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The 12th. At six o'clock in the morning, the 

 Knob Mountain, or Montagne D'Apres, in Suma- 

 tra, was discovered from the mast-head ; at seven 

 o'clock we could clearly see it from the quarter- 

 deck, in S.W. IT -y and three hours after, also the 

 Two Brothers, in S.W. 9". At noon we had sailed 

 between the Two Brothers and Sumatra, and steer- 

 ed towards the Strait of Sanda, but were obliged 

 to cast anchor on account of the calm. The Two 

 Brothers lay ten miles from us, N.E. 23". 



The 13th, a faint land-wind brought us but little 

 forwards. At noon, the North Island lay three 

 miles from us, N.W. 12°, and when the wind arose, 

 at two o'clock, I took advantage of it to reach the 

 island of Zupften, where I cast anchor two miles 

 from the coast of Sumatra. The North Island lay 

 seven miles from us, N.E. 11° : a mile and a half 

 north of our anchoring-place, lay three little low 

 islands, thickly overgrown with forests, and not 

 laid down on any chart. 



Near to us was a boat, in which people were 

 actively employed in fishing, and seemed to pay no 

 attention to us j but I perceived that they observed 

 us very closely, and when they came a little nearer 

 to us, 1 threw them a knife, which they received 

 with a friendly nod of the head. They gave us to 

 understand, by signs, that they v*'ould bring us a 

 large animal from shore, and unmediately disap- 

 peared behind the three islands. Tiie islanders 

 were lean, and of a dark colour, and their teeth 



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