tvAVums ; liglit and variable winds and calms 

 boiiio- very often (.'XjK'vieiKM'd, nltlinuoh we kept 

 sdine linudiTfl of rniles from flir ('oa>t ;* it was. 

 tlierefore, not iiutil the morning of tlic 28th of 



}m% AmUeil land wns seen, hemg tlie 

 Hmi& akmt tlie Bmgitl Pas&age,^' wliieh we 

 entered about lialf past ten oVlock, a.m., liavirug 

 on one side tlie lofty woodcil island of Pnlo 

 Brasse/''f and Pulo Nauciii/' and opposite to 

 them, tb^ $le|ritled^ isliiMr tie^ ^ v^^tloii^ of 

 " Pul^%ay/' Piilo Hondo" was also visible 

 m the cUsto0^v 



Our progTcss through tlie passag'o was Jmt 

 slow, with a moderate soiitli wind ; and u 

 strong westerly current considerably impeded 

 vessel. On ent^fii^ fuztlier in the pas- 

 mgQt became more iinjieir the influeiice of 



* It is recomnu siilrd ( I wus infoniH'd hy some intellif^i-nt 

 persons at isiii|japorc^ tin- ships prnceediny to the uortli-east 

 ctmt iumirlrdk «t iUk i&amk ^ Ih^ to t^lce the itii^ 

 ^iiixv hy the Straits of Banca aiWi Mlllacca, Iiv winch tliCs 

 voyage would rareJy be protratfled fceyond ten or twelve 

 daysi "Prom fhe leiigth of timfe we toofe ttt Pie«!ir, by tlie 

 outside passaii;v, thtTB was cvidt iitly an arvor in takiiiu it hi 

 preference to ttie one rGConintuiidedj by pcrsonii accustoiited 

 fci ttk^ Ahmt t}M iteeii. 



f " Pulo" In the Malay Umguagc, siunilies island^ bttk 

 Europeiinsi fVaqucntly m& Uic word Islund befare it*. 



