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 ACCOUNT OF THE OBSERVATIONS OF CAPTAIN

WILLIAM DAMPIER ON THE COAST OF NEW

HOLLAND, IN 1699,

BEING AN EXTRACT FROM " A VOYAGE TO NEW HOLLAND, ETC., IN THE YEAR 1699." VOL. Ill, 3rD ED., 1729, pp. 75-107.

Having fair weather, and the winds hanging southerly, I jog'd on to the eastward to make the Cape. On the third of June we saw a sail to leeward of us, shewing English colours. I bare away to speak with her, and found her to be the Antelope, of London, commanded by Captain Ham- mond, and bound for the Bay of Bengal, in the service of the New East India Company. There were many passen- gers aboard, going to settle there under Sir Edward Little- ton, who was going chief thither : I went aboard, and was known by Sir Edward and Mr. Hedges, and kindly re- ceived and treated by them and the commander, who had been afraid of us before, though I had sent one of my officers aboard. They had been in at the Cape, and came from thence the day before, having stock'd themselves with refreshments. They told me that they were by reckoning sixty miles to the west of the Cape. While I was aboard them, a fine small westerly wind sprang up ; therefore I shortned my stay with them, because I did not design to go into the Cape. When I took leave I was presented with half a mutton, twelve cabbages, twelve pumpkins, six pound of butter, six couple