Background - continued
9/2/1699 ... the Faam again weighed anchor and continued her journey ...
12/2 ... the ship Venhuysen ... now in the roads [sailed for Batavia 27/2] ...
13/2 ... comes in the ... return-fleet with the Commissioner Daniel Heins, except for the ship Vosmaar [names not given: Oostersteyn, Ilpendam, Unie, Dregterland]
14/2 ... comes the said ship Vosmaar to the roads ...
19/2 ... came the return-ships the Huys te Loo and Driebergen, also [outwards] the frigate the Tamboer ...
20/2 ... the long-awaited flute* Overrijp ... came into the bay [outwards] ...
21/2 ... orders of the Government of the Indies [Batavia] to inspect the bhay Fals, which task was neglected by the Commandeur Claes Bichon last year ... two of the skippers of the present return-fleet [with the Governor and two of the Council]
24/2 ... came safely to the roads the said ships Spiegel and Berkenrode, September 23 last year ... from Texel ...
25/2 ... this day arrived ... the English ship Fliet, Capn. Jan Harrij, 22 guns and 60 men, bound for China ... in the afternoon came a letter from the ship Peter and Paul lying in the Saldanbhay ... from Holland October 24 of last year 1698 by continual adverse winds ... compelled to run into the Sardinje bhay ...
1/3 [Ridiculous report on False Bay, ‘inspected’ by a visit to one place on the nearer shore: no water, poor soil, no good anchorage]