Derde reys, gedaan voor de Engelsche Maatschappy na Oost-Indien, met drie scheepen, de Draak, Hector, en ...

there is poor ground.

And how far the territory of that place extends.

They make lime juice here.

weekly laborers freedom to amuse themselves on land with me. Walking far and wide, we found no more than four or five fields sown with rice, as the ground here is generally hard, rocky soil. At that time, we had fine weather here for the first time. The 17th was likewise fine weather all day. I gave orders to make lime juice. On the 20th, Johan Rogers returned and brought me a gift of a piece of gold that had the shape of a half-moon and was judged to be worth five, six, or seven shillings sterling. He reported to us that the people were peaceful, their chief was not in a high state, the best land was two miles upwards, and the main village was eight miles further inland. On the 22nd, we went ashore again, where we made six or seven small barrels of lime juice. In the meantime, I had opened the company's small barrel with knives to buy lemons for them.

Shoot an elephant, but do not get him.

On the 7th of September, we all went ashore after eating to see if we could shoot an elephant. We hit one with seven or eight bullets, through which he bled profusely, as we noticed while following his tracks; but as night was falling, we were forced to return to our board without reaching our goal.

They depart from here,

The best roadstead and watering place is the fourth bay, which lies to the East of the Sierra Leone point. Where we lay, the current went almost West-South-West, and at a spring tide, the highest water was at least twelve feet. In the afternoon, the wind blew West-South-West, and we anchored in 10 fathoms of water, having the island of Verde South-East by South, and the Point of Sierra Leone North-East by East, about three miles from us, where we found that the current with a strong flood tide ran North-East by North.

I have never, while here on the roadstead, taken a sun sight, although I had intended to do so more than once there or on land.