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I could find, of the officers, petty officers, and sea- 

 men, and enjoined them secrecy with respect to 

 where they had been. 



At seven in the evening, being in the latitude of 

 Java Head, and not seeing any land, I concluded 

 that we were too far to the westward : I therefore 

 hauled up E. N. E., having before steered N. by E. 

 In the night, we had thunder and lightning ; and 

 about twelve o'clock, by the light of the flashes, we 

 saw the land bearing east. I then tacked and stood 

 to the S. W, till four o'clock in the morning of the 

 1st of October ; and at six, Java Head, or the west 

 end of Java, bore S. E. by E., distant five leagues : 

 soon after we saw Prince's Island, bearing E. J S. ; 

 and at ten, the island of Cracatoa, bearing N. E. 

 Cracatoa is a remarkably high-peaked island, and at 

 noon it bore N. 40 E., distant seven leagues. 



I must now observe, that during our run from 

 Savu, I allowed twenty minutes a-day for the wester- 

 ly current, which I concluded must run strong at this 

 time, especially off the coast of Java, and I found 

 that this allowance was just equivalent to the effect 

 of the current upon the ship. 



At four o'clock in the morning of the 2d, we 

 fetched close in with the coast of Java, in fifteen 

 fathom ; we then stood along the coast, and early 

 in the forenoon, I sent the boat ashore to try if she 

 could procure some fruit for Tupia, who was very 

 ill, and some grass for the buffaloes that were still 

 alive. In an hour or two she returned with four 

 cocoa-nuts, and a small bunch of plantains, which 

 had been purchased for a shilling, and some herbage 

 for the cattle, which the Indians not only gave us, 

 but assisted our people to cut. The country looked 

 like one continued wood, and had a very pleasant 

 appearance. 



About eleven o'clock, we saw two Dutch ships 

 lying off Anger Point, and I sent Mr. Hicks on 

 board of one of them to enquire news of our country, 



