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At 1 A.M.
Anchor'd again, having not wind to stem the Current which we found to run 3 Knotts; at 2 o'Clock we weighed again, but, finding that we lost ground, we were obliged to Anchor in 18 fathoms, the Island Pulo Morack, which lies close under the Shore 3 Miles to the Westward of Bantam Point: bore South-East by South, distance 1 1/2 miles. Latitude observed, 5 degrees 55 minutes South. Friday, 5th.
At 5 in the P.M.we weighed with a light breeze at South-West by South, which continued not long before it fell Calm, and obliged us to Anchor again.
At 1 o'Clock we weigh'd with the Land wind at South-South-East, which died away in the Morning, and the Current running strong against us we Anchor'd in 17 fathoms.
A little before this, a Proe came alongside, wherein was a Dutch Officer who came upon the same business as the other.
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