Dampier who has given us a large and so far as I know an Accurate description of this Island of Timor, says that it is seventy leagues long and sixteen broad and that it lies nearly NE and SW. I found the East side to lie nearest NEBE and SWBW and the South end to lie in the Latitude of 10°.23' St Longitude 236°..5' West from Greenwich —
We run about 45 Leagues along the East side which I observed to be free from danger, ^and excepting near the South end the Land which bounds the Sea is low for 2, 3 or 4 Miles inland and seem'd in many places to be intersected with salt Creeks; behind the low - land are mountains which rise one above another to a considerable height — We continualy saw upon it smooks by Day and fires in the night and in many places houses and plantations - I was strongly importune'd by some of my officers to go to the Dutch settlement ^at Concordia on this Island for refreshments, but this I refuse'd to comply with, knowing that the Dutch look upon all Europeans with a jealous eye that come a mong these Islands and our necessities were not so great to oblige me to put into a place where I might expect to be but indifferently treated — besides I did not see any necessity we had to stop any where untill