Sep 9, 1789 Home Resource Sep 11, 1789
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| H | K | F | Courses | Winds | Remarks Thursday 10 Sept'r. 1789 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | " | Calm & hazy Wr. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3 | 1 | 4 | WbS | Et | Fresh Breezes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | 4 | " | " | The Extremes from ESE to West and the Land of Madura NbW to NbE½E | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 2 2 | 3 3 | SWbS | SEbS | The high Mountain of Passerwang WSW & the extremes of the Land SE¼E to WbN off Shore 2 Leags. Sound'gs 13 fathoms | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 2 | " | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | " | At ½ past 7 came to an Anchor in 5 fathoms And at day light the Land bore as follows, The High Mountain of Passerwang WbS½S a smaller one to the north'd of it W¼S a Javanese Villiage, SbW¾W 3 Miles a high Mountain at the back of it S¾W. Eastermost point of the rond [road?] and Eastermost Land in sight SE¾E 5 or 6 Miles passerwang Villiage West 4 Miles | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 10 | " | " | Calm | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 5 | " | " | " | " | Sent the Launch on Shore | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 7 | " | " | " | " | Launch returned, many prows about bought a few Fish | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 9 | " | " | " | NNE | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | " | " | " | NE | Light Breezes Weighed and stood for Passerwang road | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 1 | " | SWbW | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 1 | " | WSW | " | Do.Wr. Passerwang SW½W 3 Miles the Eastermost land EbS the North Westermost NW, High mountain of Passerwang WbS | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Meridn.Alt. Center | 77:34 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Towards Evening I discovered that the Coast of Java trended to the Northward and that the Land in the NW was exceedingly low I was therefore confidant of being nearly as far West as passerwang and for that reason I hauld in Shore and Anchor'd for the Night.
At day light I sent a Boat on Shore at a Villiage to know where the residence of the Governor was and by that means I found it was only a Javanese Town and that the Bessar (as they called him) lived at a place about 4 Miles to the West'd.
Having got this information I Weighed.
As I steered towards the shore the Soundings shoal'd very gradually & the bottom was of a soft Ozey kind in which an Anchor burys itself in a few hours and is difficult to be got up.
The Island of Madura joining nearly with Java to the West forms as an extensive Gulf in the Cod of which the Land is so low that with a strong Easterly Gale a Stranger may be embarassed before he is aware of it. The only warning therefore, is to attend to the ending of the high Land (if he keeps the Java Shore on board) and he will see Two remarkable Mountains the one makes with rather two peaks and is considerably larger than the other one to the Northward which is rather like a Sugar Loaf. Here the High Land ends and the Coast inclines Northward.
There is another high land to the Eastward of those which bore from me at Anchor S¾W this therefore as it cannot be mistaken (for here I saw no other) will give you due warning of your being advanced near to passerwang.
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