Beyond Concordia the land runs about seven leagues to the bottom of the bay; then it is not above a league and a half from side to side, and the land trends away northerly to the north shore, then turns about again to the westward, making the south side of the bay.  About three leagues and a half from the bottom of the bay on this side there is a small island about a musket-shot from the shore; and a reef of rocks that runs from it to the eastward about a mile.  On the west side of the island is a channel of three fathom at low-water, of which depth it is also within, where ships may haul in and careen.  West from this island the land rounds away in a bight or elbow, and at last ends in a low point of land which shoots forth a ledge of rocks a mile into the sea, which is dry at low water.  Just against the low point of land and to the west of the ledge of rocks is another pretty high and rocky yet woody island, about half a mile from the low point; which island has a ledge of corally rocks running from it all along to the other small island, only leaving one channel between them.  Many of these rocks are to be seen at low-water, and there seldom is water enough for a boat to go over them till quarter flood or more.  Within this ledge there is two or three fathom water, and without it no less than ten or twelve fathom close to the rocks.  A league without this last rocky island is another small low sandy island, about four miles from the low point, three leagues from the Dutch fort Concordia and three leagues and a half from the south-west point of the bay.  Ships that come in this way must pass between this low isle and the low point, keeping near the isle.

The anchoring-place, called Babao.

In this bay there is any depth of water from thirty to three fathom, very good oazy holding ground.  This affords the best shelter against all winds of any place about the island Timor.  But from March to October, while either the southerly winds or only land and seabreezes hold, the Concordia side is best to ride in; but when the more violent northerly winds come then the best riding is between the two rocky islands in nineteen or twenty fathom.  If you bring the westernmost island to bear south-west by west about a league distance, and the low point west by south; then the body of the sandy island will bear south-west half west, distance two leagues; and the ledges of rocks shooting from each make such a bar that no sea can come in.  Then you have the land from west by south to east-north-east to defend you on that side:  and other winds do not here blow violently.  But if they did yet you are so land-locked that there can be no sea to hurt you.  This anchoring-place is called Babao, about five leagues from Concordia.  The greatest inconveniency in it is the multitude of worms.  Here is fresh water enough to be had in the wet season; every little gulley discharging fresh water into the sea.