17*8.
March.
ana a half to fix fathom. At four o’clock the Ifland Lufepara
bore North 88 deg. Eaft, diftant fix miles, and the extremes of
the land to 'the Southward, South 65 deg. Weft. At eight o clock
Lufepara'bore North 14 deg. Weft. We had foundings in four
fathom'water, over a muddy bottom.
Being clear of the Straights of Banca, we flood on during the
night, -the -weather cloudy, with conftant lightning.
During the forenoon of the 4th, we had foundings from fix
to nine fathom water, over a muddy bottom. From this to the
6th we had little variety 5 the weatherwas extremely clofe. and
fultry, the thermometer frequently 92 deg. Light baffling winds,
with intervening calms, frequently obliged us. to let go an anchor.
Our latitude at moon on -the 6th, was 4 degrees 17 minutes
South.
At fix o’clock in the afternoon of the 7th, we faw the Sifters,
bearing South Weft -by Weft,' four leagues diftant; foundings
eleven fathom over a muddy bottom. At noon on the. 8th, the
■ Sifters bore South 40 deg. Weft, fix miles diftant, and the high
land on the Sumatra ftiore. South 41 deg. Weft 5 the latitude 4
deg. 55 min. South. Soundings from eleven to thirteen fathom
water, over a muddy bottom.
At fix in the afternoon we came to with the fmall bower in
ten fathom water, over a muddy bottom,' the Sifters bearing
South 17 degrees Weft. During the night we had fome heavy
fquall-s of wind at South South Weft, with much thunder and
lightning, and a very heavy fea. At four in the morning of the
.9th, we found the veflel dragged her anchor, on which we hove it
up and made fail. At eight o’clock the weather moderated, and
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by ten we had nearly a calm, on which we Bg£ J let 0g o the beft bower . M*a7r8c8h- ,
in eleven fathom water; the Sifters bore South 25 degrees Weft, . _ j
latitude 4 degrees 57 minutes South.
From this to the j 2th we had little variety, light baffling winds,
with intervening calms, obliging us frequently to let go an anchor,
fo that we made very little progrefs.
On the 12th at noon our latitude was 5 degrees 22 minutes
South. The extremes of the land in fight bore from South 20
deg. Eaft, to North 20 deg. Weft, diftant from the Sumatra fhore
about three miles. This forenoon we had the pleafure to pafs the
Sifters, which are two very fmall iflands, and had been in fight
ever fince the 7th. At two o’clock we let go the beft bower in
eleven fathom water.
During the afternoon, and greateft part of the night, we had
fqually weather, with conftant rain.
Early in the morning of the 13th, we weighed and made fail.
The wind growing light, and inclining to calm, at ten o’clock
the whale-boat was hoifted out, and fent to tow the veflel a-head;
North Ifland, where we intended to anchor, in order to fill up
our water, being right a-head, about eight miles diftant.
At eleven o’clock, having no wind, and the tide againft us, we
let go an anchor nearly oppolite North Ifland; our latitude at
noon being 5 degrees 35 minutes.
A breeze fpringing up about one o’clock, we weighed and flood
farther on. By three o’clock, being pretty well into the Roads,
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