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CHAP. XI. 



DEPARTURE FROM PULO CONDORE. PASS THE STRAITS OF 



BANCA. VIEW OF THE ISLAND OF SUMATRA. STRAITS 



OF SUNDA. OCCURRENCES THERE. DESCRIPTION OF THE 



ISLAND OF CRACATOA. PRINCE'S ISLAND. EFFECTS OF 



THE CLIMATE OF JAVA. RUN TO THE CAPE OF GOOD 



HOPE. TRANSACTIONS THERE. — DESCRIPTION OF FALSE 



BAY. PASSAGE TO THE ORKNEYS. GENERAL REFLECTIONS. 



On the 28th day of January 1780,. we unmoored; 

 and, as soon as we were clear of the harbour, steered 

 south south-west for Pulo Timoan. On the 30th, at 

 noon, the latitude, by observation, being 5° 0' N., 

 and longitude 104° 45' E. we altered our course to 

 south three quarters west, having a moderate breeze 

 from the north-east, accompanied by fair weather. 

 At two in the morning of the 31st, we had soundings 

 of forty-five fathoms, over a bottom of fine white 

 sand ; at which time our latitude was 4° 4' N<, longi- 

 tude 104° 29' E., and the variation of the compass 

 0° 31' E. 



At one in the afternoon, we saw Pulo Timoan ; 

 and, at three, it bore south south-west, three quarters 

 west, distant ten miles. This island is high and 

 woody, and has several small ones lying off to the 

 westward. At five, Pulo Puisang was seen bearing 

 south by east three quarters east ; and, at nine, the 

 weather being thick and hazy, and having out-run 

 our reckoning from the effect of some current, we 

 were close upon Pulo Aor, in latitude °Z° 46' N., 

 longitude 104° 37' E., before we were well aware of 

 it, which obliged us to haul the wind to the east 

 south-east. We kept this course till midnight, and then 

 bore away south south-east for the Straits of Banca. 



On the 1st of February > at noon, our latitude, by 

 observation, was 1* 20' N.,. and the longitude, de- 



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