The 31st, In The Forenoon, We Shot In Between Two Islands, Lying
About Four Leagues Asunder, With Intention To Pass Between Them.
The Southernmost Is A Long Island, With A High Hill At Each End;
This I Named Long Island.
The northernmost is a round high island
towering up with several heads or tops, something resembling a
crown; this I named Crown Isle from its form.
Both these islands
appeared very pleasant, having spots of green savannahs mixed among
the wood-land: the trees appeared very green and flourishing, and
some of them looked white and full of blossoms. We passed close by
Crown Isle, saw many cocoa-nut trees on the bays and sides of the
hills; and one boat was coming off from the shore, but returned
again. We saw no smoke on either of the islands, neither did we see
any plantations, and it is probable they are not very well peopled.
We saw many shoals near Crown Island, and reefs of rocks running off
from the points a mile or more into the sea: my boat was once
overboard, with design to have sent her ashore, but having little
wind, and seeing some shoals, I hoisted her in again, and stood off
out of danger.
In the afternoon, seeing an island bearing north-west-by-west, we
steered away north-west-by-north, to be to the northward of it. The
next morning, being about midway from the islands we left yesterday,
and having this to the westward of us, the land of the main of New
Guinea within us to the southward, appeared very high.
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