Tweede scheeps-togt, van de Engelse Oost-Indische Maatschappy, onder den Hr. Hendrik Middleton, generaal,...

about 12 or 13 miles north-west of us.

How they anchored there,

On the 2nd ditto, we sailed 4 miles west and south-west. We had the island 8 or 9 miles to the west of us, and the wind was south-east. Thus, we sailed back and forth toward the east side of the island for almost the entire night, and made headway in the morning toward the north side of the island. Around noon, we came to anchor in the roadstead of St. Helena. Our land-anchor lay in 17 fathoms of water, and our ship had 20 fathoms, on black and sandy ground. We had a point to the north-east of us, and to the north-east by east a pointed mountain, not unlike a sugar loaf, on whose top stood a cross. The church stands in a hollow on the south-east side. In that hollow, and on the high land to the south-east of the church, as well as in the plain there to the side, it is full of trees. The other point of the land lay south-west by west of us.

And recovered the ship Hector.

On the third day following, we caught sight of the ship Hector again at night, coming to the south side of the island. However, it could not reach the roadstead, though it set its course as far toward the north side as it could with an easterly wind. On the 4th and 5th ditto, our boats went out to help it reach the roadstead, but they could not. On the 6th, as there was little wind, we did our best to tow it in, through which it came to 35 fathoms of water, one and a half miles from land, and about 2 hours from us to the south-west by west.

Departure,

On the 11th ditto, we set sail from St. Helena with an east-north-east wind, and set our course north-west. The north-western end of this island lies at the latitude of 16 degrees, with 7 degrees and 45 minutes of variation. It is also to be noted that the church, which was south-east of us when we lay in the roadstead, was in the