We went on shore in the evening, to see how the people who were employed in wooding and watering went on, and were informed that an axe had been stolen.  As the passing over this fault might encourage the commission of others of the same kind, application was immediately made to the king, who, after some altercation, promised that the axe should be restored in the morning; and kept his word, for it was brought to us by a man who pretended that the thief, being afraid of a discovery, had privately brought it and left it at his house in the night.

We continued to purchase between two and three hundred weight of turtle in a day, besides fowls and other necessaries; and in the evening of the 13th, having nearly completed our wood and water, Mr Banks went ashore to take leave of his majesty, to whom he had made several trifling presents, and at parting gave him two quires of paper, which he graciously received.  They had much conversation, in the course of which his majesty enquired, why the English did not touch there as they had been used to do.  Mr Banks replied, that he supposed it was because they found a deficiency of turtle, of which there not being enough to supply one ship, many could not be expected.  To supply this defect, he advised his majesty to breed cattle, buffaloes, and sheep, a measure which he did not seem much inclined to adopt.

On the 14th, we made ready to sail, having on board a good stock of refreshments, which we purchased of the natives, consisting of turtle, fowl, fish, two species of deer, one as big as a sheep, the other not larger than a rabbit; with cocoa-nuts, plantains, limes, and other vegetables.  The deer, however, served only for present use, for we could seldom keep one of them alive more than four-and-twenty hours after it was on board.  On our part, the trade was carried on chiefly with Spanish dollars, the natives seeming to set little value upon any thing else; so that our people, who had a general permission to trade, parted with old shirts and other articles, which they were obliged to substitute for money, to great disadvantage.  In the morning of the 15th, we weighed, with a light breeze at N.E. and stood out to sea.  Java Head, from which I took my departure, lies in latitude 6 deg. 49’ S., longitude 258 deg. 12’ W.

Prince’s Island, where we lay about ten days, is, in the Malay language, called Pulo Selan, and in the language of the inhabitants, Pulo Paneitan.  It is a small island, situated in the western mouth of the Streight of Sunda.  It is woody, and a very small part of it only has been cleared:  There is no remarkable hill upon it, yet the English call the small eminence which is just over the landing-place the Pike.  It was formerly much frequented by the India ships of many nations, but especially those of England, which of late have forsaken it, as it is said, because the water is bad; and touch either at North Island, a small island that lies on the coast