378 AVOYAGETOTHE 



c H^A P. latitude per bearing, and diftance of the Sifters, 5' 

 South; longitude per ditto 253° 50'' Weft. 



178H. 



March. 



wedncf. 12. On the 1 2th light winds and clear. At three o'clock in 

 the morning the whale-boat returned without any ftjccefs ; 

 having feen no figns of any turtle, nor any kind of fruit 

 on fhore ; but faw great flocks of wild pigeons. ■ 



Thurfdsyis- On the 13th light winds and cloudy. Saw lying in the 

 road tv/o Dutch fhips and three Dutch ketches. Came to 

 anchor. Soon after an Englifh cutter came along-ftde, in 

 which was Mr. Wood, late commander of the Charlotte 

 floop packet from the Preftdency of Bombay, with intel- 

 ligence for any Englifh Company's fhips from China. 

 This gentleman had unfortunately loft his packet on a 

 fmall iftand near Cracatoo ; and after getting on fhore, 

 was attacked and beat off by a country pirate, who, after 

 plundering her, burnt the veftel down to the water's edge. 

 Notwithftanding this gentleman's misfortunes, he has 

 been lucky enough in executing his commiftion fo far, 

 with a boat fpared him from the Lafcelles, captain Balin- 

 tine ; as no one fliip has paffed without being fpoke with 

 and receivinci; the intellio-ence. Before he met with, and 

 got this cutter from the Lafcelles, he did his buftnefs with 

 a fmall canoe that he found on the iftand on which his veftel 

 was loft. 



At noon ftanding on towards the roads with a gentle 



breeze from the Northward ; came to anchor, Queen 



Fridav 14. Charlotte in company. On the 14th the iftand of Java 



extending from South Eaft by Eaft to South, diftant from 



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