36 OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF THE DINDINGS. 



wind; then anchored, waiting for daybreak; weather now 

 lovely. Sunshine and a temperate sky with a following breeze 

 with which we set sail and passed the green, rocky mountains 

 of Cape Ressados (Rachado?), steering now South-West for 

 some hours, and then North to fetch above the dangerous reef 

 of Poelo Parselar. Coming under the green coast of the king- 

 dom of Pera, we sighted the Poelo Sambilan or Nine Islands, 

 which having passed, we headed for the island of Dingding, 

 and arrived on the 29th November in the Roadstead between 

 that Island and the mainland of Pera, close to the Watering- 

 place 



" Having reached the neighbourhood of the Watering-place 

 on the inner side of the Island Dinding above-mentioned, we 

 immediately sent a good party of sailors to the coast of Pera 

 opposite to procure firewood for our further voyage to Ben- 

 gal. The others went to Poelo Dinding to fetch fresh water 

 from one of the principal Rivers of the island, and we, not to be 

 idle, went also on shore with a line of 80 fathoms and brought 

 up fish out of the Gulfs and Bays of the Island Dinding, going 

 on board in the evening with a good haul of all sorts of well- 

 flavoured, delicate fish. 



<( In the same way, on the next day, the 30th November, our 

 people still being engaged in fetching water and firewood, 

 we roamed all about and visted all parts of the Island Din- 

 ding, taking at last a good haul ; we remained on shore all 

 night with our Sub-Merchant Abraham DE WlJS and others in 

 the same way inclined and there we enjoyed our catch 



" The Island Dinding, about 30 miles to the North-West of 

 Malacka, is uninhabited, full of high Mountains, vast Forests 

 and very deadful Wildernesses. The sea coast is here and 

 there covered with terrible large Rocks and overhanging Cliffs, 

 which are overgrown in a wonderful way with Verdure and 

 Underwood, and some with very high Trees, so that one cannot 



very well walk round the Island along the beach The 



sweet water flowed down from the high woody Mountains be- 

 tween great ravines, making its way down to the Sea in nu- 

 merous little Rivers, and we found it lovely, agreeable and 

 clear. It is said that in Amboyna and on this Island Dinding 



