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Chap. I. Captain Willi 
Water, fandy Ground, a Point of Land ftill hindering me 
from feeing the Fort. But I fent my Boat to look out 
for it; and, in a fhort time, fhe returned ; and my Men 
told me, they faw the Fort, but did not come near it ; 
and that it was not above four or five Miles from hence. It 
being now late, I would not fend my Boat thither till the 
next Morning ; mean while, about two or three hundred 
Indians , Neighbours of the Fort, and fent probably from 
thence, came to the fandy Bay, juft againft the Ship, 
where they ftaid all Night, and made good Fires. They 
were armed with Lances, Swords, and Targets, and made 
much Noife all the Night. We thought it was to fcareus 
from landing, fliould we attempt it ; but we took little 
Notice of them. The next Morning, being September 
the 23d, I fent my Clerk afhore, in my Pinnace, to the 
Governor, to fatisfy him, that we were Englifirmen, and in 
the King’s Ship, and to alk Water of him, fending a 
young Man with him, who fpake French. My Clerk was 
with the Governor pretty early ; and, in Anfwer to his 
Queries about me, and my Bufinefs in thefe Parts, told 
him, that I had the King of England's Commiflion, and 
defired to fpeak with him : He beckoned to my Clerk to 
come afhore ; but, as foon as he faw fome {mail Arms in 
the Stern-fheets of the Boat, he commanded him into the 
Boat again, and would have him be gone : My Clerk 
folicited him, that he would allow him to fpeak with him ; 
and, at laft, the Governor confented, that he fh'ould come 
afhore; and fent his Lieutenant, and three Merchants, with 
a Guard of about an hundred of the native Indians , to 
receive him : My Clerk faid, that we were in much want 
of Water, and hoped they would allow us to come to their 
Watering-place, and fill. But the Governor replied, that 
he had Orders not to fupply any Ships but their own Eajl 
India Company, neither muft they allow any Europeans to 
come the Way that we came, and wondered howwedurft 
approach their Fort. My Clerk anfwered him, that, had 
we been Enemies, we muft have come afhore among them 
for Water. But, faid the Governor, you are come to 
infpeft into our Trade and Strength, and I will have you 
therefore be gone with all Speed. My Clerk anfwered him, 
that I had no fuch Defign ; but, without coming nearer 
them, would be contented, if the Governor would fend Water 
on board, where we lay, about two Leagues from the Fort ; 
and that I would make any reafonable Satisfadlion for it. 
The Governor faid, that we fliould have what Water we 
wanted, provided we came no nearer with the Ship ; and 
ordered, that, as foon as we pleafed, we fhould fend our 
Boat full of empty Casks, and come to an Anchor with it 
off the Fort, till he fent Slaves to bring the Casks afhore, and 
fill them ; for that none of our Men muft come afhore : 
The fame Afternoon I fent up my Boat, as he had directed, 
with an Officer, and a Prefent of fome Beer for the Go- 
vernor, which he would not accept, but fent me off about 
a Ton of Water. 
18. After this, I fent my Boat afhore feveral times, 
with the fame Officer on board, to tranfad Matters with 
the Governor. But; as this Officer had no great mind to 
the Voyage, and defired nothing fo much as to fee us 
obliged to return home, he made fuch ftrange Reports of 
the Governor, that the reft of the Officers, and the Ship’s 
Crew, grew uneafy ; fo that though we were kindly enter- 
tained by the Inhabitants of the other Ifland, who brought 
us every Day Fiffi and Fruits to fell, yet it was refolved, 
in a Council held upon this Subjeft, that we fhould leave 
the Neighbourhood of the Dutch Fort, and endeavour, 
if it was poffible, to find the Portuguefe Settlements, where 
we were in hopes of being better treated. On the 27th in 
the Morning, we anchored in the Middle of Copang Bay • 
but, being able to difcover , nothing worth mentioning 
there, we failed from thence ftill Northward, in Search of 
the Portuguefe Settlements. On the 29th, we continued 
coafting, without finding any proper Place to land. The 
next Day I fent my Mate afhore, who difeovered a very 
good Watering-place in a Bay where there was fafe An- 
chorage ; wn'ich was a very acceptable Service ; and I 
went the next Morning on fhore, in order to give the 
neceffaiy Directions. In the Space of three Days, we 
filled about twenty-fix Ton of Water, and then had on 
board about thirty Ton in all. The two following Days 
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AM Da m p i £ R. 
