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number twenty-six. At parting, he made signs that 

 we should not tell at Batavia that any boat had been 

 aboard us. 



We were not able to weather Pulo Pare this day, 

 but getting the land wind at south about ten o'clock 

 at night, we weighed and stood to the E. S. E. all 

 night. At ten in the morning, we anchored again, 

 to wait for the sea breeze ; and at noon it sprung up 

 at N. N. E., with which we stood in for Batavia road, 

 where at four o'clock in the afternoon we came to an 

 anchor. 



We found here the Harcourt Indiaman from Eng- 

 land, two English private traders of that country, 

 thirteen sail of large Dutch ships, and a considerable 

 number of small vessels. A boat came immediately 

 on board from a ship which had a broad pendant fly- 

 ing, and the officer who commanded, having enquired 

 who we were, and whence we came, immediately re- 

 turned with such answers as we thought fit to give 

 him : both he and his people were as pale as spectres, 

 a sad presage of our sufferings in so unhealthy a 

 country ; but our people, who, except Tupia, were 

 all rosy and plump, seemed to think themselves so 

 seasoned by various climates that nothing could hurt 

 them. In the mean time, I sent a lieutenant ashore 

 to acquaint the Governor of our arrival, and to make 

 an excuse for our not saluting ; for as I could salute 

 with only three guns, except the swivels, which I was 

 of opinion would not be heard, I thought it was 

 better to let it alone. As soon as the boat was dis- 

 patched the carpenter delivered me an account of 

 the defects of the ship, of which the following is a 

 copy : 



" The defects of his Majesty's bark Endeavour, 

 " Lieutenant James Cook Commander. 



" The ship very leaky, as she makes from twelve 

 " to six inches water an hour, occasioned by her main 

 " keel being wounded in many places, and the scarfs 

 " of her stern being very open : the false keel gone 



