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

to the South. This bank lies dangerously, in order to pass by it at night unless one has knowledge of it. It also seemed not unlikely to us that there is also a passage between the two Northern islands, but that is not a mile wide. The Southernmost island is the largest.

Arrive at Priaman. Description of the coast.

On the 26th of the same, we were halfway between Priaman and Tecu, about three miles from the land, where I noted that the two hummocks of Tecu with the high land behind them lie Northwest and Southeast by East. There also lies a bank four miles from the land, which is extended toward the South and North, just like the high land of Tecu. We had two and a half miles from the land 45 fathoms of water, and were Northeast by East from the roadstead of Priaman. About 4 miles from there lies an island that extends itself Northeast and Southwest. The three islands of Priaman lie South-southeast and North-northwest, each about a mile from the other. In the afternoon, we arrived at the roadstead of Priaman, and greeted the city with five cannon shots.

Gifts from and to the Governor.

The Governor sent me a goat, and I presented him with three pieces of stammet a type of fine wool cloth, usually red, a blue calico, a piece of stokjens-grond a specific patterned fabric or ground cloth, a small cask of wine, and two hilts for a sword. The messenger spoke good Portuguese, to whom I also gave a blue calico. There also came another from Aceh to me, with whom I spoke Arabic, and who gave me hope of being able to trade there through his intervention.

Agreement about the

On the 29th, I went ashore temporarily, while seven cannon were discharged. Having arrived at the house of the Governor, he presented me with a buffalo, and gave me orders to come to an agreement with some of the principal men regarding the price of the pepper. In consequence of this, I sat down with 60 of their people, who first proposed that the pepper I was to buy from them must be weighed in the city. About this, many