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they are very high, covered with trees and intersected by small 

 channels. The most annoying^ circmnstance for our journey was 

 the current being' ag-ainst us. In the evening- we had happily 

 advanced so far that we could cast our anchor at the side of 

 Pullu Bisang'S. 



4. — We were lucky to-day and advanced quicker than we 

 had done since we were in the Straits of Malacca. We passed the 

 low country, which on the Malay coast is intersected by natural 

 canals and overgrown with high trees even down to the water, 

 as in Salingor and Pullu Calang. On our rig'ht we had the north- 

 ern part of the mountainous islands called Pullu Cariman ; in front 

 of them there were two dome-shaped islands, which only consis- 

 ted of rocks and yet were overgrown with trees. They are called 

 the "Two Brothers," in sea-charts. There was a third smaller 

 island, which was not marked upon the charts. In the evening 

 we passed the low island on our left, which is called Pullu Cocob 

 (Kukub) and as the rapid current was against us, the anchor w^as 

 cast at the cape Tanjong Bouro.* 



The common sea weeds passed our ship oftener than usual ; 

 they were only Sargassum. 



5. — The anchor was hoisted quite early this morning, and 

 the wind, which at first was weak, grew stronger and more 

 favourable. Two small Malay ships were in front of us, but they 

 soon changed their course and went deeper mto the strait between 

 the islands. After we were at some distance from the Cariman 

 islands, we passed a great number of islands, but only few of them 

 were marked on the charts. We left the route to Batavia on our 

 left and passed some very low islands, amongst them the so-called 

 "Three Islands," which are quite low and only recognisable by 

 three trees growing upon them. At their north-eastern side the soil 

 seemed to be red. A little further on we also saw the island 

 which is called the red (missing in M. S. ) ; it consisted of red sand, 

 and there was a little grove on it, which looked very charming 

 and shady. There grew no other trees on this island, which also 

 was low. 



The rest of the islands were higher ; the shore consisted of 

 red sand and further inland they were stony with easily discern- 

 ible strata, and few of them had, higher than the water \¥ouid 

 rise, some quite white strata. 



* Tanjong Bulus. 



