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

especially to see where we could best take in our water, as it was quite shallow there, and somewhat brackish.

On the 24th, I went to land again, where I saw a man. We bought from him three goats, two oxen, and four calves, which cost us 19 shillings sterling, and some beads. The meat of the beasts here was quite better than at Saldania, with humps of meat on their shoulders, just like those of camels, except that these are a bit further forward. The natives here are circumcised, as some said they had seen.

Strangeness of fresh or salt water.

The water on the sides of the ship was quite fresh at high tide and quite salt at low tide, exactly the opposite of what one would judge: we even had fresh water on one side of the ship at high tide, and quite salt water on the other side.

Lose an anchor.

On the 25th, our ship drifted from the anchor with a North-Western gust of wind, so that the cable broke, and we lost the anchor. We bought here another calf, a sheep, and a lamb with large tails for two shillings and three stuypers small Dutch coins.

Spider web as good as silk.

I found here certain spiders whose web was very good and as strong as silk.

It is to be noted that along the low land from the East to the West lies a row of reefs half a mile from the land, where the sea constantly breaks. Between these and the land is almost two vadem of water, and suitable landing, which is uncommonly full of fish, and can be caught conveniently with a net.

Here is no suitable anchoring place.

On the 28th, early in the morning, we got under sail to head to sea. Four miles from the Northern point of this bay lies a sandbank here in the South-South-East, and about 5 hours North of the center of the bay, the headland rises up like a roof or shed. In my opinion, this Bay of St. Augustine is not suitable for ships to seek refreshment, as