2'^6 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 



Michel Sirot and Pierre Creno, both fcrvants 

 on board of the Ef])crancc, followed us in our 

 profcription. 



Dauribcau had flripped me of all my collec- 

 tions. On quitiing Sourabaya I entrufled to 

 the gardener, Lahaic, eleven bread-fruit tree?,, 

 and an equal quantity of roots and flumps of 

 that valuable plant, which had kept perfedly 

 well in potter's earth, and which might pro- 

 duce as uuiny young trees. He prornifed to 

 take the grea^tcil care of them, and gave me a 

 receipt for them. 



Moil: of the ihip's company were thrown into 

 the prifons of the Tomogon of Sourabaya, from 

 which tliey can^.e out a little time after, fome 

 to be transferred to thofe of Batavia, and the 

 others to remain with Dauribcau. 



As for us, we quitted Sourabaya on the 24th 

 of February . 



This town is in the latitude of y*^ 14' 28"" 

 fouth, ard longiti-de of 110^35' 43" ^^^* 



The variation of tlie compafs there wa^ 

 2^' 31' 14" weil, and tlic dip 25^ 



At lenfrth, aucr having underironc confidcr- 

 able fatigue, v, c arrived at- Samarang in the 

 morning of the 1 1 th of March. 



Tiic commanding oilicer of ii'ic fort iinmedi- 

 alcly carried us to tlie houfj 'of the Governor 

 Overftraatcn. The latter told us, that the head 



fur- 



