322 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 



We brought up feveral times along the coafl: 

 of Madura, and in the afternoon of the 19th 

 we caft anchor in five fathoms water, over a 

 bottom of reddilh mud, at a fmall diftance from 

 the north-eafl: point of that ifland ; and at the 

 entrance of the channel leading to Sourabaya, 

 one of the principal fettlements occupied by 

 the Dutch in the IHand of Java. We in- 

 tended to anchor there, and at nine o'clock in 

 the morning a boat had been difpatched from 

 the Efperance, to the village of Griflay, to pro- 

 cure a pilot to take our fhips up the channel 

 that leads thicher. 



Two days elapfed without our receiving any 

 tidings of our boat. We were afraid that Ihe 

 had fallen in with pirates ; and on the 23d 

 another was fent, under the perfuafion that the 

 former had not arrived at the place of her def- 

 tination; for we could not imagine that fhe had 

 been detained by the Dutch, who knew the 

 objed of our mifhon, when on the 25th we 

 received a letter from the officer commanding 

 that boat, informing us that he was detained a 

 prifonerby the Dutch, who were then at war with 

 France: liowevcr, a little time after, the coun- 

 cil of Sourabaya fent v.ord, that, agreeably to the 

 inflruclions which they had jufi: received from 

 Batavia, they would afford us every afliltance in 

 their power, and on the 26th they fent us two 



pilots. 



