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River and Town of Passange Jonca on Sumatra.
Island at the N. W. end of Sumatra, called Way ; for Pulo Way, is the Island Way. We, who were dropping with wet, cold and hungry, were all overjoyed at the fight of the Land, and presently marked its bearing. It bore South, and the Wind was still at West, a strong gale ; but the Sea did not run so high as in the night. Therefore we trimmed our smallSail no bigger than an Apron,and steered with it. Now our Outlagers did us a great kindness again, for although we had but a small sail, yet the Wind was strong, and prest down our Vessels side very much : but being supported by the Outlagers, we could brook it well enough, which otherwise we could not have done.
About noon we saw more Land, beneath the supposed Pulo Way ; and steering towards it, before night we saw all the Coast of Sumatra, and found the errours of our Achinese ; for the high Land that we first saw, which then appeared like an Island, was not Pulo Way, but a great high Moun- tain on. the Island Sumatra, called by the English the Golden Mountain. Our Wind continued till a- bout 7 a clock at night ; then it abated, and at 10 a clock it died away : and then we stuck to our Oars again, though all of us quite tired with our former fatigues and hardships.
The next morning being the 20th day, we saw all the low Land plain, and judged our selves not above 8 leagues off. About 8 a clock in the morn- ing we had the Wind again at West, a fresh gale, and steering in still for the Shore, at 5 a clock in the afternoon we run to the mouth of a River on the Island Sumatra, called Passange Jonca. It is 34 leagues to the Eastward of Achin, and 6 leagues to the West of Diamond Point, which makes with 3 Angles of a Rhombus, and is low Land.
Our Malayans were very well acquainted here, and carried us to a small fishing Village, within a mile