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increased to a knot and a half as we got near Rottce ; 

 the winds being moderate, between East and E. S. E. 

 July 23. — The weather was hazy : the high 

 land of Rotteewas seen in the forenoon, the highest 

 part of the island, a rather pointed hill, bearing 

 N. 60° E. At 1 P.M. we saw Pulo Douw, which we 

 endeavoured to weather, but the current prevented 

 us. It is a remarkable island, with a gap in the centre 

 and a clump of trees, that looks like a sail when first 

 seen, on the north-west end, which terminates in a 

 low sandy point. This is also the case with the 

 south-east extreme, off which a reef extends for about 

 half a mile ; indeed, there appeared to be no ship 

 passage between the sandy islets that lie to the east 

 of Pulo Douw and Rottee. We rounded the north- 

 west end of the former at the distance of a mile and 

 a half, passing through some heavy ripplings, ap- 

 parently an eddy setting to the north-east round 

 the island. Pulo Douw appeared to be thickly in- 

 habited, and was encircled by a reef, except at its 

 N. N. W. point, where there is a cliffy projection. 

 Angles were taken for fixing the position of the 

 islets between Pulo Douw and Rottee, which we 

 found to be wrongly placed. The Scotch Bonnet, 

 a remarkable rocky lump, seen over the south-west 

 end of Rottee, and in line with the south side of 

 Pulo Douw% bore S. 60" E. Durino^ the niofht we 

 had a fresh wind from E. S. E. and sailed through 

 several ripplings, our first entering suddenly upon 

 which caused some anxiety, though the lead gave no 



