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394. Streights of Sunda
sweeter. at night an Indian Proa came on board bringing the Master of the Sloop before mentiond he brought with him two books in one of which he desird that any of our officers would write down the name of the ship Commanders name where we came from & where bound with any particulars we chose relating to our selves which that might be for the information of any of our freinds who might Come after us which we saw that some ships especialy Portugese had done this book he told us was kept merely for the information of those who might come through these Streights in the other which was a fair book he enterd the names of the Ships & Commanders which only were returnd to the Governor & council of the Indies on our writing down Europe as the place we had Come from he said very well any thing you please but this is merely for the information of your freinds. in the proa were some small Turtle many fouls & ducks also parrots paroquets Rice birds & monkies some few of which we bought at the rate of a dollar for a small turtle the same at first for 10 afterwards for 15
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