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A VOYAGE TO 
1780. 
January. 
and is taken into the account in determining the fituation 
of the ifland. 
After palling Sapata, we fleered to the Weltward; and at 
midnight founded, and had ground with fifty fathoms of 
Thurfday 20. line, over a fine fandy bottom. In the morning of the 20th, 
the wind becoming more moderate, we let out the reefs, 
and fleered Well by South for Pulo Condore. At noon 
the latitude was 8° 46' North, longitude 106° 45' Eafl; and 
at half pall twelve we got fight of the ifland, bearing Weft. 
At four, the extremes of Pulo Condore, and the iflands that 
lie off it, bore South Eafl and South Weft by Weft; our dif- 
tance from the near eft iflands being two miles. We kept 
to the North of the iflands, and flood for the harbour on 
the South Weft end of Condore, which, having its entrance 
from the North Weft, is the bell fheltered during the North 
Eafl monfoon. At fix, we anchored, with the bell bower, 
in fix fathoms, veered away two thirds of the cable, and 
kept the fhip fteady with a ftream anchor and cable to the 
South Eafl. When moored, the extremes of the entrance of 
the harbour bore North by Weft, and Weft North Weft one 
quarter Weft; the opening at the upper end South Eafl by 
Eafl three quarters Eafl; our diftance from the neareft fhore 
a quarter of a mile. 
As foon as we were come to anchor, Captain Gore fired 
a gun, with a view of apprifing the natives of our arrival, 
and drawing them toward the fhore, but without effeft. 
Friday 21. Early in the morning of the 21ft, parties were fent to cut 
wood, which was Captain Gore’s principal motive for com¬ 
ing hither. In the afternoon, a hidden guft of wind broke 
the ftream-cable, by which the Difcovery was riding, and 
obliged us to moor with the bower anchors. 
None of the natives having yet made their appearance, 
notwithftanding 
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