6d OS BECK'S VOYAGE. 



the leaves are alternate, arundinaceous, fcarcc 

 vifibly petiolated, and end in tendrils. 



Convolvulus pes capra grew in the fand by 

 the water fide. 



Chitm marginibus dorfi fpinofis was found in 

 the fea by a failor. 



We weighed anchor ; but were forced by the 

 contrary wind to cad again not far from the 

 firft place, namely near 



Prince Ijland, which is larger than New 

 I/land. It has been faid, that a petty prince, 

 mafter of this ifland, lives on it, and that he 

 formerly ufed to vifit the (hips, and was fatis- 

 fied with trifling prefents. In the afternoon 

 we went on more near a little river, where we 

 could take in water, which however is not fo 

 good as that in Java. I did not obferve any 

 mountains here, nor on New Ijland. On the 

 river we found a little hut, which our people 

 believed to be built by fome EngUJhmen. We 

 preifed into the woods, but were forced to 

 turn back to the more, where the great trees 

 (which hung quite over the water) likewife 

 greatly oppofed my paifage. On thofe trees 

 I found two fpecies of ferns, one of which 



was 



