HO . The V O Y 
Mothers In the Plantations, which are in the Valleys, 
where every Man plants his own Ground according to the 
Bignefs of his Family. For the reft, they are a fort of 
civil quiet People, not only to Strangers, but alfo among 
themfelves ; for all the I ime we were here, whilft they 
came frequently aboard us, they ufed to exchange their 
yellow Metal, their Goats, and Fruit, for Iron : We never 
obferved them to differ, either amongft themfelves, or 
our Men, even when there was not Occalion wanting. 
They have no cmin or Seals,, but give their Pieces of yel- 
low Metal by Guefs. During our Stay here, we had pro- 
vided ourfelves with feventy or eighty fat Hogs, and plenty 
of Potatoes, for our intended Voyage to the Hie oi Ma- 
nilla : But, September 25. being again furprifed with a 
moft violent Tempeft, which forced us out to the Sea, we 
were every Moment in Danger of being fwallowed up 
by the Waves till the 29th, when, the Fury of the 
Winds being fomewhat allayed, we made the beft of our 
Way back to the Ifle,, of which we got Sight the 30th, but 
could not come to anchor in the lame Place where we were 
before, till the ftrft of October. This Jaft Storm fo dil- 
heartened our Men, that they all refolved to lay afide their 
Defign of Cruifing before Manilla ; but, by the Per- 
fuafion of Captain Read , and Captain Teat the Mafter, 
they refolved to go to Cape Comorin , and thence into the 
Red Sea. As the Eaftern Monfoon was at hand, our 
neareft and beft Way had been to pafs through the Streight 
of Malacca *, but Captain Teat perfuaded them to go 
round on the Eaft Side of the Philippine Illes, and fo, 
keeping South of the Spice files, to pafs into the Indian 
Ocean, about the Ifle of Timor. 
53 ’ failed October 3. from the Ifles to the South, 
Intending to pafs through the Spice Hands ; we failed on 
the Eaft Side of Luconia , and the other Philippine Iflands, 
coafting to the South. Prom the He of Luconia we fleered 
to the South •, and, on the 15th, with a North-eaft Wind, 
directed our Courfe Weft, for the He of Mindanao, where 
we anchored at the i>outn-eaft ; and the 16th, between 
two fmall Ifles, in 5 0 icf North Latitude, four Leagues 
from the Ifle of Mindanao.. Whilft we lay here, the young 
Piince of one of the adjacent Spice Iflands came on board 
us, and told us, that Captain Swan , and fome of his Men, 
were ftill in the City of Mindanao , and highly efteemed 
there for the great Services they had done againft the Al- 
foores. But I have been informed fmce, that he, and his 
Surgeon, as they were going aboard a Dutch Ship in that 
■ Road, were overfet, and drowned by the Natives, by Raja 
Lauds Order, (as was fuppofed) who had feized all his 
Gold . W e failed hence November 2 . for the Hand Celebes , 
where we anchored the 9th at the Noith-eaft End. The 
Ifle extends itfelf from North to South, in 7 0 Latitude, 
and in Breadth 3 0 . It lies under the Line, the North End 
at i° 30 North Latitude, and the South End at 5 0 8 o' 
South Latitude : At the South End of the He is a Gulph, 
eight Leagues wide, and fifty long, running direftly North 
into the Country, having divers fmall Iflands in the Middle 
of it. Near the South End, at the Weft Side of the He, 
is feated Macaffar , a rich and ftrong Town belonging to 
the Dutch : By reafon ot the ftrong Current fetting to the 
Weft, we had much ado to get to the Eaft Side of the He; 
and the 2 2d, being at T 2o 7 Leagues, we faw a large Open- 
ing like a Creek ; and, fix Leagues to the South of it, a 
Range of large and fmall Ifles, and many Sholes, betwixt 
which and the Ifle of Celebes we palled, not without Trou- 
ble, and came to an Anchor half a. Mile from the c-reat 
Hand, in eight Fathom fancly Ground, in T 50' South 
Latitude. We ftaid there till the 29th, and the 30th fleered 
away South betwixt two Sholes, at 3 0 South Latitude, ten 
Leagues from the Ifle of Celebes . Towards the Evening, 
we law two or three Spouts : A Spout is a Piece of a Cloud, 
hanging down, feemingly Hoping, and fometimes bending 
like a Bow, but never perpendicular ; after which the Sea 
begins to foam, and you fee the Water move gently round, 
fill, increafmg in a whirling Motion, it flies upwards a hun- 
dred Paces in Circumference at the Bottom, but leffening 
gradually to the Srnalnefs of a Spout, through which the 
Sea-water appears to be conveyed into the Clouds, as is 
manifeft by the Increafe of the Bulk and Blacknefs thereof : 
Then you fee immediately the Cloud (which was immove- 
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able before) drive along, and the Spout keeping the fame 
Courfe for half an Hour, till the Sucking is over, and, then 
breaking off, ad the Water that was below the Spout, or 
pendulous Cloud, fall again into the Sea, with a terrible 
Noife and Clafhing ; however, thefe Spouts are more ter- 
rible than dangerous. December 1. fleering South, with a 
South South-eaft Wind, at 3 0 34' South Latitude, we got 
Sight of the ifle of Bouton , about ten Leagues South-weft 
of us , the 5th, we got clofe to the North-weft End of 
Bouton Ifle, but the Harbour is at the Eaft Side of it, in 4 0 
54 South Latitude. This Hand ftretches twenty-five 
Leaves in Length South-weft, and North-weft four Leagues 
11 om the South-eaft End of the Ifle of Celebes \ its Breadth 
is ten Leagues : Within, a League of the Harbour, and 
half a Mile from the Sea, is a long Town, called Callafu- 
fung, feated on the Top of a fmall Hill, in a pleafant Plain, 
inclofed with a Walk of Cocoa-trees, and about thefe with 
a ftrong Stone Wall. The Inhabitants are not unlike the 
Mindanayans , but neater, are Mohammedans , and fpeak 
the Malayan Language : Their Sultan is abfolute Mafter 
over them. The 6th, they brought us Eggs, Fowls, Po- 
tatoes, &c. aboard ; and the Sultan came afterwards in 
Perfon in a Boat, guarded by ten or twelve Mufqueteers. 
