most when near us were _vacousee allamais_, and then they pointed to the
shore. Their signs of friendship are either a great truncheon, or bough
of a tree full of leaves, put on their heads, often striking their heads
with their hands.

The next day, having a fresh gale of wind, we got under a high island,
about four or five leagues round, very woody, and full of plantations
upon the sides of the hills; and in the bays, by the waterside, are
abundance of cocoa-nut trees. It lies in the latitude of 3 degrees 25
minutes south, and meridian distance from Cape Mabo 1,316 miles. On the
south-east part of it are three or four other small woody islands, one
high and peaked, the others low and flat, all bedecked with cocoa-nut
trees and other wood. On the north there is another island of an
indifferent height and of a somewhat larger circumference than the great
high island last mentioned. We passed between this and the high island.
The high island is called in the Dutch drafts Anthony Cave's Island. As
for the flat, low island, and the other small one, it is probable they
were never seen by the Dutch, nor the islands to the north of Garret
Dennis's Island. As soon as we came near Cave's Island some canoes came
about us, and made signs for us to come ashore, as all the rest had done
before, probably thinking we could run the ship aground anywhere, as they
did their proas, for we saw neither sail nor anchor among any of them,
though most Eastern Indians have both. These had proas made of one tree,
well dug, with outriggers on one side; they were but small, yet well
shaped. We endeavoured to anchor, but found no ground within a mile of
the shore. We kept close along the north side, still sounding till we
came to the north-east end, but found no ground, the canoes still
accompanying us, and the bays were covered with men going along as we
sailed. Many of them strove to swim off to us, but we left them astern.
Being at the north-east point, we found a strong current setting to the