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Ten leagues eaftward of Buru there is a ftill larger ifland, which is little diftant fromGiailolo, and is called Ambon * * * § . It is inhabited by Moors and Gentiles ; the formerdwell near the fea, the other in the interior. The latter are anthropophagi. The pro-*du&ions of this ifland are the fame as thofe of Buru.
Between Buru and Ambon are three iflands furrounded by {hallows : to wit, Vudia,Kailaruru, and Benaia f. Four leagues fouth of the ifland of Buru lies the little iflandAmbalao J.
At a diflance of thirty-five leagues from Buru, in the direction fouth-weft by fouth, isthe ifland of Banda, with thirteen other iflands. In fix of thefe iflands mace is grown,and nutmegs. The largeft is called Zoroboa; the fmaller are Chelicel, Saniananpi,Pulai, Puluru, and Rafoghin § ; the other feven are Univeru, Pulan, Barucan, Lai-laca, Mamican, Man, and Meut ||. In thefe iflands nothing is cultivated but fago,rice, cocoa-nuts, banana, and other fruit trees. They lie very near each other, and areall of them inhabited by Moors who have no fovereign. Banda is fituate in latitudefix degrees fouth, longitude one hundred and fixty-three degrees thirty minutes, fromthe line of demarcation. As it laid out of our courfe we did not go thither.
Steering fouth-weft by weft from Buru, after traverfing eight degrees of latitude, wefound ourfelves off three iflands, contiguous one to the other, called Zolot ^[, Nouma-mor, and Galian. While failing between thefe iflands we experienced a tempeft, whichmade us apprehenfive for our lives ; fo that we made a vow to go on pilgrimage to ourLady of Guida, provided we efcaped the threatened danger. We went direct beforethe wind, and made for a tolerably lofty ifland, called Mallua, where we anchored, butbefore we came to our anchorage, we fuffered much from the currents and fquallswhich came from the gullies in the mountains.
The inhabitants of this ifland are favages, and referable beafts more than men ; theyare anthropophagi, and wear no other clothing in common than a narrow flip of clothmade from the bark of trees, to hide their privities; but when they go out to fight theycover their breads, backhand fides, with pieces of the buffalo’s hide, ornamented withcorniole**, and the teeth of fwine : behind and before they attach tails made of goat’s{kin. Their hair is turned up and fattened with combs, having large teeth. Theirbeard they wrap up in leaves, and enclofe it in boxes made of reed, a cuftom whichmade us laugh immoderately. In one word, they are the uglieft people we met with inthe whole courfe of our voyage.
They have bags made of leaves of trees, in which they place their food and drink ;their bows as well as their arrows are made of reeds. When their women firft per-ceived us, they advanced towards us with their bows in their hands in a menacing atti-tude, but on our making them fome trivial prefents we became good friends.
We paffed a fortnight on this ifland in repairing the Tides of our veffel, which weremuch {trained in the {form: we found on it goats, poultry, fift>, cocoa-nuts, wax, andpepper. For a pound of old iron we received in barter fifteen pounds of wax.
* Ambon is Ceram. From the native appellation the Dutch derived Ambava, a name given to a. fotton the fouth-weftern thore of Ceram, and Amboyna the appellation of a fort and town conflrudled inifland contiguous to Ceram. Eng. Tr.
t In the Atlas of Robert are feen the iflands Menga, Kelam, and Bone} and in the Dutch chart*
(Hift. Gen. des Voyages, tome xi.) Manipa, Kelam, and Bonoa. f At prefent called Amblan.
§ In the Dutch chart are found Guananapi, Puloay, Pulorhun, and Rofingen .
(| The Recueilde Voyages pour l’ellabliflement de la Campagnie des Indes, tome xi. p. 213, mentionsthe iflands Vayer, Tonjonburong, and Mumuak.
The Solor of modern charts.
** The coiniole alluded to appear to be univalve fhells, fuch as terebratuli, &c.
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