could .fnVqgfe^ .^l^ ot 'Ai/^tiji came 
to m j^ivi^qt both to (belter 
ilsTrom tliebad (which is geher^lW expected ori' 
tjiis Coaft^at new and full to a great 
ir}an)j,S,l;ijgs) and alfo tolook for frefh Water,which was now 
gra^fl jfjca not having, Recruited fince we came 
l^om'III^M i^^ q\ Good Bop€ : Thefe are 3 fmall Iflands ly- 
ing in tlie Latitude of 26 Degrees, about 6 Leagues from 
the River of Bockfeu ^ on tm whereof we found very good 
Irefh Water, with a convenient Watering-place on the 
South Weft fide of the innermoft of the ^^ree 5 and by the 
affiftance-Df a*few Chinefe Fiflier^mcn^ we. procured ioms, 
frefh Provifions from the main land, becaufe we did not 
reckon it fafe to adventure our felves thither, left wefhould 
have been brought into trouble by the Government there. 
While we lay here; on the 5th of Septeinkr we had a fud- 
rfcti ffiort iiiiftot the 'MonfooTi to W. the fury whereof 
others fel4 in.comingnipon th^ Coaft'.of Chimit the fame 
time. ThQ 8th of Septe/^kr wq put to Sea again, turn- 
ing, to Windward night and day without all the Iflands, 
which are very numerous along this Coaft, to which 
we were altogether ft'rangers beyond E^u/y and the 
Hydrography thereof is hitherto fo imperfefl:, that there 
was no trufting to our Drafts, which made our Navigation 
fomewhat more dangerous : However, on the firft oiOlio* 
her we got into the Latitude of 30 Degrees, where we came 
to. an, Anchor near the Land, until we found the way by i 
Boat to Ckufa//, about 12 leagues within the Iflands ^ from 
whence we had a Pilot, who carry *d us fafely thither on 
the iilh of QSoher. Upon this liland the CA/We/ej* have , 
- granted us a Settlement and Liberty of Trade, but not to 
"^^r; r-wfiich js^iS or S hours fail to the Weft ward, all 
the way amongft Iflahds 5^ this being the largeftj is 8 or 9 
.leagues in kngth from Eaft to Weft, and 4 or 5 leagues in 
breadth 5 about 3 leagues from that point of the Main- 
Land called Cape Liampo hy the VortHguefi^ but Khi-tu by 
the 
