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On the 19th they faw Pulo Sapota, diftant about three or four leagues. And
the next day defcried Pulo Condor; but not being able to reach the harbour that
night, they ftood of and on till the morning, and in the forenoon came to not
far from the fame fpot where Dampier had anchored.- Wood being an article
they could not procure at Macao, a party was fent on ihore to cut fome.,
Among a variety of other trees, they fourtd the wild-nutmeg in abundance,
but the nut was totally void of fmell and tafte.-
The day following they bought three or four fiiih of fome o f the natives who
had been fiihing: one of them was ihaped much like a dolphin, the others
were of the Albecore tribe, but marked or ftriped on the back and fides with
a blackiih blue colour.
The chief man of the ifland, or the Capitapa, as they called him, came on
board in the courfe of the day. He, as well as the reft r,of the native^, were
very poor and ragged. Every one wore turbans confifting of an old. dirty
piece of cloth, and chewed betel and areka. All the proviiion they could procure
here were a few buffaloes, and fome cabbage trees.
The 28th they made, fail, and, when out of the harbour, ihaped their courfe
for the Straits of Banca; and on the 3d of February faw the Seven Iflands and
Monopin-Hill, which are lituated near the entrance of them. They here
found the heat very troublefome, the thermometer riling as high as ,84 degrees.
That part of the Straits which is formed by Sumatra is, low, and covered with
trees to the edge of the water, the whole forming to: appearance an impenetrable
wood.
The 7th they anchored off the Ifland of Cracatoa. The next day ihootirtg
parties went out, but met with nothing worth notice. The inhabitants, who
were all dreffed in the Malay fafliion, behaved with civility. This ifland is
governed by a Radja, who is fubjeit to the Court, of Bantam. The town,
which confifts of twelve of fourteen houfes, elevated upon pofts, is iituated
on a pleafant fpot, about half a mile from the ihore, and furrounded with trees
of various kinds, among which were the cocoa-nut and plantain trees,- the
latter the largeft they had yet feen. .,
The Whole ifland produced variety of trees, and appeared covered with wood
which afforded a fine retreat for the birds, many of which were remarkably
beautiful. Infers alfo, particularly of the butterfly kind, were exceeding
%umerous. ®
Having taken in their ftock of fpirits, they proceeded to Prince’s Ifland
where they ftaid three or four days; and having bought fome bad turtle
monkies, hog-deer, and fowls, made the beft of their way to the Cane of
Good Hope. r
Here they arrived without meeting with any material incident during their
paflage; and about the middle of May failed for England; in September they
made the Orkney Ifles, where they were detained near a month by contrary
winds; and on the 5th of Odtober anchored at the Nore, after an abfence of
iour years and near three months.
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