dropped
anchor at sunset.

On the 25th of June the wind was S.S.E. to S.E. in the morning and
forenoon with a moderate top-gallant gale, a brightening sky and good
weather. At daybreak, as they were weighing anchor, the cable snapped
off, and the buoy having disappeared, they thus lost their third anchor,
so that they had only one left. They therefore resolved to call at the
island of Timor, and shaped their course to N.W. by W. over {Page 98}
depths of 11, 10, 101/2 and 8 fathom; they next steered higher in order to
get into deeper water, and thus passed over 12, 7, 8, 15, 9, 10, 12, 14,
13, 7, 5, 31/2, 4, 5, 6, afterwards running up to 20 fathom, muddy bottom.
At noon their estimated course and distance performed were N.W. by W.
slightly Northerly, 51/2 Miles; their estimated latitude 11 deg. 30' South;
Latitude taken 11 deg. 37' South; estimated distance from the land 9 or 91/2
miles.

They next shaped their course to north-west in these known waters, and on
the 3rd of July following sighted the island of Rottie to westward of
them...

The ship de Buys, having, as hereinbefore mentioned, put into the port of
Banda on the 28th of March, and having there again been provided with all
necessaries, set sail from there again on April 1, shaping her course to
eastward. On April 23 she sighted the land of Carpentaria, and the
so-called Cape Keerweer, when she was in the observed latitude Of 12 deg. 58'
South, so that the land was found to be at least 12 miles more to
eastward than it was believed to be. They had sounded depths of 20, 18,
15, 13, 12, and 111/2 fathom, sandy bottom, at which last depth they came
to anchor shortly after sunset.

On the 24th of April the wind was E.S.E. by S. in the morning and
forenoon with a weak top-gallant gale and fine weather; at daybreak they
got their boat ready and made her sail ahead of them in order to take
soundings; they then weighed anchor and set sail, keeping an E.N.E. and
N.E. course close to the wind in 111/2, 12, 13, 12, and 111/2 fathom, sharp
sandy bottom with small pebbles. At noon their estimated latitude was 12 deg.
54' South, and their estimated distance from the land 4 or 41/2 miles. At
sunset they observed Cape Keerweer E. 1/4 point N. of them, and the
interior point looking to the river E.N.E. They had sounded depths of
111/2, 101/2, 11, and 12 fathom sandy bottom, at which last depth they came
to anchor just after sunset. In the course of the day they had seen