t 9 4 GOOK’s ’VOYAGE, 
with the land wind at fouth, and flood out clear of the fhoal j 
]but before noon were obliged to come to again in twenty-eight 
fathom, near a fmall ifland among thofe that are called the 
Thoufand Iflands, which we did not find laid down in any 
chart. Pufri Pare at this time bore E. N. E. diflance between 
fix and feven miles. 
Mr. Banks and Dr. Solar.der went afhore upon the ifland, 
which they found not to be more than five hundred yards long, 
and one hundred broad ; yet there was a houfe upon it, and a 
fmall plantation, where among other things was the Palma. 
Cht-ijli, from which the caflor oil is made in the Weft Indies : 
they made a fmall addition to their collection of plants, and 
fhot a bat, whofe wings when extended meafured three feet 
from point to point; they (hot alfo four plovers, which exactly 
refembled the golden plover of England. Soon after they re- 
turned, a fmall Indian boat came alongfide with two Malay* 
on board, who brought three turtles, forne dried fifh, and a 
few pumpkins ; we bought the turtle, which altogether weighed 
a hundred and forty-fix pounds, for a dollar, and confidering 
that we had lately paid the Dutchman a dollar for one that 
weighed only fix and thirty pounds, we thought we had a good 
bargain. The feller appeared equally fatisfied, and we then 
treated with him for his pumpkins, for which he was very un- 
willing to take any money but a dollar; we faid that a whole 
dollar was greatly too much ; tp which he readily aflented, but 
defired that we wpuld cut one and give him a part; at laft, 
however, a fine fnining Portuguefe petacka temptedJhim, and 
for that he fold us his whole flock of pumpkins, being in number 
twenty-fix. At parting, he made figns that we fhould not tell 
at Batavia that any boat had been aboard us. 
*We were not able to weather Pulo Pare this day, but getting 
the land wind at fouth about ten o’clock at night, we weighed 
and flood" to the E. S. E. all night. At ten in the morning, 
we anchored again, to wait for the fea breeze; and at noon it 
iprung up at N. N. E. with which we flood in for Batavia road, 
where at four o’clock in the afternoon w r e came to ah anchor. 
We found here the Harcourt Indiaman from England, two 
Englifh private traders of that country, thirteen fail of large 
Dutch fhips, and a confiderable pumper of fmall veffels. A 
boat came immediately on board, from a fhip which had a 
broad pendant flying, and the officer who commanded having 
enquired who we were, and whence we came, immediately re- 
turned with fuch anfiwers as we thought fit to give him; both 
he and his people were as pale as fpefitres, a fad prefage of our 
fufFeiings in fo unhealthy a country ; but our people, who* 
except Tupia, were all rofy and plump, feemed to thick them- 
felves fo feafoned by various climates that nothing could hurt 
item. ' In tke meaR time, I fcr.t a lieutenant adore to acquaint 
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