An account of several late voyages and discoveries

tor»ards the South Terra lncognita~ 1~; t~crmofr Iíland, which was thc biggeft, and not bigh; thcy gavc it thc Namc of Amfterdam, and theothcr Miadleb11,hh. On this Am/frrdamthcy uot many Hogs, Hcns, and all forts of Fruics; die Inhabirancs wcrc friendly, had n<.' \V capons, lnd appearcd to know no Evil, exccpting that they take thc Liberty to fteal; thcrc thc Currcnt is not great, thc Ebb runs ncar N. E. and rhc F)ood S. W. A S. W. Moon m::ikcs high \\T atcr, ~nd it fiows 7 or 8 Foot at lcaíl:; thc \Vind is conti.nually S. E. and S. S. E. whcrcwith thc Yachr Hem.rkirk was adrift, but favcd hcrfclf otf thc Iíland, yct took in no \Vater, which hcrc was not cafic to co&Jte by. Janua• J 2 5. in S. Lat. 2.od . IS' 111. Longitudc 206 d. :t9111• N. E. var. 6 1-3 d. J\ftcr having fccn fcveral littlc Iflands, thcy came to tl}C Ifland Rotterda111, as yon fcc it in thc Chart~ Thc Peoplc wcrc fri<:ndly, and without Arms as the former bur likcwif e vcry thc~vi!h: Hen! tl!ey got frcili \Va ter, and othcr Rctrcíhmcnt; thcy wentthrough this Iíhnd, and found the Cocos, or Clappus Trccs in grcat plcn– ty, planted ordcrly one by anmhcr, and Gardcns whofc Bcds wcrc m.1.de fquarc, and vcry hand– fu1rn:, and fct with all forts of 1.:ruic Trces, which in almoíl: all Places wcrc plantcd in a right Line ; fo that it w.is a pleafi.1re to bchold thcm, 011 ali fidl:s giving a fragrant and dclightful Smcll~ From this Iíl:md Rotte,.dam thcy dcparted, and ·w fome other Iífands which yon fcc in thc h1rt, and now defigncd, according to thcir for– :r Rcfolution, to go aw;1y North till the 17th ·. of S. Lat. and then TY. not to país by thc K 4 Tr,iitou