we' fpent in Fifhing with the Sain, and the firft: Morning 
caught as many as ferved all my Ship’s Company : But 
we had not afterward fo good Succefs. The reft of my 
Men, who could be {pared from the Ship, I lent out, 
with the Carpenter’s Mate, to cut Timber for my 
Boats. Thefe went always attended by three or four 
armed Men, to fecure them. 1 fhewed them what Wood 
was fitting to cut for our Ufe, efpecially the Calabafh and 
Maho ; 1 fhewed them alfd the manner of ftripping the 
Maho-bark, and of making therewith Thread, Twine, 
Ropes, &c. Others were fent out a Fowling, who brought 
home Pigeons, Parrots, Cockatoos, &V. I was always with 
one Party or other myfelf, efpecially with the Carpenters, to 
haften them to get what they could, that we might be 
gone from hence. On the 6th of October I failed from 
this Place ; and, on the 12th, arrived fafely at the firft Por- 
tuguefe Settlement, and was very well received there, tha 
People feeming very willing to do me any Service, in their 
Power. And, afterwards, I flood round again nearer to 
the Dutch Fort of Concordia ; from whence the Governor 
fent me a Meffage, by which all former Miftakes were 
cleared up, and a good Underftanding reftored ; fo that, at 
the Requeft of that Gentleman, I went afhore, and dined 
with him at his Fort ; where I found great Plenty of very 
good Vi&uals, very well dreffed, the Linen white and 
dean, and all the Plates and Difhes either Silver, or very 
fine China. This, indeed, muft be faid in Favour of the 
Dutch , that in all their Settlements, every thing is ma- 
naged with the utmoft Decency and Order. After Dinner 
he fhewed me fome Drawers full of Shells, of which he 
had a very curious and well-chofen Collection. He feemed 
to be highly frank and open ; told me, that, as to Naval 
Stores, it was not in his Powet to fupply me ; but that, for 
frefli Provifions, or whatever elfe he could fpare, I might 
be fure of them : For which I thanked him, but made no 
Ufe of his Offer ; becaufe my Ship lay at a good Diftance 
from the Fort, and I was afraid of trufting my Men fo 
far in the Country, for fear the Natives fliould attack 
them. We met with great Plenty of Grain, fo that, during 
all the Time we ftaid here, very little of our fait Provifions 
were confumed. We faw almoft every Day exceeding black 
Clouds, and heard it thunder for near a Month in the 
Mountains, where we likewife faw it rain, but none came 
near us till about four Days before our Departure : Previous 
to my Account of which, I fliall give, an exatft Defcription 
of the Country. 
19. The Ifland of Timor is about feventy Leagues long, 
and fixteen broad : It lies nearly South-eaft and South-weft. 
The Middle of it lies in about 9 0 South Latitude. It has 
a b e River, nor any Harbours, but abundance of 
Bays for Ships to ride in fafely enough at fome Seafons of 
the Year. The Shore is very bold, free from Rocks, 
Elands, or Sholes, excepting a few, which are vifible, and 
therefore eafily avoided. It is a pretty even Shore, with 
fandy Bays, and low Land, for about three or four Miles 
up into the Country ; but, beyond that Space, it is moun- 
tainous. There is no Anchoring but within half a Leao-ue, 
or a League at fartheft, from the Shore ; and the low Land, 
that bounds the Sea, hath nothing but red Mangroves, 
from the Foot of the Mountains, till you come within 
150 or 200 Paces of the Sea ; and then you have Sand- 
banks, covered with a fort of Pine, fo that there is no get- 
ting Water on this Side becaufe of the Mangroves. At 
the South-weft End of Timor is a pretty high Ifland, called 
Anabao . It is about ten or twelve Leagues long, and 
about four broad; near which the Dutch are fettled. It 
lies fo near Timor , that it is laid down in our Draughts as 
Part of that Ifland ; yet we found a narrow deep Chanel, 
fit for any Ships to pafs between them. This Chanel is 
about ten Leagues long, and, in fome Places, not above 
a League wide. It runs North-eaft and South- weft, fo 
deep, that there is no anchoring but very nigh the Shore. 
T. here is but little Tide, the Flood fetting North, and the 
Ebb to the Southward. At the North-eaft End of this 
Chanel are two Points of Land, net above a League afun- 
def, one on the South Side upon Timor , called Copang 1 
the other on the North Side, upon the other Ifland Anabao. 
from this laft Point the Land trends away Northerly two 
or three Leagues, opens to the Sea, and then bends in 
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