While About
Ten Leagues From Jackatra, This Small Vessel Fell In With The King Of
Bantam's Fleet, By Which They Were Pillaged Of Every Thing They Had
Saved From The Spaniards; And Though They Now Used Every Endeavour To
Procure Restitution, They Could Have No Redress.
On the 15th June, Nokhada Tingall, a cling-man, arrived in a Javan
junk from Banda with a cargo
Of mace and nutmegs, which be sold here to
the Guzerats for 150 dollars the Bantam bahar, which is 450 cattees.
He told me that the Dutch pinnace, which went upon discovery to New
Guinea, had found the island; but that, on sending their men ashore to
endeavour to procure trade, nine of them had been slain by the natives,
who are canibals or man-eaters; so that the Dutch were forced to come
away, and had gone, to Banda.
The 6th August, the moon was eclipsed about eight in the evening, and
continued so for two hours, during which time the Chinese and Javans
made a continual noise by beating on pots and pans, crying out that the
moon was dead. The 4th October, the whole Chinese quarter of Bantam was
burnt down, yet it pleased God to preserve our house. That same night a
Dutch ship sailed for Holland, laden with 15,000 sacks of pepper,
besides some raw silk, and great store of China sugar. The 9th, arrived
a pinnace from Succadanea in Borneo, laden with wax and cavalacca, and
great store of diamonds.
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