On the 29th, about midnight, in the second watch, they discovered an island, which they left on their starboard.  About noon they found themselves in the height of 6 degrees 48 minutes.  About three in the afternoon they passed between two islands, the westernmost of which appeared full of cocoa trees.  In the evening they were about a mile from the south point of Java, and in the second watch exactly between Java and the Isle of Princes.  The 30th, in the morning, they found themselves on the coast of the last-mentioned island, not being able to make above two miles that day.  On July 1st the weather was calm, and about noon they were three leagues from Dwaersindenwegh, that is, Thwart-the-way Island; but towards the evening they had a pretty brisk wind at north-west, which enabled them to gain that coast.  On the 2nd, in the morning, they were right against the island of Topershoetien, and were obliged to lie at anchor till eleven o’clock, waiting for the sea-breeze, which, however, blew so faintly that they were not able to make above two miles that day.  About sunset they perceived a vessel between them and Thwart-the-way Island, upon which they resolved to anchor as near the shore as they could that night, and there wait the arrival of the ship.  In the morning they went on board her, in hopes of procuring arms for their defence, in case the inhabitants of Java were at war with the Dutch.  They found two other ships in company, on board one of which was Mr. Ramburg, counsellor of the Indies.  Captain Pelsart went immediately on board his ship, where he acquainted him with the nature of his misfortune, and went with him afterwards to Batavia.

We will now leave the captain soliciting succours from the Governor-General, in order to return to the crew who were left upon the islands, among whom there happened such transactions as, in their condition, the reader would little expect, and perhaps will hardly credit!  In order to their being thoroughly understood, it is necessary to observe that they had for supercargo one Jerom Cornelis, who had been formerly an apothecary at Harlem.  This man, when they were on the coast of Africa, had plotted with the pilot and some others to run away with the vessel, and either to carry her into Dunkirk, or to turn pirates in her on their own account.  This supercargo had remained ten days on board the wreck, not being able in all that time to get on shore.  Two whole days he spent on the mainmast, floating to and fro, till at last, by the help of one of the yards, he got to land.  When he was once on shore, the command, in the absence of Captain Pelsart, devolved of course upon him, which immediately revived in his mind his old design, insomuch that he resolved to lay hold of this opportunity to make himself master of all that could be saved out of the wreck, conceiving that it would be easy to surprise the captain on his return, and determining to go on the account—­that is to say, to turn pirate in the captain’s vessel.  In order to carry this design into execution, he thought necessary to rid themselves of such of the crew as were not like to come into their scheme; but before he proceeded to dip his hands in blood, he obliged all the conspirators to sign an instrument, by which they engaged to stand by each other.