1 66 OS BECK'S VOYAGE. 



I have often been told that fquirrels fome- 

 times fail acrofs the fea ; but to-day I experi- 

 enced, that birds likewife are poffeffed of that 

 art ; for a Booby (Pelecanus Pifcator) failed by 

 us on a root. 



Monopin upon Banca we left out of fight 

 in the afternoon, together with Summatra. 



The 24th July. 



We now faw thofe called the Seven JJlands 

 on the right ; but they were at a greater 

 diflance than the illes Polo-Taya on the left : 

 the ifle of Lingen, which is one of the former 

 and lie? exactly under the line, was overagainfl 

 us at 6 o'clock in the evening. 



The 25th July, i° Northern Latitude. 

 The wind was fair, and we faw land. 



The 26th July, 2 39' N. L. 



We thought that PoIo-Tmgey y where the 



Su: ed ft Eajl-lndlaman the Ritter Houfe, was 



2 loft, 



