T H E P A C I F I C O C E A N. 465 



CHAP. XI. 



Departure from Pulo Condor e. — Pafs the Straits of Banca. 

 — View of the If and of Sumatra. — Straits of Sunda. 

 — Occurrences there. — Defer iption of the If and of Cra- 

 catoa. — Prince's If and. — EjfeSis of the Climate of "Java. 

 — Run to 'the Cape of Good Hope. — "Tranfablions there. 

 — Defcription of Fa/fe Bay. — Paffage to the Orkneys. 

 — General Reftclions. 



ON the 28th day of January 1780, we unmoored ; and, '-?<>• 

 as foon as we were clear of the harbour, fleered South t e ^" } Jj 

 South Weft for Pulo Timoan. On the 30th, at noon, the suniYy^o. 

 latitude, by obfervation, being 5 o' North, and longitude 

 104 45' Eaft, we altered our courfe to South three quarters 

 Weft, having a moderate breeze from the North Eafl, ac- 

 companied by fair weather. - At two in the morning of 

 the 31ft, we had foundings of forty-five fathoms, over a Monday 31. 

 bottom of fine white fand ; at which time our latitude was 

 4 4' North, longitude 104 29' Eaft, and the variation of the 

 compafs o° 31' Eaft. 



At one in the afternoon, we faw Pulo Timoan ; and, at 

 three, it bore South South Weft three quarters Weft, diftant 

 ten miles. This illand is high and woody, and has feveral 

 fin all ones lying off to the Weftward. At five, Pulo Puif- 

 fang was feen bearing South by Eaft three quarters Eaft ; 

 and, at nine, the weather being thick and hazy, and hav- 



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