One Boat Came From Thence A Little Before I Arrived Here,
Of Whom I Bought Some Parrots, And Would Have
Bought a slave but
they would not barter for anything but calicoes, which I had not.
Their houses on this
Side were very small, and seemed only to be for
necessity; but on the other side of the island we saw good large
houses. Their prows are narrow, with outriggers on each side, like
other Malayans. I cannot tell of what religion these are; but I
think they are not Mahometans, by their drinking brandy out of the
same cup with us without any scruple. At this island we continued
till the 20th instant, having laid in store of such roots and fruits
as the island afforded.
On the 20th, at half an hour after six in the morning, I weighed,
and standing out we saw a large boat full of men lying at the north
point of the island. As we passed by, they rowed towards their
habitations, where we supposed they had withdrawn themselves for
fear of us, though we gave them no cause of terror, or for some
differences among themselves.
We stood to the northward till seven in the evening, then saw a
rippling; and, the water being discoloured, we sounded, and had but
twenty-two fathom. I went about and stood to the westward till two
next morning then tacked again, and had these several soundings: at
eight in the evening, twenty-two; at ten, twenty-five; at eleven,
twenty-seven; at twelve, twenty-eight fathom; at two in the morning,
twenty-six; at four, twenty-four; at six, twenty-three; at eight,
twenty-eight; at twelve, twenty-two.
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