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muft neceflarliy fpend in getting into the Shore, through 
fuch Sholes as I expe£ted to meet with, or in going about 
to avoid them, or in digging of Wells, when I fhould 
come thither, I might very well hope to get to Timor, and 
find freJfh Water there, as foon as I could expebt to get it 
at New Holland , and with lefs Trouble and Danger. Such 
were the Reafons, that conduced to my forming a fettled 
Refolution to bear away immediately for the before-men- 
tioned Ifland, which I executed without Delay. 
15. It was on September 8. that we failed for Timor , 
where X had heard there were both Butch and Portuguese 
Settlements ; but whereabouts in the Ifland, I knew not ; 
and therefore it was the fame Thing to me which Side of 
it I made firft. On the 14th, in the Evening, I had Sight 
of it ; but it was the 1 5th before I attempted to land. The 
Country appears pleafant enough to the Eye ; for the 
Mountains were covered with Wood, and the adjacent 
Meadows were very rich in Grafs, though we could dif- 
cover no Signs of Inhabitants, much lefs of Plan- 
tations . This, and the Wind’s blowing again from the South- 
eaft, engaged me to try what might be done on the North 
Side of the Ifland, where I was fure of having fmooth 
Water, and had a Probability of finding eafier Landing ; 
for, on the Side where I was, the Land was fo incumbered 
with Mangroves, that there was no fuch thing as getting 
afliore without running great Hazards. On the 18th, 
about Noon, I altered my Courfe, and fleered back to- 
wards the South-weft End of the Ifland. In the Evening, 
we faw the Ifland of Rotee, and another Ifland to the South 
of that ; on both which Iflands we difcovered Smoak in 
the Day-time, and Fires in the Night. I was afterwards 
informed, that the Portuguefe have Sugar- works upon the 
Ifland of Rotee ; but, as I knew nothing of that now, and 
the Country had not a very promifing Afpebt, I did not 
attempt anchoring there, but flood over again to the Coafl 
of Timor. On the 21ft, in the Morning, being very near 
that Ifland, I faw a very large Opening, which, from Eaft 
to Weft, appeared to be five Leagues in Breadth ; into 
which I entered with my Ship, founding as I went ; and, 
at laft, anchored in nine Fathom Water, at the Diftance 
of about a League from the Shore. This appeared to me 
then as a large Inlet, or Bay, which entered very deep into 
the Ifland of Timor ; but I afterwards found, that it was 
really a Streight, or Paflage, between that and another 
Ifland, called Anamabao , or Anabao. I was led into my 
Miftake by the Sea Charts, which reprefent both Sides of 
the Opening as Parts of the fame Coaft, making the Whole 
but one Ifland, and calling it by the Name of Timor. Such 
Errors as thefe are frequent, happening fometimes through 
Accidents, fometimes from Defign ; and therefore a greater 
Service cannot be rendered to Navigators in general, than 
to reblify fuch Miftakes ; and it would be well, if thofe, who 
make Maps and Charts, would be careful in perufing 
Voyages, and not content themfelves with barely copying 
fuch Draughts as come to hand, by which means they fre- 
quently adopt, not only the Miftakes, but the mifchievous 
Defigns, of others, who, by falfe Reprefentations, endea- 
vour to conceal what ought to be made known for the pub- 
lic Good. 
1 6. I propofed to have failed through this Opening to 
the Main ; but I had not failed far, before the Wind came 
about to the South-eaft, and blew fo ftrong, that I could 
not venture with Safety nearer that Side, becaufe it was a 
Lee-fhore ; befides, my Boat was on the Eaft Side of the 
Timor Coaft ; for the other was, as I found afterwards, the 
Anabao Shore ; and the great Opening I now was in, was 
the Streight between that Ifland and Timor ; towards which 
I now tacked, and flood over. Taking up my Boat, 
therefore, I ran under the Timor Side, and anchored at three 
o’Clock, in 29 Fathom, half a Mile from the Shore. That 
Port of the South-weft Point of Timor , where we anchored 
in the Morning, bore now South by Weft, Diftance three 
Leagues ; and another Point of the Ifland bore North 
North-eafl, Diftance two Leagues. Not long after, we 
faw a Sloop coming about the Point laft-mentioned with 
Butch Colours, which I found, by fending my Boat aboard, 
belonged to a Butch Fort, the only one they have in Timor , 
about five Leagues from hence, called Concordia. The 
Governor of the Fort was in the Sloop, and about forty 
AGES of Book I. 