We ftaid here till the 1 2th ; and then, fleering to the 
South-eaft, we paffed near four or five fmall Ifles, 5 0 4c/ 
South, Latitude, fix Leagues from Callafufung Harbour. 
We faw three Towns, on them, and heard tne Drums beat- 
ing all Night as we were among the Sholes, lying on the 
South-weft Wind of thefe Ifles. The 16th, we got clear 
of the Sholes ; and, the 16th, paffed by Omba , a high 
Hand, in 8° 20' South Latitude, fix Leagues from the 
North-eaft Part of the He of Timor ; its Length is four- 
teen Leagues, its Breadth fix Leagues. Eight Leagues to 
the Weft of Omba we faw another He, with a large Town 
on it, and F ires by Night ; which, by its Situation, we 
gueffed to be the Ifle ol Rentare : Here we were beaten 
amongft the Sholes till the 23d, when we got through with 
a North Wind, keeping clofe by Rentare. The 28th, we 
faw the North-weft Point of Timor , diftant eight Leagues 
South-eaft by t, aft. The Ifle of Timor is high and moun- 
•tainous, ftretching in Length feventy Leagues North-eaft 
and South-weft, its Breadth fixteen Leagues, the Middle 
of it in 9 0 South Latitude. The 29th, we difcovered 
two fmall Ifles near the South-weft End of Timor ; and, 
being got clear of thefe, we ftood off South towards. New 
Holland Part of the Terra Aujlralis incognita. 
54. 1 he 31ft, we ftood to the South Wind at Weft, 
in 13 20 Latitude ; at Night we ftood in the North for 
fear of a Shole, laid down in the Charts, at 23 0 50', bear- 
ing South by Weft from the Eaft End of Timor: In the 
Morning we faw the Shole, being a Spot of Land, ap- 
pearing above the Surface of the W ater, with divers Rocks 
about it, ten Feet above the Water. It is of a triangular 
Form, each Side one League and a half long. This Shole 
is reprefentedin our Charts fixteen or twenty Leagues from 
New Holland ; but we ran at leaft fixty Leagues afterwards 
due South, before we fell in with it ; and I am very cer- 
tain,. that no Part of New Holland lies fo far to the North, 
by iorty Leagues, as it is laid down in our hydrographical 
Maps ; for I found the Tides on the Coaft of New Hol- 
land keeping their conftant Courfe, the Flood running 
North by Eaft, and the Ebb South by Eaft. January 4. 
1688. we fell in with the Land of New Holland , at 1 6° 
5 °' Latitude ; and, running along to the Eaft twelve 
Leagues, came to a Point of Land, three Leagues to the 
Eaft of which is a deep Bay. W e anchored a League to 
the Eaft of this Point, January 5. two Miles from the Shore, 
in 29 Fathom, hard Sand and clean Ground. New Hol- 
land is a vaft 1 rack of Land, but whether an He, or Part 
of the Continent, is unknown hitherto : Thus much I am 
fure of, that it neither joins to Hfia, Africa , or America 
hereabouts : It was even low andfandy Ground, the Points 
only excepted, which are rocky, and fome Ifles in this Bay. 
This Part had no frefli Water, except what was dug, but 
divers forts of Trees, and, among the reft, the Dragon- 
tree, which produces the Gum-dragon, or Dragon-blood : 
We faw neither Fruit-trees, nor fo much as the Track of 
any living Animal, except one which feemed to be the 
Footftep of a Beaft, of the Bignefs of a large Maftiff-dog : 
Some 
