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1614 for their oxen pieces [of metal] as large as their hanging skin-coats, and for their other livestock, they wanted small copper pots, basins, and skimming ladles. Among them, one seemed to be the leader, whom our General entertained in his tent with great courtesy, after which we were able to trade with them more effectively. Their sheep have small horns, like our goats, but their oxen are larger than ours. The ox-meat is pale, like that of our sheep, but the fat is as yellow as an egg yolk. The oxen are wild and have, like the people, but one testicle.

Moderation of the air. The month of October is for them what April is for us. The weather is moderate, but at midday, it is hot and burning. The air is healthy, so that our people there soon recovered their health, even those who were dangerously ill; those who were afflicted with the Blauw-schuyt scurvy used certain red berries, as large as a gooseberry or a currant is for us.

Miscalculation. On the 20th of December, the General summoned the skippers and their mates to his deck, as we believed we had traveled 150 (English) miles further to the East than our reckoning suggested, and found ourselves at 18 degrees, 40 minutes [latitude].

Arrive by estimation at the South side of Java. On the 29th of the same month, we sighted land, but did not know at what latitude we were. We concluded that it was Java, although we did not know which side it was. We believed, however, that it was likely the South side, and that we had sailed so far by keeping our course too much toward the East. The maps do indeed place that South side between 11 and 12 degrees, but at that time we were only at a latitude of 8 degrees, 40 minutes, from which one doubted if it was indeed the side we assumed. But regardless of this, and wherever we were, it was certain that we were 2 or 3 degrees inward from the Strait of Sunda, and