SEPT. 1770 _ LANGUAGE—TIMOR 359 
Unna 6 Lhuangooroo, etc. 20 
Pedu 7 Sing Assu, ete. 100 
Arru 8 Setuppah, etc. 1000 
Saou 9 Selacussa, etc. 10,000 
Singooroo 10 Serata, ete. 100,000 
Singooring Usse,etce. 11 Sereboo, etc. 1,000,000 
In the course of conversation Mr. Lange gave us little 
accounts of the neighbouring islands; these I shall set down 
just as he gave them, merely upon his authority. 
The small island to the westward of Savu, he said, 
produces nothing of consequence except areca nuts, of which 
the Dutch annually receive two sloop-loads in return for 
their presents to the islanders. 
Timor is the chief island in these parts belonging to the 
Dutch, all the others in the neighbourhood being subject: to 
it in so far as that the residents on them go there once a 
year to pass their accounts. It is now nearly in the same 
state that it was in Dampier’s time. The Dutch have their 
fort of Concordia, where are storehouses, which, according 
to Mr. Lange’s account, would have supplied our ship with 
every article we could have got at Batavia, even salt provi- 
sions and arrack. The Dutch, however, are very frequently 
at war with the natives, even of Copang,' their next neigh- 
bours, in which case they are themselves obliged to send to 
the neighbouring isles for provisions. The Portuguese still 
possess their towns of Zaphao and Sesial on the north side 
of the island. 
About two years ago a French ship was wrecked upon 
the east coast of Timor. She lay some days upon the shoal, 
when a sudden gale of wind coming on broke her up at 
once and drowned most of the crew, among whom was the 
captain. Those who got ashore, among whom was one of 
the lieutenants, made the best of their ways towards 
Concordia, where they arrived in four days, having left 
several of their party upon the road. Their number was 
above eighty ; they were supplied with every necessary, and 
had assistance given them in order to go back to the 
wreck and fish up what they could. This they did, and 
1 Part of Timor, near Concordia. 
