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Some account of Batavia

Round the outside of the harbour are many small Islands, some of which the duch make use of, as Edam, to which they transport all Europeans who have been guilty of Crimes not worthy of death, some of these are sentenc'd to remain there 99, others 40, 20, 5, &c. years, according to their deserts, during which time they work as Slaves, making Ropes &c. &c;  Purmerent, where they have a hospital, in which people are said to recover much faster than at Batavia; Kuyper, where are warehouses belonging to the company, in which are storehouses, in which are kept many things belonging to the Company, cheifly such as are of small value as Rice, &c; here also all foreign ships who are to be hove down at Onrust, discharge their cargoes at wharves very convenent for the purpose, Here the Guns, Sails &c. of the Falmouth, a gun ship which was condemnd here in the Year        on her return from the Manilla, were kept, & she herself remaind in the

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