From The Furrows Made By
This Descending Fire, We Could, In The Day Time, See Great Smoke
Arise, Which Probably
Were made by the sulphurous matter thrown out
of the funnel at the top, which tumbling down to the bottom,
And
there lying in a heap, burned till either consumed or extinguished;
and as long as it burned and kept its heat, so long the smoke
ascended from it; which we perceived to increase or decrease,
according to the quantity of matter discharged from the funnel: but
the next night, being shot to the westward of the burning island,
and the funnel of it lying on the south side, we could not discern
the fire there, as we did the smoke in the day when we were to the
southward of it. This volcano lies in the latitude of 5 degrees 33
minutes south, and meridian distance from Cape St. George, three
hundred and thirty-two miles west.
The easternmost part of New Guinea lies forty miles to the westward
of this tract of land; and by hydrographers they are made joining
together; but here I found an opening and passage between, with many
islands, the largest of which lie on the north side of this passage
or strait. The channel is very good, between the islands and the
land to the eastward. The east part of New Guinea is high and
mountainous, ending on the north-east with a large promontory, which
I named King William's Cape, in honour of his present Majesty.
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