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Revised Sep 16 2021

Flinders's Providence Logbook Oct 11, 1792

Remarks Thursday 11th In the Indian Ocean Homewards

Bearings

PM

At 1:30 High Mountain of Rottee South
At 4 Part of Rottee S½E 7 or 8 Leagues the small low Island S44°E 3 or 4 Leagues Pulo Samou S50°E 4 Leagues to EbN 5 or 6 Leagues
At Sunset – Pulo Samou EbS 6 or 7 Leagues

AM

At 5:30 Extremes of Savu S30°W to S61°W off shore about 3 Leagues
At 8 Savu S11°E to S45°W off shore 3 Leagues

At Noon

Extremes of Savu S67°E to S2°E off shore 6 or 7 Miles Benjoar S14°W to S23°W 3 or 4 Leagues

 1 pm: Light Breezes & fine Weather hazey about the Horizon – At 30′ Saw a small low Island off the West End of Samou S3°E 3 or 4 Leagues At 1 Saw the Island Rottee from the Mast head and soon after the high Mountain upon it

 4 pm: Calm & fine Weather 3 or 4 Leagues from the small Island

 5 pm: At Sunset the Westermost Part of Rottee about Wouth 7 or 8 Leagues

 6 pm: Before Dark – In 1st reefs

 8 pm: Light Airs and Calms

10 pm: Lightening in the SW – A fresh Breeze sprung up

12 mid: Fresh Breezes and fair Weather

 4 am: Ditto Weather At Daybreak – Saw the Island Savu bearing SWbW 3 or 4 Leagues Made all Sail

 8 am: Moderate Breezes and fine Weather about 3 Leagues from the North End of Savu Cleared between Decks and washed below fore and aft. destroyed great Numbers of Cockroaches

10 am: At 10:30 Saw the Island Benjoar bearing SWbS

12 noon: At Noon Moderate Breezes and fair Weather distant 6 or 7 Miles from the North End of Savu – from Benjoar 5 or 4 Leagues Assistant leading

Remarks Off the Island Savu East Indies

The Appearance of Savu is that of a beautiful, campaign cultivated Island, rather parched as most tropical Islands are towards the Sea it is level and rather low, but rises into Hills of a moderate Height towards the Center of the Island – Captain Cook touched here in the resolution, and put into a Harbour called Saba on the North side of the Island – according to his Account the Produce is the same as that of Timor [?] Carabous or Buffaloes answer exactly as do the Manners of the Inhabitants, only the Timorees are more European  whether the Dutch have thought it worth their while to make a regular settlement there since the resolutions Time I cannot tell, then, the Island was divided into four Principalities or Kingdoms subject to their own Chiefs, who all acknowledged some degree of Superiority to the Dutch who take that advantage to monopolize all the Trades and being their rice and other Productions almost at their own Price, most or all of which is sent to Timor, from whose Governor, the resident at Savu receives his Orders – The North Point of the Island as near as we could determine is in Latitude [blank] and Longitude [blank] East by the Time Keepers – Benjoar is a very small Island in Latitude [blank] and Longitude [blank] East distant [blank] Miles from Savu

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