tyfij. fcribed. Thefe birds appeared to have been blown off fome
■ oa°btr-, jfland to the northward of us, that is not laid down in the
/«day 18. chartSi
Tuefday 22. The needle continued to point due north till the 23d,
when, at fix o’clock in the morning, Grafton’s Ifland, the
northermoft of the Baflié Iflands bore fouth, diftant fix
leagues. As I had defigned to touch at thefe iflands, I flood
for that in fight; but as the navigation from hence to the
Streight o f Banca is very dangerous, and we had now both
a fine morning and a fine gale, I thought it beft to proceed
on our way, and therefore fleered weft ward again. The
principal of thefe iflands are five in number, and by a good
obfervation Grafton’s Ifland lies in latitude 21° 8' N., longitude
118° 14' E. The variation o f the compafs was now
t0 20' W.
Thurfday24. On the 24th, being in latitude 16° 5 9 ' N., longitude
1130 T E. we kept a good look-out for the Triangles, which
lie without the north end o f the Prafil, and form a moft
Wednef. 30. dangerous fhoal. On the 30th, we faw feveral trees and
large bamboos floating about the fhip, and upon founding
had three and twenty fathom, with dark brown fand, and
fmall pieces of fhells. Our latitude was now 7° 17' N., lon-
Thtmday3i. gitude 104° 2 1 'E .; the variation was 30'W. The next day
we found the fhip thirteen miles to the northward o f her
account, which we judged to be the effedt o f a current; and
Saturday i. on the 2d of November, we found her thirty-eight miles to the
fouthward o f her account. Our latitude by obfervation was'
3° 54 N., longitude 103“ 20'E. We had here foundings at
forty-two and forty-three fathom, with foft mud.
Sunday 3. At feven o’clock the next morning, we faw the ifland o f
Timoan, bearing S. W. by W. diftant about twelve leagues.
As Dampier has mentioned Pulo Timoan as a place where
fome
fome refrefhments are to be procured, I endeavoured to:
touch there, having lived upon fait provifions, which were 1— ----
n . 1 1 . , Sunday 3.
now become bad ever fince we were at Tinian; but tight
airs, calms, and a foutherly current, prevented our coming
t o an anchor till late in the evening of the 5th. We had T u e fd a y s .
fixteen fathom at about the diftance o f two miles from the
fhore, in a bay on the eaft fide o f the ifland.
The next day I landed to fee what was to be got, and Wednef. s.
found the inhabitants, who are Maylays, a furly infolent fet
of people. As foon as they faw us approaching the fhore,
they came down to the beach in great numbers, having a
long knife in one hand, a fpear headed with iron in the
other, and a creffit or dagger by their fide. We went on
fhore, however, notwithftanding thefe hoftile appearances,
and a treaty foon commenced between us ; but all we could
procure, was about a dozen of fowls, and a goat and kid.
We had offered them knives, hatchets, bill hooks, and other
things of the fame k in d ; but thefe they refufed with great
contempt, and demanded rupees: as we had no rupees, we
were at firft much at a lofs how to pay for our purchafe;
but at laft we bethought ourfelves of fome. pocket handkerchiefs,
and thefe they vouchfafed to accept* though they
would take only the bell.
Thefe people were of a fmall ftature, but extremely well-
made, and of a dark copper colour. We faw among them-
one old man who was dreffed fomewhat in the manner o f
thePerfians ; but all the reft were naked', except a handkerchief,
which they wore as a kind o f turban upon their
heads, and fome pieces o f cloth which were fattened with a
filver plate or clafp round their middles. We faw none of
their women, and probably fome care was taken to keep
them out of our fight. The habitations are very neatly
built