XDecoutfeftom Malacca td^aeatitncijnti 545 
grotoetb> anb is ttoelue miles from Pulo ano to Champeiio pqu runne $oitbtocff 9 
Caton, tp^ereUiftii manpbaue beeeiuebtbe* %bis |lanb of Champel lo bath a grab road, 
fciucs that ramie croffe oucr,toben tlicp fata and fafe harbour, but otielp toben itblotuctf} 
it and ranne on ground, Puio Caton is a 
long 3!fiand,toitb ttoo high billes at tbe enbe 
thereof,ano in the mioole loto,to that farre of 
it faiuetb to be ttoo 3flanbes,tt bath a flatte 
and euen ground of bulges, ffretebing nortb- 
toeft,anOfoutbeatt, on tbe foutbeafffioe it 
batb a ttiffc, tobere tbe toater breaketb forth 
running tbe fl^ot of a great pace further tn= 
to the ^ea, on the lanb fide it batb frefij toa* 
tcr,anb itctb biff ant from tbe coaff 2. miles, 
anb*, tbe channel! bettoeene both batb tbir* 
tie, anb tbirtie fine fabome beepe, toitb goob 
grouno,rigbt o«cr agafnfi this 3!flanb Itctb a 
riuer, toitb a great mouth or entrep, being 
toitbm tbe l£aucn 5- .or 6 . fabome oape, it is 
berie toell inbabiteb,anb built toitb boufcs,m 
tbisl^aucn Gomes Barretto entered toitb 
bfslbip,tbis 3 flanblietb tuber k. degrees 
anb i,anb j^ojtb $ortbtoeft, a mile anb a 
balfefromit, there Uetb another fmall loto 
Ufiano, anb pou map paffc bettoeene them 
botb,$ortb,#ortbtoeff 14. miles along tbe 
coaff lietb tbe llano of Champeiio, full tn=> 
ber 16.Degrees anbf, thisllanb Champei¬ 
io is great anb high, bauing tpon it certaine 
foppes orbcaoesffickmgout, it Uetb north 
nortbtoeff, anb foutb foutbeaff, it batb ttoo 
high billes toitb a tallep in tbe mibble,tbat in 
the foutbeaff being much higher then tbe 0* 
tber', it batb liUetoifc manp tras, on the 
^ortbtoeftfioe it hath a terp high Bfflanb, 
toitb ttoo fmall llanbcs Iping elofe at tbe fan 
thereof, on tbe fibc it hath much anb 
terie goob fretb toater, anb is biff ant from 
tbe Coaff about ttoo miles, it is a berp loto 
lanb along tbe fca ftranb, ano Weft $ortb* 
toettfromtbenccistbe laiucr of Coaynon 
Iping ttoo fabome oape, in tbe l^auenitis 
fanbie grounb,tobere much frafftque is fofeb, 
but tbe people are not much to bee trailed, 
from this llano of Champeiio $ortbtoeft, 
for ttoo 0? three miles it rs full of trees,! ttoo 
miles further, the Coaff maketb a great 
tbicke point full of trees, anb tbr® miles be* 
ponb this point,lietb a great crake,tobicb in 
the entrep hath an 3!lanb for a befence or do¬ 
te,ano is alldcare grounb, tobere pou baue 
much bittuals anb sparebanoifes that come 
out of tbecountriebptbeWtuerof Sinoha, 
this crake toas calleb the Enfeada, 0? crake 
of^amt Don Iorgi e,it batb much tooob, f 
berie goob to make ibips of, fiue miles from 
ft along tbe Coalf lietb the riuer of Smoha, 
tobicb batb in tbe Ipaucn 14. fpanneof toa* 
ter,all fanbie grounb, in tots Dauen is the 
tobole banbling anb traffique of tbe goobs 
that come from Cauchinchma anbtbetber. 
The 1 .Bookc* 
out of tbe toell anb foutbtoeff, anb although 
tbe toinb commeto from the lanb, nottoitb* 
llanbingit froublctb pou much bp reafon of 
tbelotones of tbe lanb: pou muff bnoerff anb 
that ten miles before pou come to Van-ella 
13. milestoitbiu toe fea, there begirtnetb 
certaine Manors that are berie bqngef bus* 
tobicb reach as tbe lanb both till pou bee bn» 
ber 1 /.degrees, anb run nearertotoenorto* 
eaff, at tbe enb tobereof, in toctoapfbCbi* ; 
na there lietb 8. 3!flanbes. toree great, !^tue 
fmall, all full of trees anb fanbie ff rantcs,buf 
toitbout frefi) toater betto® ne them,! round 
about it is altogether flat anb foule toap, fa 
that as foone as pou let fall tbe anker^fbe ca¬ 
ble is prefentlp fretted in paces, bettoane . 
tbefe iifianbs there is 4. fabome beepe. £$# 
information toas giuenmebp certaine pCo* 
pie of Sian that loll their funco or fbippein 
that place bp rcafon of a calme, becaufe tbep 
ankercb,anball tbeir cables brake from tbe 
grounb,! tljep faueb tbemfelues in tbe boate* 
$ runtbrougbal! tbofe 3 Iflanbes to finbfreff? 
toater,anb coulb fa none: pou run from the 
bake or point of tbofe fanbes, to Pulo Ca^ 
ton |iortbeaff,anb ^outbtoeff, anb^iorth- 
eaff anb bp eaff, anbfoutbtoeff anb bp toeff, 
for tljep lie like a boto: therefore truff not tbe 
olb Dcfcrfptton of this j^autgation, that faith 
tbep baue channels from thence to Pulo Ca- 
ton,running ouertbtoart it is tbirtie miles, 
but returning agatne to tbe couefc from Va- 
rella to Pulo caton, toben pou areas farre 
as tobere tbe coaff ffretcbetb ^orthtoarb, 
then pour courfe fball be ttoo miles off from 
tbe lanb till pou come t o Pulo Catoq * for 
that if pou come tbetber tatlpirt the peare, 
pou baue tbe toeff toinbes fo ffrong, that if 
poufboulb be far from tbecoaff, tbep tooulb 
carrie pou bp force tjpowfbe fattbs , toitbout 
anp remebie, as it bappeneb to tbe fbip takes 
the Santa Cvus, pou tball notpaffeabque 
ttoo or three miles at the furtbeff to featoarij 
from Pulo Caton,anb if pou chance to be on 
tbe fibc of tbe lanb, pou map liketotfe paffe 
through bp tbe Cbannell that runneth be* 
ttoanetbe firme lanb anb the 3]lanb, tobicb 
is ttoo mile anb a balfe broab , all faire ana 
gad ground (as 31 fatb before.) Pulo Caton 
lietb toitb the foutb point of tbe 3 lanb Ay* 
non $ortb anb ^oufb, anb $ortb! bp eaff, 
anb 0outb anb bp Meff , fometobaf more 
then ?o. mile. Cbis foutb point of Ay non 
lietb fcarfetmber 18 .Degrees, ano ^treacb* 
etb fromtbe point aforefaib, foutbtoefftoarb 
12 .or »3 .miles,anb from the Caff fibc Ipetb 
the toap from China,tobicb pou run $ or to* 
