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anchor close to us. In the course of the day, we 

 heeled the ship, and scrubbed and hogged her bottom, 

 which was very foul ; and got ready for sea. 



The next day, Captain Gore not having completed 

 his stock of water at Cracatoa, sent his men on shore, 

 who now found the brook that was first mentioned, 

 rendered perfectly sweet by the rain, and flowing in 

 great abundance. This being too valuable a treasure 

 to be neglected, I gave orders, that all the casks we 

 had filled before should be started, and replenished 

 with the fresh water, which was accordingly done 

 before noon the next day ; and in the evening, we 

 cleared the decks, and both ships were ready for sea. 



In the forenoon of the 18th, we had heavy rains, 

 and variable winds, which prevented our getting 

 under weigh till two in the afternoon, when a light 

 wind sprung up from the northward ; but this soon 

 after leaving us, we were obliged to drop our anchor 

 again at eight o'clock that night, in fifty fathoms' 

 water, and wait till the same hour the next morning. 

 At that time, being favoured by a breeze from the 

 north-west, we broke ground, to our inexpressible 

 satisfaction, for the last time in the Straits of Sunda, 

 and, the next day, had entirely lost sight of Prince's 

 Island. 



This island having been already described by 

 Captain Cook, in the history of a former voyage, 

 I shall only add, that we were exceedingly struck 

 with the great general resemblance of the natives, 

 both in figure, colour, manners, and even language, 

 to the nations we had been so much conversant with, 

 in the South Seas. The effects of the Javanese 

 climate, and I did not escape without my full share 

 of it, made me incapable of pursuing the comparison 

 so minutely as I could have wished. 



The country abounds with wood to such a degree, 

 that notwithstanding the quantity cut down every 

 year by the ships which put into the road, there is 

 no appearance of its diminution. We were well sup- 



