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A VOYAGE TO THE 



^ xvt ^ until we faw how it turned out. Pulo Sapata at noon bore 

 ,___,,^ South ci^Weft, diftant 28c: miles. Onthe 2cth we had frefh 

 February, galcs withcloudy wcathef, and the wind being North by Eaft, 

 ^ednef..o. J ftgered South Wcft half Wcft, to avoid the Vigia Tock. At a 

 quarter paft ten faw the ifland of Sapata, bearing South 

 Weft one quarter South, diftant about eleven miles. Hauled 

 tp the South South Weft to go to the Eaftward of the. 

 iftand. A fmall hummock rock in one with Sapata, bear- 

 ing from Sapata North Weft by Weft, three quarters Weft', 

 and diftant from Sapata about three or four miles. This 

 ifland is perfectly bold on the North and Eaft fides, the 

 South and Weft not fo fafe, ov/ing to the fmall hummock 

 rock, and a few breakers. It is well named, for it is ex- 

 adlly fhaped like a fhoe, and no perfon can be deceived in 

 it, for it feems to bear the fame likenefs on all ftdes, not 

 a tree or bufh to be feen on it; but there were boobies 

 in great abundance, the ifland being made white by their 

 dung. 



Thurfday2i. On the 2ift wc fhaped our courfe about South Weft by 

 Weft, thinking to make Pulo Condore at about five or fix 

 leagues to the Eaftward of the ifland ; from thence we fteered 

 for PuloTimoan and Pulo Cloz. About two in theafternoon 

 faw another fmall ifland bearing about North Weft by North, 

 and diftant about four or fiveleagues. I imagined this to be one 

 - of the fmall iflands laid down by Dalrymple, lying to the 

 Weftward of Pulo Sapata. He alfo lays feveral down to the 

 Eaftward of Sapata; none of which I found to be 

 there. At three in the afternoon Pulo Sapata bore North 

 Eaft, diftant eleven miles. With a fine fteady gale at 

 North Eaft, we fteered South Weft half Weft, four knots 



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