On the 9th do. in the morning we shaped our course to the land again; at noon we were in Lat. 29 deg. and for the rest of the day we kept tacking off and on; towards the evening there blew a storm from the N.W., so that we could hardly keep our main-sails set.

On the 10th do. we made sail again in the morning; at noon we were in 29 deg. 30’ S. Lat., with a westerly wind and a top-gallant gale.

On the 11th do. it was calm in the morning, but with a very hollow sea, while the wind blew from the W.N.W., so that we could not get to the north, if we did not wish to come upon or near the rocks.  At noon we were in 28 deg. 48’ S. Lat.  The wind continued variable, so that in the night we had to drift with our foresail set until daybreak.

On the 12th do. we made sail again at daybreak, shaping our course to the east.  We ran on till noon, when we found ourselves to be in in 28 deg. 13’ S. Lat.  We therefore ran somewhat more to the south again, in order to reach the latitude Of 28 deg. 20’ exactly; the wind was south-west with a heavy swell of the sea.  In the afternoon, two hours before sunset we again sighted the rocks, which we estimated to be still two miles from us.  We cast the lead in 100 fathom fine sandy bottom, but when we had come to half a mile’s distance, we sounded 30 fathom foul rocky bottom.  In the night we shaped our course two points more to seaward, and in the daywatch made for the land again.

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On the 13th do., three hours after sunrise we again sighted breakers ahead, and having made up our reckoning, we found we had lost a mile north, since the wind had been S.S.E.  This proved to be the northernmost extremity of the Abrolhos.  Therefore, since I found we always came too high or too low, and it was very dangerous to touch at them from the outside owing to the high swells and foul bottom, I resolved to keep tacking off the outermost shoal.  After this we went over again nearly to weatherward with a S.S.E. wind, keeping an eastern course.  When we had got inside a small distance, we directly had a fine sandy bottom in from 30 to 35 fathom; at noon we were in 28 deg.  S. Lat., shortly after we again saw the mainland of the Southland.  In the evening, as it began to blow hard, we came to anchor at about 2 miles’ distance from the land in 30 fathom, fine bottom.

On the 14th do. there was a stiff gale from the S.S.E., so that we could not get in our anchor, and remained here all day.

On the 15th do. the wind was still equally strong, but towards noon it got somewhat calmer, so that we could get in our anchor.  At noon we were in 27 deg. 54’ S. Lat.  We kept tacking the whole day with a S.S.E. wind, in order to gain the south, and at night found we had gained two miles.  When it got dark, we again came to anchor in 30 fathom fine bottom.

On the 16th do. at daybreak we again weighed anchor; the wind being W.S.W., we went over nearly to southward.  At noon we were in Latitude...degrees...minutes [*].  The wind then turned first to the west and afterwards to the north, so that we could sail on a south-west course; towards the evening we saw the rocks on which our good ship Batavia had miscarried, and I was sure I saw the high Island, but our steersmen contended that it was other land.  Two hours after sunset we again came to anchor in 26 fathom fine sandy bottom.