Coming Under The
Western Island, We Observed Certain Rocks About Two Miles Offshore, One
Of Which Was Above Water, And The Other, To The North, Under Water, A
Great Way Without The Other, And The Sea Breaking On It.
[Footnote 2:
The latitude in the text, which we have reason to believe
accurate, as Captain Saris was so long at this place, indicates the
northern end of the island of Morty, east and a little northerly of
the northern peninsula or leg of Gilolo. - E.]
[Footnote 3: We have omitted in the text the naked journal of daily
winds, courses, and distances, as tending to no useful information
whatever. - E.]
[Footnote 4: The indicated latitude, considering the direction of the
voyage between Morty and Japan, nearly coincides with the small islands
of Kumi and Matchi, west from the south end of the great Liqueo. - E.]
On the 7th, we supposed ourselves about twenty-eight or thirty leagues
from Tonan.[5] In the morning of the 8th, we had sight of a high round
island, bearing E. six leagues off, with various other islands, in six
or seven directions westwards, five or six leagues off.[6] In the
morning of the 8th we had sight of land bearing N.N.E. and of six great
islands in a row N.E. from the island we descried the preceding evening;
and at the northern end of all were many small rocks and hummocks. In a
bay to the eastwards of these, we saw a high land bearing E. and E. by
S. and E.S.E. which is the island called Xima in the charts, but named
Maihma by the natives, while the former island is called Segue, or
Amaxay.[7] The 10th, four great fishing-boats came aboard, about five
tons burden each, having one large sail, like that of a skiff.
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