January £ave h im a lette r o f recommendation to the Commanders
< o f any other fhips that might put in h e r e ; to which he
added a handfome prefent. He likewife gave him a letter
fo r the Biihop o f Adran, together with a telefcope, which
he begged might be prefented to him as a compliment for
the fervices he had received, through his means, at Con-
dore.
T he harbour at Pulo Condore is in latitude 8° 40' 00" North.
Longitude, deduced from a great num )
ber o f lunar obfervations, - J 10 6 18 4 6 Eaft.
Dip o f the North pole o f the magnetic )
needle, - - - \ 2 1
Variation o f the compafs, - o° 14' Weft.
H igh water, at the fu ll and change 7
o f the moon, - - \ 4 16" apparent time.
From this time the water continued for twelve hours,
without any vifible alteration, viz. till 161 15" apparent time,
when it began to ebb j and at 221 15" apparent time, it was
low water. The change, from ebbing to flowing, was
very quick, or in lefs than 5". T he water rofe and fell feven
feet four inches perpendicular; and every day the fame
whilll we continued there.
C H A P .
C H A P . XI.
Departure from Pulo Condore.— Pa/s the Straits of Banc a.
— View of the I f and of Sumatra.— Straits of Sunda.
— Occurrences there.— Defcription of the I f and of Cra-
catoa.— Prince’s Ifand.— EffeEls of the Climate o f Java.
— Run to the Cape of Good Hope.— TranfaElions there.
— Defcription of Palfe Bay.— P.ajfage to the Orkneys.
— General RefleElions.
ON the 28th day o f January 1780, we unmoored; and,
as foon as we were clear o f the harbour, fleered South
South Weft for Pulo Timoan. On the 30th, at noon, the
latitude, by obfervation, being 5° o' North, and longitude
104° 45' Eaft, we altered our courfe to South three quarters
Weft, having a moderate .breeze from the North Eaft, ac-
.companied by fair weather. -At two in the morning o f
the 31 ft, we had foundings o f forty-five.fathoms, over a
bottom o f fine white fand ; at which time our latitude was
4° 4' North, longitude 104° 29' Eaft, and the variation o f the
compafs o '.3.1' Eaft.
At one in the afternoon, we faw Fulo Timoan ; and, at
three, it bore South South Weft three quarters Weft, diftant
ten miles. This ifland is high and woody, and has feveral
fmall ones ly in g off to the Weftward. At five, Puls Puif-
fang was feen bearing South by Eaft three quarters Eaft ;
and, at nine, the weather being thick and hazy, and hav-
V o l III. 3 O . i n g
I780.
February.
Friday 28.
Sunday so,
Monday 31.