Chap. I. William Co.neUson Schovten. W 
4° 43'; and that Day faw at lead Twelve or Thirteen Iflands, 
one clofe by another, lying Weft South-weft from them, 
and reaching South-eaft and North-weft about half a League; 
but they left them a Larboard. The 24th, the Wind South, 
they faw Three low lilands a Larboard, lying South-weft 
from them, the One very fmall, the other Two each bf 
them Two Miles long, all very full of Trees. They called 
them the Green Ijlands . The Shore about was ragged and 
cliffy, and allowed no Anchoring. Another Ifland pre- 
sented itfelf, with Seven or Eight Hovels upon it, lying 
Weft by North ; which they failed by the 7.5th, St. John 
Baptift’s Day, and therefore called it St. John’s Ijland. At 
this time, they faw very high Land to the South-weft, which 
they thought to be the Point of New Gurney. They reached 
it by Noon, and, failing along by it, and finding no An- 
choring, fent the Shallop to found ; but no Bottom could 
be difcovered. Elere Two or Three Canoes of barbarous 
People affaulted the Shallop with their Slings ; bin the Guns 
e-ready terrified, and quickly difperfed them, they were 
very black, intirely naked, and fpake a Language quite 
different from the other. They kept Fires upon their Coaft 
all that Night ; and fome of them, in their Canoes, came 
lurking about the Ship ; and tho’ the Butch , when they 
difcovered them, did all they could to oblige them, yet 
they would underftand none of the Signs they made for 
Provifions ; but anfwered all with horrible Noifes and Out- 
cries. They anchored this Night at Forty-five Fathom, 
uneven Ground, in a Bay. About the Point of the Land, 
the Country was high and green, and afforded a pleafant 
Profpebt, and lay (as they gueffed) 1 840 Leagues diftant 
from Peru. The 26th in the Morning, there came Three 
Canoes up to the Ship, quite full of thefe Barbarians, 
and they as well armed, after their Manner, with Clubs, 
wooden Swords, and Slings. The Butch treated them 
kindly, and gave them feveral Toys to procure their Fa- 
vour, or at leaft Peace and Freedom from any Difturbance 
by them ; but thefe Savages were not to be conquered by 
Kindnefs, nor taught good Manners by any thing but the 
great Guns ; for prefently they affaulted the Ship with all 
their Force, and continued it obftinately, till the Cannon- 
ihot had gone through Ten or Twelve of them. Then they 
began to fly to their old Refuge the Water, to dive and 
fwim for their Lives ; but the Shallop, purfuing them, 
knocked fome on the Head, took Three Prifoners, and 
Four of their Canoes ; which made Firing for the Ship. 
And now they could underftand Signs, and procure Hogs 
and Bananas for thofe that were Prifoners to ranfom them- 
felves ; but, before, they did not know what the Butch 
meant by their Signs : And, tho’ the Butch were fo gene- 
rous as to give One wounded Man his Liberty, yet they 
were fo wife too as to fet another in a better Condition at 
Ten Hogs Ranfom ; which undoubtedly was the full Va- 
lue of him. This Ifland afforded a Sort of Birds, that were 
all red ; and North of it lay another Ifland, of which they 
made no other Difcovery, than only its Pofition to this. 
They concluded thefe People to be Papoos , becaufe of their 
ihort Flair, and particular Diet of Betle mixed with Chalk. 
19. The 28th in the Evening, they fet Sail from hence ; 
and the next Day held a North-weft and North-weft by 
North Courfe, with a ftiifting Wind till Noon, and then a 
Calm. They had the Point of the Ifland in View till Even- 
ing, tho’ they failed along by the Land, which was full of 
Bays and Turnings, and reached North-weft and North- 
weft by Weft ; and, the fame Day, they faw Three high 
Blands more, that lay Northward from the greater One 
Five or Six Miles, being then in 3 0 20'. The 30th in the 
Morning, feveral Canoes of the black Indians came up to 
them, and, boarding the Ship by Permiffion, broke Staves 
over the Butch , in Sign of Peace. Their Canoes were finer 
than the others, and themfelves appeared more civil and 
modeft, covering the Pudenda ; which the others did not. 
