Off this southern extremity, which Dampier calls the south east by mistake, the south east being Saint Augustina, at the distance of five, six, and seven leagues, lie ten or twelve islands, though Dampier says there are only two, and that together they are about five leagues round. The islands that I saw could not be contained in a circuit of less than fifteen leagues, and from the number of boats that I saw among them I imagine they are well inhabited. The largest of these lies to the S.W. of the others, and makes in a remarkable peak, so that it is first seen in coming in with the land, and is indeed visible at a very great distance. Its latitude I make 5° 24' N. and its longitude by account 126° 3° E. This island, which I called HUMMOCK ISLAND, bears from Saint Augustina S. 40 W. at the distance of between twenty and two and twenty leagues; and from the same Cape the southermost part of the island Mindanao bears S.W. ¾#190; W. at the distance of between twenty-one and twenty-three leagues. This southermost extremity consists of three or four points, which bear east and west of each other for about seven miles. They lie in latitude 5° 34' N., longitude 126° 2° E. according to my account. The variation here was one point east.

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