[Footnote 107:  The latitude in the text indicates Burtrenhook, near the mouth of the Groot river, this being probably the Dutch name, while that in the text is the Portuguese.—­E.]

The entry into the port of St Augustine resembles that of Dartmouth haven; and on going in, you must bring the wood, called Westminster-hall, to which it has some resemblance, to bear N.E. by E. and then steer due E. borrowing a little towards the south side of the bay, where your soundings will be thirteen, nine, eight, and seven fathoms, all good ground, till you be shut within the shoal.  After this you have deep water till you come into the road, and then have seven, eight, and ten fathoms.  But if you go too far behind the hill on the larboard hand, which resembles an old barn, you shall then have thirty and forty fathoms.  St Augustine is in lat 23 deg. 30’ S. the var. being 15 deg. 40’.[108]

[Footnote 108:  Long. 44 deg. 20’ E. from Greenwich.—­E.]

We sailed from St Augustine on the 23d June, directing our course for the island of Mohelia, and on the 3d July we had sight of an island called Juan, nine or ten leagues E. by S. from Mohelia.  We came also this day to anchor at Mohelia, between it and some broken land off its southern side.  We had here great abundance of refreshments, and very cheap; for we bought five bullocks in exchange for one Levant sword, and had goats, hens, pine-apples, cocoa-nuts, plantains, oranges, lemons, and limes, for trifles worth little.  Such bullocks as we had for money cost a dollar each, or ten pieces of 4-1/2d.; at which rate we purchased forty-one beeves.  The natives of this island are chiefly Moors [negroes], but there are Arabians, Turks, and others also among them; and they are much engaged in wars with the people of Juan, [Hinznan or Johanna,] and Comoro islands in their neighbourhood.  They told us that the king of the island died the day we arrived, being succeeded by his son, Phanehomale, who was only of tender years, and was to reign under the protection of the queen his mother.  His brother-in-law, as chief man, accompanied by several other people of condition, came down to bid us welcome, and used us very kindly.  Both he and many others of the islanders spoke tolerably good Portuguese, so that I had much conversation with them, and was informed of every thing I wished to know.

In this island they build barks, in which they trade along the coast of Melinda and Arabia, disposing of slaves and fruit, by which means they supply themselves with dollars, and with such articles as they need.  I suspect also that they have some dealings with the Portuguese, but they would not let us know this, lest we might suspect them of treachery.  They told me that we were welcome, and that the whole island was at our command to do us service; but, if we had been Portuguese, they would have put us all to the sword.  In my opinion, however, it would be dangerous to repose too much confidence in them.  The king’s