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*?%• this notice, fever'al offers were made,hut none that I thought
■_ ^ L-1' j reafonable ; which determined me to purchafe a fin all
fchooner in the road, that was 34 feet long; for which I
gave 1000 rîx-dollars, 'and fitted her for féa, under the
Refource. As]thé co’afbof
Java is frequently infefted with fmall piratical veffels, it was
neceffary that we fhould be provided with the proper means'
“o f defence. In This I was affixed by the friendlhip of Mr.
Wanjon, who fupplied me with four brafs fwivelk 14 ftand
o f ffoaff-arms', and
have as- à foah, oo-be returned* a^ Steatvia.
jniy lo. On feeToth- of July, I had1 the'misfortune to fofeMr.
David-Neff^r-he died bTan'iùffamrnatory fever.- TheTbfè'
o f this honeft man 1 vérymueh lamented : hé had', with
great tare and1 diligence; attended ho the 'objedi* for which
he was font, and had' always been ready tô forward* évêry
plan- that was propofed, for the gddd of the' fiWfoè in
- which we were engaged. He was not Jefo uféfufTû* our
voyagn hither; in the cbinrfe o f which hé-gâve me gréât
fatfefaéticrï, by the patience and fortitude with which hé
côndu€ted hitofêlï.
jaiy. 2i. July lift* Thifc day, I Was ertrployêd attending the funeral
df ‘ Mr. Nelfon. T h e ’ corpfe was earned- hy twèlvé
. foidiers dfeff in black, preceded'by the miniffer ; hèkt followed
myfelf and thé fecohcf governor ; then ten gentlemen
o f the town and" thè officers of the flfips in the harbour ;
andafter them mÿ own officers; and" people.
After réadiffgWf huriar-fervi<*eV th‘d hddy' Hÿas ihterred
behind the chapel, in the < burying-ground’ appropriated
to the Europeans of the town.’ I'was forty 1’ cpprd g^t no
tombftbrfé’to dlace ovèr. his remains.;
This
T H% lS 0 U T H t S E A S/- fee.
This was the fecond voyage Mr. Nelfon had undertaken
to the South. Seas, having been font out by Sir Jofeph
Banks, to collect plants, feèds, &c. in Captain Cook’s laft
voyage. And now, after furmou&ting fo many difficulties,
and in the midft'of thankfulnefs for his deliverance, he
was called upon'to pay the debt o f nature, at a time leaft
expected.-
* Our fchooner being victualled and ready for fea; on the
abth of Auguft, 1 took an affectionate leave of the hofpi-
table and friendly inhabitants of Coupang, and embarked.
In the afternoon we failed, having the launch, which had
fo much contributed1 to-our prefervation, in tow. We exchanged
falutes with the fort and fhipping as we ran out of
the harbour..
Thé town o f Coupang is fituated in a great hay, which
is an excellênt'rbad for fhipping. The latitude o f the town
is io° iT ’S. According to the Dutch charts, it is in 1210 51' E
longitudes. Taking the mean.-between the longitude by my
reckoning- on our af rival at Coupang, and the longitude.af-
terw&rds 'calètüated from our run to Batavia, gives me for
the ldUgitiMeuf Coupang 1240 41'' E.
_This fettlement'Was formed in the year 1630, and is. the
only *<one the Dutch have on the illand Timor.. They have
réfiderits in different- parts of the country.' On thé north
fide of Timor, there -is a Ifof tugüèfe fettlement. The produce
óf the ifland is Chiefly fandal wood and bees w ax :
the former articleds now fcarce. Wax they have in great
plenty. The beésfbfiild their Hefts in bufhes, and. in the
boughs of trees, to which the natives cannot approach but
with fire. The honey is put into jars, and the wax is run
into blocks of three feet in length, and fromja to 15 inches
fquare. T h e natives, at leaft thbfe who live in the neighbour-
I i hpod
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