Certain Old Geographers, We May Observe, Did
Follow That Indication, And The Results Were Curious Enough, As We Shall
Notice In Next Note But One.
Marsden's observations are so just that I
have followed Pauthier in substituting Champa for Java in the text.
NOTE 2. - There is no reason to doubt that these islands are the group now
known as that of PULO CONDORE, in old times an important landmark, and
occasional point of call, on the route to China. The group is termed
Sundar Fulat (Fulat representing the Malay Pulo or Island, in the
plural) in the Arab Relations of the 9th century, the last point of
departure on the voyage to China, from which it was a month distant. This
old record gives us the name Sondor; in modern times we have it as
Kondor; Polo combines both names. ["These may also be the 'Satyrs'
Islands' of Ptolemy, or they may be his Sindai; for he has a Sinda
city on the coast close to this position, though his Sindai islands are
dropt far away. But it would not be difficult to show that Ptolemy's
islands have been located almost at random, or as from a pepper castor."
(Yule, Oldest Records, p. 657.)] The group consists of a larger island
about 12 miles long, two of 2 or 3 miles, and some half-dozen others of
insignificant dimensions. The large one is now specially called Pulo
Condore. It has a fair harbour, fresh water, and wood in abundance.
Dampier visited the group and recommended its occupation.
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