THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
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CHAP. XI. 
Departure from Pulo Condor e.<—Pafs the Straits of Banc a. 
—View of the IJiand of Sumatra.—Straits of Sunda. — Oc¬ 
currences there.—Defeription of the IJiand of Cracatoa.— 
■— Prince's IJiand.—EJfedis of the Climate of Java.—-Rim 
to the Cape of Good Hope.—Tranfadiions there. — Defcrip- 
tion of Falfe Bay.—PaJJage to the Orkneys.—General Re- 
fie diions. 
O N the 28th day of January 1780, we unmoored; and, 
as foon as we were clear of the harbour, fteered South 
South Weft for Pulo Timoan. On the 30th, at noon, the 
latitude, by obfervation, being 5 0 o' North, and longitude 
io 4° 45 Eaft, we altered our courfe to South three quarters 
Weft, having a moderate breeze from the North Eaft, ac¬ 
companied by fair weather. At two in the morning of the 
31ft, we had foundings of forty-five fathoms, over a bot¬ 
tom of fine white fand; at which time our latitude was 
4 0 4 / North, longitude 104° 29' Eaft, and the variation of the 
compafs o° 3T Eaft. 
At one in the afternoon, we faw Pulo Timoan ; and, at 
three, it bore South South Weft three quarters Weft, diftant 
ten miles. This ifland is high and woody, and has feveral 
fmall ones lying off to the Weftward. At five, Pulo Puif- 
fang was feen bearing South by Eaft three quarters Eaft; 
and, at nine, the weather being thick and hazy, and hav- 
1 ing 
1780. 
January. 
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Friday 28. 
Sunday 30. 
Monday 31. 
