The 28th at 2 in the afternoon we anchored in 26 fathom water; presently it fell calm and began to rain very violently and so continued from 3 till 9 in the evening.  At 1 in the morning we weighed with a fine land-wind at south-south-east; but presently, the wind coming about at east, we anchored; for we commonly found the current setting west.  If at any time it turned it was so weak that it did us little good; and I did not think it safe to venture through without a pretty brisk leading gale; for the passage is but narrow, and I knew not what dangers might be in the way, nor how the tide sets in the narrow, having not been this way these 28 years, and all my people wholly strangers:  we had the opening fair before us.

Passage through the strait.

While we lay here 4 Malayan proas came from the shore, laden with coconuts, plantains, bananas, fowls, ducks, tobacco, sugar, etc.  These were very welcome, and we purchased much refreshment of them.  At 10 o’clock I dismissed all the boats, and weighed with the wind at north-west.  At half an hour past 6 in the evening we anchored in 32 fathom water in a coarse sort of oaze.  We were now past the island Thwart-the-way, but had still one of the small islands to pass.  The tide began to run strong to the west; which obliged me to anchor while I had soundings, for fear of being driven back again or on some unknown sand.  I lay still all night.  At 5 o’clock the next morning the tide began to slacken:  at 6 I weighed with the wind at south-east by east, a handsome breeze.  We just weathered the Button; and, sounding several times, had still between 30 and 40 fathom.  When we were abreast of the Button, and about 2 leagues from the westermost point of Java, we had 34 fathom, small peppery sand.  You may either come between this island and Java, or, if the wind is northerly, run out between the island Thwart-the-way and this last small island.

The wind for the most part being at east and east by south I was obliged to run over towards the Sumatra shore, sounding as I went, and had from 34 to 23 fathom.  In the evening I sounded pretty quick, being got near the Sumatra shore; and, finding a current setting to the west between 8 and 9 o’clock, we anchored in 34 fathom.  The tide set to the west from 7 in the evening to 7 this morning; and then, having a small gale at west-south-west, I weighed and stood over to the Java shore.

In the evening, having the wind between east-north-east and south-east by east, we could not keep off the Java shore.  Wherefore I anchored in 27 fathom water, about a league and a half off shore.  At the same time we saw a ship at anchor near the shore, about 2 mile to leeward of us.  We found the tide setting to the westward, and presently after we anchored it fell calm.  We lay still all night and saw many fires ashore.  At 5 the next morning, being July the 1st, we weighed and stood to the north for a seabreeze: