in upon a' Lee^Shore, fuch as i^ here defcrib'd, when, the North- Weft Monfoon (hould once come in 3 the ordinary feafonof which was not now far ofF^ though this Year, it ftaid beyond the common ff afon : As^dt U comes on f^ormiog at 6t^^ with Tort • nadoes. B © UepdrttOft firom INc w HDttauld. •4^«5^-* mdoes, viblent pudv &c^* Wherefore qui ttmg the thoughtsupf piittht^ id agm ac New HoU^nd^ I relolvM to fteer away ' for the lOand Tim&r 5 where, beQdes getting freCh Water, I wight probaHy expeft to be famifh^ with Frnits, and^ ' other Refreflunefits to recruit my Men, ^o began to droop 5 fome of them be- ing already to my great grief, affi^d with the Scurvy, which was likely to,- l^eafe upon them and difable ^m^ itnd was promoted by the BrackifliK W|if»! ttr they took in laft for bcMiing their Oatmeal. Twas novir aKb towards die latter end oS the dry feafon ^ when £ . Qiight not prc^ably have fonnd Wates fo plentifully upon Digging at that part of New Hfttdndy as ^Iku I was there Be* fore in the wet feafon. And then, coa The next morning ^t Sun**rifing we faw it from the Top-maft-head, right a-head. of us 5 and at noon were up within a lUikofit: When, by a good Obforva^ feibn, I found it tply^in i^. 55m* I have mentioned it intny firft Vol. pag^ 461! but my Account then made it to li^ • » Jin. i^p^.lyc in 13 d. 50 m. We Hadf abundsince. ^^Mtch and Pcrtugueu Settlements on Uik Iftand ^ bat whereabouts, I knew not : However, I was refolved to fearcii about till I found, either one of thefe iments, or Water in (bme other place., It was ndw almoft Night, an^ I 7°. i. m. At three hx the Afternoon we anchored in foortiMii '£ithom, foft black oafy ground, about a' Mile from the Shore. Su tm fi^s more of the Confix im TaUe K N'. a. 5. Mtd tie JJUmd it felf in the Vtrtwditt Mip'^ which I have here inferted, to fiiew the Courfe of the Voyage frotii hence to the Eaftward 5 as the Gnurti JH^t fet before the title Fol. UI. Par. I (hews the Courfe of the whcde Vcnrage; But in making the Pafticitlgr M^, i chofe to begin only with Timor^ that t might net, by extending it too for, b^ forced # -i-^ r '^. ».• •fwr / J. W.^^^l.W . \ ' ' ' Thtu Sh4iw:S Art, d^ -du. Jd. a^ tim.ox XMt'a.^ JHfi.^X. ^fx. ;v. ---1^-^X ;^X.5i . .^'^ .V ' 'Hiitdiiidiii'i,iiiin'.i//<'i-''//r^M wv. Thu4 Jh4U^ th4.X^md in X^ft'a. x6 ThA: i X ^ Tuner at -A^ S. W. snd XUt.^X, 'U^ ^y- Thuj Jh4Mf^ Xtmojf atU-A^X/t.'Anan^Ai^ 4^>srin^ tri in* * J>yi'io X . tht. tettir T Jfmv^ ^j^u^ in UtuH^ytu^ JCfL, fe I, jTimor. - i* ^Mced ta conthi(% the Scale (sio much Ai•^iIpe to gef Water 5 nor was it likely that there fliould be here- abouts any EnropeMn Settlement, fince * there was no fien of a Harbour. The Land appeared pleafant enough to the Eye ; For the fides and tops Qf the Mountains were cloath'd with Woods mix'd with Savannahs j and there was ^ Plantation of the Indian Natives, where we. faw the Coco-Nqts growing, ,and could have been glad to have come at fome of them* In the Draught 1 had with pie, a Shole was laid down herea- bouts- 5 t>ut i favy nothing of itj going or (oming ^ and fo have taken no no« tice of it in my Map. Weary of running jhusfruitlesfly along the 3outh fide of the Ifland to the JEaft-. ward,.! refol v'd to return the way I came^ and compaffing the .Weft end of the l-- G ' ■ ilandj i8 TheL Timor. ^ i^fland, make a fearch along the North ^'^^^^^ fide of it. The rather, becaufe the North-North- Weft Monroon,whichIhad defign*d to be (helter*d from by coming the way I did, did not feem to be neaf at hand, as the ordinary Seafbn of them required 5 but on the contrary I found the Winds returning again to the South- Eaftward ; and the Weather was feir,, 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- fidercd therefore that by going to the North fide of the Ifland, I (hould 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 expeft here, where the Shore was fo lined with Mangroves. Accordingly, the i8th about Noon I altered my Courfe, And fteered back again' towards the South-Weft end of the Ifland. This day we ftnick a Dolphin 5 and the next day faw two more, but ftruck none : We alfo faw a ^ Whale. In the Evening we faw the Ifland RottCy and another Ifland to the Sonth of it, not feen in my Map 5, both lying near the South-Weft end of Timar. On both thefe Ifkads we faw Smoaks by Day, The L Timon ip pay, aiKl Fiits by Night, as we had ^^^^^^^ feen on Timdr ever fince we fell in with ^"^^^^^ it. I was told afterwards by the Pottu^ gunit^ that they had Sugar-works on thfc Ifland jR^/^iej but I knew nothing of that 90W5 and the Coaft appearing generally dry and barren, cmly here and there i Spot of Trees, I did not attempt Anciio- ring there, but ftood over again to the Timor Coaft. September the 21ft, in the Nlorning^ being near Timgr^ I favv a pretty large Opening, which immediately I entred with ray Ship, founding as I went in i ' But had no jground till 1 came within the Eaft point of the Mouth of the Opening, where I Anchored in nine Fathom, i League from the Shore. The diftance from the Eaft fide to the Weft fide of 'this Opening; was about five Leagues: But whereas I thought this was only aii tnlet or large Sound that ran a great way into the Ifland Timor ^ \ found after- wards that it was a Paflage between the Weft end of Timor and another fmall I- (iand called Anamahao or Anahao : Into which Miftake I was led by my Sea- Omrt, which reprefented both fides of tie:Opfcning as parts of the fame Coaft, and. called all of it Timor : See all thk reSified^ dnd a View of the tphole Pajfage^ C 2 45 ao J he I. Timor. An. 1699^ ds IfoH^d iV, in dfmall Map I bdsue made ^^^'V^^ it. Table VI. N\ i. . , I defigned to Sail into this Opening till 1 (hould come to.firtn Land 5 for the Shore was all fet thick with Mangroves here by the Sea, on each fide 5 which were very green, as were alfo other Trees nlore within Land. We had now but little Wind ^ therefore I fent my Boat away, to found, and to Jet me know by figns 'what depth of Water they met with, if utider eight Fathom 5 but if more, I ordered them to go on, and make no figns. At eleven that Mom- . ing, having a pretty fre(h Gale, I weighed , and made Sail aftei; my Boat 5 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 frefti 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-(hore. Befides, my Boat was on the Eaft fide of the Itm^r Coaft^ for the other was, as I found afterwards, the 'Anabao Shore 5 and the great Open- ing I was now in, was the Streight be- tween that Ifland and Timor ; towards which I now tacked and ftood over. Taking *J »•■»•*■«•%. S- (1 * ^ A Dutiih fort. . 2 1 Taking up my Boat therefore, I rari; utt- "f^J^ dcr the Timor fide, and at three a Clock ^^^^^^^^ anchored in twenty-nine Fathom, half a Mile from the Shore. That part of , the South- Weft Point of: 7tm&r^ where: we Anchored in the Mornihg, bore now* South by Weft, diftance three Leagues 2 And another Point of the ifland bore Nprth-North-Eaft, diftance two Leagues., Not long after, wc faw a Sloop co-f ming about the point laft mention'di ivitl^ Dfitch Colours; which I found, upon fending. my Boat aboard, belonged to a Dutch Fort, (the: only one they have in Timor) about 5 Leagues from hence, call'd Cvncordia. The Governour of the Fort was in the Slfeop, and about forty Soldiers with hkn.. He appeared to be fomewhat fiarprifed at our coming this way 5 which it feems is a Paffage fcarce known to any bat thcmf elves ; a^s he told the M^n I fent to him in my Boat. Neither did he feem willing that weftiould come near their Fort for Wa- ter. He faid alfo, that he did fiot know of any Water on all that part of the I- flaud, hot only at the Fort ^ and that the Natives, would kill us, if they met us aftiore. _ By the froall Arms my Men carried with them in the Boat, they took . us to be Pirates, and would not eafi^y bcUevc the Account my Men gave them C 3 ®f 22 farly with the Dut^h^ An, J699. of what we were/ and whence we came. ^■^^'^''^^ T*hey faid that about two Years before this, there had been a ftont Ship of Prepfch Pirates here 5 and thit after ha- vi^ng been fufferfed to Water, and to re- , frefj(i themfelvcs, and been kindly nfed, they had on a fudden gone among the indUm^ Subjeds of the Fort, and plun-r dei^d them and bornt their Houfes. And ihQ Fortngmzehtn told us afterwards, that thofe Pirates^ whom they alfo had ensertain'd*^ h!ad burnt their Houfes, and' faadtake^the Dir/i?/& For»,;'j(^oagh the jDi/^cA car'd hot to own io much,) and had driven thet Govetnour and f^aftory among the wild Indians their Enemies^ The Dutch told my Men further, that they could not but think we had of fe^ yeral Nations (as is uftlal with Pirate, Veffels) in our Ship, and particularly fome Dutch Men, though all the DJf- courfe was in French:^ (for I had not one .who could fpeak Dutch .•) Or elfe, fince the common Draughts make no Paffage between Timor and Anabao^ but lay down hoth as one Ifland.5 they faid they fa- fpeded 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 Nev^s to me : But I was not difcouraged at this News j not doubting, Xh Ji AnabaQ. aj ^Ottbtmil h^i llhould per^wade th&mM^6g better, whin I (hould come to talk vfith them, So the next Morning I weighed and ftood. towards the Fort Thfc Winds were fomcwhat againft us^ fo that we conld not go very faft, being objigpd to tack two or three times : And coqjiiug near the farther end of the Paf^ fage bet wee© Tmor and Antihao^ we faw majfty Htoufes on e^h fide not fax from Ihe Sga, and feveral Boats;lyiiig by the Sligafe^ The: Land on bcjth ndes was pretty high, ?ppe»»ng very dry andi of a redjiilh Col^qr, bet highB0^ on the Ti" fttm 64^ Thi9 Ti?es:on citi^r fide we^e but fmall^ the- V^ods thin^ ajpd in many places the Treeft wipre dry a«d wttheircd. The Iflfi^od; ApA^^y^Q oc Av^haa^ h a9t very big, not exceedif^ ten Leagues 10 length, and four in bneadth; yet it ha$ two l^vigdoins in f|, v'm^ that qS Am^^hao :Qo the Eaft-fidc towards Ti^ m&t^\ and thsNofrh*Eaft end ^ ajjd that of ^4^4^^ whidi conjtaii^ the South- Weft end and the Weft fide pf the ifland r but \ knoWnot which 9f thei» \% biggeft., Th« Katives of both are of the /WiV«. kind;, oi a fwaithy Copper colour, with bbck lank Hair. Thofe of Anamubaa are in League with the Hutch, as thefe afterwards, told me, and with the Na- tives of th^ S^ingdoDi of Capmg in Timop^ C 4 over- 24 ^^^ ^« Anabao. ^^^; •ver^againft them, in which the Btitch ^^ Fort ConcordU ftands : But they are faid to be inveterate Enemies to their Neigh* hours of Anabdo. Thofe of Anahdo^ be- iides managing their fmall Plantations of Roots and ia few Coco-nuts, do fifti, ftrike Turtle, and hunt Buflalo's 5 killing them with Swords, Darts, or Lances. But I know not how they get their Iron 5 I fuppofe, by Traffick with the Dutch or PortHguefe^ who fend now and then- a Sloop and trade thither, but well-arm'd \ for ttie Natives would kill them, could they furprize them. They go always armed themfelves : And when they go a $(hing or a hunting, they fpend four or five Days or more in ranging about, be- fore they return to their Habitation. -We often few them, after this, at thefe Em- ployments : but they would not come near us. The Fi(h or Flefli that they take, befides what ferves for prefent fpending, they dry on* a Barbacue or wooden Grate, (landing pretty high o- yer the Fire, and fb carry it home when they return. We came fometimes after- wards to the places where they had Meat thus a drying, but did not t6uch aiiy of it. But to proceed 5 I did not think to ftop any where till I came near the Fort 5 which yet I did not fee : Bat CO- Parly with the Dutch ^ 15 coming to the end of this Pjifiage ^ {*J^J^ I found that if I Went any farther 1^**"^^^^ ihould be open again to the Sea. I therefore (IockI in clofe to -the Shore oa the Eaft fide, and Anchored in four Fa** thorn Water, fandy ground 5^ a point of Land ftiU 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 ivaa, 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 IndtMs^ Neighbours of the Fort, and fent probably from thence, came to the. fandy Bay juft againft the Ship ^ wJberer thy (laid all Nighty and cnade gotid Fires. They were arraedv with Lanfces; Swords and Targets, and made a great Noifeall theNight: We thought il; was tor fcare us from landing, (hould we attempt it : But we took little notice.of them. The next Morning, h&mgSeptember the 33 d, I fent my Clerk afhore in my Pi* nace td the Governour^ to fatisfy him that we were Englijh Men, and in the Kings Ship, and to ask Water of him ^ fending a young Man with him, who fpake FireHeb. My Glerk was with the Governour pretty early j and in anfwor . to. Parly with the D^ttbi ' ^^. ta hii Qierics about roe, and ray bufinefs fn thefe Parts, t6]d him that I had tha King* of Enghnd[% Commiffion, and de(^ »cd to fpeak with him. He beckned to ray Clerk to come aihore 5 but aflbon as h© faw feme fmall Arms in the Stern Sheets df the Boat, he commanded bkn into the Boat agaio, and would have him be gone. My Clerk follicited hinfi tllathe would alldw him to fpeak with .Wm 5 and- at laft the Gover nwc confeii- ted that he fbould come afiiore ; and lent his Lieutebant and three fikferchants^ WNith a Guard of about a hundred of the Native IndtMr to receive him. MjF. Clerk faid that we were in much want of Water, andhop'd they wcHildallove? us to come to their Waterimg^ place,, and fi)K But the Governonr replied, that ha liad Ofders not tofiipply any Ships but their own E4ji^I$uiU Company : neithee rauft they allow any EuropeMs. to cotne tile way that we came 5 and wondred how we dnrfb come near their Fort. M)f Clerk anfwered binx, that had we been Enemies, we muft have come aQiore among them for Water r But, faid the Governour, yoa are come to hifped into. our Trade and Strength 5 and I will have you therefore begone with tlj fpoed; My Clerk anfwered him, that I had na. fttch defign, but^ without coming nearer them^ At Timor, ^7 them, would be contented if the Oover- -J^Zjg^ nour would fend Water on Board where ^^^^^^^^ ^e lay, about two Leagues from the Fort 5 and that I would make any rea- fonable fatisfadion for it. The Gover- nour (aid that we (hould .have what Water we wanted, provided we came jiQ nearer with the Ship : And ordered, that afibon as we pleafed, wejhould fend our Boat full of empty Caslcs, and come to an Anchor with it off the Fort, till he fent Slaves to bring the Casks afhore, ^nd fill them ^ for that none of our Men muft come aQiore. The fame Afternoon I fent up my Boat as he had diredlied, with an OflScer, and a Prefent of fomfe Beer for the Govertiour 5 which he would not accept of, but fent me off about a Tun of Water. On the 24th in the Morning I feat the fame Officer again in my Boat ; and about Noon the Bo^t returned again with the two principal Merdiants of the Faddry, and the. Lieutenant of the Fort^j for whofe fcairity they had kept ray. Officer and one of my Boats go thither,. I migjht have Pilots itere tHat would be willing to carry n»^ if I coiild ;get the Lieutenants <:onfeDt. That it was dangerous going thldier without a Pibt, « hj reafon of the violent Tides that run Aietween the Intends Endt attd «SM^. I was told aCo^ tlMt at the lOand Scht there were a great many Diftchmen h^ «9fat from other places for certain Crimes. ;% was willing enough to go thither. a& well to feciire n^y Ship in a good Har- hom; where I mi^t carecfia her, (there l)eing Dammer alfo, which I could iiot |;et n^r^, to malce u(e of tnfteid of Pttt^ which I now wanted,) mA wfeeVe f fttlght ftilt be refreshing my Men and fiip- porting them, iii ordjer to my further X 4t Timor. 43 Difcovcries 3 as alfo to tnform niy felf ^^^;4^^ toore particularly concerniag theft 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 Ldrentuchi on the iHandi Endc : And they were to come oq board . my Ship the Night before I failed. Btat I was hindred of this delign by fome oC my Cheers, who had here alfo been ve-» ry bufie in doing me all the injury thqf could ^^aiderhand. But to prox:eed.^ While I (taid here^ I went afliore every day^ and my Men took their turns to go affaore and tvaffic^ for what they had occaiHon for ^ aiy^ were now all very well again : And to . keep tbemfelves in heart (^ every Maa boi^ht fome Rioe<, more or lels, to te^ cruit them after our former Fatiignes. Be* fides, I order'd the Purfertoboy fome for them, to ferve ihem inftead of Peafe, which were now almoft Ijpest. I fiil*d tip my Water-Ca$k again h^re^ and cut more Wood 5 and fent a Pre^nt to the lieute* nant, Mexj^.Mendrfu^. dei^ing to be fme 5 for wfiile I lay here, we had fome ornadoes and Raiii, and the Sky in the North- Weft looked very black Mornijq^ and Evenings, with Lightning all Night from that <^arter : WiMch made me ve^ ry uneafie and defir^its to 4^part hence ^ becaufe ' ij.i|. ' Laphao. A^ ^^99 becaufe this Road lay expos'd to th^ ^^^^^^^^' North-North. Weft and North Winds^ which were now daily expefted , and which are commonly fo violent, that 'tis impoffible for any Ship to ride them but ; Yet, on the other hand, it wa^ abfofutely ncceffary for me to fpend at>pot 2 Months time longer in fame place hereabouts, tfe- fdre' I could profecute my Voyage farther to' the Eaft ward 5 for Reafons which I (hall give hereafter in its proper place it% the enfqing Difcpurfe. When therelforc I fent the Prefent to the Governour, | i^efired to have a Pilot to Larentucka on the Ifland Eptde 3 where I deft'd to fpend the time I had to fpare. He now fent • tne word that he could not well do it^ but vyould fend me a Letter to PmSeJt • #^ for the Natives, who would come 10 me there and fupply iqc with vy\^^% Provifion they had, I ft^id three days, in hopes yet to get a Pilot for LarentHcka^ or at leaft the let- ter from the Governour to Porf Sefialt But feeing neither, I faird from hence the bad oiObabeTy coafting to the feaftward, defigning for Sefidl 5 and before Night, was about ten Leagues to the Eaft of Laphao. I kept about three Leagues off Shore, and my Boat ranged along clofe by the Shore, looking into every Bay and <;ove s and at Night returned oq Board. ' Thq rort belial. ^ . ^ 45 The mxt Morning, being three or four ^^j^f^: Leagues farther to the Eaftward, I fent ' my Boat afhore again to find SeJfdlL At noon they returned, and told me they had been at Sejlall^ as they guefs*d 5'that^ there were two Fortuguete Barks in the Port, who threatned to Fire at them, but did not. 5 telling them this was Porto del Roy de Portugal. They faw alfo another Bark,which ran and anchored clofe by the Shore 3 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 SefiitU was the place which they came from, where the two Barks lay : Had not thefe Men told them^ they could hot have known it to be a Port, it being only a little ba.d Cove, lying Ot pen to the North 5 having two ledges of Rocks at its Entrance, one on each fide ^ and a Channel between, which was for narrow, that it would not be fafe for us to go. in. However I ftood in with the^ Ship, to be better fatisfied 5 and when t* came near it, found it anfwer my Mens Defcriptioh. I lay by a-while, to confi- der what I had beft do 3' for my dcfiga was to lye in a place where I might get fre(h ProVilibns if I cbuld : For thbugli my Meh were again piretly;well recruited 5 and thofe that had been ^k of the Scur* Vy, tvere W«ll again 5 ydt t delign d, if ; ' . - : poffible. /^6 \ Babao* J^2!^99^ poffible, torcfrelh them as mbch and as "^ "" long as I could, before I went farther. Be^es, my Ship wanted cleaning 5 and I was refolved to clean her^ if poffible. *• At laft alter much confideration , I thought it fafer to gp away again for Ba^ bdo 5 and accordingly ftood to the Weft- ward. We were now about (ixty Legjues to the Eaft pf Bah^. The Co^is bold all the way^ having no Sholes, and but one Ifland which \ faw and de- fcrib*d coming to the Eattward. Th6 Land in the Country is very Mountainous j but there are fome large ValUys towards the Eaft end. Both tne Mountams and Valleys on this fide, are barren 3 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 £4^4^. We had but fmall Sea and tand-treezes. On the 27th we came into pM^<^ Bay 3 and th^ •^lext day having fquna.ed Bdb^ Road> X xan in and came to an Aiichpi: there, la twenty Fathom, fdftoaze, three Mil# from the Shore. One reaton, 9^ I Caid be^ fore^ of my coming hither^ wm to ride fe- curej^ and to clekn my Shigs j^ttom $ as klfo to endeavour by Fiftim^ an4 Huiit- ing of Bjiffalpes, to refrefb my Men and five my Salt Provifion* It .was like to be fome time before I could clean my Ship^ bccaufe Babao. 47 becaufe t wanted a gfeat many neceffariei, ^^Ji^gf^ cfpecially a Veffel to careen by. I had y^'^^'^^ a long Boat in a frame, that. I brought out of EngUndy by which I might have made a Shift to do it : But my Carpenter was uncapab'^e to fet her up. Belides, by that time the Ships fides were Galk*d, my^ Pitch was almoft fpent 5 which was all owing to the Carpenters wilful wafte and ignorance; fothat I had nothingtolay on upon the Ship's bottom. But inftead c^ thB, I intended to make Lime here, which with Oyl would have made a good Coat for her. Indeed had it been advifeable, I would have gone in between Crofs !• (land and Timor :^ and have hard my Ship aihore 5 for there was a very convenient place to do it in ^ But my Ship being (harp, I did not dare to do it : Betides, f mufl: have take» every thing out of her; and I had neither Boats to get my things aftor6, sor hands to look after them when they were there 5 For my Me» . would h*ve been all employed 5 and flKHig^ here are no hdiam Iwmg near^ yet they come hither in Companies when Ships are here, on purpofe to do any Mifchief they can to theni^ And 'twas not above twQ Years fince a Pertngnezc Ship riding here, and lading her Boat for Water to one of the GaTlyes, the Men wcfc all laHed by the hdftns. Bat to ■ ■ . ^ (ecurc 40 ^oaa ^'J^^^ fccure my Men, I never fiifFer*d them B go aChore unarmed 5 and while fome were 'at work, others ftood to guard them. We lay in this plate from OSfober the aiBth, till December the 1 2th. In which time we made very good* Lime with Shells, of which here are plenty. Wc cut Palmeto-Ieaves to burn the Ship's fides 5 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 ftuck on about two Months, where 'twas well burned. We did not want frefli Provifions all the time we lay here,, either of Fifh or Flefli. For there were fair fandy Bays on the Point of Bubao^ where in 12 or 9 hours in a Morning we ufed with our Sain to drag afhore as much Fi(h as we could eat all the day : And for a change of Diet, when we were weary of Fifli, I fent ten or eleven armed Men a hunting for Buf- faloes ( who never came empty home. IIThey went a(hcM:e in theEveiiingor early ill the Morning, and before Noon always returned with their burdens of Buffalo^ cbough to fufl^e us two days 5 by whicli tipoe we began to long for Fi(h again. On the I ith of November^ the Cover- nam otConcordid fent one of his Officers to us, to know who wc were. Fori had jiot Cent thither, fince I came to Anchor in the I. Timoh 4P )aft hefe.\ When the Officer canie aboard, M* i6^ he ask*d me why we fired fo many Guns ^•^"^^'^ the 4th and 5th days j (\Vhich we had done in Honour of King WillUmj and iii Memory of the deliverance from the Powder-Plot :)• I told him the occafion of it ; and he replied that they were in ibme fear at the Fort that we had been VortHgutz^^ 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 oflFered him Money j bidding him take what he thought reafo- nable : He took none, and faid he was forry there had been fuch a mifunder- Hianding between us 5 and knew that the Oovernour would be much concerned at it. After a (hort ftay, he went afliore j and the next Morning came aboard again, and told me the Governour defired me to come aQiore to the Fort and dine with him j.and, if I doubted any thing, he would (lay aboard till I returned. I told him I had no reafon to miftruft any thini a^ainftme, and would go a(hore witl him ; fo I took my Clerk and lijy Gun-. ner, and went alhore in my Pinjiaice t The Gunner fpoke very good Fre^ch^ and therefore I took him to be my Interpreter, becauie the Governour fpeaks JFnncff .^ E . He ut ten or. twelve about four brdad ; n< are fettled. It lies I 'tis laid dowh in our that Illand ; yet we f Channel l!t for any S them. ThisChamiel lohg, and in fome League wide, tt ri South-Weft, rp deep chDring tut ♦cfy Jiigl is but little fide; the and the Ebb to the SoUtluvard. At tlis North-Eaft ind of this cfiantiel, are two points of Land, not above a League afun- der ; one on the South fide upon tTwiir, called Op^ng ; the other ; on the Nortli fide, upon the Ifland Attahim. From this iaft point, the Land trends away Norther- ly two or three Leagues, opens to the Sea, and then bends in jigain to the Weftward., E 4 ■■ ' Being c;5 T^^ f* Tinior 'An. 1699] Being paft thefe Points, you open a ^^y^ Bay of about cigbt Leagues long^andfoqr wide. This Bay trends in ox;i the South fide North Eaft by Eaft from the South- point before mentioned 5 making many fball Points or little (^oves. . About a League to the Eaft of the faid South- point, the Dutehhasc a fmall Stone Fort, fituated on a Hrm Rock clofe by the Sea : This Fort they call Concordid. On the Eaft fide of the Fort, there is a fmall Ri- if er of frefli Water, which has a broad boarded Bridge over it, near to the entry fnto the Forr, Beyond this River is a flhiall fandy Bay, where the Boats and Barks land and convey their TraflHlck in or out of the Fort. About an hundred Yards from the Sea-fide, and as many from the Fort, and forty Yards from the Bridge on the Eaft fide, the Company ha ve a fine Garden, furroundcd with a good Stone- Wall 5 In it is plenty of all forts of Sallads, Cabbages, Roots for the Kitchen 5 in fome parts of it are Fruit-trees, as^ jaca^ii, Pumplenofe, Oranges,^ fwcet Le- mons, &c. and by the Walls are Coco- nut and Toddy-trees in great plenty. Ber (ides thefe, they have Musk and Water- Melons, Pine* Apples, Pomecitrops, Pome- granates, and other forts of Fruits. Be- tween this Garden aad the River, there ii a Penn for black Cattle, whereof they have . defcrihed. t^j have plenty. Beyond the Companie,* ^^'J.^2^\ grpund, thd Natives have their Honfes, ^ "^ in number about fifty or fixty. Ther^ are* forty or fifty Soldiers belonging to thii 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 Concordia the Land runs about feven Leagues to the bottom of the Bay 5 then it is not above a League and half from fide to fide, and the Land trendij away Northerly to the North Shore 5 then turns about again to the Wcftward^ 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 Eaftward about a mile. On the Weft fide of the Ifland is a Channel of three Fathom at low Water, of which depth it 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 Blocks, is ano- ther pretty high and rocky, yet woody ' Ifland, 5o I fjc Li imor ^ 4ruij^ lOand, about half a mile from the lov^ ^■"^^"'^^'^ point i which Ifland hath a ledge of . co- lally Rocks running from it all along to the other fmall Ifland, only leaving one Channel between thenj. Many of thefe Rociks are to fee Teen at Low-Water, and there feldora is Water enough for a Boat to go over them till quarter* Flood or more. Within this ledge there is two or three Fathom Water, and without it IK) lefs than ten or twelve Fathom clofe -to the Rocks. A League without thislaft l^ocky lOand, is another fmall low fandy Ifland, about four miles from the low |K)int^ three Leagues from the Z>«/f A- Fort Concardid^ and three Leagues and a half from the South- Weft point of the Bay* Ships that come in this way, muft |>afs between this low tfle and the low Point, keeping near the Ifle. In this ]^y there is any depth of Water 5rom thirty to three Fathom, very good oa^ holding ^ound. This afForosthe beft Qielter agamft all Winds^ of any place about the Ifland Timvr. But from Mdnh to OSober^ while either the Southerly Winds or only Land and Sea-breezes liold, the ConcordU Ode is beft to ride in ^ but when the more violent Northerly Winds come, then the beft riding is be- tween the two Rocky Iflands in nineteen 9r twenty Fathom. If you bring the ' Wefter- dejcriped. ' tfp Wefterisioft* (fland tQ bear Soutb-Weft by^"* i^99* Weft about a League diftance» and thej"^^'''*^ low point Weft by South j then the Body of the fandy Iflana will bear South-Weft half Weft, diftaitce two Leagues ^ ai)d the ledges of R.ock» ftiooting from each, make fuc^a Bar, that no Sea can come in. Then yon have the Land from Weft t^ < South to Eaft-North-Eaft, to defend you on that fide : And other Wmds do not. here blow violently. But if they did, yet you are (b Land-lock'd« that thore can be no Sea to hurt you. This AnchcNii^ place is call'd Bdtda^ about five Leagues from CMcdrdU. The greateft ioconve- niency in it, is the multitude oi Worms. Here is £re(h Water enough to be bad in the wet Seafon % every little Gull dif- char^ng frefh Water into the Sea. fndie dry Seafon you muft fearch iac it in ftand* ing Ponds or Gulls; where the wild Buffaloes, Hogs, 4^. refort ev<5ry Morn- ing and Evening to drink ^ where yotr may lye and ftioot them^ taking care that you go ftrong enough and well-armed againft the Natives upon all occafions. For thought there are no Inhabitants near this place J yet the M*l4f*mr come in great Companies when Ships 9xt here $ atid if they meet with any Ettrcptmsy they kill them, of what Nation foever they be, n^t exceptioig the F^tngntne themfelves. Til 6o ■ ' . The L Timor iinMtfpp.^ Til but two Yeats fince a Portugueze Ship ^ jiding here, had all the Boats crew cut ofF as they were Watering ^ as I was inform'd by the Dutch. Here likewife is plenty of Fifti jof feveral forts, which may be catch'd with a Sain 3 alfo Tortoife and Oyfters. From the North-Eaft point of this Bay, on the North fide of the Ifland, the Land trends away North-North-Eafl: for four or five Leagues 5 afterward North-Eaft or more Eafterly ; And wheii you are four- teen or fifteen Leagues to the Eaft ward of Bdbao^ you come up with a Point that malces like FUmboreugh-Headi if you are pretty nigh the Land 5 but if at adiftance from it on either fide, it appears like an Ifland. This Point is very remarkatble, there being none other like it in all this Ifland. When you are abreaft of this Pointy you will fee another Point about four Leagues to the E%(lward ; and when you arc abreaft of this latter Point, you will fee a fmall Ifland bearing Eaft of Eaft by North (according toyourdiftance from the Land,) juft rifing out of the Water : When you fee it plain, you will be abreaft of a pretty deep fandy Bay, whkh hath a point in the middle, that comes (loaping from the Mountains, with a curious Valley on each fide: The fandy Bay runs from^ oije Valley to the othen ^' • You ,. defcrihed. 6t You may Sail into this Bay; and anchor ^^-i^- a little to the Eaftward of the Point in^^^^^^"^ twenty Fathom Water, half a Mile from^ the Shore, Toft oaze, ^ Then you will be about two Leagues from the VVeft-point of the Bay, and about eight Leagues from the fmali Ifland before mentioned, wjiich you can fee pretty plain bearing Eaft- ,North-Eaft a little Northwardly. Some other marks are fet down in the foregoing Chapter. In this fandy Bay you will find frelh Water in two or three places. At Spring- tides you will fee many riplings, like Shples ^ 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 and fall above nine Foot upon a Spting-tide : But it made great riplings and a roaring Noife; whir- ling about, like Whirlpools. . We had conftantly eddy Tides under the Sbore^ made by the points on each fide of the Bay. When you go hence to the Eaft ward; you may pafs between the fmall Iftand, and Timor ^ and when you are five or fix Leagues to the Eaft ward of the fm^Il ifla^nd^ • f yon Si / Laphao w/^eZ Tijn6r; >.j699. you will fee a' large Valley to the Eaft* ^^^^^ ward of you ; then running a little- fur- 'thcr, you may fee Houfe* on the Bay: You may lafF in^ but anchor n6t till yoa go about the next point. Then you will fee more Houfcs, where you may run mto twcfity or thirty Fathom, and anchor Tight againft the Houfes, neareft the V Vcft i^nd of them« This place is called Lapha(^, It is a P^r/^j;i^ese Settlement, about fixteen Leagues from the Watering-bay. lliere ar« in it about forty or fifty Houfes, and one Church. Tfcie Houfes are mean and low^ the Walls generally made of Mud ot watled, ^nd their (ide's made up with Boards i They are all thatcht vHth Palm or Palmcto-Leavcs. The Church alfo is very fmall : The Eaft-end of it is boarded op to the top 3 but th6 fides and the Weft-end are only boarded three or four foot high 5 the reft is all o- pen : There is a fmall Altar in it^ with two Steps to go up to it ,' and an Image or two 5 but all very mean* *Tis alfo thatch'd with Palm or Palmeto-Leaves* Each Houft has a Yard belonging to it» fenced about with wild Canes nine or ten Foot high. There is a Well in each tard, and a little Bucket with a String to ^to draw Water witibaL There is a Tk^unk of a Tree made hollow^ placed in^lisWell^ te keep tfae^rth from &!* ^^^ Thus Shsujj^ ^. W. :3^trf of rintox Jiift. c X ^V -Ww Shewif tke. Jf/t.OtnhA OHft. 6 Z 1^. J w. ^-^4" Thuj Jhiu^ AtJ^lKMter^Dift.^Xi J.JS. h £, J.X. h S Thtu Jhsu^ ti^^.OerjrAAlta -J^*'/ ^y rhuiJhiH^2.cf/ 3mufyJ^.J>.M2,Z. KdJfiiuutThmJkMxX,. 3^9 i W.4f. W iJ. TT.^iO. 4 a Portugueic SettUment. 6^ ling in* Rouild the Yards there are many k«;j^9-. Fruit-trees planted 5 as Coco-nuts, Ta* ^^ marins and Toddy-trees. They have a fmall Hovel by the Sea- fide, where there are fix fmall old Iron Guns ftahding on a decayed Platform, in rotten Carriages. Their Vehts 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 9I Musket. This is there Court of Goard 5 and here were a few armed-meti vatcfafng all the time we lay here. The Inhabitants of the Town , are chiefly a fort of hdUns^ of a Copper- colour, with black tank Hair :. They fpeak PorfHguezey and are of the Romjh Religi- on; but they take Ac Liberty to cat Flefti when they pleafe. They value themfelves on |the account of their Reli- gion and dcfceijt from tht Partitgftez^c^ and would be very angry » i^ a Man ftioa)d fay they are not Portugueze .• Yet I faw but three White Men here, two of which wore Padres. There arc alfo a few Oifufe Jiving here. It is a place of pret- ty good Trade and Strength, the beft on this Ifland, Porfa-Nov4 excepted. They have three or four fmall Barks belonging to the place 5 with which they trade' chiefly about the IfUnd with the Natives, fox ^ax. Gold, and SandalLwoed S^me- times ^4 Laphao in Timof ^ An. \6991 times they go to ^tf/4z;/«i, and fetch Eur^ "^^^^^^^pean Commodities, Rice, &c. ^he Chine fe trade hither .frofn Mdcao:^ and I was informed that about twecity iSail of fmall Veffels come frprii thence hi* ther every Year. They bring coiirfe Rice, adulterated Gold, Tea, Iron, and Iron-tooli, Porcellane, Silks, &c. They take in exchange pure Gold, as 'tis gathe- red in fhe Mountains, Bees- wax, SandalV- wood, Slaves, &c. Sometimes alfo here comes a Ship from Goa. Ships that trade here, begin to come hither the latter pnd of March 3 and none ftay here longer thati the latter end of Afiguji. For (hould they be here while the North-North-Weft Mon* foon blows^ no Gables nor Anchors would hold them 5 but they would be driven ar Ihorc and daCh'd in pieces prefently. But from AUrch till September^ while the South-South-Eaft Monfoon blows. Ships ride here very fccurc 5 For then, though the. Wind often blows hard, yet Yis d$ Shore; fo that there is very fmooth Wa- ter, and no fear of being driven aftiprc'j And yet even then they moor with three Cables 5 two towards the Land, Eaft- ward and Weft ward 5 and the third rigl^ off to Seaward. As this is the fecond place of Traffick^ fo . 'tis in Strength the lecood place the Jf§rtf%m%$ have here, though not qapable of . vannahs among them, appear rocky and barren. Many of the Mountains are ridi inGold» Co|^, or both: TheRjuns wafii the Oold out of the Mountains, which the Natives pick up in the adjacent Brooks, as the SpinUrds do in Aiamcg .* How they get the Copper, I knownci The The Cana-Fiftula Tree. 6p* The Trees tjiat grow naturally here, j^^Jl^j are of divers forts 5 many of th^m whol-^^"^^^^- If unknovm to me 5 but fucli as I have feen in *Americ4 or other places, and grow here likewife, are thefe, w%. Mangrove, white; red and black ; Maho, Calabafb, feveral forts of the Falm-kind j The Cot- ton-trees are not large, but tougher than thofe in Awerleg ; Here are alfo Locuft- trees of two or three forts, J)earing Fruit, but not like thofe I have formerly feen : Tl^fe bear a large white Bloifom^ ai^d yield much Fruit, but it is not fwtet, Cana-fiftula-trees are very comtQon hepcj the Tree is about the bignefs of our ordinwy Apple Trees ^ Aeir Branches not thick, nor full of Leaves, Thefe and the before«menttoned, blo0bm in O&oher and Nwember 5 the Bloffoms are much like our Apple-Tree Bloffoms, and about that bignefi i At firft they are red j but before « diey fall off, when fpread abroad, they ar^ whk^ ) fo that thefe Trees in their Seafon appear extraordinarily pleafant, and yield a very fragrant fmell. When the Fruit ' Is ripe, it is round and about the bi^efs . of a Man^ Thumb ^ of a dark brown Colour, inclining to red, and about two foot or two foot and half long. We found many of them wder the Trees, but they had no Pulp ki them^ The Partitions in the middle, are much F 3 at 7©^ Wild Fig'trtes* gv*^.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 Cdnd-fiftuU or no, I can- tiot tell, becaufe I found no black Pulp In them. the Cklabajhes here are very prickly : The Trees grow tall and tapering^ where- as ii^ the Wefl'Indies they are low and fpread much abroad. Here are alfo Wild r^^f^ri^^-trees^ not fo larre as the true 5 though much refem- bling mem 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 iingly, like thofe in Ammc^y 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 * Fig$ are about the bignefs of a Crab- Ap- ple, of a Greenilh Colour, and full of fmall white Seeds 3 they fmcll pretty well^ but have no Juice or Tafte 5 they are ripe m Navemter* Here likewife grows iSWiZ-wopd, and many more forts of Trees fit for any ufes. The talleft among them, refepible oisr Pincsj they are Streight and tlear-bodied, but not very thick 5 the infide is reddifti near the Heart, and hard and Ponde- reus. The .!.> f Pftm'iTrefs^ ^ tTjt\Pa]^l^ni ' there .are t^ce. ^r^^i:^^ four fdrts s..twrO)o£ which kinds I have^JP'^* ijot .feeo 9nx w^re but here. ^ Both is>i;t$. are veryrlaigc,.^ and tall. The firftXOrf had Trunks <^ ^bout fev^n or eight tooi in Circumference^ and about eighfy or^ ninety Foot: hight Thefe' ha5 Branches at the top-Uke Oxo-nut-^Trees-^^^ adkl their Fruit like CpoD-nuts, but finaller ; The' Nut was 6f an Oval fornij^ijd about the bignefs of a Puck^JEgg ; .^e^fliell black and very har4 T.was itir^p full of Ker^ nel, having ^only a. fmall^erppty fpace in. the middle^ W ip Water • as Coco-nuts have. nTh^llernel i$*QQJ(iai;(it;b be eaten* The Fruit ,£pn)f ^hat rel^mbjes that in Brdul fo^nj^f ly roemio4 and fcxoA it as pleafant and wholefome aa^ •■ Spinaae. Here are alfo Purfly, Sampler, &e. LidUu Com thriveis very well here, and is the common Food of the Iflanders $ though the Portt^au and their Friends Cow fome R.ice» but not lialf enough fe«r (heir fubfiftemce* The Land- Animals are Buffaloes; Beeves, Horfes, Hogs, Goats, Slieep, Mcmkey^ Guanoes , Lizards , Snalces , Scorpioni^ « Centumptes, &c* Befide the tame H^ and Bufialoes, there are many wild an over the Country, whkh any may finely* kill. As for the Beeves, Horfes, Goals and Sheep, it is probable they were broi^ght in by die PortiigiuxJt or Ihtteh ^ efpedsdly the Beeves ; for I faw none but a^^mB, Dutch Fort CimeotdU, We alfo faw Monkeys, and fome Snakes. Qne fort yellow, a(nd 9s big as a Mans Arm, and about fourFo^ loags Another, fytt no bigger than the Stem of a To- bacco^ipe, aboot five Foot loi^ green aU over his Body, and with a fiat ltd head as big as a Mans 'Hmmb. The Fowls axe Wild Cocks^ tod H&t», Eagles, HawlB, Crows, two forts oi Pidgins, Turtle-doves, three or fbur^ forts of Parrots, Harrakites, Cockatoes, Black- A;^^j;9-^ Black-birds % befide^ a muldtude of fmal- ' ^ ler Birds of diwrfe Colours, whofe char- ming Mafick makes the Woods veryplca- fant. One fort of thefe pretty little Birds my Men call'd the! Ringing*bird ^ becaofe it had fix Notes, and always repeated all his Notes twice one after another; begin- ning high and (hrill, and ending \ow. This Bird was about the bignefs of a Lark, having a fmall (harp black Bill, and blevir Wings 5 the Head and Breaft were of a pale red, and there was a blew ftreak about its Neck. Here are alfo SeaorWater^ Fowls, as Men of War*Birds, Boobies^ Fi(bing-hawks, Herons, Goidens, Crab^ catchers, &c. The tame Fowl are Cocks, Hens, Ducks," Geefe ^ the two laft forts I only (aw at die Dutch Fort ^ of the other fort there are not many but among the Vart^gmze. The 'Woods abound with Bees, which make mudi Honey and Wasc The Sea is very well ftock*d with Fith of diver fe forts, vi%. Mullets, Bafs,- Breames, Snodu, Mackarel, Parracoots, Gar-fi(fa, Ten-pouiiders , Scuttle-fi(b; String-rays, Whip-rays, R:afperages,Cockle-^merchants, or Oyfter-crackers , Cavallies, Conger- Eels, Rock^fifh, Dog-fi(h, &c. The Rays are fo plentiful, that I never drew the Sain but i catch'd fomt of them ; which w^ Salted and Dryed. I caught one whofe taU J r The Inhttbitants in Timor. ' ^7^ Tail was thirteo^ Foot loag. Tie C9^J^U^f^L^f^ MerchMts are (hapcd like Cavallies, mi^^^^ I about their bigwfs. They feed on Shell- fi(h, 'having two. very . hard, thick, fiat Bofies in their Throat, with which thejr - break in pieces the Shells of the FKh^hqr fwallow. We always find a great many %ells in their Maws, crufhed in ptec9« . The SheU-fifli, are Oyfters of three forts^ ws^. Long*Oyftcrs,Conlraon*-Oyfters,^ow- ing upon Rocks in ^eat. abundance, and very Flat j and another fort of large Oy- fters. Fat andGrboked vth£ Shell of this, not eafily to be diftinguifhed from a Stone. Three or fonr of thele Roafted, will fuf^p flee a Man for one MeaL Cockles, as bUg as a Mans Head 5 .of which two or three ' are enou^ for a Meal ^ they are veiy Fat and Sweet. Craw-fifti, Shrimps, &c. Here are alfo many green Tmrtle, fome Al* Ijgators and Grand^^pifces, &^.. The Original Natives oif this Ifland,- are Indians^ they are of a middle Staturi?, Streight- bodied , Slender-limb*d , Long* vifag*d 5 their Hair black and lank ; 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 bat low and mean, theircloathing only a fmall Cloath * al^ut their middle ^ but fome of (hem 70 1 w imwitmu, 'M.jfi^>%cft Ornameot have frontlett of Mother ' of Pearl, or dim pieces of Silver tx Oolr himfel^ They take but little pains to ctear theiif: Land 3 For in the Dry time they fet Fird to diei withered Grafs and Shrubs, and that bums ^ men. Their- Anns are Lances , thick '«^W round ftort 'Truncheons and Tai^ets$ with thefethey Httnt and kill their Game, and their Enemies too ^ for this Ifland is now divided into many Kingdoms, add all of different Languages ^ though in their Cuftoros and manner of living, as w%ll as ^ape and Colour, they feem to*be of one Stock. ; The chiefeft Kingdoms are Cuptmgy A" Mabie^ Lortribie^ Pobumbiey Nkmquimdt ^ the Ifland alfo of AntrngbM or Auabao, is a Kingdom. Each of thefe hath a Sultan, who is Supreme in his Proi^nce and King- dom, and hath under him (everal Rtja'* . and other infef iour Officers. The Sultans for the moft part are Enemies to each o- ther i which Enmities are fomented and kept up by the DutcB, whofe Fort and Fadory is in the Kingdom of Ctipdaig j and dierefore the Bay near which tl^ ' ace fettled, is cpn^pionly called Cupioig- Bay. They have only as [moch Ground as they can keep within reach of tfadir GunS) yet this whole Kingdom is at peac6 with them \ and they fireely trade together 3 as alfo with the iHahders on . AutAtfi^ wha are In Amity as well with ' the Niatives of Cupattg^ as with the Dm^/ft refiBing there 3 but they are implacable Enemies to diofeof Amnhi§t who are their next 7o * "^ imjcu/nams An. 1699. next Neighbours, and. in Amity with the ^-^/^ P^«*g»we ^ as are alfo the Kingdoms of Pobumbie^ Nsmfquimd and Lprtrilne. It is very probable^ that thefe tbro European $cttlements on this Iflandy are the great- eft occafion of their cpntinuediWars. The P^n^^ive/^ vaunt highly of their Strength bene,* and that they are able at pleafure to rout th^ Dutch J if they had Authority ib to do from the King of Pin^tugal 5 and they have written to the Vice-Roy of Gbs about it ; And though their Requeft is Wt yet grafted, yet (as they fay) they live in expi^dation of it. Thefe have qo Forts, but depend on their Alliance with * the Natives : And indeed they are already fo mixt, that it is hard to diftingui(h whether they are Portuguefe or Indians. Their Language is Partumefe ; and the Religion they have, is Xomijb. They feem in Wprds to acknoNyledge th^ King pf Portugal for their Sovereign 5 yet they will not accq)t of any Officers fent by . him. They fpeak indifferently the Afk* iayan and their own native Languages, a$ Vf^V^ M Portuguefe I and the chiefeft Offi* cc;rs thkt I faw, were oi^ this fort ^ neir ther did I fee above three or four white Men among them 5 and of thefe, two were Pfiefts. Of this mixt Breed there are fome thoufands ; of whom fome have ImaU Arms of their owo^ and know how to in , i iitior. 7p to ttfe them. The chiefeft Perfon (las I •*'^J^' . befbre faid) is called Captain JWore or '"v'^ Mmjov : He is a white Man, . fent hither ' by tfie Vice-Roy of G»a, and feems to have great Command here. X did not fee him ^ , iot he feldom comes down. His Refidence is'at d place called Fort* No' va 5 which the people ztL^ipBdo told me , was a great way off 5 but I could not get any more particalar account. Some told me that he is moft commonly in the Mountains, with an Army of IttduMs^ to guard the Pafles between them and the CupMga/mt^ efpecially in the dry Times. The next Mm to him is AUxh Mendof* : He is a right IndUn^ fpeaks very good Parttt^tteje, and is of the Romjb Religion. He lives five or fix Miles . from the Sea, and is called the Lieutenant. (This is he whom I call Governour, when at Ltpbgo.y He commands next to Captain Jl^re^ 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 L/du^ Fortuguefe, Befide9 this Mun^el-Breed of ImSms and Poriug^fiy here »e alfo fome Chhuh' Men, Mercoants ftom Maccdo: They Inring luther courfe Rice, Gold, Tea^ Iron-work, .Porcelane, ahd Silk both wrougiht and raw : lliey get in exchange .pure Gold as it is here g^ther'd. Bees- wax. Sandal- 8q The Diitcli Settlemem- '^r^^'Siiiilal-Wpod, Coift, &c, lyii faid there^ ^'^^Y^ are about twenty fiiiall Clm* Veffels cotbe hither every ^ Yeat-frbm MaccM 5 and ' commonly one Veflela Year from Gw, which brings EMrafeMt Commodities and Catlicoes, Muflins, e^r. Here arelilce* wffefome fmall Bai^s Bekmging to thii Pace, that Trade to BMiavid, and bring worn thence both Ettrcpitm and IndUn Ooods and Rice. The VeflfefS generally come here in Mdrek, and (lay tiU Septem- ief, TheD«#(r^, as t before faid, are fetled id iSaefSjogiiomof Cup4mgy where they have a * fmiit neat Stone Fort. Itieems to be pret' ty ftrcng ^ vet, as i was informed , had been taken oy a Fittitii I>|rate about two Tears ago : The Dntcli were ufed very barbaroufly, and ever fince are very |ea> lous of .any Strangers diat come tbil way 5 whidi I my felf experienced. Thefe depend more on their own Strength than on the Natives their Friends ; h^*' viag good Guns, Powder, and Shot e* nough on all occafions, and Soldiers fuf« fident to mans^ (he BufineJg here, all weU difijplin'd and in good order j which is a thing the P«rit^uefi. their Neighbours we altogether deftitute of, they having no £Kr<^e4ff Soldiers, few Arms, le&Ani* munition, and thar limgidg to dieir Fort ; in thdb they go tkb^ tnore pbpii^ Ions, than anr^ Town on Jtm&r 5 tne I* fland £xr«k adording grefiter plenty of atl manner of Fruit, and behig hiuch bettel fopplied with all Neceflaries, than Iao^m^ efpedaUy with Sheep, Goats, Hogs, Poul- tiey, &c. but itiiveirydai^oasgettin|^ into this Harbour, beqmfe of tile violent Iidesy between the tdaiids Endt and^<^ §4 ^^^ Weather and^Seafons * f^fJ^ lor. In the middle Channel between T?- ^^^^^^ mor and the Range of Iflands t6 the North- ward of it, whereof JS^^e and Sal0f B,n two, there runs a conftant Current all the Year to the. W?ft ward ; though near eir • ther Shore there are Tides indeed 5 but the Tide of Floods which fets Weft, run- ning eight or nine hours, and the Ebb not exceeding three or four hours, the Tide in fomc places rifeth nine or ten Foot on a Spring. The Seafons of the year here at Ttmpr^ are much the fame as in other places jn South l^atitude- The fair Weather begins 10 April or Ma/^ and continues to OHoher^ then the Tornadoes begin to come, -but no violent bad Weather till the middle of December. Then there are violent Weft or North-Weft Winds, with Rain, till towards the middle of Februdry. In Mnj the Southerly Winds fet inland blow Very ftrong: on .the North-fide of the I- fland, but fair.^ Th^re is great difference of Winds on the two fides of the lilatid : For the Southerly Winds ar«: but very f 9int on the ISouth-fide, and very hard on th«.North-^de^ ^nd the :bad. Weather on the South-fide xjomes in very violent in O^obtr^ whic^ on the Jslprth-fide comes not till December, Ypu ^h^ve very good ;^ca and I,ai|d-l?rcezes, when the Weather js fair 5 and may run indifferently to the Eaft inYimoT. 85 Eaft or Weft, as your bufincfs lie& We ^ ^-^f J[9 foand from September to December the ^ Winds veefujg all , roUnd , the Compafs gradually in twenty four hours time 5 but fuch a cqnftant Weftern Current, that it*SMnpdh JiaVder-g^ttiilg to the Eaft than \yeft at or, jiear Spring Tide3 : : Which I havp, Mo^e^. than once ni|de tryal off. For weighif^ from Baba^ at * fix a Clock hi tlie Morhihg on the nth inftant, we kept plying^ lifiddr the. Shore till the.soth, meeting w^th fucha Weftern Current, that wt gaitfjd.very little. Wdl^had Land and Sea-breezes 1 but fo faint, that we cotild hardly 'ftetn the Currerit^ and when it was V atliti ' bet ween the Breezes, we drove a-Sterjr fjiflr^f than ever. »rc failed a.Head. v . ' . .^ ^ i \ » ■ ' » • * V I*.* ■ <■»■■■ .1 * «■ » . • k V » ' .♦ « > XS Qa CHAP. » » • « ♦ ff • . ^ r. A * vvSi j^mt^fm^^^mimm'^'^m^mimmmmmm CHAP. m. Vffoftme from Timor, fh^ IflamU .Omba 4t»d Fetter. A bwrmt^ Ifland, • iheir mijpng the Turde- Idcs. Bancb-JjJ^/. ZvcArlflmd^ They def^-y the Coafi ^New-Gui- fiea. Ti&ey Anchor on the Coaft if New-Guinea. A defcription of the placex, and of a firange ToJvl fottml there. Great qmmtitkf of Mackerel. A tphite Ifland, They Anchor at an tfland called ty the inhabitants Pulo Sabuda. A de- fcription ofit^ audits Inhabitants^ and FroditSl. The Indians manmr of Fijhing there. Arrival at Ma* DQ, the NorthWefi Cape of New- Quinea. A Description of it^ Coddc-Ifland, Cockles of feventy- eight pound Weight. Pidgeon- J^and. The Winds hereabonts. An empty Cockle-JheU n^eighing ttva hundred fifty-eight Pound. Kii^ WilUani*8 Dep0ttav fim Timpr, ^ tfiu Flying out fkCoafiefNcw- Ouiaea. Fanlt cf the Draughts, PrQYi4ciKe Iflsnd, T% <^4^ tht. him, A Snake fmrfued by Fijh, SqnaBy Ifland, The Main (fNcv^^ '"^ Guinea. ON tteiatbof I3«reM^i^99^ we fiiiM fcom B*bif», coiiftiag aloB^ ' 0)e Iflandl TImmv to the Eaftward, towards ^ AKw Qhhn^ It W9 the soth before we gotasfiur afX^iTf, whkb is but forty Leagues. Wf faw bla^^k douds in t^ Noftb-)¥9(^» an4 ^xpeded the Wind from that Qu9«fef jiIk)vc ^ Moqih fooper. That Afternoon we faw theopeniag hctwe«tt ths Ifiands Owlwf and ff/'er, bat feared to pafs tbro^gb in tbe Nig^t. At (wo a Clodc in tbp Morning, it ^U c(»I»^ amd contino^ fo till Nooa, in which* ItiQe wt droY« with th« Cwrent had^ tftia StQntb-Weft Qx or fevf a Uagues. On the 93d» fteerli^ to the ^^Aymfi to gnt throngli h^tvi een Oofb* and Filter, vr« met avery ^roag Tide agajnOk ^» fp Ait wff, altlioai^ we bad a very fnfk Gale, jtt made way yeff ^owly j yet be- fore Night, got throa|^ ]^ftgoodObh HrvBtion wt. IJauiMl ^91 l^ S(wit|)-&ift ^ G 4 |)oiuf ^ SS : A burifinglflan)d^\/ ^ 'j*j^i^- pokt of OmblMts in Latitude S^l. 2^ m. ^'^''^^''^ IniDy Draiaglhits it'^ laid do^n in 8 deg. lo min. My.trpe coOrfe from Babao^ is Eaft, 2 5 deg. North, diftance one hundred eighty three miles. We founded feveral times when near Omba^ but had no ground. On the North-Eaft point oiOmb^ we faw four or five Men, and a little farther three pretty Houfes on a low point, but did « not go afhore. At five this Afternoon, we had a Tof- iiadq; which yietded much Rain, Thun- der and Lightning ^ 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. 96 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 few no Trees 5 but the North Jlide appeared green, and the reftlootd ^V6ry barren* . ^- : Having paft the burning Iflafid, I fliap'd my courfe fdr;twd Iflainds called Turtle Ifles, which lye North Eaft by Eaft a little- Eafterly, anddiftaiit about -fifty Leagues from the burning Ifle. I fcariirig- the • Wind might veer to the Eiiftward of the Norths The Tmtlc'Ipes. $^ North, fteered twaity Leagues Nortl^^^^^*^ Eaft, then North-Eaft by Eaft. Oa the ^-"^^^ 28th we faw two frnall low Iflands, called Lucap^rrof^ to the North of us. At * noon I accounted my felf twenty Leagiie$, (hort of the Tunle I fits. The next Mornings being in the LatJ* .; tude of the Turtk IflMds^ we looked out (harp for them, but faw no appearance of any Ifland, till eleven a Clock j when we faw an Ifland at a great diftance. At firft we fuppofcd it might be one of the Turtle Jfles : But it was not laid down true, neither in Latitude nor Longit&de from the burning Ijk^ nor from the Luat^ parr4>s^ which laft I took to be a great help to guide me, they being laid down very well from the Burning 7/fe, and that likewife in true Latitude and diClance from Ombdi : So that I could not tell what to think of the I(land now in fight :, vtq fakving had fair Weather, fo that we could nbt pafs by tli^ Turtle J fits without feeing diem ; aiid This in fight w^ much too far off £br them. We found Variation I 'deg. 2 min. Eaft. In the Afternoon I fteered Ncyth^-Eaft by Eaft for, tjbe Ifland^ that we faw. At two a Clpck \ went an4 lookUover the Fore-yard, and faw two Iflands at much greater diftance tha^ the Turtle Ifiands WG laid doysrn in my Draughts 5 ofne of them W9? 4 very high peak'd^ 5K^ J^tdrJ^and, '4ik 1^99. peaktA nocmtain, deft at Top^ and oBodt l""^^^^ like the ^wnwM |0!f«(< that we paft Ii9r» bat bigger andhtgher ^ the other iras a pretty long high fiat Ifland. No$» | was certain that thefe were not the Tmtie Ifldnds, and that they could be no othec than the BMde-Jjks ^ yet we fteered in, to make them pbiner. At three a Ctock we difcovered another fmaH flat ^nd to. the North-Weflr of the others^ andfawa great deal of Saaoak rife Irom the Top oi the hi^ Ifland 3 At foui* vft faw otfaee fin^U lAand9, by which I was now affoMid ^t the(b were the. BsmeU Ijks^ there. At jShre I altered my courf^ aso Aeerod Eaft, and at eight Eaft-South-Eaft ^ becanfe | wonld not be feen by the It^l^tmts of thofe I^nds in the Morning. We had little !i^nd all Night $ and In the Mon^ big «9 ieon ais 'twas Ughr, we faw awK* ther h^ peak'd Ifland : At eight It bore Sonth-South-Eaft half Eaft, diftance eidit Leagaet. And thU I knew to be Bk4-}fiB^ *Tis laid down in our IDrat^hts In Latif tnde 5 deg. 9 min. South, which ii e9» far Southerly by twenty (even miles ao- cordinjgl to our Obfenration^ And the like error in laying down the Tm9i> l^Mds^ aright be the ocoifion of oar niffin^them. - At ni^ifhortned Sail, fixt fear of ^omiog too olghfijine Iflaods, tl^ftretdk *way N. A SfCtttm Of away- bendhig like a half Moor from, ^' t«9f Ctrtm towards 21«Mr, atid which in my ^^^^^^ coorle I muft of neoeffity pafi thrbogh. The next Morning betimes, Ifawthera; and feond thetn to be at a farther dlftaoce from Bird Ifland, than I expeded. In the Aftemocm it fell quite calm 3 and when we had a little Wind, it was fo ' miconftant, flying firom one point to ano- ther, (hat ( could not witihont difficulty get Aron^ the Iflands where I defigned a ' Befides, I found a Current (etting to the . Southward % fo that it was betwixt five and fix in the Evening, before I paft throndi the Iflands ^ and thai joft wea-^ thereof little Wateld, whereas I thou^ to have been two or three Leagues moro Northerly. We faw die day before, be^ twixt two and three, a Spout but a iball d^ncefromus. It fell down out of • black Glood, that yielded great (tore <^ * Rain, Thunder and Lig^ning : Thief Qoud hovered to the Southward of us for die fpace of three hours, and then drew to the Wcftward a great paca ; at whidi time it was that we faw the Spout; which hung faft to the Cloud till it broke | ana then the Cloud whlrl'd about to the Sout!)-Eaft, then to Eaft NorthEaft j; where meeting with an Ifland, it fpent it felf and fo oifperfed 5 and immealately we had a little of die tail of it, havkig .' had '*., ^2 Coaft of New-Guinea, ^1^9^ had iio^p. bpf^re^? «. After v«^«f4v we; Caw a Sni9a|£ 01} the. I Sand K4>fii»(^i .w^lch*. coo- tmucd.tiUNi^hfc,:,: ^ ... On Nen>^yfars:/i^ we firf^defcried thf I^and of ifm-Gmmd^ which sjppcar'd; to be high Land : lAnd the next day we. faw feveral high lifafjdson the CJoaft of Nw-- Quinedi 9&cl rc(oi in with the main Landr The. Shore here li«' along Eaft-^buth-Eaft AQd Weft-North'Weft. It is high eveii l^and) v^ry w«]l clpathed with tall flou^ riChing Trees,, whic^; appeared very green, andg^ve us 4 ve^y pleafant . Profpeflt. Wc nn to thft Weftwwi of four nwfuntainqus Ifiands % And iin the n^fajt had a fiQalj Tornado,: which brought yi^ith it fomc l^iil; and a £Ei|r, Wind. rWe had fair W^Cather for a Jbagjiime^ only when dear any tand, :v7e bad fomeTornacloes $ . hut off at Sea, co^jt^only clear Weather^ ^ugh If Ja fight cff Land, we ufually ra«r many black Clouds hovering abopt it. < : ?On the 5 th and 6 th of Jdnuiny^yf^ pllgd tpget in with the Land 5 defigning to anchor, fill Water, and rpendalittl^ litoe in fearching the Country,' til) after |h^ change, pf the Moon: For i. found a li:rpfl(g Ci^rrent fetting again^ us* . We aa« cW'd in ^ Faidhop ^\^^ eoed oaz^s Ground. * W^ h|i4 ^^. I^and of a League Ipng without n$, about three Miles diftant ^ ^l^ W? rode iro^ the Mdin abbv|t a Mjle. " ' . The « I F»/;JZr,2tcr«A The Eafteraioft Point of -^LaAd Teen, bore ;^V^^' Eaftby Sooth half South, idlftaticc three Leagues : And the Wfeftei-fcoftiWeft-Sodtlh- Weft half South, diftance^tivo Leagues. Sd (bod as weianchor'd, we Tent the Pidnace to look for Water, and try if they^coiill catch any3 Fifh/ Afterwards we fent the Yawte smother way to fee for: Water; 'Be^ fore night the Pin^si- ^ u->^^ t. fiarbeOies,. v^iidi appetr'd not to ht a-f^^ hove two Moadis nandiag : Ttie Spam 'Mere tat with fome (hatp iriftrmnent $ fi» that, if done by the Natives, It feeniB tiiat they have Iron. On Hhe loth, a lit- ■tie after twdve «<-C!ock, we wret^ed and ftbod over to the North fide' of the -Bay ^ 4ind at oas a-Clock ftood oat witb iht Wmd at North and North^Nor^-lft^sft. At fimrvBc paft ont by a White fiknBv vtiadk I (o nannd from its many vi^ilte Cldfe, havxngino name in ourOranglhts.lt SsaIx>ataLai^k>ng, pnitty'faigt^ andt very wOQ^f : *Tls annitlfive Miles foDni tlie Main, oidy sit die Weft-oad k readidi within three Miles of it. At ibme'diftanQe off* at Sea, the Weft Point a^ppoin flike a, Capb-land $ The North ftde trends avaf Ndrth-North-Weft , and the ilaft fide £M^dthJEaft. Thisliknditesin Lati- tude 9 dcgefis 4 mtn. South.) and :thft Meridian Diftstnce ^om Jk^, 'five^huo- diiid =and - tweli^e Miltfs £aft. Aftar vm were Out to Sta, tve j^ied to get to the N5 bat met with fixm a.ftroti|r Cmtcttt agpmft w, ihat'wc'gptfbut litda. For if die Wtnd'finrour'dius in die n|^, diit >we -got ithree or fimf )IjBaKues $ >«« loft it again,>tidd'iMiie>dritnh:as.fiir.aftera itoxc Momfaig 5 lb tlutt we ^lysd^iiae &* il^al^Deiys. ' •■ : The jpi^ Inh^itants on we Coafi. ^j^ai^ The 14th, being paft a point of Land ^''''^^''^' that v^'e had been three days getting a- bout, \ve found little or no Current 5 fo that having the Wind at North- Weft by Weft and Weft-North- Weft, we ftood iotheNorthward, and had ftveral Sound- ings ; At three a-Clock, thirty-eight Fa- . '.tibiom:^ the neareft part oi New Guinea be- ing. alx>ut threeLeagiies diftance : At four, /Ihirty feven ;/ at five, thirty-fix 5 at fix, fhirty-fix 5 at eight, thirty-three Fathom • jThen the Cape was about four Leagues ^dtftant ; fo that as v^e ran off, we found tour Water (hallowen We hadthen fbmc fflands to the VVeftward of us, at about ibur Leagues; diftance« i A littk after noon w6 fa^ Smokes on the Iflands to the^ Weft of us ^ ,ahd ha- :ifihga fine Gale of VVind,^ T fteered a- •wa^ for diem : ^ At feyen. a Oock in the dEirenin^ |ve anchored in thirty-five Fa- thom, abput two. Leagues ;ftom an Iflatld; tgood foft dazfe CrounA' We lay ftill all night, and faw Fires , afiiore. In the ;Morhing'we weig|ied again, ahd ran far- .therin, thinfcingto have Ihallower Wa- ,tqr ^ but we ran within a /Mile of the tShore; andicSme to in thirty^eight . Fa^ Kthom, good foft holding Grounds Whilfe r \ we were nnder ^ail, two Caidas came off within call of us ; They fpokato us, hot we did not under ft^nd their Language, z::k . '■ not . vf New-Gainesi. , P7 ijor.SignJJ. VVe wav*d to them .to coirie ,^^il?> aboard, and I caird to them in the Mk^ Uydn tiinguage todo tfae fame 5 but the/^ would not: Yet they cainefo.nigh us^ that u^ could (hew them fuch diings a$ we had to truck with them 5 Yet neither would this entire them to come aboard -. but they' made Sigq$ fords to come a* Chore, and away tfey Went. Then I went after tficm in my Pinnace^ Carrying with me Knives, Beads, Glaffes, Hatchets, &c. When we came near the Shore, t called to them in the MaUym Language i f faw btittwoMen at firft, the reft- lying !n Ambufh behind the Bu(hes 5 but a^od as I chrew a(hore fome Knives and other Tofs^ they came out, flung down theit Weapons, and came into the Water hf thcf Boats fide, making (igns of Friend(hip by pouring Water on their Heads with one Hand, which they dipt into the Sea: The next day in tht Atternoon feverai othier Canoas came aboard, and brought many Roots aftd Fruits, which we pur- chased. This liland Has ho iiatlie in out Draughts, but the Natives call itPulo Sdiudk. It is abbot three Leagues long, and two Miles wide, more or lefs. It is of a good heigbtb, fo as to be feen eleven or twelve Leagues. It is very Roeky ^ y«it above the ELocks there is gobd yetldv? H ain4 p% Iflamls Oi^ the Ciafi of ^^j^^^^aud hhcHi Molild ^ not deep, yet produ* ' ^^^ tiag plenty of gcxxl fall Tjfefes, and bca-^ ring any Fruits dr Roots wbkh the Ififaa* bjtaiits plant I do not know all itspro* dwc 5 btft what we faw» were Plantains^ Coco-Nuts, Pi»e-Apf5!6s, Oftngeij, Pa- pais. Potatoes, and other iM'ge Roots* rtere arc alfo another foft of wild Jaca's, about the blgnefs of* a Mans two Fifts, f^U of Stones sOr Kernels^ which eat pjeafant enough. When . roafted. The lAbby Tree .gtows here in the Swampy Valleys, of which they make. Sago Cakes : I. did not' fee th6m. make any, but was told by the Inhabitants that it was made of the Pith of the Tree, in the fa toe manher I have defcribed in ray Voyage round the World* They (hew'd me the Tree whereof it was made^ and I bou^t * about forty of the Cakes. I bought alfo three 6t four Nutmegs ifl their Shelly whkh did not fetfm t6 have been long gsrthered ^ hvtt whether they be the growth of thiJ Ifland at itot^ the Natives would not tell whence they, had them, stnd ktitid to prize them very Much. What Beafts the Ifland affords, I know not : But here are both Sea arid land* Fowl. Of the firft. Boobies and Men of War«Birds are the chief ; fome Goldensi^ and finall Milk-white Crab-catclwrs^ The Land-fowifi are Pidgeons^ about the bigr ne& I Ncw-Guifica; ^p nefs of Mountain-Pigeons in Jamaica^ and ^^s^ Crows aboot the bignefs of thol^ in En^ Und^ and much like them 5 bot the inner part of their Feathers are white, and the outfide Wack 5 fd that they appear all black; imlefs you extend the Feafhepsi . Here are large Sky-coI6ur*d Birds, fuch as we lately killed oUNexp Gninea^ and ma- ny other fmall Birds, unknown to us. Here are likewife abundance of ^ats, as . big as yoting Coneys 5 their Necks; Hesd, Ears and Nofes, like Foxes 5 their Hair . rough 5 that about their Necks, is of a whitilh yellow, that bn their Heads and Shoulders black 5 their Wingfc areTour Foot over, from tip to tip : Thejr fmell like iFbxes. The Fi(h are Bafs, RocHiffii •and a fort of FJfli like Mullets, Old-wives, Whip-rays, and • fome other forts that I know not, but no great plenty of any 5 for "'tis de^p Water till within lefs thaiD at Mile of the Shore z then there is a bank t>f Coral Rocks, within which you have Shoal Water, White clean Sand: So there is no good Fiftiing with the Sain. , . , This Ifland lies in Latitude a dfeg. 4^ tnin. Soiith, and Meridian diftance from Port Bahda oa the {(land Tiat&r, ioat hundred eighty fix tnUes. 8dides tills * ; tHand, here are nine or ten other- fmall Iflands, as they are laid' down in the Draughts. . • . Hi Tfee ioo • The Inhabitants of An.}6^9 The Inhabitants of thislflarid are a fort of very tawny IndUtrs^ with long black Hair ^ who in their manners differ but little from the Mindan^yMs^ and o- thers oC thcfe Eaftern iflands. Thefe feem to be the chief ^ For befides them we fawalfolhock Curl-pated New Guwca Negroes ;, ^m2iny of which are Slaves. to the others, but I think not all. They are very poor, wear no Cloaths, but have a Clout about their middle, made of the Rinds of the Tops of Palmeto Trees ^ but the Wo- men had n fort of Callico Gloaths. Their chief Ornaments are Blue and Yellow- beads, t^^orn about their Wrifts* The Men Arm themfelves with Bows and Ar- rows, Lances, broad Swords like thofe of MindaHdOi^ their Lances are pointed with* Bone» They ftrike Fifli very ingpnioufly with' Wooden Fiif-gigs, and have a very ingenious way of making the FiCh rife : For they h^ve a piece of Wood curionfly iparv'd and painted much like a Dolphin {and perhaps other Figures thefe they let down into the Water by a Line witn a (mail weight to Hnk it 5 when they think it low enough, they haul the Line into their Boats very faft, and the FiCb rife up after this Figure j and they ftand ready to ftf ike them when . they are near the Surface of the. Waten But their chief Livelihood is from their Plantations. Yet they '« t- . the New-Guinea Ifland^. i o i they have large Boats, and go over tof»^J99^ New Guhfiit] vrhGTe they get Slaves, fine Parrots, &c. which they carry to Goram aad exch&rige for Callicoes. One Boat came'frorn thence a little before I arriv'd here 5 of whom I bought (bme Parrots v and would have bought a Slavev*but they would nbt bartet for any tiling but Cialli- coes, which r had not. Their Houfes on this fidd were very fmall^ and feem'd on- ly to be for Neceffity 5 but on the other 63e of the tfland we faw good large Houfes* Their Proes are narrow with Outlagers on each fide, like other M/f- lajfMs. r cannot tell of ^yhat Religion ' thefe are 5 But I think they src not Ma- hemtans^ 'hy their drinking Brandy out of the fafne Cup with U5 without any Scruple* ' At this Ifland we contmued till the lofh'Iiiftant, having Jaid in^ftore of fuch Roots and F^ruits as the Ifland afforded. ' On the 20^, at half hour after fix in the Morning, I weighed, and (landing out we faw a large Boat full of Men lying at the North point of the Ifland. As we f!)afred by, they roW*d away towards 'their Habitations, where we fuppofcd they had withdrawn • themfelves for fear of us (tho' we gave them no caufe of terrpur,) or for iTptne differences amopg them* felve& H 3 Wt; ^^^i.}^ ;' We ftpod ^o the Nprthward till feven '^'^''^'^ |ri dieEyeniiig § then jfavir ji ripUng r aud the Water being difcoloured, tVe Ccwmded, and had but twenty two Fa&om. I went ^boiit and ftood to the Weft ward tilltwo next Morning 5 then taickVi again, and had thefe feVeral foundings : At eight in the Evening, twenty two^j at ten, tvc^nty five 5 at eleven^ twenty feven 3 at twelve, t wenty eight Fathom ^ at 4: wo in the Morn^ ing^ twenty fix; at four, twenty four 3 at fix, twenty three ^at eighty twenty eig^ 5 at twelve, twenty tw Cape Msbo. OIF this Cape there lies a rfmall woody Idand^ ajid many lOs^tids of different Sizes to the North and Norths Eaft of it. This part of New Guifteu is* high JLand^^&dorm^d with tall Trees that appwrpd very Orec^ and FlouriChing. . The Cape ^ feJf is inot* very high, but^en^iHfi ^a low (harppodat^ and on either fide there tafpears anrctfber fucb point at equal diftances^ which qaakes it refemble a Diampad. Thistm? ly appears when jou are. abreaft c^ tlie middle point 5 and then . you have no ground within three Leagues of the Shores In c •S 1 ■* i,.v »,. t • laJrUt:^,, 'JS^e'vr Guixxea X. ifT.W.h.W.SX. TT.WitJi.SJi, 5r./X. iV.X. h^.^X, MAi.Jt/t. JB.^f.X.t'Z. J. k W. SX, ^y. J.SIP.SX. IV.'S.W.^X* ■'■' W.h.^.^X. ffiu4 w.af.Mf 4'lU i«C7- ^.aifiw:%w.fX af^,h.af,t%X\ . J^.argtr,s,jX, JSfcw GuMjea* ,tq^ In Ae Aiteqjooa we paft hy ^^^^^^^f^^J^^ aad flood oy?r for the Ifla»d§. Before |t >^^^rv w^sdark, we Vjpre ^ withip a liagup of the W^llerflaoft y but ha4^ »o grounji 'with fiftf Fathpoa of Liae! However fearing to ijtaiid ^arcr in ih^ 4^r^, we ^ail^'d find IXoq^ to jhe Eaft^ ^jnd jAj^cd all Night. Xhe ijext Morping!we wer^e .^t fiire or ^x leagues to tbe'teaftward ftf th^t Iflandj and having the Wi;t4 E^flp^- If^ we ftped iQ Jt^. tiie Np«Jiward among th^ j^aqds^. fp^nd^dy ainlji^d jtio ^piind. rteijl fppf ixLtp^ Boat tpfo^nd, and tksyHd^paf4\WUh^h^^^ Fathom 4>eiif > floilefrpih the ShorPv We iack'4 be* , fore tjiiQ Bo^t c^ine aboard i^in, fpr fear pjt . a S!ip»l tli^f w^? abpnf^a mil^ to the Eaft x>f that jdaj^d^the Bc^ wenf )tp 5 frorp whence alfo a S^hoal^-pofxtf ftjretched out jt X^Jf jtili it piet thejotheri Xliey brofjgj^ wjkh.tlvpfpch aCock^^ asjhayemeij- tiQne4 m ^y Voyage rbjund thp WorJd> jpund j^df Cddis ; ,and th^y law maiiy roore^ fomp hkj|pr than that which they J)XQWght ahpard, a5 they ft M ^ ^od for thf 5 reafon I yarned it CackleMl^ndi. L feqt fijem to fo,i?od ^g^in^ 016^x1^ thera t<> JFire a Mwfquejtjf they found gpod Aijr chpfiog ; we were then f):^,Qd|Qg to tf^ So^^thwardt with a fii^e Breeze, AifooQ as they £^ed^ 1 tack'd and flood 4^ \ They told wcthpyhad fifi^ Fariionji H 4/ when 104 Cockk-Ijland >^« j99; when they fired. I tack'd again, and ' ^^ made aH the Sail I could to get out, be- ing near fome Rocky Iflands and Shoals to Leeward of us. The Breeze increafed, and I thought we were qut of danger ^ but having a Shole juft by us, and the Wind falling again, I ordered the Boat to tow us, 9nd by their help we got clear from it, We had a ftrong Tide fetting ^o the Weft ward. At One a-Clock, being paft the Shole^ and finding the Tide fetting to the Weft- ward, I anchored in thirty-five Fathom, cburfe Sand, with fmall Coral and Shells. Being neareft iq Cockle-lfiand^ I immedi- ately fent both the Boats thither j one to cut Woodi and the other to fifh. At four afternoon, having a fmall Breeze at • South-South-\Veft, I made a Sign for my Boats to come aboard. They brought fome ' Wood, and a few fpiall Cockles^ none of them exceeding ten pound i^ight 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 alfp brought oii board fome Pidgeons, oiF Which we found plenty on all the Iflands where we touched in thefe Seas. Alfb in many places we fa w many large Batts, but ^ , kiird none, except thofe I m^ntion*d at VhIo Sabuda. As our Boats came aboard. on the Coaft of Ne w-Gumca. * 105 we weighed and made Sail, (leering Eaft- f^^^9 South-Eaft as long as the Wind held : Iij 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 16ft Ground, anchored in forty-two Fathom^ coarfe gravelly Sand, with fome Coral/ This Morning . we thought we faw . % Sail. In the Afternoon I went afhore on 3 fmali woody Ifland, about two Leagues from us. Here I found the greateft num- ber of Pidgeoos that ever I faw either in the Edji or Weft-Ittiiei^ and fmallCockles in the Sea round the Ifland, in fuch quanti- ties that we might have laden the Boat ih an hours time : Thefe were not above ten or twelve pound weight. We cut Ipme Wood, and brought off Cockles etiougH • for all the Ship*s Company j . but having no fmkll Shot, we could kill no Pidgeoris; I returned about four a-Clock 5 aiid then my Gunner and both Mates went thither and in lefsthan three quarters* of an Hour . they kiird and brought off ten Pidgeons. Here is a Tide : The Flood fets Weft and the Ebb Eaft ; but the Ja.tter is Veryfaint^ and but of fmall cdntinuance. *And fc^ we found it ever fince we came from.Tf* mar. The Winds we found Eafterly, be- tween North-Eaft ind Eaft-South-Eaft ^ ' • Sa -^»;i^99^ So thit if thefe continue, it is Inipoflihl? ^^^ to boat farther to the EaftWapd on this Coaft. againft Wind andCurrent. Tbef? Eafterly Winds encreafed from the time we were in the Latitqde of ^bout. 2 deg. South J and as we drew nigher rhe Li»e^ * they .hung more Eafterly. And i>ow be* -log tQ the North of the Continent ofNem^ Gnmegj where the Coaft lies E?ft and . Weft 'I find the Trade- wind here at Eaft j lyhicn yet in higher Latitudes is ufually at North North- V^eft and North- Weft^ and fa I did .esped thein here, it being to tlac South of thp Line.. The 7th in theMorqijjg I fent ray Boat aChore on Pid^on^JJlMd^ and ftaid jtilJ Nopn. . In the , Afjtenioon my Men re- turned, brought twenty-two Pidgeons^ ^ and tnaoy Gocklesi jbm^ . fraall: They/Viro brought one empty Shelly that;weigjljLy two hundred and fifty* e^j^^Pound"^- ; ) At four a-Clock.we weig^'d, having. a final! Wellerly Wind, and a Tide with usj ^ At feren in* the Evening we anchor'd' in * jtbrty-two Fathom^ near King WjUtMis ^4nd^ wbefei I iwent afhore t;he joext Morning, xlraokhis Ma)efty'5 Heplth, and Itonour'd it with Jbis N^me* Xt ^ atx)uc two League& and a ha^f in length, very bigh, and extraordinarily w^U loathed with Woods, The Trees are of diverfe forts^ J King yvuiMHns ijiana. *«/ forts^ mpft unknown to «s, but all very ^^>^. ■green and flourifhing i many of them had FlowCTS, foipe white, fonae purple, othera yellow 5 a;ll wh)ich finelt very fn^antly^ The Trees are ^neralk tall and ftreighir bodied, and. may be nt for ^ «ife«. ,. I (m one of a clean BoJdy, without Knot: , or Limb, fixty or feventy Foot h^h hy» I eftimation. It was three of my Fathoout I about, and kept its bigwig without ^if^ ' feeble dacrcafe ey«n to the rtop. Tjw : Moald oCtheiiland is; hilffk, but »pM j dQcjp 5 it feeing yery iticky. , On ihcf Gd^ f and top of the MUnd» «re maqy PaAfli«ici • Trees, whdie Heads we cq«l4. -di fcfffa ysh* ; yer all the- odaer -Tf ^, ?piJt; iheir 3<»4ies we could n?»« i5?B. i . . : ./. ■'■■■■> About 'oac; in %hfi After W we weigfcri ed ftod l^ooi :^ the £a(lward» bet>weavir L4arb9aFd £ide,i|tid^ fpundijqg titl we were paft the j^as»d ;. ! and then w-e had up <«now)(i Here mc: found »he Flood y ScMth. Tiiee© ' were 8hoiesandfn»ll!^9<}d»^etw£enii& andthcWajn, wh|<*!€apfelitbe Tide to fet very imridkntly„ ^4 mftfce ma«qr: , whhrlit^ m the. •Water' ? feu -we did noC ^iid the Tide tb fet OroBgaoy way, nop 0ie y VtitQ- 1» fife «nch. On /. loo Im Loaji of New viumca, -tojjjdg^^ On the $fth, being to the Eaft ward of ^"^^^^^^^ King Willldms 1jta,nd^ we plied all day between the Main and pther Iflands, ba- ying Eafterly Winds and fair weather till feven the nett Morning. Then we had very hard Rain till eight, and faw many Sholes of Ftfh. We lay becalmed 6ff a pretty deep Bay on 'New Guwea^ a- t)out twelve or fourteen Leagues wide, and feven or eight Leagues deep, having low Land near its bottom, but high Land without. Tht Eaftermoft f^rt of iW Gnhtea feen, bore Eaft by South, diftant twelve Leagues : Cape Artf^^'Weft^South- Weft half South, diftant feven Leagues. - At one in the Afternoon it^ began to raip, and continued till^-fix In the Even- ing 5 fo that having but little Wind and ©oft Calms, we lay ftiU off the formenti- onVl Bay, having King Wil/iam"j JflMd iHll in fight, though diftant by Judgment tifeeen or fixteen Leagues Weft* • We faw many Sholes of fmall Fifti; fortie Sharks, and fdven or eight I!)alphins ^ but catcht aone. In the Afternoon, being about lour Leagues from the Shore, We faw an Opening in the Land,, which Teemed to afford good Harbour : In the Evening we faw a large- Fire there 5 and -I intended to go in (if Winds and Weather wpuld per- mit) to getfome Acquaintance with thb Native* • Since \ >.•,» • . « >• T^hte. X , Isle-vr GuixiesL SCe . ^X/.X/X. iY'X. S,w:ys^ w^ A^. w^Jir. w, A X.* h.X,;^X, ^f. i^*JS' JUsinn^ Sc x.ar. 0(Qccd^^S'iX, S£, S.JX. ix. ^ O^ J^^y^.-tw^yXK i^ MMMMii lllis.lilU i.'lJiliillll, \iX.icX. 3^ ^J^mnJ^a.J4ii^.jX. ii/;illl!iiiimk^^^^^ «M The Caaji of N. Guinea. lop Since the 4.tn inftant that we pailcd j^j;J^ Cape Mah^ to tWi2th^ we had fmall ^"''^^'^ EafteFly Winds and Calms, fo that we an- chor'd fcveral times 5 where I made my • * 'Men cut Wood, that we might have a good Stock when a Wefterly Wind fhould prefent^ and fo we ply*d to the Eaftwardy as Winds and Currents would permit j having not got in all above thirty Leagues to the Eaft ward of Cape Mah. But on the i 2th j at four in the Afternoon, a-, fmall Gale fprung up at North-Eaft by Norths with Rain: At five it (huffled a- bonttO: North-Weft, fironj thence to the South-lYpfl'ii 3p4 cpntinued between tl^ofc two Points a pretty brbk Gale .3 fo that we wade Sail and fteered away Nortli;^ Eaft, till the 13 th in the Morning, tolget about the Cdpe of Gpod Hafe. When 'twas. Day, we fteer'd Nortl\^Eaft half Eaft, ttien North-Eaft by Eaft till feven arClock ?• and being then feyen or eight Leagues olf Shore,. 5ve ftecrU away Eaft 5 the Shore trei^iding Eaft by South. We had very much Rain all night, fo that we could, not carry mBch Sail 5. yet we ^d a very, fteddy Gale. : At eight this .Morning the Weather clear'd up, and the Wind de-" creas'dto a fine Top-gallant Gale, and fet- tled at yVcft by South. V Ve Had more Rain thefe three Days pift, than all the Voyage info ihort time* We were now srboat ii6 The Coafi of H.Qumcau /». r«£^. jkbout fix Leagues from the Land of New" Guinea^ which appeared very" high 5 And we faw' two Head-lands,, about twenty • Leagues afunder 5 the one to the Eaft, and the other to the Weft, which laft i^ called the Cape of Good Hope. We found Variation Eaft 4 deg. The 1 5th in the Morning between twelve and two a-Clock, it blew a very brisk Gale iat North- Weft, and look'd ve- rjr* black in the South- Weft. At two it flew about at once to the South-South- Weft,and rained very hard The VVind fettled fbmetime at Weft-South- Weft, and we ftecred Eaft North-Eaft till three in the Morning r Then the Wind and Raiii a- batin^, we ftecred Eaft half North for fear of cpmtng near the Land. Prefently * tffter, it being a little dear, the Man at the Bowfprit-end, calVd out L4nd on our iStnrhard Bow. VVe lookt out and (aw it plain. I prefently founded ^ and had but tea Fathom foft Ground. The Ma- fter, being fomewhat fcar!d, came run* ning in hafte with this News, and faid it was beft to anchor : I told him no, but found again : Then we had twelve Fa* thorn 5 the next Caft, thirteen and a half 5 the fourth, feventeen Fathom 5 and then lio Ground with fifty Fathom Line. How- , ever we kept off the Ifland, and did iiot go fo faft but that wt conld fee any . "^ pthcr ' P rovidct\Cc- tfiandi lit other danger before we came nigh it. For^«' i^p?-, here might have been more fflands not ^^^^^'^^ ^ laid down in my E^raiights befides This. . ' For I fearch'd all the Draughts I had, if perchance I might find any Ifland in the one, which was not in, the others 5 But I 'could find none near us- When it was • day, we wete'about five Leagues off the • Land wc Taw^ bat, I believe, not above •five Mile or at moft two Leagues off it- wh^n we firft faw it in the Night. "this is a fmall Tfland, but pr«ty high. I named hPpovidence. About fiv«Lea^i to the Southward of this, there is ano- ther Ifland, which is called Wiliidm Scm- ' Htis Jfl*nd, and laid down in oor Draughts : It is a feigh Ifland, and aboot twetfty Leagues ItHig. If was by tterc f rovrdetice th^ we mifs'd ihe fmall Ifland. For had not the VVind come to Wcft-South>VVeft, and blown hard,' lb that we fteered Eaift- North -Eift i, we liafd been «pon it by cJtrr cotflrfe ifeat we ftefered before, if we cbtrftf i»t bav«f fecn it. This morning we fk w • many ^&.t Trees anfdr Logs fwhn by us i' wijkh it's pK>bableciiine-oirt of fome great Rivers oa t1)^e ^aii|>i. ;' On the i-6th iurt X"-'- • » -•> * ■ ■* *■ K -J-- ,,.■■-•■ J ,.(•. • . - - -it .1- ■ •' tr ■ i^ I J*- w^^-.-V ■>-**••* ,■*• •■■ " '^ v' \<' ■, ^ \ ■ K ' » . .-I r ■■ \ J •■ '.-V ^ WL 3%u uSftitaiyt. dnJL Jk$ w M -Auj^^tkafk. *f.yw.,sji. j.h.wiTp.SXt, j,SJ^*'3k \\\m\ iilljiiMflflBHnnm^H9HHHHHHHil^^ *tim4 ShtusHtk New-Guinea. Ii^ msm li^ttaog tban we had feen at any ^L^^ time tbis Voyage. This Morning we^^^ left k large l^th Iflaad oq o^ Larboard fide, called in tne D»/r/& Draughts j^t- Jb^rfi ide, .abwt fix Leagues from the MiJOo.^ and ide^ing many .Snibaks uppiii dicf Maib, I'inerefore fteer'd towards it. 4 li \J < •• *4 • » -i •* •> • * I « ■ ■ > « ^» W » / / • <"•'•» ,. . \ • < • t « «i '• '» * I « » .: 1." . r "i k '. t I 2 « > « CiEi AP. f . - > 1 ( • 4 ^\^ « =»..■•; 'v \'/',J/ i\6 «4 SmaU Ijlands. Garret Dennis Ifle described. Its Inhabitants. Their Proes. Anthony Caves I- fland. Its Inhabitants, Trees fuU of Worms found in the Sea. St. Johns Ifland. The main Land of New Guinea. Its Inhabitants. The Coaft defcribed. Cape and Bay St. George. Cape Orford. Another Bay. The Inhabitants there ^ ^ l^^i,^ wear fuch'ftyff as in thdr Nofes. They are very dextrous a^ve FeHoyvs in their Procs, which are very ingen^usly built. They are riartpvv and long, with Out- lagers on one ISde 1 the Head and Stern, lu Inhabitanu, 132 higher than the reft, and carved lnto"ma->*|j»^: ny Devices, tfiK. ftwie Fowl, Fife, or a "''^^ Maiis Hand paioted or carv'd } And thoijgk - its but rudely done, yiit the i4^nAAmcp appears dainly, and hx^yi an ingenious- * f^cy. But vv ith what laftrnments they '■ nrake their Ptocs or carved Work^ I kiotivt not 5. for they feem to be utterly ignorsrat^ of Iron. They have very neat PacEdtes^^ with vvhich^ they manage their PrKwB' . dextronsly, and make gr^'at way throu^ic the Water. Thdu Wfepohs ate chicflf •' Lances, S\vord» and SKagS, and &ita9} Bows and ; Arrows; Thfiy* -have -5 *W^ Wooden FiiTgigsf, ^br.Mki^g^ Fi(h. 1^hog»i that camc-tb>ft&uU us fn>^«'|er/:Bay'0 then thi^y ; pointed to \ the ^hore; T Heir figns ^ff Friendfliip/afG cilber. a gre^rTifancheon/ or Boiiflh of a Tree foil (^ Leav^-p»«^ oa their EleaS^^ often (lriJ(ingthe^Hb&3!s* vrith their tiands. . 'i ;-/.ri The nekt'days, having » frelhGale oi^ Wind, we.y^under ^ Mgb Iflbnd, abour i^r or fi«6 Leagues rounds very snoo^]^. pnd full of Pfontatloss U^ the fidbs^of^ the HWs'5 anjj in the fiaj^iby the Watip- * 0def are abnndantid of' iCDco-nu(-Tr,ees*^*^.It lies in the l^itude of ^ deg. a 5 miii.' ^^^^ Soui^, and Meridian Diftance. from Cape- Mdbo i^\6 m. On the Soath-EaO: pare' of it are three oriour other fmall wood^- * Iflands 9 one high and peek'd, the other low and flat ^ ,aH bedeck'd with Coco>. nnt-Tfecs and other Wood. On the North there is another Ifland of an indtf« fer^nt heighth, and of a fomewhat larger- . drcuQiffirence than the great hi^ iBahd^ ii^niention'd. We paft Mtween this and this high Ifland.. The high. Ifland is cal- led ill the Dutch Draughts Aathmy Cave's Jfl^ttd. As ipr the flat low Ifland, and thsi Othe^. fhiaU doe, it is f)rDb(ible thejr vfete never feen by the DMck'y nor the. IQands to the North of Gmrret Betrttis's ■ I^mmL As foQOL arwe came msitCMver JflMdf fdmeC^noascaroe'ahout.as, and^ made Signs for. JUS to coit)e.a(horey as alt the reft Had do«e before ^ probably thiok«> Ing we codld ton |he Ship Aground ahjr where, as diey did their Proes ^ tor ^& faw nMther Sail nor Anchor among any of them, though moft Eaficm IndUm have both. Thefe had Proes made of. one Tree, well dug, with Outlagers on one fide ; They weie bat fmall, yet well' fhap'd. Weendeavoor'd to lio^sr, but found Qo Ground within a Mile of the ' ^ore : We kept clofe ak»i% . the ■ North- 1 Qde, ftiU founding till we cdme to4he. • . Nortl^- itf ima&ttmts, § a t l^orth-SIa^^enft, but fpiipd no Ground' ;^»- »«?>. . the Canbai5|ftill accotppanying us 5 and'"''^^'^ the 6ays« vere covered :*vith Men going a- long as wc f^il'd : Many; of them ftrove to IWimqflFtoBS^ but we leH themafibrn; JSeing at the I<^orth-&ft point, we found a ftrong Current fetting to the Northi Weft J fq that though we; had ftcer'd to keep und^c the high Ifland, . yet v»e wae ^ i^riven toMnards the flat one. At this time three of tJur Natives c^oie aboard : t gave • 'each of tlicm a Knife, ^ Looking- OlaS; .and a Strfep.of Beads, I (hewVl Attn piiinpkii» and Coco-nnt-lhells, and taadi Signs to lihe^f to bring fame aboatdv and liad prefcntly: Aree Coco-BBts out of one x>f the CaoQias. ' I (hewed them Nutmegs, and by thelrSfgns 1 guefs*d tjicy hadibn* <>n the jUlant^ I alfo (^ewVl tbemfooK .Opld-Du^, 1 ;^hich th^ fisnn'd to ioiow; and cali'dppuir Minmel, M^mteel^ and .jppiiite4 jtpww^Mhe Ltad. A while after . • thefe Mf 0. jf ero gone,; Wq^ or tfarfee ICi* noa$ C9fm Irppi tlfc;0»t I0«nd, lodby Signs iw;ite4!W (o their liland 5. at .whfch* jfAe pdie|%.fe»9*d difplea$jd» and us'd: v^i jy eMw4^g jGeftures: a«d ." ( I believe) ,^flcchjjS:^c^Ba5h pthen .Night coming on; we ftood off to S(?a i aud .having but *ll^e Vi§^ 4a Night, w^w driven a^ray 4t«?iW8i{I^th*Weft. We:i#tj^.manygrea| 10 • ^hat 12^ St John's Ifldnd, ^'-Ji^J^: ^^ came of to us, were all bl$ck, as xbote tee. had feen before, with frizled Hair t ■ They were very neatly cut ^ and thtfb Ia(t wefe not fo. fby as the others. ~ Steering aWay f^cMh Cote's JJUaii Sonth- SoQch-Eaft, we found a ftrong Current a- gainflr |is, which fet only la fome places in Streams ; axid in th^ wb faw many Trees anid Logs-of Wood^ Which drovd hf vsi. We had but little Wood aboard 3 «Hfc»refore I faoifted out the Piniiace, and fenriier to t^^ Qp fome of this Drif^* Woodi In 41 little time (he came aboard with a great Tree in a tow, i^hidi we could hardlf hoift in with allbtir Tackles. > We cut up tlie Tree and fptk ft for Fiit- *«rood. It was uKich Wcnrm-eaten, and had in it fome Uve Worms abdye an Inch long, and about the bignefs of- b qnill, and havn^ thdr Heads crafted o* ^er with a thin Shell. ;/ < After this wepaiTed by antflikd, cajji- ied by the DMUk St J»lm*s lAUtk lamk |tto>lhe North of vis* lt\ihm nine N The Main rf New Guinea. 137 /&irV ^^riy^, tin. we came almoft to the South*Eaft Point ; and then feeing no more lilands to the Eaftward of us^ nor any likelihood of adh choring under this, I fteerUaway for the Mainrof Ne^f^QuineM ^ we being now (as I fuppos*d) to the Eaft of it, on this Nottib fide; ^ My defign <£ feeing thefe I» Hands as I pafli along, was to get wood and water :^ but could fiad no Anchor* Ground, and therefore oonid not do as t pucposVi. Bcfides, thefe Iflands are iatU fo j^pulousi)^ that I da(r*d dot fend tuy Boat affaore, mdefs i ccauld have anchora pretty aigk. Wherejfore I rather cfaofei to profeciite my De%D oni the. Main, die • ^eafon of the Year being: now at hand 5 ifbr I )udgkl the Wefterly Winds were nigUfpent/ I-;..; . On . laS the Mdin of New Guinea; itn.T'SP^ On the 8th of March^ we fawfomer- ^^^^>^^^ Smoaks on the Main, being diftant from it four or five Leagues. Tii very high^ woody Land, with fome fpots of Savaa* nah. About ten in the Morifing Gx or fevenCanoas came off to us : Moft of them had no more than bne Man in them 5 they were all black, with (hort xxxtVd Hair ; having the fame Ornaments In their Nojfes, and their Heads fo ttxiVd and painted , and fpeaki^ the fame words, as the Inhabitants ot Cwe*s Ifland . before^mentioned. There was a Headland to the Sondi* ward c£ us, beyond which feeing no l.and, I fnppofed that from thetxe the Land trends ^away more Wefterly. This Head*Iand lies in the Latitude of 5 dcg. 2 wm. South, and Meridian dift&nce from Cape Mah^ one thoufand two hundred and ninety Milest In the Night we lay ^y, fot fear of over*(faooting this Head^ land. Between which and cSrpe St. Md^ / ries^ the Land is high, MoutitainoM aod Woody 5 having many points of Land Ihooting oat into the Sea, which make fo many fine Bays. The Coaft lies Ncrirti^ North-Eaft and South^South-Weft. . The 9th in the Morning a huge hhck • Man came off to us in a Canoa, but would ' not come aboard^ He made ^the feme %ns of Friendibip to us, as the reft we liaii New-Gmncai lap feifl mtt With 5 yet leemy to differ in ^Jj;^J^ his Langua^, not uling aay of thofe ^^^^'^'^^ Words which the others did. We favi^ neither Smoaks nor Plantations near this Head-land. We found here Variation r deg. Eaft. ^ In the Afternooti, as we plied near th^ Shore, thre6 Canoas came off to. us 5 one had foiir Meii in her, the others two a-^ piebe. That with the four ^en, came pretty nigh ins, and (hew'd us a Goco-nut and Water in a Bamboo, making (ignis* that there was enough aftiore whete they lived 5 they pointed to the place wherfe they would hav6 lis go, and fo werit a- tfray^ We fa w a fmalt round pretty high Ifland about a League tt> the North 6f this Head-land, within which there was.ai^ large ^p Bay, whither the Canoas went ^' and we ftrove to get thither before Night, but tould not 3 wherefore we ftood off, ^ndfawLand to the Wefi^ard of thk Head^Land, bearing Weft by South half South, diftance about ten Leagues 5 and^ ^i we thought^ ftill 'more Land bearing South*Weft by South, diftance twelve di; • fourteen Leagues : But being cloudedi it difappeared, and we thought we hadi been deceived. Before Night we opened the H^d-Land fair, and I named it Cape St. Gioirge. The Lihd ffooi hence trends : MW3|r W^ft^North- Weft abbot ten Leagudi; K whicn 1 30 The> Main Liana of -^^ which is asftras we couW feeit^itid ^"^^^^ the Land thajwe faw to the Weft ward of it in the Et^fiiag,. which bore Weft by SoUtk half South) was another point a- bottt ten Leaigues from Cape St- George 5 between which there runs in jsi deep Bacy for twenty Leagues or more. We faw fodoe high Land in fpots like Iflands, down in that bay at a great diftance ^ but whethw they are Iflands, or the Main dofing 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 Mts in the Latitude of 5 deg» 5 mifl. South v andrMeridiandiftance frcMn Cape Mabo a thoufand two hundred and nlliety. Miles. Thelflandoff this Cape, I called Si. Georges Ifle 5 and the Bay be* tween it and the Weft-point, I named Sf. Georges B^y./ Note, lio Dutcli Draughts go fo far as this Cape, by ten Le»giies^ Qtx the loth in the Evening, we got .within a League of the Weftermoft Land feeto, which i it; pretty high and very ' woody, hut nofappearance of Anchoring. fl ftood off again, defigniiig (if poiiiblfi) totply toandfirOiothisSay, tiUrfouikl eaconvcnienQy to iWood aad Waten We Trees ^ Bjrittannia X^uj JHauhA -du, VH^:Rgtt^ SfCiUfrat^ ^^ y l.S.{;S,jX, ^ >.X tX £^.x y.:i. SX, Pojrt 3to»t;ague 'T^ittAO^ ^ k^ ^r^l^ 41^ riMP ■•c Trees 5 yet in the Night we difcerned a.,^^,i^> fraali Fire right againft us. The next ' ^^ Morning we faw a Burning Mountain iij the Cobntry, It was rOuncl, high, arid peaked at top (as moft Vulcanos are,) arid fent forth a great quaiitity of Smoak. We took up a Log of drift Wood, and Tplit it for Firing 5 in which we found Tome frhall Fi(h. . The day after, we paft by im South* Weft Cape of this Bay, leaving it to the North of us : When we were abreaft of it: \ called my Oiicers together, and named It Cape Orford, in honour of my noble Pa- tron j drinkinghis Lordlhip's health. This Cape bears froni Cape St. George South* Weft about eighteen Leagues. Between them there is a Bay about , t^wenty five Leagues deep, having pretty high Land all round it, efpecially near the Capes, though they themfelves ate not high. Cape OrfordUes in the Latitude of ^ dec; 24 min. South, by my Obfervation} and Meridian diftancejfrora (papc 5/. George^ forty four raises Weft. TJie Land trends Ifromtl^is 0ape Nprth-Wt^ft by Woft into ilie B^y, i^ .on the other, fide .South- yi^ per Cmffiffy which is South-Weft ipdeg. yye(l, allowing the yariation whiohls here 9 deg. Eaft/.ThcjLarid oil jpflcb:(ide of th^ Cape^ is inqre ^aviiltwfi |h?u ^ood JLand j^^nd is (iiglieft pU^^ 1^2 IfJc main Lidnd of itii. 1^99 North- Weft fide. The Cape it felf is a ^^■^^^BlufF-point, of an indifferent heighth, with a flat Tabl^ Land at top. When we were to the South- Weft of the Cape^ it appeared to be a low point ftiootini out 5 which you canriot fee when afbreai t)T it. This Morning we ftruck a Log of Drift-wood with oiir Turtle-Irons, hoifted it in and fplit it for Fire-wOod. After- wards wc ftruck another, biit could not ;et it in. There ivere many Fi(h a- lOut it. We fteer'd along South* Wdft as the tatid lies, keeping about fix Leagues off the Shore :i and being defirous to cut Wood and fill Water, if I faw any con- veniency,"^ I lay by in the Night, bec^ufe 4 would not mifs any place proper for thofe ends, for fear of wanting fuch l^e- ceflaries as we could not live without. This Coaft is high and mountainous, and toot fo thick with Trees as that on the 6- ther fide of Cape Orfard. On the 14th, feeing a pretty dee[ a-head, and fome Iflands ^ere I thought we might ride fecure, we ran in towards the Shore, and (aw fome Smoaks. At ten a Clock we faw a point, which fliot but pretty well into the Sea, with a Bay within It, which promifed fair for Wa- ter \ and we ftood in, with ^ moderate Gald. Being got into the Bay wlth;in the Pointi New Guinea. 135 Point, we faw many Coco-nnt-Trees, ^j;/^ Plantations, and Houfes, V Vhen I came ^^^^[^ within four or five mile of the Shore,* fix ' fmallj^oats came off to view us, with • about forty Men in them all. Perceiving that they only cJame to view us, and would not come aboard,^ I made figns and waved to them to goafliores but they did cot or would not undcrftand me 5 therefore I whittled a (hot over their Heads out of my Fbwling-piece, and then they pulled away for the Shore as hard as they eould, Thefe wercj no fooner alhore, but we faw three Boats 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 loiig alter, ( faw ano- ther Boat coming out of that Bay where X intended to go : She like wife was a largQ Boaif^ with a Wgh' Head and Stern Pain- ted, and full of Men 5 this I thojjght came off to fight us, as 'tis probable they all did J therefore I fired another fmall (hot over the great Boat that was nigh usf. which made th^m leave their babling ana take to their Paddles. We ftilt lay be- calmed 5 and therefore they rowing wide of us^ direded their courfe toward «ie oth^r great Boat that was coming qff : VVh^n ^3 134 I'be Inhabitants of ^fl;^i^9ithey w^re pretty near each other, I caused ^ the jDuuner to fire a Gup between them, which he did very dextroufly 5 it wat loaden with round and Partridge (hot ^ the laft dropt in the Water fomewhat Ihort of them, but the round (hot went between both Boats, and grazed about a hundred yards beyond them 5 this fo affrighted theni, that they both rowed away for the Shore as faft as they could, T^ithout coming near each other 3 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, VYhe:p we came by the point, I faw a great ntonber^t Men peeping from under the Rocks ; I ordered a (hot to be fired clofe by, to fcare them. The (hot graz'd between lis and the point ^ and mounting again, flew over the point, and grazed a fecbnd time |uft by them. We were obliged to fail along clofe by the Bays^ and Teeing 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 bufinefs being to Wood and Water, t thought it neceffary to ftrike fome terronr into the Inhabitants, who were very nu- merous^ and (by what I faw now, and had formerly experienced,) treacherous. After this I lent my Boat to found 5 they had New Guiiieai (35 hid firft forty, thtti^ tttfrty; and .at Mao. i^^ twenty Fatboffl Wmr. We foUf^vf^^^^^^^ the Boat, and caeoe to 'Anchor afb(M«f« quarter of a nrite froni ^the Sh&tt^, in twenty (k FathbtD Wateri iin6 bladb Sand andOa^e. We iwle right agaiiift the Motfth' df a ftmn illivef , wht*© € hoped to find ft efli VVWttff. '- Sortfe pltU Natives fbndingcMa a fmait'poftit a^b th^ Rivers Mouth, I fent-'S fAaW ftiot?6V4r their Heads to frigftt theffl 3 wlych 'k ^ eflfeanally* In the i^dimta I ferit^niv . Boat afltof^ to the Nkfh'te who'fltdad upon the point hythei(ly!«*sMoutH wlA tt prefentof CocO'flots 5 ■ when the Bisirft was oome near the Sfeiii^^ey fignal for the Boat to come aboard-, ahd Cent both it and the Yawle into tUi River to loolc for ffelh Water, owieringthePinnMcfeto lye neat the Rivers Mouth, whHieflie • Yawle went tip to feattft; in afif hofars tttne they return*d ahbard with fome iar- teccoes foil of frtft Water, whteh>^ey had taken tip about half > uaile tiif |he River. After which, t fent them ^|tiln with Cash I ordering on» of the»i4d4^ Water, and the oM^if 4o -watch the «i($^- pd of the Natives, leaft they Jhonlid irialte any oppofition 5 bitt they xJid a<«i arnd £b the Boats retarn'd « llttfe befbisef Son- • K 4 fct 1 28 The Inhabitants tf ^MjWj In the Afternobn I fent the Boats jk •^*^ (hore for mofe Wood 5 and fomc oif onr Men urent to the Natives Hoafes, and fotind they were now more (hy than they ns'd to be ^ had takei^ down alt the Coco- nuts from the Trees, and driven away their Hogs. Our People made figns ta. them to know what was become of their Hogs, &c. The Natives p6inting to- fpme Houfes in the bottom of the Bay, attd imitating the noife of thofe Creatures, feem'd to intimate that there were both I)og$ and iCdats of feveral (izes, whicK they exprefs'd by holding their Hands a- ^road at feveral diftances from thd Grou&d. At night bur Boats came aboard with Wdod \ ^nd the tiext Morfiitig I went mf felf wilK both Boats tip the River to^ WAtering-place, cartyittg witfi, me aM futli Trifles and iron-work as t thought mo(^ proper to induce them to a Cdthmerce liritn US ) but I found them very ihy and toguiQi. I faw but two Men and a Boy :: One of the Men by fome figns was toer- iWaded to cotti« to the Beat's fide, wher^ t was } to liim \ gave ^ Kliife, a String di Beads, and a ^fs-bottle • the t^lTd^ eaird dUt, CocosJCoids^ m)inting to aV!!- tage hard by, and figaified to us that lib wobld go fol: fome \ but fie nevet te- lurn'd to us. And thus they had fre- qufintly;. New Guinea, 12^ qucntly of late ferved our Mefli. I took ^\}.^9<>, eight or nine Men with me, and march- ' ""^ ' ed to their Houfes, which I found very mean 3 and their Dobrs made faft with Withes. I vifited three of their Villages 5 and finding all the Houfes thus abandon'd by the Inhabitants, who carried with them all their Hogs, &c^ l brought out of their Houfes fome (mall Fifliing-nefs in recompence for thofe things they had re- ceiv*d of us. As we were coming away, we faw two of the Nativfes $ I (hewed them the things that we carried with U^, and called to them, Cocm, Cocot^ to bt them know that t toc^ thefe things be> caufe they had not vai&t good what they' had promis'd by their ^ighs, and ^y their calling out Cocos. While I wa5 thus eili- ploy'd, the Men In the Vawle filled twd Hogsiieads of Wdter. khd all the Barre- ccoeS. About due in tn6 afternoon I cam6 'aboard, and found all my Ofccdl-s and Men very importlmati* td ^0 to that Bay where the Hogs were faid to be. I Was ioith fo yield toit, feaHng they Woiitd deil tod tdughiy With rtife Natives, fey twa a-Clockin me aftWnbon many black aoiiids githerVl oV6r thfe land^. V?hich I thought would (deter, tbenifirorn ttleir ttu terprize 5 but they foRcited me thfe rtibte to. let them go. At Idft I tonfeiAed, fend- ,1 1 4Q The Inhabitants^ on ^«;j$?? ing thofe Comnjpdittes I had afiiore with niie in the Morning, and giving them a £^ria charge to deal by fair means, and to aft cautioufly for •their own Secarity. 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 occafion^ I might affift them with. my great Guns. When they came tot. land> the Natives in great Companies, ftood to refift them j Ihaking their Lmces^ and threatning them 5 And fome were fa faring, as to# wade into the &a^. holding a Target in. one Hand and a Lance in thct pther. Our Men held up to them fueh ^Commodities as I had fent, and madq figns of Friendlhip ^ but to no purpofe y for the Natives waved them ofE Seeing: therefore they dould not be prevailed up- on to a friendly Commerce, my Men, be- ing refolvcd to \\3LVt fome Ptovifion 9r ipaong thern^ fired fome Nfiiskets to fcare them away j which had the deiired ef- feft upon all but two or three, whq ftood ftill in a metiacing pofture, till the boldeft; dropt his Target >nd ran away ^ They fuppos*d he was (hot In the Art|i : He an4 fome others felt the fmart of our Bulletsi^ out none were kiird 5 our defigti b^ing rather to C^^ight than to kill th^m. Qar Men landed, and found abundance of iimi Hpgs r^Qluog ^nsong the Houfef. the Main of New Guinea, ^141 Irhey ftiot down nine, which they brought ^%J^ away, bcfides many that ran away woun- " ded. They had bi^ little time 5 for in lefs than an hour after they went from the Ship, it began to tain : Wherefore they jgot what they could into the Boats ; 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 ihy Men defir^d to make another trip thi- ther before night ^ This was about five in the Evening ^ and I confented, giving theiji order to repair on Board before night. In the clofe of the Evening they Tetilrned accordingly, with eight Hogs more, and a little live Pig ^ and by this time the other Hogs were ;erk*d and fait- ed, Thefe that came laft, weohlydreft and corn'd till morning 5 and then fent both Boats afliore for more Refrefhments^ either of Hogs or Roots : But in the night the Natives had convey *d away their Pro- vifiops of all forts* Many of them were riow about the Houfes, and none offered to refifl: 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 bur Men, and went out of fight. Our People fihding nothing but Nets arid Images, brought fomc of thenj ?iiwayj which two'of my Men brought abQaM in a fmall s • '$* An. i59^.fmall Canoa 5 and prefently after, tcS ^"^^ Boats came off. I ordered the Boat fwain to take care of the Nets, till we came at fome place where they raig^it be difpofed of for '^'f ' fome Refreftiment for the ufe of all the Company : The Images I took into toy own cuftody. In the Afternoon I fent the Canoa to ihe. place from whehce (he had been brought 5 and in her^, two Axes, two Hatchets (one of them helv*d,) fix ^ives^ fix Looking-glafres,a large bunch of Beads^ and four Glafs-bottles Our Men drew the Canoa a(hore, placed the tjbings to thi^ beft advantage in her, and came off 16 the Pinnace which I fent to guard thebi And now being well Hock'd with Wood, and all my Water-casks full^ I refolv'd to fail the next Morning. All the time of our (lay hcte, wc had very fair Weather; only foiiietimes in the Afternoon we had a shower of Rain, which lafted not above an hour at mofl: : Alfo fome Thunder and Lightning, with very little Wind We had Sea and Land-breezes 5 y its intervals : I dui^d them to look well oiit, having bri^c Moon-light. In Ae Morning I fowd that die Fire we had feen the Night be- fore, was a burning Ifland 3 and fieer'd for it We faw many oth^r Iflands, one large higih Ifland, and another fmallei', but pretty high. I ftood near the FmUm' *»», and many (mail low Iflsnods witii fotDcShoali; w came -wiiht^'Aree' litres of tki* ^^^^'^ livning-iiil^ Mfig it tlie Hidie time twb Leaaoes frboi thtJ M&id. t fbfand a gbod €lntn»l ' vo' ^af» botwe^ >i)iebi, sfhtf kebt nearer the Main thdathe H)§hE ■ Ali feven in theEve&itig libtiilde^j and liMt fifty two fathom fih# 8a«!^altid Oaze. -I nbbd td die I^oi%hWardi>td^t eleia^'oJ^ ifeis Stre^, jwvlng but 'Mttie VVltT* aad fair VVeJtIfti'. The l^tid ^ir Night TKHnited'^FIi^-^^tbak' \etf ^nfezlhg- ly ; andiaf evftr^' Bbkfh We heiai^ 'a dread-^ fni Noife'liMe fhlitidef, aiftl ffivi^^t^tlie of Fire after i^ the moft terrSifying tha^ eyerl fa^r. The iftfervah Oetwediiift* Belches, were about half a ^^^te^fbtbe" . more, others left fc Neither We khefe Piilfes 0/ Eroritionsdike^ fof# (bihe \«rer^ bvt fahit CoQvulSbns, \n H^*4ittU ekUptJconfiUDcd or exiMoguith^ V.as4 as lb] the Funnel. 1^t^< dt^, next N ^|^, bemg (ho» to, the WeQw^fd of the Blirnibg>lQand, f Qd the Fi]iit>e}.of it lying on the SOath Ude; we co^lft^or difcem^tne Fire there, a&;we <^ tiif;,$(gp9k in liie day when we were to tljc SqoUiward of it. ThisVnl- ouio lj£$ it| ithe Latitud9 (^ 5 deg. 3; niin, Scq^dit-and Meridtaoidiftance from ' ^pe St, Qe(frigei : three Htindred thirty two oiilesr Wfift^r 'The Eadkeipioft p^iOf NewGrnnes lies foftf niafsi to the Weft ward, of this Ttadt oi laai 3 and by Hydrc^[diers they are, tp|d(» .|ofiiU)g tocet]^ : But here I fpim4,{EB opening ancTpai&ge be* tween, with ; many Iflbnds; the laigeft o£ which, . lye on the North 0de of this l^aiTage or S^tirq^t, . The Channel is ve« C3F gpo4» Pp^^^l^ .the - Iflanda and the Lsmd to dbe ^<(^ard/ The Eaft part of NofiGifk^df Is, 'high fuldutooantainoiis, ending-^ tlffi- North-1^ rwith a lai|^ ProvBKxami ' which I mm^id King Wil- Um»s O^^ if^ hcHionr efi Jm prefent Ma- ^efty. We; fi|f7. fomfi S9)M1^ 00 it s and leaving < '4. f 'TTi/JXJ. . -UJCni ^•xn^i^rs Ikfifaps snJLJflMJb ^nyCfi^0f^X0%tSkx%itx 1 :%:/ ir./'X. ^,JS.kJi,a0Jk, ^^ ^rf%* \, JL ,m4 * j;fx/ir. S.w- J. «^, y^tn^i i^- // .:^v, //•///'// ///////>, /m. 'II f/L wwwsw^wM * ,A nexp Tajfagi. i/^y having it on our iJarboai'd fide, ^^KfA^^^^^i^ away near the^ Eaft Land 5 ^ which ends '■^^^^^^ «iridi two Remarkable Capes or Heads^ dUtant from each other about fix or feveo^ icSagues. Within each j^ead v^ere two tery remarkable Monntains^ afcending very gradually ifrorli the Sea fide 5 whidl afforded a very pleafant and agreeable Pfbfpeft. The Maui^inft and lower Land were plfeafantly mixt with VVood- Laiid and SaVaiinahs. The Trees ap? peared Very Green and Floqrifhing ; and the. Savannahs' feem'd to be very fmooth and even J No Meadoiv . in. England ap- pears more Green in the Spring, thad thefe. We faw Smoaks^ obt oi^ not ftrive to Anchor here .5 bujt rather chofe to get under oiie of the Iflands, (wh^rd I thought { Chould find feiv or no Inha-^ bitants^ that I might repair my Pinnate; which was fo crazy that I pould not ven-* ture afliore any where whh her. As we ftood over toithe Iflands, we look'd out very well to the North, but could fee no Land that way 5 by whidi I was well afiur*d that mc were got throueh, and that thi» Eift Land does not ;oy& to New Gmmtdi Therefore I named itN9V4 BrStdmnid, The North^VVeft Capa^ I called CMpe .Qhcejier^ and the Sbutfa^ Weft point Cape Jitiy $ and the Northt La. Well f 43 Nova Britannia. ^«;^7^-VVeftMounwhi/ which is very remark-* abti, I cairdAMoaot Ghiefhr. Thh Ifland which I eailed Niva BH- Unnik^ has aboot 4deg; of Latitude^ The Body t>f It tying in 4 deg. and tho Notthermoft part in 3 degi ^omia. and ike Southermoft in 6 deg. ;o min. South. It has about 5 deg. 18 tnin. Longitude from Eaft to Weft. *It is geheratiy h^, mountainoos Land, mixt with large Val* leys 5 which^ as well as the Mountains^ appeared vdry^ Fertile ; and in raoft f»aces that we faw, the Trees arc very large, tall ajoid thick. It is alfo very well inhabited wiilhi);rbng welKKmb'Sd Negr^es^ whom we foboid very daring and bold at (everal Plaoe* As to the produft of it, I know no ai^ than what I have faid in my Accounr of Port M^mtague : Bnt it is very protiafede this Ifland may afford a» Many ridt Goitimodities^ as any in the Worlds and ^6 Natives may hcedfH^ brought to Goittmerce, though l could not pretend to it- under my prefent Ctr» cumftanceSb Being near ^ Ifland to die Nortli- ward of the Vulc^no^ I fent my Boat to Ibund, thinking to Anchof befej bitt file returned and brou^d toe wofdtfiM they had no ground, titl they 'met whba RifFof Coral Bcocks about a mUefirem the %ore. Then I bore away to the North Tht'Gih^ of % Gukea. t/^g Nortfc fide df th^ Iflarid, wli6re We found ^"i^'^- no Anchc^Ag nekhef.' We faw feveral Peopfc, ated fotte Goeb-hub-Trees,- biat eoula not fend afho^fe ' fo): want of my Ptnuiac^ ivHidi was odt ^f order, f h the Evening t flood off to 8&a, to be at ttdi a diftanee, that f might not be driven by lihy Cuif eitit lipbn the Shoali of this I. iJaiid, if it (hould prove calm. - Wehad bat little Win^, efpeddliy the beginhihg of the Night i But in the Morning I •feiind rty ftif fe far to the Weft of the I- fland, that, theiVind being at Eaft-Southr Eaft, I coald not fetch it 5 Wherefore t Kept oh to thfcSotrthvs^aW, and fteram'd with the Body Of a high ifland about eleven or twelve Leagues long, lying to the Sodfliward of that whirh I before de- igned foir. I riamfed iBi iflind Sir Qtorgt jRw/^V iftahd. W6 aJfo 'ft W fomi ^"her Wands to thfe WeftWa^d 5 vfrhich- may be Better fc^n in toy bra^iit of theTe Laiids, than her* dfefcrffied. feat feeing a . v?ry fmall U Band lying to the North- Weft of the lon^ Ifland which wsis before wSi and not far from it 3 I fteer'd away for that 5 hoping to find Anchoting there: And having but littfe Wfcd, I ferit rty B6at before to found 5 whieh, when we Were about two miles mftahce'^^bm the Shore, came on board and brougjht me wt)rd that there L 5 ' was 4«j47§^ was., good Anchoring in thirty or fpityi z^^ Fathom Water, a mile from thp |(Ie, aod wiitiin a riff of the Rocks whi^h lay in a half Moon, reaching f rep the NcMth part of the jQand to the Sonth-^ft j So , (ft jpoon we got in and anchored in th|r- ty^iix Fathom, a Mile fxem i^e ifle. "- In the Afternoon I fent my Boat afhore ^o the Ifland, to fee what convenience there was to h^ul qur Veffcl afhore in order to be n^ended, and twhtther w6 fould catch any Fi(h. My Men in th^* Boat rowed about the Ifland, but could not Land by reafonof the Rpcks and a great Surge running in upon the Shore* We foun4 Variation here, 8^g« ssmiiv Weft, ' ■ , I defign'd to have ftay'd aoKMig thefe tflands till I had got my Pinnace refitted ^ but having no more than One IV^n whp had skill to work upon her^^ Ifawfhe would be a long time in repairing ^ (which was one great Keafon why I could not profecute my Dtfcoveries fur- ther :) And the ;Eafterly -Wwd^ : bping fat in, I found I fticjuld fcarqe, he able to hold my Ground. ^ > The 31ft in .{he Foreign yfe Ihot in between two v^fl^nds, l^mg/ about? four Leagues afqn4er ^ with intention to pafs b^Cvf^eep th^n* The Spiitherindft if a lojjg Ifland, with , ^ hig^ IM-P^ , W* ;- end? TheCaaft^ofN. Guinea* 151 end 4 this I named />«j Ifi^d. Thft ^700. Northernipft isTround hShlfland, tow^ "^^^ ering op ; with feveral Heads or Tops, fomcthing refembling a Crown 3 this I named Crm^nJfie^ from • its form. Both- thefe Idands appeared very pleafant^^ ha-<^. y}fl$ Tpots of green Savannahs m\iLt among the Wood-land : The Trees ap- peared very Green and Flourilhing, and fame of them looked white a^d full 0t BIolToms. We pafl: clofe by Crmm-Jfie 3 (aw many Coco nut-Trees on thp Bays; and the fides of the Hills 3 aqdone Bo^t; was coming off from the Shore, bqt re-^ turn'd a^ain. We faw no Smoaks 00 either of the iflands, neither did we fee* any Plantations ^ and it is probable theyr are Bot very well peopled- We fa -v ma- ny Shoals near Crawn-lflimd^ and. riffsi of Rocks runnipg off from the Points, a mile 'or more into the Sea. My Bo^t was once over^^o^^rd, with de%n to have fent her alhore j but having little Wind, and feeing fome Shoals, I hoifted her in again^^ ajid flood off out of dan^ gcr. , . ; v.; . In the Afternoon, fe^ag an iHaiid l^earing North- Weft by Weft, we f%ecjr*4 away Nctfth^Weft by North, to be to the Northward of it. The x^iit Mornings being about mid« way from the Iflands lyfl left y^fte^y, and ha^vinjj^tHi? to th? .'.••:•,; • L 4* ■ Wefir vi». 1700- Weft ward of iB t the Land df tlie Majn y^»^^ of-2Ve* QuitieA withhi us tty^Wic Sooth- ward, appear'd very l^i^. ''Wlicii wt; cacDc witibih Ibbr or five Leagues of this Ifland to 'tlie= Wefl; of Ds, four Bo^tscame off'- to- vfew ui 5 one catpe within call, but rettirn'd with the odier three withoot faking rp us ; So we kept on for the Ifland 5 which I named Sir JR. Rfch*s Mand. ft- Was pretty high, woody, anck^mixt with Savannalh's lu^e thofe for- iberly mentioned. Being to the North 0f it, we faw an opening between it and another Ifland two Leagues to the Weft of ki which before appearVi ail in One. The Main feembd to be hig^ liafftd, trending to the Weftward. • On Tutfdty the ad of Afrtl^ aboiit eight in the Nioibing, we difcovered a high peeked Ifland to the Weftward^J which Item'd to fmoak at its top. The next day ' Wp" paft by the NorthlSde oC the Burning Ifland, and ^w a Smoak again at its top ^ but the vent lying on the South fide of the Peck; we could not obferve it diftinftly, nor fee the Fire* j W* 'afterwards opened thre^^ more Iflands, aiid fome Land to the Southward, which we could not w^ll teH whe^er it were Iffands or part of the Main. • Thefe. I- (lands ar? all' |iiyj;fhlliof6ii;Tre9S.and fpocs of ^fr ^Sar^nytf \ ais weft A^ • f^ • Burn- fit^AJSjTV. 4A^»»M*^ iyw> w Mwy ^1. ^ VI iTtt^. l.W^W. dj^/X 'IS/, y^. /./, .r,i, il: ///im/'/illlili'Mliii ^.jr.^w^SX 4/:ijRyjX SJthJ,7Z ,//^.%^. S'U^i^ f X it/.kJ.^X. J, h. w BJi J,SJS.j^X S.fi/i,J7X ^J pWTOBB^aiKp Bgai^Mwroy^^ ^^''yjijiiiiliiiiiliJiliiwIil;,/^' ,///M\\\\^^^ A Spent. 15a Burning iHe as the reft 5 but the Burc^g^^iki^^o. Ifle was more round and peek'd at top»' ^'^ ' very fine Land near the Sea, and for two thirds up it. We alCo (aw another Ifle fending fcvth ^ &^^ Smoak at once ^ but' it foon vanifbed, and we faw it no more. . We faw alfo amopg thefe Ii]bnd» three fmall Vcffels with Sails, whicn the p^ple on. Nffva BritdttnU feem wholly ignorant of. The I ith at noon, having a very good dbfervation, I found my feif tg the Northward of my reckoning^ and thence; concluded that we had.a Current H^titi^ North- Weft, or rather more Wefterly, as tbe Land lies. From that time to the^ next Mornings we had fair dear Wear ther, and a fine moderate Gate from. Souui-Eaft to Eaft by North : But a.t day break, the Clouds began to fly, and it tightned' vet jf modi in.t^e. Eaft, Souths Eaft, and Nortfa-Eaft. At Sun-rifing, the? ^y Ibok'd very Red in tne Haft near ^e. Horizon 3 ^jpd there were niany plack' €lpudtbol;h tV th^ Southland North of^ it; AbdU^a kiiiarter difan h'oQr afj^en th^,*^ San was Ui^, there was. a SqjaaUtq the. Windward^ of US.; when. on a fuddenQne> df ouir Men, on. the Forc-c^ftle called out that tie fajvif .fptuethingf a-flem, but coiildl not ^11. ,wliat :. X loql&'d. out for, it, ancl igunediately faw a Spout beginning ta work i54i A^poHU tjkrss^^ Quarter of ar mile of us,; cx*^ y^j^^ Xn the Wind. ,^ Wq. prefeutly put: rfght before it- . ft came , very Xwiftly^;. wlijrling the. Wa^er. up in a Piltar about (ix br feven yar45 high. A$ yetl coul^^ not fee any . Peqdulous Cloud, from' -^heriije it might cpme j and was in hopes. it Wqtild fooh lofe its force* In, four or, five minutes t^me it came within a Cables. Jengfh of us, and paft awaty to Leeward^- apcl then I (aw a .lopg pale Strean?, com- ifigjdown to. ihQ J whirling .Water. This, Streaiti was about, the bignefs oC.a Rain^ bow; The upper end feem'd yaftly high,^ not: defqendirig 'from any dark Cfoud,. 4ii4\thefeforc the more ftran^e to me 5, i never having Teen the likp -before. It paft^bouta mile to Leeward c^.us, and thed *bfoke. This was but ft {\xe^\ Spout^^ fjot.ftrong nor taftingj yetjl'perceivcciT nluch Wind in it^ as it paft oy^^iw^ Thft Current ftilf continued at lNIoxth:Weft i little Wefterly^ which I ahov^*d to run a. mWtperhont. \ " By an obfeifvatiou tlje kith ijt noo%^ I found my fell" as min. to ^lie North-J ward of my reckoning 1 vi4iet|iejr occafiri dn'i by ba4 Stc'efage^ a bid idcpunt^ or z. Current, I could" not determine :: But va^ apt to )uag& it. might be a',c<^mp1icar^ ^on of all'; for I could not'tpin^l^ was! A Conje^uri concerning a mwFajfage. 1 55 Eaft by South, and Weft by North, or ^if^^fl^ little more Northerly and Southerly. We had kept fo nigh as to* fee it, and at £irtheft had not been above twentjic Leagues from it, but fometimes much nearer ^ and it is not probable that any Current (hould fet diredly off from a. Land. A Tide indeed may 5 but then . the Flood has the fame force to ftrike ia * upon the Shore, as the Ebb to ftrike off from it : But a Current muft have fet nearly along Shore, either Eafterly or Wefterly 5 and if any thing Northerly or Southerly, it could be but very little iQ comparison of its Eaft or Weft courfe^ on a Coaft lying as this doth 3 Which yet we did not perceive. If therefore we were deceived by a Current^ it is very probable that the Land is here disjoyn'd, and that there is a paiTage through to the Southward, and tnat the . Land ftoot King WiBiam's Cape to this place is an Ifland, feparatpd from Nem^Guinea by • fome Srreiglb!:, as Novd Brittanma is by that which we came through. Bur this being at beft but a probable conje&ure, I fliall infift no farther upon it. The 14th we pafled by SdoHtens Ifland and Providence jQ^indy and found ftiJI a very ftropg Cufr^nt, fetting to the Norths Weft. On the 17th wre ffw a high ^u^itain ott }t% MaiQ,, %t f?l?t for A greaf itf^ Whirl-Fool fi .4i!^7oo^grcat quantities of Srtioak fk)ttilts top ? ^'^^^'^ This VnlcAno we did not fee in our Voy- age out. In the Afternoon we difcovered King Wittidftts Ifland, and crowded all the Sail we cbuld, to get near it before Night 5 thinking to lye to th^ Eaftward of it till day, for fear of fbme Shoab Ihat lye at' the Weft*end of it. Before Night we got within two Leagues of it, and having a fine Cale of Wind and a light Moon, I refolv'd to pafs through Ml' the Night ; which I hop'd to do before twelve a-ddck, if the Oak continued ^ but when we came within 2 miles of it, it fell calm ^ yet afterwards by the help of the Current, a fmall Gale, and our Boat, we got thi'ough before day. In the Nig^t w6 had^ very fragrant fmell from the Ifland. By Morning'light w6 were got two Leagues to the Weftward of it $ iibA then Were becalm'd all the Motnfng^ aind met fuch whirling Ti^H, that wtten * we dame into them, the Ship tum'd quite rufid 5 and thciigh fomedmes we had s; fmall Gale of Wind, yet: (he could not fed the Helm when (he dime into the(fe ■ Whirlpools ; Neither could we get firoii amohgfl; them, till a brisfi: Oale fprung. up 5 yet we' drove not much any M^ay, but whirl'd round like a Top. Andthof^ Whirlpools were not ^clnHaht to oiiie |>lace, bat d^ve aboiit' -f^^bgely 3 and . fome- A The Coafi of N., Guinea* r 57 ^ametunes wc faw among them large ^« 70®-' riplings of the Water; like great Over- falls, makii^ a fearful Noife. I fent my Boat to found, but found no Ground. The 1 8th, Cape M^ho boreS. diftance mine Leagues. By which account it lies in the Latitude of 50 mia South, and Meridian oiftance from Cape St. George one thoufand two hundred forty three miles. St Johns Ifle lies forty eight miles to the Eafl: of Cape $t. George ) which being added to the diftance be- tween Cape St. George and Cape ALi^, imkes one thoufand two hundred ninety one Meridional parts ; which was the furtheft that I was to the Eaft. In rajf outward bound Voyage I made Meridian diftance between Cape Ma^o and Cape St. George^ one thoufand two hundred and ninety miles ; and now in my xei^ turn, but one thoufand two buwhrcd fbrty three 5 which is forty (even fiiort of my diftance gohig OQt This dif&«« rence may probably ^ ocGAOou'd by tb "y < ■< I ■ '» »i H a * ^tr^ . , ' . I . I , i . i I, I : f« " .i»i» ^ J l^^VSI c fci A h ■ V. the A^s relirris jfrc«r f /je Coa^ of New Ouinea. ^ d^p Channels Strange Tides, The Ijland Ceram , defcrifted. Strange Fowls. The Ijlands Bonao^ Bouro^ Miiacom- bi, Pentare, Laubana^ and Pb- toro. The faff age, between V^^' tare and Laubana. The Jfland Timor. Babap Bay. The Ijland Rotte. More Ijlands than are commonly laid' do'^n in the. Draughts. Great Currents. Whaled Coaji ^ New - Holland. The \ Try al-Rocks. The Coaft of Java. • Prince? file. Streights ojf Suttda* Thwart-the-way Ijland. Indian Froety and their Traffic k. . faj-i fage ihtoHgh the Streight. Arti- 'val itf%2itzy\^ ', » - ■« ■ . •.• . , :..■... .. . THE'Wiiia feetturig.,to indii^ jtq ^Kaft,' ai might be cxpefted a^r^ ding fo'me Seafon of th^ Yfar 5 \ rather ichoef i6o The Coafi cf N. Guinea. ite. 1700. chofe to (hape my Courfe as thefe Winds ^"^^ "^ would bcft permit, than ftrive to Vetnrn the fame way wecame 5 which, for ma- ny Leagues, muft have been igainft this ^fonfoon : Though indeed on the other hand, the dangers in that way^ .we al- ^ ready knew 3 but what mi^t be in this, by which we now propofed , to return^ we could hot tell. We were now in a Channel about eight or nine. Leagues wide, having a range of Iflands on the North (ide, and another on the South (ide, and very deep Water between, fo that we had no Ground. The 2 2d of April m the Morn- ing, I fent my Boat aftiore to an ifland on the North (ide, anH ftood. that way with the Ship. Thay found no Ground till within a Cables length of the Shore, and then had Coral Rocks 5 fo that they could not catch any Fi(h, tboi^h they faw a great many. They brot^ght aboard a fmall Canoa, which they found a-drift. They met with no Game afhore^ fave only oiie party-colour*d Parrakite. The Land is of an indifferent height j very Rpdiy,\yet doathed wicht^ Treei, whofe bare Roots run atoiig, upon the Rocks. Our People faw a Fotid of Salt Water^ but found no frefli, .Near this U fland we met a pretty (Irohg [fide, hat found neither Tide nor Curtoqt o€ 9t fome dUfauice. ^ Od Strange itdes. HW bn the 24th, being about twb Ij^&x^^^kJ^ from an Ifland to the Southward of lis^ ^^'^ we came over a Shoal on which we had but fire Fathom abd a half. We did not defctie it, till we faw the Ground Un- der us. In lefs than half an hour before^ the Boat had been founding iii ditcoloii^^ red Water, but had no Ground, We mann'd the Boat prefently, and tow'd th6 Ship about 5 aiid then (blinding, had twelve, fifteen and fcvehteen Fathorn; and then no Ground with our Hahd- lead. The Shoal was rocky 5 but irt twelve and iSfteen Fathom, we had oazy Ground. We found here very ftrange Tides; that ran in Streams, making a great Sea ^ and roaring fo load, that Mre could heai^ them before they came Within k niile of us. The Sea round about thetii feeb'd all broken, and tdfed die Ship fo that ihe would not anfwer her Ifelm. Thelb riplings cdmmonly lafted ten of twelve minutes, and then the Sea became as ftill and fmooth as a Mill-pond. Wt founded often when in the fiiidft of them, and afterwards in the ftaboth Water ; but fouhd ho Ground, neithef could we perceive that they dtove u^any way. ■ We hadin one Night Teveral of theTd Tides, that came moft of thetti firoDi thft VlTefti ^«;J7oo. vvcft 5 and the Wind b^»g from that ^^^ quarter^ wd commonly heard them a long time before they cante ; and foraetimes lowered our Top*failsi^ thinldng ft was a guft of Wittd. They w?re . of great length from North to Souths but their breadth not exceeding tVi^o hundred yards, and they drove a great pace ; I'or though we had little Wind to move ^Sy 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. The 26th, WQ faw the Ifland Ceraxfit 5 and dill met fome riplings, but much fainter than thofe we had the two pre- ceedings days. We fiiird along the I- liand X^raf^ to the Weftwatd, edging in withal, to fee if peradveinture we might find a Harbour to Anchor in, whfere we Blight water, trite the Ship, and fe- frt^burMea. Inthe MornSng we faw a Sail to the North of us^, fl:edring in for the Weft- end of Ceram^ As we Ukewife \wre. In the Ev^ing, bjBing liear the Shoie oh the N<>rth^fide of the Idand, Iftoodoff to $eg with an eafy Sail ^ intending to ftftjud in for the Shore ih the. Nforfaing, and try to find Anchoring, to fill Wa- ter, and got ^little "PiOiibr 'rbfrt^ffam^t. A Gilolo dniffAetJHtanis tstu^un it atul3o'uro w^Jt.4a^.^. ,*>'^ .7/tllll^V.\v^^■ ,>.>\> ■^•mi,„((j//////////,. t^'M&.^-\^^ ildill! liih'iiUJI^.^-.^^ eX Ths X/land Bpjojh J.X,h,S,^X ^j?y'>.4fi^X . . • The ijlafid Ceram. i6^ ftood in with the North- Weft feomt of .^n^nop^ €eram^ Jeaving a fmall Ifland, called Biwao^ to the Weft. The Sail we faw the day before,was now come pretty nigh us, fteering in alfo (as we did) between Ceraf^i and Bcmao. Ifliortned Sail a little for him 5 and when he got a-hreaft of us, not above two miles oft', I fent my Boat aboard. It was a Dntch Sloop, come from Terr 091 4ite^ and bound foir Amhoynn : My Men whom I fent in the Boat, bought five Bags of new Rfcel each containing about one hundred aiia thirty pounds, for fix Spitnijb Dollars. The Sloop had many rare Parrots aboard for Sale, which did not want price, A^ Af4%wr/r Merchant aboard, told our Men^ that about fix Months ago he was at Bencold^ and at that time the Governour either dyed or was kilrd, and that the Commander of an Englijh Ship then iri that Road fucceedcd to that Govern- ment. In the Afternoon, having a Breeze a| North and North-North-Eaft, I fent my Boat to found, and ftanding after her with the Ship, anchored in thirty Fa- i^otn Water oazy . Saiid, half a mile frotn the Shore, right againft a fmali River of frefli Water. The next Morn- ing t fent both the Boats afhore to fi(h| they returnTd about ten a Clocks witli a Mi few ^J 104 oirangz rowi^. An, 1700 few Mullets and three or four Cavallies, ^"•^^"^^"^ and fpme Pan-Fifti. We found Variation here, 2 deg. 1 5 min. Eaft. When rhe Sea was fmooth by the Land* winds, ivc Cent our Boats aftiore for Wa- ter ^ who, in a few turns, 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-lhot of each other, juft oppofite to the place where we rode : One comes right down out of the Coun- try 3 and the other from the South, run- liing along by the Shore, not Mufqaet (hot from the Sea- fide. The Nortncr- mofl: River is biggeft, and out of it we filled our Water ^our Boats went in and out at any time of Tide. In fome places the Land is overflown with frefh Water, at full Sea. The Land hereabouts is full of Trees unknown to us, but none of them very large or high 5 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 f mall Birds unknown to me One of the Matter's Mates killed two Fowls as big as Crows j of 9 black Colour, excepting that the Tails were z\\ white. Their Necks were pretty long^ one lo^ ^' ■' ' r > ••*» I ft point of Cerai», in fpite of the Na- tives. The next day, as we approached the Ifland Bouro ^ there came off from it a very fragrant fcent, much like that from iK^ipfg Wiltiams Ifland 5 and we found fo drong a Current fetting to the Weftward^ that we could fcarce fem it. We plied Itoget to the Soqthward, intending to pafs between Bouro atid KeeUftg, |n the Evening, being near the Week- end of Bauro^ we faw a Brigantine to the North-Weft of us, on the North-fide pf Bouro^ ftanding to the Eaftward. I would not ftand Eaft 'cm: Weft for fear of coming nigh the Land which was on each fide of us, viz. Bouri? on the Weft and KeeUng on the Eaft. The next Morning we found our felves iir Mid*d^.afinel be- tween both lil^ds 5 and having the Wind at South-Weft we fteer'd South- $outti-Eaft, which is right throu^ 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 ^t two ■or •I i ■^■^.0^ ^#//. ^mm^mmammmmmmm^mmma^^mmmm^i^mmmmmmm^mm^mmmmmmmmmmmmmmam^mmmmmJtm^^mi^ This IfL maJUfMuj' at l i^JUtnt ^ ^»iUt^^JULjBcntL-JhMifti dtyoA^jUk .',/,///////M/////////m s. nrf J. y Z-. ^^"^ ^^""^ *.>.y-r . Thuj JkiMfS fh4>jM,AiaA^9nrm%d 3ctM st fh^A^iSdunt^ &/////?;///■/////// .■/, .,/////yW////M'iM//iuiiLii,\<:\ .wwwx^oi-; ,.v -A .^\^^;^^^^^VvV^^V„ , ^^•K,.^\X, ... - ^ 1 , ■ . X.J. X. i S. t»X. ^m he ffffllmfg/iWniWfnWiwIiiww^^ \:yy,yy//^//y///^M'/. V///,//////. J.S.X7JC ^i-x. ix. '///./. . // '/;/ 1 /// ///////'////:. . X.\ ^^\ •>^':>^ >, A A ' v\v\v^\ ^.^\^^^^^■ ^,i^,itX, ''.,. iim.uiUhi or thvee Leagiles a-head of us. It is pro- ^>iv¥79<»^ bablc fee Hiet a ftfong Laod^wind in the ^^^'^^^'^^^ Evttiing, which continiiedl all Night ; (he k^ping nisarer the Shore, than I could fafely d6. She might likewife ha*e a Tide or Current (etting Eafterly, - where (he was 5 though we had a Tide fettii^ Nortbwaidly againft us, we b^iflg !h Mll-channdi Abojatelgfit Sit Night, the Brigantine which we faw it the day, came eiofe alotjg by us on ou^ Weather-fide : Ot* Guns were all ready before Nighty Matches lighted, and Imall Arms on the C^arterrpcck' ready loaden. Sheftahd- isg one way, and we another 5 we foon got forthef afunder. But I kept gdpd watch att tfee Night, add ih thip Mprnihg faw her a-Stern of us, ftanding as we didi At ten a Clock, having little Wind, I -feat Ae Yawle aboard of her. She was a Cbinefef Veffd, laden with Ricev Arr JFatk, Tea, Porcellane, and other Com- moditfcs, bound for A^hoyna. The Coaimander faid that his Boat was gpne afiiore for Water, and ask*d our Men if Aey faw her 5 for fiie had been wanting two or three days, and they knew not vllat was become of hpf. They had their Wives and CSiildren aboard, and probsiUy came to fettle at Lottie new « DH$€h l^zSfMf, The Co^nmander alfo M 4 informed •lull ^6% rhelfandWkci '^l}]^ mforiii'4 us, tliat the Diack had hitety r^^ fettled at AmftUo^ Marifpe^ Boh^, and pn a point of Ceritm. The next day vre paft out to the Southward between Kee* Xing and Bouro^ After this, we had for feveral days a Current fetting Soodieriy, and a great tuod^ling Sea, occa^cm'd more by the ftrong Current thaa by . Winds, as was apparent by the jumping of its Waves againft; eacb other ^ and by Qbfervation I found twenty-five miles mote Southing then our Courfe g^ve us. On the 14th we difcovered the Ifland Miftcomhy , . and the next day &tl'd 9longto the Weft on theNcnrthfiidle of the Ifland. In fome Charts it isic^ed Omh» ; it is a mountainous Ifland, jot- ted with Woods and Savannahs \ ^bout twenty Leagues long, ami fivp or. (he broad. We faw np ^p» of Inhabitants on it. We Ibll in nearefl^ to the Weft end of it ^ and therefore I chofe to pa(s on to the Weftward, intending to get through to the Southward between tnis and the next Ifle to the Weft of it, or between any other two Iflands to the We(^ where r (hould meet with the clejM'eft paiTage y becaufe the Winds were i^w at North-Eaft and Eaft-North-Eaft^ and, the Ifle lies nearly Eaftand Weft \ To thatif the Winds continued^ | might be \ long The Iflmd P^ntarc* j ^^ long time in getting to the Eaft end of it, ^^^2^ which yet I knew to be the befe paflageb ^'^^^'^ In the Night, beii^ at the Weft-end^ an^ feeing no olear paiiage, I ftood off with aneafieSail, and in the Morning had a fine Landrwind, which woald have car- ried us five or fix Leagues to the Eaft, i£ we had made the beft of it 5 but we keptf on only with a gentle Gale, for fear oiE*: a Wefterly Current. Iq the Morivn^. finding we had not met with any Current as we expe^ed ^ aflbon as it was lights we made Sail to the Weft ward again . After noon, being near the end of the Ifle PenUffe^ which lies Weft from Mifdcomby^ we faw many Houfes and Plantations in the Country, and many Cocornnt^Trees growing by the Sea fide. Wealfo faw fe vera! Boats failing crofs a Bay or Channel at the W£ft end of Mifacomby^ between it and Ptntdre We had but little Wind, and th^at at North, which blows right in, with a fwell rc^w-* ling ii\ withal 3 wherefore I was afriiid to. venture in, though probably there might be gpod Anchoring, and a Com- merce with the Natives. I continued fteeripg to the Weft, becaufe the Night before, at Sun^fetting, I faw a fmall round high Ifland to the We;ft of Pentarf^ ^here I expeded a. good faJQTaget We 170 Ithi ifland Fen^t^rci f!>v^ We could not that day reach the Weft ^^'^'^ wid of Pentare^ but (aw a deep Bay ta Ae Weft of us, where I thought might be a paffage through, between Pe»tar& and L4HbanA. But as yet the Lands were fliut one wirtiin an other, that we could not fee anv paffage. Therefore I orde- red to fail feven Leagues more Wefterly, afml lye by till next- day^ In the Morn- ing we look-d put for an Opening, but dould fee iKWie ; yet hj the diftance and bearing of a hi^i round Ifland called P^ I^Oy we were got to the Weft of the Opening, but not far from it. Where- fore I (ackVi «nd ftood to the Eaft 5 an^ riie rather, becaufel had reafonr to fup- po(e this to be the pafifage we caine^ through in the Cj^m# aep^ioiied inm/ Voyage round the World 5 but I was aot yet fore of it, becaufe we had rainy Weather, fo that we could hot now fee *he Land fo well as we did theft. We dien accidentaMy faw the Opening, at eur firft failing in with the Iflands^, which now was a work of fome time ^nd difficulty to difcoven However Jbe- fore ten a Clock we faw the Opening plain 5 and I was the more confirin'd in my knowledge of this p^fiTag^y by a Spit of Sand and twp inahds9t thejM4«.j 700. there whirle about very ftrangely, efpe- cially at Spring-tides, which were now fettinginj 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 Babgo before Night, or at leart to get fight of the Sandy Ifland at the entrance of the Bay 5 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 t^yo a Clofck in thirty Fathom Water^ foft oazy Ground. And the Morning after I fent my Boat a(hore with the Sain to Fi(h» At noon (he returned and brought enough for all the Ship's Company. They faw an hdian Boat at a round Rocky Ifland about a mile from them. On the 2 2d, I ferit my Boat aChore; again to Fi(h : At noon (he returned with a few Fi(h, which ferv'd me and my OflScers. 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 fome hanging up a drying, and fome C|paths; their Boat was about a mile off, fliriking Turtle. Our Men left all as thef found* i' 174 loe ijiana nmor. f^]2^ found. In the Afternoon, a very large Shark came under our Stern 5 I niever had feen any near fo big before. I pat a piece of Meat on a Hook for him, but he went a-Stern and returned ho more. About Mid* night, the Wind being pretty moderate, I weighed and ftood intb the bottom of the Bay, and ran over nearer the South Shore, where I thought to lye and water, and at convenient times get Fi(h for our rcfrefhment. The next Morning, I fent my pinnace with two Hog(heads and ten Barreccoes for Water 5 They retum*d at noon with the Casks full ofiVatcr, very thick and muddy, bat fweet and good. We found Varia-^ tion, 15 min. VVeft. This Aftemoon,findittg that the Breezes were fet in here, and that it blew fo hard that I could neither fiih nor fill Water without much difficulty and ha- zard of the Boat 5 I refolved to be gone, having good quantity of Water atloard. Accordingly at half an hour after two in thcf Morning we weighed with the Wind at Eaft by Sooth, and ftood to Sea^ We coafted along by the Ifland Rency v^hkh U high Land, fpotted with Woods ftfid Savannahs. The Trees appeared fmall and (brubby, and the Savannahs dry^tid rnfty. All the North-fide, has €sdadf Bays by the Sea» We faw no Houfes dor PlantjttioDi« The ram$Qft%eDrateghts. 175 The next day we crowd^ all the Sail f;^J^ we could, to get to the Weft of all. the Ifles before Night, but could not 5 for ' at fix in the Evening we faw Land bear- ing South- Weft by Weft. For here are more Iflands than are laid down in any Draughts that I have feen. Where- fore I waj obliged to make a more Weft- erly Couffe than I intendied, till I judg'd we might be clear of the land. And when we were fo, I could eafily pcfceivc by the Ships motion. For till then, be- ing under the Lee of the Shore^ we had fmboth Water 5 but now we h^d atron* bled Sea which made us dance loftily. THis turbulent Sea, wajs occa(k>n-d in part by the Current 5 which fettii^ out (lanting againft the WIik), was by It raifed into Cbort cockling Seas. I did indeed expeft a South- Weft Current liere^ but not fo very ftrong as we found it. Cki the 26th we continued to have a very ftrong Current fettmg Southwardly^ but on what point exaftly, I ktio^ not. Our whole diftance by Log was but ^gb« ty two miles, and 6ar difiterence of Lati« tude fince Yefterday-noon by obfeivati^ dn one hundred tniles, which is eighl^en sai]es more than the whole difhnee ; and our couife, alloWii^ no Lee-^v^^ ^t all, vvjs South 17 d^. Weft, v«(rhich ghtos4>ut ftsfvl^y €k miks'differeiice df Latitude, 17^ Strange CnrrinU. ^^^1^^ Latitude, twenty four lefs than we fobnd ^'^'^'^ by obfervation. I did expieft .(as haS been faid) vvc might toeet i great Cur- rent fetting to the South yefteirday, hey caufe there is a conftant Current fetting out from among thofe Iflands we pafs*d through between Timor and the Isles to the Weft of it, and, *tis probable, in all the other Openings between the Islands, even from the Eaft end of Java to the . end of all that Range that runs . from thence, both to the Eaft and Weft of 7$0for : But being got fo far out to Sea as we were, though there tnay be a very great Current, yet it does not feera pf o- bable to me that it (hould be of fo great ftrength as we now found : For both Currents and Tides loofe their force in the open Sea, where they have room to fpread 3 and it is only in narrow places, or near Head-lands, that their force is chiefly felt. Beiides in my o- pinion, it (hould here rather fet to thtf Weft than South 3 being open to the narrow Sea, that divides New-HoBand from the range of Islands before*menti« oned. The 37tli, we found that in the laft twenty four hours we had gone nin9 nules lefs South than the tog gave : So that 'tis probal:|Ie we were then out d£ the Southern Current, vvhich we felt .i fo Whales. 177 fo lAuch before. Wc favy many Tro- ;*^^^ pick-Birds about 1^. And Ifoand Varia- tion I dcg. 95 min. We{\. , On Jftne the ift, wc faw feveral Whalei, thcflrft we had at this time feeii bathe Coaft; But when W^ were here before, we faw nianyj at ^hich.time wd were nearer, the Shore than now. Thd Variation now, was 5 deg. 38 min; Weft. , ' . 1 de(ign*d to have made Nen> Holland in about the Latitude of 50 deg. and fteer'd Courfes by day to make it, but in the Night could not be fo bold 5 efpe^ dally iSnce we had' founding. This Af- ternoon I ftger'd inSoiith-VVeft, till fix i Clock i then it blowing frefb, and Night doming on, If fteer'd Weft-South-Wcft, till we had fortjr Fathom ; and thett Hood Weft, which coarfe carries albn^ Shore. In the Morning again ^oin fix to twelve I fteerM Weft-South-Weft, tb have made the Land ^ but, £ot feeing it» I /udged we were to the Weft of it. Her6 is very good Soundings oti this€k>aft; When we paft this way io the Eaftwardf, we had, near this Latittid? of 15^ de^. $0 min. thirty-dghi, Fathoin, aboul eighteen Leagues from the Land : But; this time, we (aw not th^ Latid.^ The Mett Morning I faw a gr6at many Sdattle* ""%bpiies, which was a figi^ iStai i^e. N were i^^ oreat Lvangf m we variation. ;<^«;j TOO. were not far frocn thel^md -AUp a ;reat many Weeds continually floating >y us. We fouwd the Variat;iatt increafe con- fiderably as we went VVqftiyard, For on the 5d, it was 6 de^. lo tmn. Weft 5 on the 4th, 6 deg. 20 mhi. and on tbe 6 th, 7 deg. 2C min* fhat Evening we faw (oroe Fowls like Men ef War Birds flying North-Eaft, as I was told 5 for I did not fee thqm, having been indifpo- fcd thefe three or four days. n&4tr4 4rtr.t^e-9>4}. .We bad ; ixit .. fintll . Winds tiH about thj^e a Citick, wfaeii it JDrdRbiied, and f wb» in good hopes Co pafs thiyoi^h before day t But at nme a Oook the Wit»l fell, and we got hvi Me. f was thes abreaft of 7Ziriri«-Me^ my, whtdiiF a pretty ht^ foog tfland^ hnt beibre eleven^ the Wnxi turned, and prefently afterward it fell calm. L was iheff abo»t /two Ifagpes from the (aid Jfttfid $ flti^d, luiving a ftcong Oonent a» g|u«ft i»s, be£t>iie idaf we wh^ (Inyen a^* Oaertt fenrorfiyejjeagpes, IdibttMoni* juig Vie had ^ dYind jk jibrth-NQrtii>- Witfk J ft kxik'd Uack and the mod tin- i^ed : $0 Ihat r atuld- totjoEpod;^ gift thfo^gh^ 4 tihenfore ftoodl toward lite; ?.«vii wore, smd at ten aocfaored in twenty^ four. Fath^nf Water, block bsdf QtolOMf i&BX IcBfpoi itoBi the Smfe, niflfe in the Evening. At' one in the M6mhig we weigH'd with a fine Land-wind at South«Soutn*lEafl: ^ but pre- Cently the Wmd coming about at Esft, we anchored:; for we commonly foond the Current fibttiing W«ft. llfiat anytime it tum'd^ it was fi> weak, thdt ft 4lid us \ little litde^oocL^andfl did not jthiak k falc "^"^ 1700. Co venture, through ..without a pretty '^^^^^^'^ brisk leading Gale ^ fw the panageis but narrow^ and I knew not what dan* gers tntight bp in the way, nor how the Tide fets in the Narrow, having not been this way thefe twenty-eight Years, and all my People wholly (Grangers : Wc, had the Opening fair- before us. While we lay bwe, four Malay- 4^ Vtoes came from the Shore, laden with Coco-nuts, Plantains, Bonanoes,; Fowls, Dqcks, Tobacco, Sugar, &c. Thefe wpre very welcome, and we pur^ chafed much^ refrefliment of them; At^ ten a Clock I difmifs'd allijhe Boats,, and weighed with the * Wind at North* Weft, At half an hour paft fix in the Evening, we anchored in thirty-two Fathom Water iu: a courfe fort of Oa^je. We were now paft the ifland Thmartthe^ vpay^ but had ftill one of the fmall lOands topafs. The Ti,de begun to run 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 air Night. At five a Clock the next Morning, the Tide began^ to flacken : At fix, I vveigh'd vyith the; Wind at South-Eaft by Eaft, a handfome Breeze. We juft v veather'd the Bnttoty 5 ^d fpundiag feveral times, h^d ftill be- N 5 tvvcen. 'f^^^ tvveen tlifitty and forty Fathom, ^ffkm ^^^ we were abreaft of At BmtdM, rktA it- bout two Leagues fro^ the Wefteriiibft point of Java, we hid thirty-fouf Fii- thom, fmaJl Peppery Sand. Yon majr either come between this ifland and Javtt, or, if the Wind is Nbrtherif , fon out between the Ifland Jimdrt-ike-»M and this laft fmall Ifland. The Wind for the; ifioft part befng at Eaft and Eaft by South, I was obl§ed to run over towards the Smmat^M Shote, Ibunding as I went, and had ftom durtV- four to twenty-three Fathom. In me ICveningI founded pretty quick, beklg %Qt near the Sumttrt Shore 5 and, firid^ Mlfe a durrent k^m% to the Weft, be- tween eight and nbe a Cfock we an' chored in thirty-four Fathom. Th« Tide Sex. to the Weft from feven in the Evefiihg to fevsn this Mpmingj and then, having a fmall Gale at Weft-South- Weft , f weigh'd and ftood over to the 7^«>» Shore. . In the Evening, having the Wind be- tween Eaft-North-Eaft and South-Eaft by Eaft, we could not keep off* the Jtma: Shore. Wherefore I Anchored in twenty feven Fathom Witer, abotit a teagite and a half off Siore. At the fame time we favy a Ship at anchor neat the Shore, about two miles to Leevvard of US. m. Wefbnnd theTidq^ letting to the /Ji^^ Wedward, and prefently after vvcAn^ (•VN> cfiored; it fellcahn. We lay ftill all' Nijght, ancf Tstvv manj^Fif es alhore. At' ffvc the nttit Morning, being jf^/jr the i ft, vvfe vvcigh'd and ftood to the North for a Sea-breeze : At ten the. Wind comrng out, rtack'cf and had a fine brisk Gale. The Shifr rve favv at anchor, vveigh'cl' alfb and ftood' after us. While we paft* by Ptdff Baty.t kept founding, ind had no Ifefs thani fourteen Fathom. The o* their SSfip comhlg after us with aH the Sail (he could make,. I (hortned Sail on purpofe that (he might overtake us, but flte'dfd not. A Rttle after five, I ajichoi^ red- in thirteen^ Fathom good oazy GrbOttd; Ajbout feven in the Evening;, the Ship that ibHovved us, paft by eloie under our Stern 5 die was a Ihtcb Fly- boat 5 they toTd us they came diredl^ly' from HoB^nd, and had been in their palTagp fix Months, It was now darfc,^ and tro Dutch'' Ship anchored within a' mife of u». I ordered to look oat fliarp in the^ Morning 5 that, fo foon as the Dutch Man began to move, we might be ready to follow him ; for I intended to make him ray Pilot in the Morning at half an hour after five^ we vveigh'd^ Ae Dut(}h Man being under Sail before j and vvt ftpod direftly after him. At N 4 eighty 1 84 S}t^igh*s ^^unda. i4«fi 2^0. eight, having but little Wind, I fent my ' "^^' goat aboard of him, to fee what News l^e had brought from Europe. Soon after, we fpied a Ship coming from the E^aft, plying on a Wind to fpeak yvithus, and (hewing EngUfh Cplours. I made a (ig- nal for my Boat, and prefently bpre a- way tawards hc^ 5 and bdpg pjretty liigh, the Commander and Super-cargoe came aboard, fnppoitng we had been the Tuff any Galley, which was expeded then at Batavia. This was a Country Ship, belonging to Fort St. George^ having come out from Bat dvid the day befoi;e, and bound to BmcoU. The Commander told me that the Fhet^^igdt was at An* choT m BdidvsA Road, but would not ftay there long : He told me alfo, that his l^jepy Ships commanded % Cap- tain Wdrrm were ftill in Indid^ but he liad been a gre^t while from the CicaSt and had not feen them. Efe gave me a Draught of thefc Streights, from the Button and Cdp to Bdtdvi^, and (hew'd me the beft way in thither. At eleven a. Cloc^, it being calm, I anchored in fourteen t'athom good oazy Ground* ' At two a Clock we weigh'd ag^n ^ the Dutek Ship bei;^ under Sail before, ftanding clofe to Mmfheters Illand.; but finding he could not weather it, he tack'd and ftood off a little while^ and then Arrival at BatiyiiL. iB^ thentack'd again. In the mean time lAtu lyoo.. ftood pretty nigh the faid Ifland, found* ^'^"^^^ ing, bat could not weather it. Then I tack'd and ftood ofF^ and the Dntch ftood . in towards the Ifland 5 and weathered it, I being delirous to have room Q&ough^ ftood ofF longer, and then went about, having the Dutch Ship foiir points under my Lee. I kept after him 5 but as I came nearer the Ifland, I found a Tide fetting to the We(l, To tha( I could not weather it. Wherefore at fix in the Evening I anchored in feven Fathom oazy Ground, about a mile from the I« (land: The Dutch Ship went about two miles further, and anchored alfo j and wc both lay ftill all Night, At * five the next Morning we weigh'd again, and the Dutch %ip ftood away between the lOiSLnd Csmhujes and the Main j but I could not follow, becaufe we had a Land- wind. Wherefore I went wiAout the- CamhuJJes^ and by nopD we faw the Shi {^ that lay at the Careening Ifland near BdtdviM. After the Land-wind was fpent,^ which we had at South-Eaft and Sou^h* $outh-Eaft } the* Sea-breeze came up at Eaft. Then we went about £ and the Wind coming afterward at Eaft-North- Eaft, we had a large Wind to ran us into B^^M Road : And at four in the After- cqion, we anchored in fix Fathoni fbf t =s, Qazs. CHAP, \%€ ^httSLyixRaacti * ' ' " * II II I ■ I ■ » I m il II A P. Vt T^be A. continues in Batavia-Ro/frf^ to fffit^ and to get Pfoc/ifions.. Englifh Ships then in the Koad^ JP^eparture from Batavia. "tomh^^ at the €i*pe of Good Hope. And at St. Helena. Arrivd at 4 ^ tjland cf AicenfioB. A Leak Sprung. Which being impoffibU' to he flopped ; the Ship is Icfi, hut the Men faved. They fna Waier upon the^ Ifland. And are: brou^ back to EngiandK.. WE found in Bntmna Road a great many Ships at anchor, moft Swtcb^ and bat one EngHflf Ship named tfie. Fteet'firigtt^ commanded by one Msny. We rode a little without ^cm all. Near the %ore lay a (font jfiink, and a great many fmall piz. Brigantines, Sloops and Mtlapm Proes in ^bondance. Afibon as I an'- chored, I fentmv Boat aboard the Fteep- i^k^t 'Wiilt orders to maice them ftrihe' tneic Bstavia K^MiH iS^ their Pendant, which was done Ibofi af' ^- < 700. ter the Boat went aboard. Then my^^'^^'^ Clerk, whom I fent ia the Boat, went ' . for the ^lore, as I had direSed him § t9 fee if ihe Government would anfwer my Salute ; But it was now near Night, anif he had only time to fpeak wit5 thcf S6$p-ba»dert who told him that the Go<' vemment would have anfwered my Sa- lute Mfith the fame number of Guns, fff had ^ced as foon as I anchored & hat .that now it was too lafe. In the Evto^ ing my Boat came aboard, and the mtiLt Morning I my felf went afBore, vifieeHt€b Ships alfo came in herje, and de- parted agaia befpre us* We had feveral reports concerning our Men oi War in India, and much talk conceniiiig Rovers who had cc^imitted feveral Spoils upon the Cdaft, and in the Speights of MaUc^ €M. I did not hear of any Ships fent out to quaCb them. At my firft coming in, I was told that two Ships had been fent from Amhjna in queft of me ^ which wa^ lately confirmed by one of the Skip* pei^^ whom I, by accident met with I^ei " ^ ' • ' He; Batavia Koad» 1 8p He told me thtj had three Ptotefts againft ^»;j7oo* me 5 that they came to FfdoS^ibuda on "^ ^ the Coaft of J>fe» GfAnea twenty-eight days after my departure thence, and iH^ent as far as tautens Ifland, and hea^ ring no further News of me, retuTn*d* Something Hkewife to this purpofc Mr. Merry^ Gomraander of the Fieet-frigdt\ told me at my firft arrival here ^ and that the General at BdtatfU had a Copy of my Commiffion and Infhruftions ^ but I look'd npbn it as a very "improbable While we lay here, the Dutch held feveral Confultations about fending foriie Ships for Enrppe fooner than ordinary : At laft the i6th of Otiober was agreed upon for ^e day of Saih*ng, which is two Months fooner than ufuaL They lay ready two or three days before, and went oot oh the loth. Their Names were, thfe Ofirefteen^ bound to T^aUnct 5 the Vapiheufifty for Enchiehouft 5 and the three CrMms^ for Amfterdamy commanded by dipper Jmcob Uncright^ who was Gimmadore over all the reft. I had by this time finifhed my bufinefs here, viz. fitted the Ship, recruited ray felf with Pravifioft, filled all my Water 5 and the! time of the Year to lie going for Eiirr^/c 4)tihg now £(t hand/ 1^ prepared to begone IV-' i- Accordingly i»n.'^co. AccordingJy wuhe lyA-of Osfohet*^ x/vv) at half ao hour after fix in th^ Morning, I weigh'd Anchor from Batavig, having B good Land-^ind at Sooth, aiad'hir Weather : And by the 19th at iibiQii, came up wkh the three DttAvit Ships be- lore'mentiohed. The 29th lof Nttiemhr in thQ Mornifl^ wc fatv a fm^U Ha^irfc flying about the Ship %\{\ '%» was qoifie tired. Then ftie nefted on the Misen* Top^it'Yard, .where we c»(d)'d fccr. It is probable (he was hlo^ys o^ £toni Madagafcar by the violent Northfirif Winds • that j^iog lie oigheft Unnd to BS. though diftastiiiear ob^ hundred itod fifty iLeiigHefi. The 30th of Djtioemh'^ wfi afrived at the C^ of Good fifpe ^ a^ deputed agajn on the i ith of Jdnndij 170?. A- |)out the end of the Month, •ffifi- Caw a- Ixifldaiice of Weeds QS Ef sind, fpread oat liouod ioto many BrMiches about Ih^ h^nei^ lof ^Mam FtQger. TiKy h»d in the middii^ a littlt Knob, no i^i^ser than the top of a Mans Thumb, Th^y were of a Smotriccolouf t, itnd the Branches, by thehr |iliaotpe& lA, the Water, feem'd to be more fioiplff than « The Iflstid ^f Afcenfion. i^ i yhaa GeUies, 1 have not fepn the like ^^^i^]^ hcfore. U^prNJ The -ad of February^ vifQ anchored in 5t* Helcn^tKoAAy and fet fail again from thence on the i gth* • On the aift vrt made the Ifland of Afccnfion^ and flood in towards it. The 23d between eight and nine a Clock, v^e fprung a Leak, which increafed fo that the Chain-pump could not keep the Ship free. Whereupon I fet the Hand* .pump to Work alfo, and by ten a Clock luck*d her. Then wore the Ship, and flood to the Southward, to try if that would eafe her ^ and then the ChaMb- pump juft kept her free. At five the next Morning we made Sail and flood in * for the Bay ^ and at nine anchored in ten and a half Fathom, fandy Oround. The South-polfM: bore South-South- Weft diftance two miles, and the North-point of the Bay, North Eaft half North, ,dU (l:ance two mik^* As foon as we zx> chored, I ordered the Gunner lo olqar his Powder-room, that wc might thei» feaidi for the Leak, and endeavour to flop it within board if polHbile ^kkx we could not hoel the Ship fo low, it being within four ftreaks of the Keel 3 neither was there any convenieiit place to ha^/i herafhore. Jordesed the Boaifwain^jto aflifl the weee ail eni- *■ ploy'4, pottiii^ with to(th Pumpt 5 except fneh ^b aififted tHe QtrpestetV ' • Mate: About one in Ae Afternoon K *6nt down tgMn» in4 the ; Carpenter** Mat^ r!.ft6pping.tlis «MeneeoC the Watfefi <)cfcre he cut aof. f oithec ^ for l^rlt &«iBld'over-|](6iiirerrti3 at onset I hadalr^dyv^rdefed rihe iGa^)efiterc toi bring all thi^ Oakam (he; -Ml and tfifc' Boatfwain-tolwiflg all thd wafte Goathti to ftuff in uj30d ocraiionD^'^ifid Had for thef fanw porpofe fenr idown' my own Bed-doatht.; The Carpemer!s Mate fasi he ftioald wahr Ihort Stantions, to be placed fa thtft the upper^nd (hoidd touch the ' Deck, andrthb undcr-part reft on what > was laH ; twer the Leak 5 and- prefentiy Took a len^ for theftw I ask'd the-; Msfter-Carpeatiir what fhc thought bcft ■ to be ddnc iMe rcjpiied, till the. Ledk was all opeft!, he irould not -tcli. Then he wem. away to make ai . ' K . d :'.! . . Stantiori, hin!i)tci tnaks; iittijjr tif ifeirmi^ teogHis^ tjlitt w6 n%jUt obt \vatQilnoC.«ny;.fiz4i ^ icmos -aias'drd^fiSII, tlie G«ir)M«ter's Wate to itife isli nftnoft^ etiddafvourSt I iirat -Q|i^.>le3rfin| :thm{%iat6valb trnd fiifne )otnmq 4hb)^ - ftbsNitjifiye. a G«>di the Bd>itr)8^&tn«t!ime %Q!mA) wA.t^A «i3 the isak.: vat. .:ii!iafear4d,t r^ni that it «j$ irii^rafiilHe to fee^:til$:VSfai{^ «bdve Wrftor^Jvelien ron theosolilidf^,' I tac- |Ma#d to: h«fe< hahl. ihedlf}^ r<>f Ifae beafcV {jeingidb^h ir pcetfeollf ' M^eiili^ llowliv Irdd fobod tW T^iiobir tot annf^ |)at loolfa^ ID. re«idttiefr.<;!lQi^ Owm no. i|iyi|^ tlielkwtfwaln.cafiie.fojQe, apd ipld .jn^ .diat.tbp iteakri^lt jpiitfteafed^ and mat die Plank was To rotten, .it Ibsalie r^vi^: lt|e.Cilir£« aad .tliac ^ip^ it^wat >ifnfK)^e ^> 4a«»: jlie ;$lMp,i S(itvkt rf9iot^d.a(Qit^coQie^ iite4«al;,Jteou:i^the ifiiiigt M ithie Hoom .waS:^qt Above k: ,7he ken-pir : itbe Jl^ig^t .we jf|ie^;in puiv- jjil^)ai)4.fiNH&g. i>wocked % .(elf , 'to .^mcpiK«B\iDK ^^* «fbO'^ere vcey diUr jl^^rojitt^ WaterilillqM^ceas'iT, .«)d .-me \stQ9r ; tluMight . oif ,iiotbing,{»at r&viflg .onTrL^ sWfeercfofC'l hoi9»d.Qdt the O a • Boats tp6 Jhe Ship loft. w«rt.i7po.;feo3ti that, il theSl^ip'ftioui(j'(«ik,yet '^"'^^^ we might bf faVed : - ' Aiid; in' i^t Wfonj- ing we A<'e5gfie^ our AtKhbV^ -and waif p'd In nearer the Shore i yet di4l)ut little good. : . . • ' , " - ; In th6. Afternooii; , w&ft ^he help of a Sea-breeze; Iran into ftvefi'ftthoifn, and Unchored' ; then carrfed' X finall AnHibr 'afhore, "antl warp'd jri tiU i daffle mto thfee ft flibm in4 a t»alf. ^Ifbere liavang faftned her; t made a7oo. the Tm\t werd fddasM dg»i[i. (fefe w«^ ^^^^ cofldttued without kiih$ atif offier Sl^ eteven dail to WitidN^ai^ if^^Iik^ : But they llkewife p&j^ by. The Dliy ifttr lappeaf'd' foitf Sbll, which ' : Wsfer Jftttid i^, . '^ Babao « Timor; 4fit |8 Batayia, irrivi^t^ere,. 'Jj Sirdt, /r4f,ge. .7.4. 95, 99. J64 Bowo Ir/<»i* "I Britannia., nova. ^^7,' H» Q ^ Jiirrf, The INDEX. Bird IStrMftge] kiffd on the C*«^*/New ' Guinea'. , ' — -9^ Another BHrning-hUnd deferi^, 145 Caldhdjh' trees. 'T '-. . 7<^ CaUUloo^ Herk 7? CMa-fiJiuU^Tree defcrib*d. „ (5^ Cape Orford in New Guinea. * 131 CapGLof Good Hope in New Guinea, i 09 paves (Anth.) Zr/n^W. 124 its Inhabitants. 12$ ,Cape, King William'^v-. 14^ C^/e and Pi?r^ Gloceftei;* v H7t H^ Cdpe Ann. ; ,v,\ « 1 47 -Ceram ///^/r^, defcrik% \ [ 102 Channe], a deep one. 160 pccale. Port. • 6j Cockles, very big. 7.5, 1 04, 1 06 ' Cochk-merchant ^ d Fijbk . 75 Cockle- Island on thei iCo^ . of, N^w Quy ' nea* . ... .'.104 Copang-bay m Timor- ^ 46^ 58 Crofs Island. v.. 2^, .?7> ?8, 47 Grown Island y difcoverd^ an4 ' Parlf w>itk the/iij \^ *Pteir fufpiciou efthe A. 50, &e Praugbts, (Dutch J their fMlfenefi. iy\ rx IT. '9. 54i 90, III, 175 Putch Fort cdS'd Concordia. 21, 5© Ende, hUnd, ' V. t 8j Fitter IsUud %'trees ofTmot ^firth'd 70. Ptjb'y firgtige g G • . ■ '• Ostnet Dennis hUftd InbabitMtttsdefcribed' Gelly fouttd in the Sed George fStJ Cape W Bay ht fi^ Guinea. ' ^^^ Another Bdj j^2 TAr ittbgbitMts there Utd. -A Urge Account of the Author's jtl 121 122 190 tempt ot trade veith them 13&* • 137, &c. New Guinea CoMJt, ' 9^ Ifthdtttntf 97* »oo, 117? &c. f?^ Tkif mani/er '«f fifift^g • ^^ The Anther dipartf fromK&S mV)^ % Indian FtMtMtion on the Iitdffd'Tiwot ladhnProes, if/d their Trafick i9o John*> C50 J'^'W'* **^ f K. • I Laphao »» Timor .. . ^2 iaubana Ir/rf»rf ^7o Leak fprnftg, inefirdite : :i^ m* li^rsiptuca • ^ ML 7fbtinn^% ■i«\ M^C^ / * |09 MaaflieterV /4/4»4 4&I Mitthias'lfiMuI' x^a Kfi&combjr Ji^iiml i^Q [ague Ptrt im Kew Gomea '14a Ti9 CmmtTf tBendMs defirik'd, ^ N. Mew Qiiines^ ySr Goiaea NovaBrftam& 147^ 148 • . * * . P. • * > ... Pdmr-tnes ffTimar defirilM ft Pnpgty s mm Me cmjeffmnd 4, 155 A mm me tUfinmd 19, 146, Sec ^»rfj hhB tie Ptrtwpiett at Tinor 40, ^ N ;• r . • • &c i^/«Mi«r/; tmfiruJtfefih'd /• *^': . Pidgcons, 0) *- ^ ThelliNDEX. Pidgeons, grett Numiert of them m tU Coijt efNew Gviaa. lo; Porta-nova ' 6% 9tovideace I/Had lu Wnces Ijle ■ . lyg PUlo Sabuda /y?e 97 l>aloBal)y ' i8j r-'\. ■'■■. -R; ■,■■•■ ■ • Sitn-n (the A^i) to England - • 19J Rich's (Sir R.) Ifltnd 15a Rmgi/ii-Uri 74 L Rook's C&V George) I/mJ 149 Rotee \Jlai ," 19, 174 'RiofeiMryI/?«w