i: Jse coutfeftom flpcau ta Japan anti ©ungo, 387 
tmfill to came finder atf.degrto 
Commtng bnaer 29, Degree, to field 
oar courfe fjalfe a ftrifce Caftijtobeaft 
fo? the fpace ofeight 0? nine miles fill tfie 
£umne*fe£ting, and then to perceined 
right before fis a round and high Bfiand, 
being about fire miles from it, fitob tuas 
tbefirft andfurffieft BHand Weftfiiard 
ofthefeuen Bflanacs, tod) at this p?e* 
fent are called As Setelcmaas, thatis,tbe 
feuen lifters, toict) lie Under 29. degrees 
and i. / 
SEhts firft BHandhatfi a Ifiarpe point 
on the Weft fide, in f be middle at tbe fmt 
thereof baaing a ftone informs of apil* 
lar, like tbe V arella m tbe ftraigbt of Sin¬ 
gapore bp Malacca: and on tbe jjtobeaft 
fide about balfc a mile from tbence, tbere 
lietb a round blacke Clifife, 
Seeing fit tbe ftgbt of this BIfiand to 
ptonflp ranne #odb and bp (Baft, as 
beto, ail that night: and in tbe morning 
(beeing right againft it) to fatneall tbe 
reft of tbe feuen BHands, and Still bold our 
courfe ^tobcaft, Untiil me mere before 
tbe iaft of tbe faid feuen 3 Hands ; jfrom 
tobence about fire miles $o?tbUmra, Ip* 
etb Uoo 3 Hands ftretebing (Baft $ Weft, 
thereof that in the Caft is fierie long 
and high, full ofblschc ftjimng trees, and 
that in the Weft much iefte and lornert 
at tbe (Baft end oj point of tbe lefter 3 * 
land there is a high hcuell that oefcenaetb 
Weftuoard, making a long and lotoe 
point, SChefeiHands are about a mile di* 
ftant from each other, 
Weftmardfrom this 3 fiand about tto 
miles and a halfe, there is another ifland, 
as great and high as the other atofaid: 
the firft great high 3 Hand atofaid is cal • 
ieslcoo, and the afojefaid feuen Bflands 
ftjall all lie on the £>outheaft fide from 
pou,and from the firft to the laft thep map 
be about feuen 0? eight miles: U)hen to 
mere at the end of the feuen BHands, toe 
held our courfe Bjtoheaff,tofi)ar&cs the 
channel! that runneth bet tone the great 
high 3 Hand, and tbe 3 lano that bath tbe 
long lorn poinf,U)bere toe palled tbmugb, 
ccmmmg out againeon tbe $o#b fide, 
SCbis channell isfaireano deepetohout 
anpeliffes o^ftones. 
ifeure miles ^tohluefttord from 
this Channell, ipetb a,fierie high and 
round BHand, mfiicb on the Weft fide 
ftemetb to be full of Cliftes, 2 to Bland 
bath a spine of Bjimftone tobicb Ipetb 
Thes-Booke. - 
in the middle thereof, 0 mile $0^ 
marts from this fierp 3 Hand loetb ano* 
tber fmall and lotne 3 Hand, and from 
the atofaide fierp Bflande about eight 
miles (Baft tord, Ipetb lhe 3 fland ofTa- 
naxuma atofaid : tbegmftbtgb 3 Sand 
of Icoo atofaide Iping on tbe^Caft fide 
of the CbanneU,onfbc $ojtb fide there* 
ofbatbalotocilande, andallalong bpfe 
is fierie gad harbour, baling faire ana 
gcod ground, reaching four? oj fine miles 
Caft and Weft, 
ni& miles $Gtfhte& from the 
(Baft end of this 3 fiand ofkoo, ipetb the 
atofaide 3 Hand of Tanaxutm, as it is 
alfo declared in the SDefrription of the 
Courfe and ^amgation to the BHandof 
Ferando. 
^bis 3 Hand of Tanaxuma ftrefebeth 
ifiojtb and £>cuth, baling ait ogither lotss 
^land and full of ipoucls and mallepes 
irntb Pine frees that ftand fane oiftant 
one from the other, and is about feuen 
2 e&gbt miles long: and in the middle 
thereof on the Weft fide ,lpetb a featien 
tobin certain? Ciiffes and itodscs 
and a mile anoabalfe Weft $o?toeik 
tuard from this ^)auen Ipetb a fierp fmall 
and lofije 3 Hano, Mtb a little ^0 util in 
the nftbdle, On the $o?tb end of this 
fmal Bland there arc feme tones f r ticks 
ftidung out about the length of the Ojotte 
of a great p eete, all the reft is fatre,iim$e* 
mife betWmiems BHand and Tanaxo- 
raa ft is all oner fatre and ctoe, l^euerr 
o? eight miles ^o^bmard from the 3 * 
Hand of Tanaxuma, ipetb the great and 
btgbiUnd of Iapon, ^fijeh coaft on the 
§>outb fide ftretcbetb C-aft and Weft 
fo^tbefpaceof fen mples from the chan* 
tieilafoaefaid tba.trnnnetb bettome tbe 
BHandcs: pou can not fee Tanaxumafin^ 
tefte it b®fatre and cltere leather: to 
ranne (Baft ^ojibeaft, and lucre about 
toe miles diftant from the afojefaide 
Channell before tosifeouered Tanaxu- 
ma, as liketoife the great land -of Iapon, 
tohicb (as B (aide before) is fierie high, 
ftretebing Caft and Weft about tenfic 
miles, and becaufe Tanaxuma ftretch* 
etb ^o^tb and &o nth, being lolne land, 
and the land of iapon high, thereto in 
that place inhere to mere, thep fee* 
med finto fis like one ilan&e, becaufe 
thep reach each tough other. Where* 
fipan the Chiniihpilote tohich free had 
at that time abto our S|ippe, thought 
them 
