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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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