Soldiers with him. He appeared to be fomewhat furprifed 
at our coming this Way, which, it feerns, is a Paflage fcarce 
known to any but themfelves, as he told the Men I fent to 
him in my Boat ; neither did he feem willing, that we fhould 
come near their Fort for Water. He faid alfo, that he 
did ,not know of any Water on all that Part of the Ifland, 
but only at the Fort ; and that the Natives would kill us, if 
they met us afhore. By the fmall Arms my Mem carried 
with them in the Boat, they took us to be Pirates, and 
would not eafily believe the Account my Men gave them 
of what we were, and whence we came. They laid, that, 
about two Years before this, there had been a flout Ship 
of French Pirates here •, and that after having been buffered 
to water, and refrefh themfelves, and been kindly ufed, 
they had on a fudden gone among the Indians , Subjects of 
the Fort, and plundered them, and burnt their Houfes. 
And the Portuguefe here told us afterward, that thofe 
Pirates, whom they alfo had entertained, had burnt their 
Houfes, and had taken the Butch Fort, (though the. 
Butch cared not to own fo much) and had driven the Go- 
vernor and Fablory among the wild Indians , their Enemies. 
The Butch told my Men further, they could not but think 
we had of feveral Nations (as is ufual with Pirate-veffels) 
in our Ship, and particularly fome Butchmen ; though all 
the Difcourfe was in French , for I had not one who could 
fpeak Butch: Or elfe, fince the common Draughts make 
no Paflage between Timor and Anabao , but laid down both 
as an Ifland, they faid, they fufpebted we had plundered 
fome Butch Ship of their particular Draughts, which they 
are forbid to part with. With thefe Jealoufies, the Sloop 
returned towards their Fort, and my Boat came back with 
this News to me. But I was not difcouraged at this News, 
not doubting but I fhould perfuade them better when I 
fhould come to talk with them. So the next Morning I 
weighed, and flood towards the Fort : The Winds were 
fomewhat againft us, fo that we could not go very fall, 
being obliged to tack two or three times ; and, coming 
near the farther End of the Paflage, between Timor and 
Anabao , we faw many Houfes on each Side, not far from 
the Sea, and feveral Boats lying by the Shore. The Land 
on both Sides is pretty high, appearing very dry, and of 
a reddifh Colour, but higheft on the Timor Side. The 
Trees on either Side were but fmall, the Wood thin; and, 
in many Places, the Trees were dry and withered. 
17. The Ifland Anamabao , or Anabao , is not very big, 
not exceeding ten Leagues in Length, and four in Breadth ; 
yet has two Kingdoms in it ; viz. that of Anamabao on the 
Eaft Side towards Timor , and the North-eaft End ; and 
that of Anabao , which contains the South-weft End, and 
the Weft Side of the Ifland ; but I know not which of 
them is biggeft. The Natives of both are of the Indian 
Kind, of a fwarthy Copper-colour, with black lank Hair. 
Thofe of Anamabao are in League with the Butch , as thefe 
afterwards told me, and with the Natives of the Kingdom 
of Copang , in Timor , over-againft them, in which the 
Butch Fort Concordia Hands. But they are faid to be inve- 
terate Enemies to their Neighbours of Anabao. Thofe of 
Anabao , befides managing their fmall Plantations of a 
few Cocoa-trees, fifli, ftrike Turtle, and hunt Buffaloes, 
killing them with Swords, Darts, or Lances : But I know 
nothow they get their Iron; I fuppofe by Traffick with the 
Butch or Portuguefe , who fend now-and-then a Sloop, and 
trade thither, but well-armed ; for the Natives would 
kill them, could they furprife them. They go always 
armed themfelves ; and, when they go a Fifhing or Hunt- 
ing, they fpend four or five Days, or more, in ranging 
about, before they return to their Habitation. We often 
faw them after this at thefe Employments, but they would 
not come near us. The Filh or Flelh that they take, be- 
fides what ferves for prefent fpending, they dry on a 
Barbacue, or wooden Grate, Handing pretty high over the 
Fire, and fo carry it home when they return ; we came 
fome time afterwards to the Places where they had Meat 
thus a drying, but did not touch any of it. But, to pro- 
ceed : I did not think to flop any-where till I came to the 
Fort, which yet I did not fee ; but, coming to the End 
of this Paflage, I found, that, if I went any farther, I 
fhould be open again to the Sea : I therefore flood in to the 
Shore on the Eaft Side, and anchored in four Fathom 
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