33t %\be (oiitfcftom #aiatta to ®oa. 
tx3ell iittfje flooded as in tbe ebbe, atonies 
ruling pour felfe according to tbe tides, anti 
Soloing pour courfe in fuel) manneMbat pou 
snap raft out pour lead, ana as tbe afojcfatde 
great 3 !flanD of d £ Aru Uctb ^outbtoett from 
pou, bating about tboo miles from it, tben 
pou (ball baue Pulo Sambilao right again® 
it,fo pou fall not from the 3flandes toluards 
Samatra , tiolDfng pour courfe as afo?efaide, 
toboardes Pulo San.bilao loitbout feare, 
becaufe the monfon, ojtime of tbe botndes 
so as tben blobo from tbe land into tbe feea, 
and if herein pou cbauncefobeenegligent, 
pou fljall boe pour felfe great hurt, ano p?o* 
jure great binberance in pour SHopage: tbe 
deptbes and ground tbaf pou finbe from tbe 
3 Jflanb of d’ Aru to Pulo Sambilao, anb 
from r 7. to 40. fabome mubbie grounb, anb 
fn fome places fanb,anb pairing bp tbe 31 lanb 
of d’Aru, tben pou finbfrom 40. to/o 4 fa* 
some deepe,from tbe Blflanbcs of Pulo Sam# 
bilao,tO tb JflanbS Of pulo Pinao, pou (ball 
fo&pe along bp tbe (boje, not once putting 
from it, Running a banfee, (Iptng right ouer 
again®tbelanbcalleb Bams, bettooene Pu# 
lo Sambilao, anb Pulo Pinao) hobicbiS 
mubbie grounb, anb it is faice tbat tbere pou 
&aue tb?fr fabome boater, pou ftjall ®ill bfe 
pour leab, ano runne not nearer tben fiftdene 
fabome to tbe lanb, no? further then tbirtie 
ffabometo&eaboarb, becaufe biuerstimes 
there commetb great bla®s (out of tbe billes 
of Qucda)from $o?tbeaff,anb no?tb,no?tb* 
caff, anb fometimes (harper, $ tnanp times 
runne further from tbe coaff,as 3 faib before, 
anbfo pou (ball bolbe pour courfe toitbout 
banger from the coaff of tbe 3 !lanb Samatra, 
inhere in tbe monfon pou baue greatett caufe 
fo feare, anb therefore pou (ball bold pour 
courfe toitboui putting from tbe lanb till pou 
cometotbeSIflandof Pulo Pinao, anb be¬ 
ing bp them, 0? at tbe beigtb anb length of 
them, anb baaing tbe monfon (that is tbe 
minor tobicb as then blofoetb anb is gob fo? 
pou) pou map then put from tbe lanb boing 
pur be® to feape tco loofetoarb off Pulo Pc# 
ra, inbtcb is a good courfe: but if tbe foinde 
Cerue pou to mafeetolnarbs Pulo Batumjt 
is better: fo? from this place pou muff tahe 
pour courfe totoards the cbannell, tuber 7* 
fbegrfrsaub but bailing tbe monfon, as 
afo?cfaio, although it be fomelnbaf bacbe# 
4 oard,pou fljall l©fe pour time: fo? tbe mon¬ 
fon at tbe fir® is fometimes fl)arpe,]anO after 
that beginnetb to be larger, as pou turne 0? 
Sninbe from tbe land 0? coaff * Mitb this 
courfe pou (ball runne 10 tbe cbannell, anb 
paffe it tinder feauen aegrfrs, anb- and be- 
fo?e pou come bnder feauen degrfrs and? to 
feauen andf 0? leffe bauing pa® fbe|la Mbs, 
The ^*Bookc 0 
pou (ball atoateshfrpe bnder tbe afojefaft? 
feauen degrees anb becaufe in that gulfe 0? 
countrie manp times tbe toinde is no?tb, anb 
no?tb $o?tbcaff: in pour courfe totoards the 
3 (land of Seylon,pou ffjall runne bnder fea¬ 
uen degrees anb ^ anb bnder feauen degrees, 
toitb the tobicb pou (ball come to the 31 flanb 
Of Scylon , to a place calleb Matccalou, 
tobicb lietb too lofetoard off tbe fanbs, there 
pou bane no grounb but tpitbin ttoo miffs of 
tbe land, pou muff lifcetoife bnberttanb, that 
from the middle of tbe <0ulfe to the 3ifland of 
Scylon, tbeteater anbtbeffreamesm thus 
time c#moHfon runne outtoard into tbe fea, 
Uketoife tbe compaffe pceloctb mo?eco the 
$o?tbtocff: tobereunfo pou muff bauegreat 
regard, anb bfrtng at tbe 3 fland Scylon ba* 
utng it in fight pou (ball not loofe it, but keep 
pour grounb from tbirtie fabome, (looking 
tocll befo?e pou, anb tailing beebe of the 
d?ougbtes tbat are berp dangerous,tbe fo?e« 
mo® of them beeing of ®one Cliffes tbe 
length of a € 5 allep, toitbeut anp other then 
onlptbofepoufe) to fourtfrne ano firt&ne 
fabome,anb in tbe balfe toap 0? middle there# 
of anb tbe land, pou (ball finsc the depth a- 
fo?efaib, and another §>and that ipetb behind 
pou,tobicb is tbe fir®, and cannot bee fame 
but tbat tbe ^ea b?eaffetb bppon it,and tbep 
fappon map paffe toitb fmaU ^bippes be* 
ttoeene it anb tbe lanb, bating foure fabome 
dfrpe,but 3 tbinhe tt is better to put from it 
to fea board, it is from tbence to the lanb a 
mtle,andpoumapgoe neareitat fiptfrne $ 
eigbtfrne fabome, anb if pou fall bppon it bp 
nigbt,pou muff faile onlie toitb pour jfouke* 
faple, toben pou are in fight of bntmotone 
land, hfrping ateigbtfrnefabomenearetbe 
land, anb not aboue tbirtie fabome to £>ea# 
tuarb, from this fanb pou (ball runne along 
§ coaff at fiftoene, firtome, ttoenfie, tfoentie 
fiue, anb tbirtie fabome, but in fucb manner, 
tbat pou Icofe not ground, fo? pou map bane 
aCalme, anbfo bp that loofing of ground, 
tbe boater anb ffreames might d?iue pou 
totbc 3 flanbesof Maldiua: boberefo?epou 
muff baue gob regard, bnftll pou come to 
Negumbd, tobicb is in tbe 3 flanb of Sey# 
Ion, and from tbence it is good to croffe 0# 
uer to tbe Tirme lanb, anb comming to Ne# 
gumbo , pou (ball not put off from tbe lanb, 
tmleffeitbffifromtbe fiftdme of j?eb?uarie, 
fo? from tbat time fo?Voarbes, then tbe 
ffreame anb boaters beginne againe to runne 
inboarbes,anb being from tbe fiftfrne of ife#* 
b?uarte fo?boarbes, pou map put from the 
0 )Q?e(tbatisfromtbe 3 flanb of Vcrberyn 
bobicb Ipetb clofe bppon tbe Coaff of 
Scylon,) to tbe po?tingales ifo?t called 
Columbo 
