PEiSART’s VOYAGE TO AUSTRALASIA?

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might be able to find the river of Jacob Remmefcens ; but the wind veering about tothe north-eaft, they were not able to continue longer upon that coaft, and thereforereflecting that they were now above one hundred miles from the place' where they werefhipwrecked, and had fcarce as much water as would ferve them in their paffage back,they came to a fettled refolution of making the belt of their way to Batavia, in orderto acquaint the governor-general with their misfortunes, and to obtain fuch affifianceas was neceffary to get their people off the coaft.

On the t 7th they continued their courfe to the north-eaft, with a good'wind andfair weather; the 18th and 19th it blew hard, and they had much rain ; on the 20ththey found themfelves in 19 degrees 22 minutes ; on the 22d they had another obferv-ation, and found themfelves in the height of 16 degrees xo minutes, which furprifedthem very much, and was a plain proof that the current carried them northwards at agreat rate ; on the 27th it rained very hard, fo that they were not able to take an ob-fervation, but, towards noon, they faw, to their great fatisfaction, the coafts of Java,in the latitude of eight degrees, at the diftance of about four or five miles. They al-tered their courfe to weft-north-weft, and, towards evening, entered the gulf of anifland very full of trees, where they anchored in eight fathoms water, and there paffedthe night; on the 28th, in the morning, they weighed, and rowed with all their force,in order to make the land, that they might fearch for water, being now again at thepoint of perilhing for thirft. Very happily for them, they were no fooner on Ihorethan they difcovered a fine rivulet at a fmall diftance, where, having comfortablyquenched their thirft, and filled all their calks with water, they about noon continuedtheir courfe for Batavia.

On the 29th, about midnight, in the fecond watch, they difcovered an ifland, whichthey left on their ftarboard ; about noon they found themfelves in the height of 6 de-grees 48 minutes; about three in the afternoon they palled between two iflands, thewefternmoft of which appeared full of cocoa-trees. In the evening they were abouta mile from the fouth point of Java, and in the fecond watch, exactly between Javaand the Ifle of Princes. The 30th, in the morning, they found themfelves on thecoaft of the Iaft-mentioned ifland, not being able to make above two miles that day.On July xft, the weather was calm, and about noon they were three leagues fromDwaerfindenwegh, that is, Thwart-the-way Ifland; but towards the evening they hada pretty brilk wind at north-weft, which enabled them to gain that coaft. On the sd*in the morning, they were l'ight againft the ifland of Topers-hoetien, and were obligedto lay at anchor till eleven o’clock, waiting for the fea-breeze, which, however, blewfo faintly, that they were not able to make above two miles that day ; about fun-fotthey perceived a veffel between them and Thwart-the-way Ifland, upon which they re-folved to anchor as near the Ihore as they could that night, and there wait the arrivalof the Ihip. In the morning they went on board her, in hopes of procuring arms fortheir defence, in cafe the inhabitants of Java were at war with the Dutch . They foundtwo other Ihips in company, on board one of which was Mr. Ramburg, counfelior ofthe Indies. Captain Pelfart went immediately on board his Ihip, where he acquaintedhim with the nature of his misfortune, and went with him afterwards to Batavia.

We will now leave the Captain foliciting fuccours from the Governor-general, in or-der to return to the crew who were left upon the iflands ; among whom there hap-pened fuch tranfa&ions, as, in their condition, the reader would little expert, and per-haps will hardly credit. In order to their being thoroughly underftood, it is neceflaryto ©bferve, that they, had for fupercargo one Jerom Cornells, who had been formerly