THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 467 



of a reddifh coloured fcum or fpawn, floating on the water, '780. 



, , • r, ■ February. 



in a Southerly direction. « — «* — 1 



At day-light, on the 3d, we came in fight of the Three Thurfday 3 . 

 Iflands ; and, foon after, of Monopin Hill, on the ifland of 

 Banca. At noon, this hill, which forms the North Eaft point 

 of the entrance of the Straits, bore South. Eafl half South, 

 diftant fix leagues ; our latitude, by obfervation, being i° 48' 

 South, and longitude 105° 3' Eaft, the foundings feventeen 

 fathoms, and no perceivable variation in the compafs. 



Having got to the Weftward of the flioal, called Frederick 

 Endric, at half pad two we entered the Straits, and bore 

 away to the Southward ; and, in the afternoon, Monopin 

 Hill bearing due Eaft, we determined its latitude to be 2 3' 

 South, the fame as in Monf. D'Apres' map, and its longi- 

 tude 105° 18' Eaft. At nine, a boat came off from the Banca 

 fliore, and having rowed round the mips, went away again. 

 We hailed her in the Malaye tongue to come on board, but 

 received no anfwer. At midnight, finding a ftrong tide 

 againft us, we anchored in twelve fathoms, Monopin Hill 

 bearing North 29 Weft. 



On the 4th, in the morning, after experiencing fome dif- Friday 4. 

 ficulty in weighing our anchors, owing to the ftiff tenacious 

 quality of the ground, we proceeded with the tide down the 

 Straits ; the little wind we had from the Northward dying 

 away as the day advanced. At noon, there being a perfect 

 calm, and the tide making againft us, we dropt our anchor 

 in thirteen fathoms water, about three miles from what is 

 called the Third Point, on the Sumatra fliore ; Monopin Hill 

 bearing North 54 Weft. The latitude, by obfervation, was 

 2° 22' South, longitude 105* 38' Eaft. At three, in the after- 

 noon, we weighed and flood on through the Straits with a 



3 O 2 light 



