very fat; and I sent him 2 of
the guinea-hens that I brought from St. Jago, of which there were none
here.

I had now 11 buts of water on board, having taken in 7 here, which I
would have paid for but that at present I was afraid to send my boat
ashore again; for my officer told me, among other of his inventions, that
there were more guns mounted in the fort than when we first came; and
that he did not see the gentlemen that were aboard the day before;
intimating as if they were shy of us; and that the governor was very
rough with him; and I, not knowing to the contrary at present, consulted
with my other officers what was best to be done; for by this the governor
should seem to design to quarrel with us. All my other officers thought
it natural to infer so much, and that it was not safe to send the boat
ashore any more, lest it should be seized on; but that it was best to go
away and seek more water where we could find it. For having now (as I
said) 11 buts aboard; and the land being promising this way, I did not
doubt finding water in a short time. But my officer who occasioned these
fears in us by his own forgeries was himself for going no further; having
a mind, as far as I could perceive, to make everything in the voyage, to
which he showed himself averse, seem as cross and discouraging to my men
as possible, that he might hasten our return; being very negligent and
backward in most businesses I had occasion to employ him in; doing
nothing well or willingly, though I did all I could to win him to it. He
was also industrious to stir up the seamen to mutiny; telling them, among
other things, that any Dutch ship might lawfully take us in these seas;
but I knew better, and avoided everything that could give just offence.

KUPANG BAY.

The rest of my officers therefore being resolved to go from hence, and
having bought some fish of some Anamabeans who, seeing our ship, came
purposely to sell some, passing to and fro every day, I sailed away on
the 26th about 5 in the afternoon. We passed along between a small low
sandy island (over against the fort) full of bays and pretty high trees;
sounding as we went along, and had from 25 to 35 fathom, oasy ground. See
the little map of this passage Table 6 Number 1.

The 27th in the morning we anchored in the middle of the bay, called
Kupang Bay, in 12 fathom, soft oaze, about 4 leagues above the Dutch
fort. Their sloop was riding by the fort, and in the night fired a gun;
bu