¥£% cook's voyage to feb. 



duced from a great number of lunar observations 

 taken in the course of the preceding twelve hours, 

 105° E. At the same time, the longitude, by Mr. 

 Bayly's time-keeper, corrected, was 105° 15' E. We 

 now steered south by east ; and, at sun-set, having 

 fine clear weather, saw Pulo Panjang ; the body of 

 the island bearing west north-west, and the small 

 islands, lying on the south-east of it, west half south, 

 seven leagues distant. Our latitude, at this time, 

 was 0° 53' N. 



On the 2d, at eight in the morning, we tried for 

 soundings, continuing to do the same every hour, 

 till we had passed the Straits of Sunda, and found 

 the bottom with twenty-three fathoms of line. At 

 noon, being in latitude, by observation, 0° 22' S., 

 longitude 105° 14/ E., and our soundings twenty 

 fathoms, we came in sight of the little islands called 

 Dominis, which He off the eastern part of Lingen ; 

 and which bore from north 62° W., to north 80° W., 

 five leagues distant. At this time we passed a great 

 deal of wood, drifting on the sea; and, at one o'clock, 

 we saw Pulo Taya, bearing south-west by west, dis- 

 tant seven leagues. It is a small high island, with 

 two round peaks, and two detached rocks lying off it 

 to the northward. When abreast of this island, we 

 had soundings of fifteen fathoms. During this and 

 the preceding day, we saw great quantities of a red- 

 dish coloured scum or spawn, floating on the water, 

 in a southerly direction. 



At day-light, on the 3d, we came in sight of the 

 Three Islands ; and, soon after, of Monoprn Hill, on 

 the island of Banca. At noon, this hill, which 

 forms the north-east point of the entrance of the 

 Straits, bore south-east half south, distant six 

 leagues ; our latitude, by observation, being 1° 48' 

 S., and longitude 105° 3' E., the soundings seventeen 

 fathoms, and no perceivable variation in the com- 

 pass. 



Having got to the westward of the shoal, called 



