THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
of a reddifh-coloured fcum or fpawn, floating on the water, 
in a Southerly direction. 
At day-light, on the 3d, we came in fight of the Three 
Iflands ; and, foon after, of Monopin Hill, on the ifland of 
Banca. At noon, this hill, which forms the North Eaft 
point of the entrance of the Straits, bore South Eaft half 
South, diftant fix leagues; our latitude, by obfervation, be¬ 
ing i° 48 / South, and longitude 105° 3' Eaft, the foundings 
feventeen fathoms, and no perceivable variation in the. 
compafs. 
Having got to the Weftward of the fhoal, called Frederick 
Endric, at half paft two we entered the Straits, and bore 
away to the Southward; and, in the afternoon, Monopin 
Hill bearing due Eaft, we determined its latitude to be 2 0 3' 
South, the lame as in Monf. D’Apres’ map, and its longi¬ 
tude 105° i8 / Eaft. At nine, a boat came off from the Banca 
fliore, and having rowed round the fhips, went away again. 
We hailed her in the Malaye tongue to come on board, but 
received no anfwer. At midnight, finding a ftrong tide 
againft us, we anchored in twelve fathoms, Monopin Hill 
bearing North 29 0 Weft. 
On the 4th, in the morning, after experiencing fome 
difficulty in weighing our anchors, owing to the ftiff te¬ 
nacious quality of the ground, we proceeded with the tide 
down the Straits; the little wind we had from the North¬ 
ward dying away as the day advanced. At noon, there 
being a perfect calm, and the tide making againft us, we 
dropt our anchor in thirteen fathoms water, about three 
miles from v r hat is called the Third Point, on the Sumatra 
fliore; Monopin Hill bearing North 54 0 Weft. The lati¬ 
tude, by obfervation, was 2 0 22 7 South, longitude 105° 38' 
Eaft. At three in the afternoon we weighed and ftood on 
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