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" beyond the midships from forward, and perhaps 

 " farther, as I had no opportunity of seeing for the 

 " water when hauled ashore for repairing : wounded 

 " on the larhoardside under the main channel, where 

 " 1 imagine the greatest leak is, but could not come 

 " at it for the water: one pump on the larboard side 

 " useless ; the others decayed within an inch and a 

 " half of the bore. Otherwise masts, yards, boats, 

 " and hull, in pretty good condition. 5 ' 



As it was the universal opinion that the ship could 

 not safely proceed to Europe without an examination 

 of her bottom, I determined to apply for leave to 

 heave her down at this place ; and as I understood 

 that it would be necessary to make this application 

 in writing, I drew up a request, and the next morn- 

 ing, having got it translated into Dutch, we all went 

 ashore. 



We repaired immediately to the house of Mr. 

 Leith, the only Englishman of any credit who is resi- 

 dent at this place ; he received us with great polite- 

 ness, and engaged us to dinner : to this gentleman 

 we applied for instructions how to provide ourselves 

 with lodgings and necessaries while we should stay 

 ashore, and he told us, that there was a hotel or kind 

 of inn, kept by the order of government, where all 

 merchants and strangers were obliged to reside, pay- 

 ing half per cent, upon the value of their goods for 

 warehouse room, which the master of the house was 

 obliged to provide ; but that as we came in a king's 

 ship, we should be at liberty to live where we pleased, 

 upon asking the Governor's permission, which would 

 be granted of course. He said, that it would be 

 cheaper for us to take a house in the town, and bring 

 our own servants ashore, if we had any body upon 

 whom we could depend to buy in our provisions ; but 

 as this was not the case, having no person among us 

 who could speak the Malay language, our gentlemen 

 determined to go to the hotel. At the hotel, there- 



