1 78 0. ing out-run our reckoning from the e ffe ii o f fome current,
• Jm“ary' . we were clofe upon Pulo Aor, in latitude 2° 46' North, longitude
104° 37' Eaft, before we were well aware o f it, which
obliged us to haul the wind to the Eaft South Eaft. We
kept' this courfe till midnight, and then bore away South
South Eaft for the Straits o f Banca.
. February. On the 1 ft o f February, at noon, our latitude, by obferva-
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tion, was i° 20 North, and the longitude, deduced from a
great number o f lunar obfervations taken in the courfe o f
the preceding twelve hours, 105° Eaft. At the fame time,
the longitude, by Mr. Bayly’s time-keeper corrected, was
103° 15' Eaft. We now fleered South by Eaft ; and, at fun-fet,
having fine clear weather, faw Pulo Panjang; the body o f
the ifland bearing Weft North Weft, and the fmall iftands,
ly in g on the South Eaft o f it, Weft h a lf South, feven leagues
diftant. Our latitude, at this time, was 0° 53' North.
Wednef. 2. On the 2d, at eight in the morning, we tried for foundings,
continuing to do the fame every hour, till we had
palled the Straits o f Sunda, and found the bottom With
twenty-three fathoms o f line. At noon, being in latitude,
by obfervation, o° 22' South, longitude 1.05“; 14' Eaft, and our
foundings twenty fathoms, we came in fight o f the little
iftands called Dominis, which lie off the Eaftern part o f
Lingen ; and which bore from North 62° Weft, to North, 80°
Weft, five leagues diftant. At this time we palled a great,
deal o f wood, drifting on the fea ; and, at one o ’c lo ck ,'w e
faw Pulo Taya, bearing South Weft by Weft, diftant feven
leagues. It is a fmall high ifland, with two round peaks,
and two detached rocks ly ing o ff it to the Northward. When
abreaft o f this ifland, we had foundings o f fifteen fathoms.
During this and the preceding day, we faw great quantities
? o f
o f a reddifh coloured fcum or fpawn, floating on the water,
in a Southerly direction. ’ '
At day-light, on the 3d, we came in fight o f the Three T h u r fd a y 3.
Iftands ; and, foon after, o f Monopin Hill, on the ifland o f
Banca. A t noon, this hill, which forms the North Eaft point
o f the entrance o f the Straits, bore South Eaft h a lf South,
diftant fix leagues-; our latitude, by obfervation, being i°48'
South, and longitude 103° 5' B a f , the foundings feventeen
fathoms, and no perceivable variation in the compafs.
Having got to the'Weft ward o f the ihoal, called Frederick
Endric, at h a lf pall two we entered the Straits, and bore
away to the Southward; and, in the afternoon, Monopin
H ill bearing due Eaft, w e determined its latitude to be 2° 3'
South, the fame as in Monf. D’Après’ map, and its longitude
105° 18' Eaft. At nine, a boat came o ff from the Banca
ihore, and having rowed round the ihips, went away again.
We hailed her in the Malaye tongue to come on board, but
received no anfwer. At midnight, finding a ftrong tide
againft us, we anchored in twelve fathoms, Monopin Hill
bearing North 290 Weft.
On the 4th, in the morning, after experiencing fome dif- Friday 4.
ficulty in w eigh ing our anchors, owing to the ftiff tenacious
quality o f the ground, we proceeded with the tide down the
Straits ; the little wind we had from the Northward dying
away as the day advanced. At noon, there being a perfeét
calm, and the tide making againft us, we dropt our anchor
jiy thirteen fathoms water, about three miles from what is
called the Third Point, on the Sumatra ihore ; Monopin Hill
bearing North 54“ Weft. The latitude, by obfervation, was
2° 22' South, longitude 105° 38' Eaft. At three, in the afternoon,
we weighed and flood on through the Straits with a
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