A Voyage to New Guinea, and the Moluccas from Balambangan: Including an Account of Magindano, Sooloo and Other Islands; Illustrated with Copper-plates. Performed in the Tartar Galley... During the Years 1774, 1775 and 1776, by Captain Thomas Forrest. To which is Added a Vocabulary of the Magindano Tongue |
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afhore alfo almoſt alſo amongſt anchored aſked Balambangan Batchian birds boat Borneo Bunwoot called Chineſe cinnamon cloſe coaft coaſt coco nut corocoro Datoo diftant diſtance Dory Dutch eaft eaſt Engliſh fago faid Fakymolano falt faluted fame fand fandy fathom water feemed fent feven fhore fide firſt fiſh fmall fome fometimes foon fouth fouthward freſh fteered ftrait ftrong fuch Gilolo Guinea Haraforas harbour houſes Illano inhabitants iſland January kangans land latitude leagues Magindano Malay miles Mindano Molucca monſoon morning moſt muſt night noon northward nutmeg obferved paffed Papua Pelangy perfon preſent prow Pulo purchaſe Rajah Moodo river rocks rowed Sangir ſeen ſeveral ſhe ſhip ſhore ſhould ſmall ſmooth ſome Sooloo Spaniards Spaniſh Sultan Sumatra Ternate themſelves theſe thofe thoſe Tidore told Tomoguy Topang trees Tuan Hadjee uſed veffel veſſel vifit viſit Waygiou weather weft weftward wild hogs wind