On The 17th They Continued Their Course To The North-East, With A
Good Wind And Fair Weather; The 18th
And 19th it blew hard, and they
had much rain; on the 20th they found themselves in 19 degrees 22
Minutes; on the 22nd they had another observation, and found
themselves in the height of 16 degrees 10 minutes, which surprised
them very much, and was a plain proof that the current carried them
northwards at a great rate; on the 27th it rained very hard, so that
they were not able to take an observation; but towards noon they
saw, to their great satisfaction, the coasts of Java, in the
latitude of 8 degrees, at the distance of about four or five miles.
They altered their course to west-north-west, and towards evening
entered the gulf of an island very full of trees, where they
anchored in eight fathoms water, and there passed the night; on the
28th, in the morning, they weighed, and rowed with all their force,
in order to make the land, that they might search for water, being
now again at the point of perishing for thirst. Very happily for
them, they were no sooner on shore than they discovered a fine
rivulet at a small distance, where, having comfortably quenched
their thirst, and filled all their casks with water, they about noon
continued their course for Batavia.
On the 29th, about midnight, in the second watch, they discovered an
island, which they left on their starboard.
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