They rubbed their Hair over with Chalk, affeftingto have 
their black Locks powdered. They pretended to be fo 
poor, that they came to beg, and not to bring any thing to 
the Ship ; yet thofe Four Iflands, from whence thofe In- 
dians came, afforded good Store of Cocoas. June 1. in the 
Morning, they anchored between an Ifland Two Miles long 
and the firm Land ol New Guiney ; and quickly were fur- 
rounded with Twenty-five armed Canoes of the fame Peo- 
ple, who, the Day before, in Token of Peace, had broken 
their Staves over their Heads, and now came intending to 
break them upon them. The Indians were not tedious in 
their Ceremonies before they entered upon the Work they 
came about : Two of them fixed themfelves upon Two An- 
chors that then huhg out of the Ship, and, with their Girdles, 
began to tug the Ship, thinking to draw her afhore. The 
reft lay about the Sides of her, and gave a brifk Onfet with 
their Slings, and other Weapons ; but the ever lading Plague 
of thefe Savages, the great Guns, fhattered Men and Ca- 
noes at that Rate, that they were forced to retire, with the 
Lofs of Twelve or Thirteen killed, and a far greater Num- 
ber wounded. After this Fight, they failed peaceably along 
the Coaft, having a good Gale, and holding a Weft North- 
weft and North-weft by Weft Courfe. The 2d, they were 
in 3 0 12', and faw low Land a Larboard, and right before 
them a low Ifland. They failed gently Weft North-weft, 
with a flight Current of the Water Eaft North-eaft. The 
3d, they faw high Land, bearing Weft about Fourteen 
Leagues from the other Ifland, and in 2 0 41'. The 4th, 
as they were palling by the Four Iflands afore-mentioned, 
they had a fudden Profpedl of Twenty-three others, great 
and fmall, high and low ; moil of which they left a Star- 
board, and only Two or Three a Larboard. They were 
fome of them a League, fome a Cannon-fhot diftant from 
each other, and lay in 2 0 30', little more or lefs. The 6th, 
with very variable, and fome ftormy Weather, they had in the 
Morning a very high Hill before them, bearing South- weft ; 
and this they thought to be the Hill Geemenajji in Banda ; 
but a nearer Approach difcovered Three Hills more like it, 
that lie to the North about Six or Seven Leagues Diftance ; 
and this Sight determined that Hill to be that of Banda. 
Behind it lay a large Trad: of Land Eaft and Weft, reach- 
ing Eaft South-eaft, of a very great Extent, and very un- 
even. 
20. The 7th in the Morning, they failed towards thofe 
mighty Hills they had in Profped the Day before, and 
found fome of them to be Vulcanos ; for which Reafon they 
named the Ifland Vulcan’s Ijland , there being fo good a Re- 
prefentation of his burning Forge. The Ifland was well in- 
habited, and full of Cocoas ; but there was no Conveniency 
of anchoring there. The People were naked, and extremely 
fearful of the Butch ; and their Language fo very different 
from all thereabouts, that none of the Blacks they had with 
them could underftand them. There appeared more Iflands 
to the North and North- weft ; but they held their Courfe 
to a very low one, that lay North-weft by Weft from them; 
which they reached that Evening. The Water here they 
obferved to be of divers Colours, green, white, and yellow ; 
which probably was the Effedt of the Mixture of fome Ri- 
vers, becaufe it was far fweeter than the Sea-water, and 
was full of Leaves and Boughs of Trees, fome of which had 
Birds and Crabs fattened upon them. The 8th, they held 
a Weft South- weft and Weft North- weft Courfe, having 
on their Starboard an high Ifland, and another fomething 
lower on their Larboard. They reached the Land in the 
Afternoon the fame Day, and anchored at Seventy Fathom, 
in a good fandy Bottom, about a Cannon-fhot from the 
Shore. This Ifland was in 3 0 40', and feemed to be an 
unhealthy Place, and yielded nothing confiderable, except 
a little Ginger. It was inhabited by Papoos , whofe ridi- 
culous Fancies, in the Matter of Drefs, fuperadded to their 
own natural Deformity* made them appear little fhort of 
Monfters in human Nature. There were hardly any of them 
but what had fomething odd and ftrange, either as to Big- 
nefs or Pofition of their Limbs ; but then the Strings of 
Hogs Teeth hung about their Necks, and their perforated 
Nofes, with Rings fattened in them, together with fhort 
frizzled Hair, and very bad Faces, all put together, would 
have offended an Eye not extremely curious. Neither was 
the Beauty of the Houfes much greater than that of the In- 
habitants, being all mounted upon Stakes Eight or -Nine 
Feet from the Ground. The 9th before Noon, they anchored 
in a more convenient Bay, at Twenty-fix Fathom, in a fandy 
Bottom mixed with Clay. There were Two Villages of the 
Indians near the Shore, from whence fome of their Canoes 
brought Flogs and Cocoas ; but held up both at fo dear 
Rates, that there was no bartering with them. And now, 
though they had failed fo long by this new Land, yet they 
were 
