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were unable to refolve themfelves, whether it was New Gui- 
wey, or no. Their Charts did neither agree one with an- 
other, nor the Land they had in Profpedl, which, for the 
mo ft part, run North-weft by Weft, fometimes more Weft- 
■erly, and fometimes again more Northerly; yet, for all 
this -Scruple* (which they could not remove) they ftill held 
a Weft North-weft Courfe along by the Coaft, with a quiet, 
tho 5 dull fort of Weather •; and fo, by the Help of the 
Stream* that let them about the Weft as it does all along 
that Coaft, they made 2° 58' the 12th at Noon. 
21. The 13th and 14th, they kept failing by the Coaft, 
having fometimes very high, and at others Very low Land 
in Sight of them. The 15th, purfuing the fame Courfe, 
they reached Two low Iflands, about half a League from 
the main Land, about 2 0 54' South Latitude. Here they 
had good Anchoring from Five and Six to Forty Fathom ; 
and, feeing the Country well ftored with Cocoas, the Boat 
and Shallop, well provided for an Attack, Were difpatched, 
with Orders to land, and get fome •, but the Indians , it 
feems, had . obferved them, and accordingly prepared for 
their Entertainment when they landed and they gave them, 
perhaps, the warmeft Reception with their Bows and Slings, 
that ever they met with, w r ounding at leaft Sixteen of them., 
and forcing them, notwithftanding their Mufquets, to re- 
tire. The 1 6th in the Morning, they failed in between 
both the Wands, and anchored at Nine Fathom, in a very 
good Place. The fame Day, they landed upon the leffer 
Wand, burnt fome of the Indians Houfes, and brought off 
as many Cocoas as made Three to every Man’s Share. The 
barbarous People became more gentle and good-natured 
upon this Treatment; for the 17th they came to make their 
.Peace with Offerings of Cocoas and Bananas, Ginger, and 
yellow Roots ufed for Saffron. They agreed to truft the 
Dutch fo far as to come aboard their Ship, where the Quar- 
rel was perfectly made up ; and the Hearts of the Indians , 
won by a few Nails and Beads, which they gave them, 
were intirely theirs , The 18th, they continued bartering 
for Cocoas, Bananas, Caffave, and Papade : Of the Two 
former they got as much as came to Fifty Nuts and Two 
Bunches of Bananas a Man ; of the Two latter not fo much. 
This Papade and Caffave are alfo Eaft India Commodities, 
and the latter particularly is admirably good in the Weft In- 
dies^ and far beyond that, which they met with here. The 
People made all their Bread of it, and baked it into large 
round Cakes for that Purpofe. They called the Name of 
their own Wand Mofa , which was the molt Eafterly ; the 
other over-againft it Jufan ; and the farthermoft (a very 
high one, and about Fiye or Six Leagues from New Gui - 
?iey) Arimea. Thefe People had probably been vifited by 
fome Europeans before; for they had Spanijh Jars and Pots 
amongft them : They were not furprifed at great Guns, as 
the others ufually were; norfo curious in looking into the 
Ship, as abfolute Strangers to fuch a Thing muff be fup- 
pofed to be. The 21ft, they failed along by the Land North- 
weft, and at Noon made i° 13'. The Stream drove them 
to a Ciufter of Wands, where they anchored at Thirteen 
Fathom, with Storms of Rain and Thunder that Night. 
The 23d in the Morning, fetting Sail from thence, Six 
great Canoes overtook them a little from the Land, bring- 
ing dried Fifh, Cocoas, Bananas, Tobacco, and a fmall Sort 
of Fruit like Prunes. Indians from another Wand alio 
brought Victuals and China Porcelane to barter. Thefe Peo- 
ple, like moft of the Barbarians, were vaftly fond of Beads 
and Iron- work ; but they were remarkably diftinguifhed 
from thofe in the laft Wand by their large Size, and more 
orange Complexion. Their Arms were Bows and Arrows, 
and their principal Ornaments Glafs Ear-rings of feveral Co- 
lours ; and, by thefe, as well as other Signs, it appeared, 
that the Dutch were not the firft Europeans which thefe 
People had feen : So that it is not to be conftdered as a Dif- 
covery. 
