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Dutch had carried off his brother in the middle 

 of an entertainment which they had given him 

 on board their lliip. This chief's whole cloth- 

 ing confiftcd of a pair of pantaloons and a very 

 wide banyan, with a fatin waiftcoat, and the ear- 

 rings which he wore were of gold. 



The people of this ifland had declared v.ar 

 againfl: the Dutch ; and the greater part of the 

 men, headed by the mod powerful of their 

 chiefs, to whom they give the title of Sultan, 

 had gone and joined the inhabitants of Ce 

 ram in order to attack the governor of Am- 

 boyna, who was to call there in making his 

 tour through the Moluccas. The inhabitants 

 of the huts, built on the fliorcs of the road in 

 which our Ihips were anchored, had, previous to 

 their departure, provided for the fafety of their 

 women and children, by taking them in^o the 

 interior of the ifland. This roadftead, which is 

 called Bonee-Sainai by the natives, and is diftant 

 about a myriameter to the eaft of Rawak, is 

 formed by the coafl of Waygiou, and a very 

 fmall ifland that the inhabitants call Bontfy 

 which lay to the eaft of us : there we were abnoft 

 under the equator, our latitude having been 

 38"fouth. Our longitude had been 128 53' eaft. 



We procured our v, ater near the head ct this 

 rond in a pretty large river, which our boats 



could 



