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forced to turn it up againft Wind and Cur- 

 rent all the Way, the Weather fo favour- 

 ing us, ,that we were never but by our Top- 

 fails, elfe we fhould have loft more Ground 

 in one Day, than we could have gain'd in 

 eight. The laft of Augufi we came to an 

 Anchor under the Crocodile Iflands, both td 

 Ihelter us from the bad Weather, (which 

 is generally expeded on this Coaft at new' 

 and full Moon, and has been fatal to al 

 great many Ships) and alfo to look for frefli 

 Water, which was now grown fcarce with 

 us, not having recruited fince we came from 

 the Cape of Good flofe\ Thefe are three 

 fmall Iflands lying in the Latitude of 16 

 Degrees, about fix Leagues from the RiVer 

 of Hocljieu ^ on two whereof we found very 

 good frefli Water, with a convenient Wa- 

 tering-place on the South Wefl: fide of the 

 innermofl: of the three and by the aflifl:- 

 ance of a few Chinefe Fiflier-men we pro- 

 cured fome frefli Provifions from the main- 

 land, becaufe we did not reckon it fafe to 

 adventure our felves thither, lefl: we ifiould 

 have been brought into Trouble by the 

 Government there. While we lay here, on 

 Che fifth of September we had a fuddain ftiort 

 fiiift of the Monfoon to S. W. the fury 

 whereof others felt, ia coming upon the 

 Coafl: of China at the fame time. The 8thl 

 of September we put to Seal again, turning, 

 to Windward Night and Day without all 

 the IflandSj which are very numerous along 

 this Coaft, to which we were altogether 

 ftrangers beyound Emuy^ stnd the Hydros 

 graphy thereof is hitherto fo imperfect, that 



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