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Some account of Savu

The little Island of Savu  which trifling as it is  appears to me to be of no small consequence to the Duch East India Company  is situate in Lat.   & Long     from the meridian of Greenwich  its lengh & breadth are nearly the same viz. about 6 German or 24 English miles. the whole is divided into 5 principalities,  Nigries as they are calld by the Indians  Laai  Seba  Regeeuwa  Timo & Massãrã​​​​​​​  each governd by its respective Radja or King  it has 3 harbours  all good  the best is Timo  situate somewhere round the SE point of the Isle  the next Seba where we anchord  situate round the NW point  the third we learnt neither the name or situation of  only guess it to be somewhere on the South side   off the West end of the Island is another calld Pulo with some additional name which in the hurry of business was forgot & never again askd for

The appearance of the Island especialy on the windward side where we first made it was allowd by us all to Equal in beauty if not excell any thing we had seen  even circumstancd parchd up as it was by a drought which Mr Lange informd us had continued for seven months without ​​​​​​​the

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