3# %%t coutfeftom Malacca to q&mn in Cfnna 
ttraigbt beginner to open $ aifcouer it felfe, be caccfull not to fall Upon If,* all that tobicb 
pu map faple tiare It ana tolna about like a lictb on tbej^ojtb fiae,ana toltboutp Crake 
ioto,fo to anoia the riffes * fijallotoes of tbe all ouer ibe cbanellftom tbe one point to tbs 
$o?tb fiae,as alfo not to fal totoaras p foutb other is fafre grouna,f toltbout aanger.Bln f 
fiae oftbe mouth of tbe ffrsigbCtoltb tbetiae Iffuing of tbe ffratgbf, beetng toltbout it pou 
Jbat runnetb tber,fo? pou baue manp aeptbs baue ttoo ftlffes, tobercof tbe one lietb right 
ana foule grouna,pen mult altoales bols on $ ouer again® tbe iffuing of tbe ftralgbt,about 
$ 0 ?tb fiae,tobere there is a fanate ftratta, of tbe fl^ot of a great pace totoaras § Caft co* 
tbe length of tbe tbofte of a great pace,at tbe mlng from tbe lana on tbe nojtb fiae, $ ft ret# 
gna thereof making tbe fojme of a fanap JBap cblng foutbtoaca,tbe other lietb In tbe £>outb 
Inhere pou fina freffj toater,f as farre as that tbe firat of a gret pace from tbe Iffuing of the 
tfranb runneth)® Is all along fafre grouna, to lana of the ftralgbt,reaching Cafttoara fo $ 
anker In If naa be,ana coming to this* ffrano 
pou baue the ft reame that ajluetb pou along 
bp tbe lana,totoaras the mouth of t ttraigbt, 
tobleb pou baue not,paffing further fro tbenc 
fo? then tbep a?lue pou totoaras tbe aape ana 
foule grouna,lplng on tbe g>outb fiae thereof, 
as afojefata, $ once againe 31 a&uife pou, not 
to paffe(fro the ena of tbe ffrana)to tbe nojtb 
fiae fo? It is altogether i&iffes ana ftjallotoes, 
asafojefatae ♦ 2Cbe mouth 0? cntrleoftbis 
ttraigbt, entretb bcttoane ttoo bfgb bits,be# 
fng as tooaa as a man map calf a Cone, ana 
reacbetb Caff toara, $ is In length about tbe 
Shot of a great pace,? cbanel of this ftraigbf 
Jjatb in length 4° faaome ana| {♦ aape,fn the 
cntrle at the frate of the bil on tbe ijio?tb fiae 
there ipetb a ft one Cliffe,toblcb ftjetoetb like 
a filler, this Is ccmonlp callea of all nations 
that paffe bp It, the Varella of China, f on 
the ^outb fiae, a graa toap from tbe mouth 
tberof ,lt maketb a crake. In tbe nuaie tober- 
of Ipetb a Cltffe bnaer toater.ffom tbe toblcb 
there runnetb a banke totoaras tbe miaale of 
the cbanel fomtobat further on the fame fiae, 
tbe length of a finall fijot, it bath an opening 
tobicb runnetb ttoougb on tbe other fiae in* 
to tbe g>ea,mahlng an ^lana tbfs opening Is 
tballoto all oucr,ferulng onlp fo? final if otffs 
to paffe fb?ougb> In tbe miaale of this Crake 
toberc this openingls,lletb a Cltffe,o: ffonie 
$)lace,ttoo faaome bnaer toater,toblcb ftonle 
place commetb fo far toltbout the Crake,as 
tbe point oftbe lana reacbetb,ana fometobat 
imo?e totoaras tbe miale of the cbanell,being 
paft this Crak*tbe lana bath a brake of a bo* 
well faling &otontoara,tobere tbe ftralgbt em 
aetb,! in palling about this,there is a rounae 
Itottcl bp the tobicb pou baue aape ana fafre 
$rouna,$ tobenpou baue paft about lt,p lane 
from thence reacbetb foutbeaff,ontbe$o?tb 
fiae of this ftralgbt,from the beglnnmgto the 
ena,tbcre are tlm Crabs, tobereof the ttoo 
firftarefmall,!thetbiragreat. It is fifuate 
right ouer agamft tbe brake 0? point of prea 
^ouel,toberc the ttraigbt enaetb,tbis tbirae 
Crake bath a ftonfe banke, tobicb at a lotoe 
toatcr after a fp?ing ttae Is bncouerea,! rea¬ 
cbetb fro tbe one point to tbe other,pou muft 
Thc^.iooke. 
tbep make a crofte one tb?ogb the other, ana 
bettoan tbofe ttoo Blffes tbe cbanel runnetb 
ana toltb tbe ebbe ofafpnng tloe pou map fa 
tbem,tbe cbanel $ runnetb bettoene the both 
bath fcarce 4. faaome aeepe,tbe grouna toltb* 
In § cbanel is muaafe f toltbout fana.Cbls 31 
baue partlcularlp notea bnto poufo? tbelr in 
ftrueftons $ hereafter tool pa0c tbjoagb that 
toapjfo? that tbe aifcriptions of tbe i^auiga# 
tlon 0? courfe tbereof,beretofo?e tojitten 1 fet 
aotone are berp fbo?t,ana obfcure,fo? fucb as 
baue not paff through that toap,toberbp ma* 
np fblps baue run on grounae,ftrlcken f pafr 
fea manp aangers, 1 fome caff atoap, but re# 
turning to our matfer,ana folototngp courfe 
afo?efala,tobe pou are as far as the mouth of 
tbe entrle of the flratgbt, then pou (ball paffe 
rlgbt tbtogb tbe mtaale of the toap fomtobat 
totoaras tbeJSojtb fiae, becaufe oftbe fanas 
afo?cfaia,tbat lie toitbln § ftraigbts,altoales 
toltb pour 3leaa In pour bana,lraklng rounae 
about pou, fo? f at the fijalotoeft place In tbe 
miaale of the cbanel,it Is 4.faaom ana {.alfo 
becaufe if Is fo narroto ^ pon can baralp caft 
out pour iieaa, me tbtnketb It Is pour fureft 
toap,bpon each ^ana tofeta£>cute,o? other 
mark, that map ferue pou fo? 315eahens,fo to 
auolae them, ana going a little further bp tbe 
Creeke,tobtcbbatb tbe opening that com# 
metb out of § other fiae of tbe £>ca, tober the 
Cliffc lietb ttoo faaome bnaer thetoater.tben 
kape p?efentfp totoaras the bouelonf right 
bana,tbat maketb tbe point oftbe Creeke a- 
fo?efaia,tober alfo tuning along bp pour Co- 
paffe,.asbefo?c bp the lana on tbe left bana, 
fomtobat neerer to tf,tbe on the other fiae,ttl 
pou be out of § ffralgbtaltoales taking babe 
of tbe lana ana crake Ipiitg on tbe^o?tb fiae, 
right againft this ^ouel,fo? tt Is ful of ft ones 
ana Cllffs,as 3 fata befojeJiketoife pou mull 
Ibun tbe caft fiae, right againft tbe iffuing of 
tbe ttraigbt, fojtbat tbe ^ ot of a great peece 
from thence,it ts altogether cliffes,as afo?e- 
faia,$ tobe pou are cut of the ffraigbt,! aeffre 
to $nkcr,tben make totoaras tbe§>ontb Sac 
along bptbc lana,tbat pou map get cut oftbe 
ftreanie, pou muff anker at 6 . faaome,fo? if 
pou ftap in tbe ftreame of tbe ftralgbt, pou 
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