the party, who separated from the
other two and disturbed the birds, they might have caught a great number.
I was so much provoked at my plans being thus defeated that I gave this
offender a good beating.* I now went in search of the turtling party who
had taken great pains but without success. This did not surprise me as it
was not to be expected that turtle would come near us after the noise
which had been made at the beginning of the evening in extinguishing the
fire. I therefore desired them to come back, but they requested to stay a
little longer as they still hoped to find some before daylight: however
they returned by three o'clock without any reward for their labour.

(*Footnote. Robert lamb. This man when he came to Java acknowledged he
had eaten nine birds raw after he separated from his two companions.)

Tuesday 2.

The birds we half dressed that they might keep the better: and these with
a few clams made the whole of the supply procured here. I tied a few gilt
buttons and some pieces of iron to a tree for any of the natives that
might come after us and, finding my invalids much better for their
night's rest, we embarked and departed by dawn of day. Wind at
south-east; course to the north by west.

When we had run two leagues to the northward the sea suddenly became
rough which, not having before experienced since we were within the
reefs, I concluded to be occasioned by an open channel to the ocean. Soon
afterwards we met with a large shoal on which were two sandy keys;
between these and two others, four miles to the west, I passed on to the
northward, the sea still continuing to be rough.

Towards noon I fell in with six other keys, most of which produced some
small trees and brushwood. These formed a pleasing contrast with the
mainland we had passed which was full of sandhills. The country continued
hilly and the northernmost land, the same we had seen from the lagoon
island, appeared like downs, sloping towards the sea. Nearly abreast of
us was a flat-topped hill which on account of its shape I called
Pudding-pan hill; and a little to the northward were two other hills
which we called the Paps; and here was a small tract of country without
sand, the eastern part of which forms a cape whence the coast inclines to
the north-west by north.

At noon I observed in the latitude of 11 degrees 18 minutes south the
cape bearing west distant ten miles. Five small keys bore from north-east
to south-east, the