In my opinion, ships going through the streights of Salayer from the westward, should bring the north point of Salayer-to bear east, or east half north, with which course there could be no risk from that bank.  We now steered west by south, and having run sixty-six miles in that direction from the streights of Salayer, on the morning of the 29th, we saw some high land on the Celebes, bearing north-east nine leagues distant; this must be the land between the south-west point of Celebes, and the islands called, by Captain Carteret, Tonakiky_; so that the end of Celebes from the streights of Salayer to the south-west point cannot be more than twenty leagues, as Mr. Dalrymple has already observed in a small pamphlet.

Lieutenant Ball directed the vessel to be kept north-north-west, in order to make the land plainer; but the charts we had on board differed so much in the position and extent of the land, and some time might perhaps be lost in looking for Tonakiky, to take a departure from, Mr. Ball determined on bearing up and running in that parallel of latitude which was likeliest to keep the vessel clear of danger, viz. 5 deg. 45’ or 5 deg. 50’ south.  At noon, the observed latitude was 5 deg. 48’ south, and the longitude 118 deg. 44’ east.  At half past two in the afternoon, having steered west twelve miles since noon, we saw what we took for Tonyn-’s Islands, or -Sarras, bearing north.  Hamilton Moore’s chart places the south end of this shoal in 5 deg. 58’ south, but it cannot be farther than 5 deg. 40’ south at most, as we were now in latitude 5 deg. 48’, and the island could only be seen from the mast-head, bearing north:  the longitude of the south end of these islands and shoal (if there be any) is 118 deg. 11’ east.

On the 30th, at ten in the forenoon, we saw the great -Solombo_ bearing north by west half west two leagues distant.  On sounding, we struck the ground with 32 fathoms, over an oozy bottom.  The next morning, the island of Lubeck-bore from south 14 deg. west to south 55 deg. west, five leagues distant.  This island is considerably misplaced in the charts.  A very good altitude was got at eight in the morning, for the time-keeper, and a very good meridional altitude was also taken for the latitude; which, with the bearings of Lubeck in the morning and at noon, places it in 5 deg. 50’ south latitude, and 112 deg. 22’ east longitude.

On the 3d, at three o’clock in the afternoon, the isles of -Cariman Java_ were seen, bearing south 79 deg. west.  During the night, the weather was very squally, attended with much thunder and lightning.  The latitude of Cariman Java is 5 deg. 56’ south, and the longitude 110 deg. 12’ east.