22. The 24th, being under 30', they fleered North- 
weft and Weft: South-weft, along by a very pleafant Wand, 
on which they bellowed their Mailer’s Name, and is that, 
which, in the Maps, is diftinguilhed by the Name of Horn 
IJland ; and the Well Point of it they called Cape of Good 
Hope. The 25th, they faw an huge T rad, of uneven Land 
on their Larboard, lying South and South- well by Well, 
The 26th, they fpied Three Wands more, the Coaft reach- 
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ing North-weft by Well. The 27th, they were under 29' ; 
and, having a Sight of much Land to the Southward, fome 
very high, and fome as low, they paffed North-well along 
by it. The 29th at Night, they had an Earthquake, which 
Ihook the Ship at that Rate, that the Men ran frightened 
out of their Cabins, expelling to find her run aground, or 
bulged again ft fome Rock; but, upon Trial, they found a 
Depth of Water, that was unfathomable, and as plainly faw 
they were clear of all Danger of Rocks and Shelves ; fo 
that it was manifeftly the Effefl of a violent Concuffion of 
the Alveus, ahd fubmarine Regions, which caufed and 
propagated a Tremor all through the Water, and thus dis- 
turbed the Motion of the Ship. The 30th, they put into 
a great Bay, out of which finding no Opening, they return’d 
to a Northern Courfe again. Here the Ship trembled ao-ain 
With loud and horrible Claps of Thunder; and the Light- 
ning Was fo like to fet it on Fire, that, in all Probability, 
it mull have flamed, had not the Clouds, that furnifhed the 
pernicious Fire, afforded Water alfo in prodigious Showers 
of Rain for the extinguilhing of it. The 3 ill, with a North- 
ern Courfe, in the Evening they palled the Equator a Se- 
cond time ; and, being encompaffed with Land all round 
almoft, they anchored at Twelve Fathom good Ground, 
near a defolate Wand, that lay clofe by the firm Land. 
Auguft 1. they made 15' North Latitude ; and, in the 
Evening, with a hard Stream, went clofe to the Land, 
and, becaufe of the Calm, anchored, tho’ in a {hallow 
Water, and very rugged Bottom. The 2d, they drove 
along with the Stream W eft and Weft by North, with very 
rainy Weather. The 3d, being ftill becalmed, they fleered 
ds before, and found a Bank fo far in the Sea, that they 
could fcarce fee the Land, being in fome Places Forty, in 
others Twenty, and fo to Twelve Fathom, fandy Ground ; 
and the Stream there went Weft South-weft. The fame 
Day, they made 35' North Latitude, and faw feveral Whales 
and Tortoifes, with Two Wands lying to the Weft ward of 
them. And now they gueffed they were at the End of the 
Land of New Guiney , having failed 280 Leagues along by 
the Coaft. The Rains and Calms ftill continued. 
23. The 5th in the Morning, feveral Canoes came up to 
them, bringing Indian Beans, Rice, Tobacco, and Two 
Birds of Paradife. They bartered for One of thefe fine Birds, 
which was all white and yellow. The Indians fpoke the 
T ernate Language, and fome of them the Spanijh and Ma- 
laian ; which latter Tongue Clawfon the Merchant was well 
{killed in. They were all of them finely cloathed about 
their Wahls, fome with loofe Silks, others with Breeches, 
and fome filken Wreaths about their Heads, which were 
the Mohammedans of the Company. All of them in gene- 
ral had Goal-black Hair, and good Store of Gold and Silver 
Rings upon their Fingers. They bartered with the Dutch 
for Beads, and other Toys ; but had much more mind for 
Linen Cloth. They appeared to be very fearful, and fufpi- 
cious of them to that Degree, that they would not tell them 
the Name of the Country ; yet they judged, that they were 
now at One of the Three Eafterly Points of Gilolo, and that 
thefe People were Natives of Tidore ; which afterwards they 
found to be true. The 6th in the Morning, they fet for- 
wards, holding a Northerly Courfe, intending to fail about 
the Northern Point of Gilolo. The 7th, they faw the North- 
eaft: Point of that Ifland called Moratay , which then lay 
South South-eaft from them. The 8th at Noon, they made 
4 0 3' North Latitude, had there very ftormy Weather, and 
a Current that ran Northward. The 9th and 10th, they 
had variable Winds and Weather, and made 3 0 50'. The 
nth, they had a Profpect of the Point Moratay again, 
which they defigned to have reached ; but the Current drove 
them off from the Land Northward. The 13 th, they made 
2° 58', the Winds continuing ftill to fhift about, and the 
Rains failing pretty heavily ; and this fort of Weather con- 
tinued to the 1 7th. This Day, with much Toil and Trouble, 
they go r t under the Land, and {ailed along by the Coaft 
with fair Weather ; and, in the Night, they faw feveral 
Fires upon the Land. The 18 th, with ftill Weather, they 
continued driving by the Land, and at Noon were faluted 
by Two Canoes of T ' ernateens , who, to fhew their peace- 
able Intentions, hung out a white Flag. They informed 
them, that they came from the Village Soppy , where very 
lately had been an Englifh Ship, as alfo a Pinnace of Arnfter - 
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