The houses at Passourwang are neatly built and the country appears to be well cultivated.  The produce of this settlement is rice, of which they export large quantities.  There are but few Dutch here:  the Javanese are numerous and their chief lives with considerable splendour.  They have good roads and posts are established along the coast; and it appears to be a busy and well-regulated settlement.  Latitude 7 degrees 36 minutes south.  Longitude 1 degree 44 minutes west of Cape Sandana.

Friday 11.

The next day about noon we sailed.

Saturday 12.

And on the 12th in the evening anchored in Sourabaya road in seven fathoms:  the flagstaff bearing south one quarter west; distance from the shore one mile.  We found riding here seven square-rigged and several smaller vessels.

It was too late when we anchored to send a boat on shore.

Sunday 13.

The next morning before daylight three guard-boats stationed themselves near us and I was informed that I must not land or send a boat on shore.  This restriction I learnt from the officer of the guard-boats was in conformity to general orders concerning all strange vessels on their first arrival.  At nine in the forenoon leave came off for us to land and soon after the guard-boats quitted us.

I was received on shore with great civility and friendship by the governor or Opperhoost M. Ant.  Barkay, and the commandant of the troops M. de Bose.  By these gentlemen I was hospitably entertained, and advised to remain till the 16th when some vessels were to sail, with whom I might keep company, which they recommended on account of pirates.

Sourabaya is one of the most pleasant places I ever saw.  It is situated on the banks of a river and is a mile and a half distant from the seashore so that only the flagstaff can be seen from the road.  The river is navigable up to the town for vessels of 100 tons burden, and the bank on one side is made convenient for tracking.  The Chinese carry on a considerable trade here, and have a town or camp on the side of the river opposite to Sourabaya.  The country near the town is flat and the soil light, so that they plow with a single bullock or buffalo (karrabow).  The interior parts of the country near the mountains are infested with a breed of fierce tigers, which makes travelling inland very dangerous.  They have here a breed of horses which are small but they are handsome and strong.

The Javanese in this neighbourhood are numerous.  M. Barkay and M. de Bose took me with them to pay a visit to two of the principal natives, whom we found attended by a number of men armed with pikes in great military order.  We were entertained with a concert of music; the instruments were gongs, drums, and a fiddle with two strings.  I hired a pilot here to carry us to Batavia.  Our latitude observed in Sourabaya road was 7 degrees 11 minutes south.  Longitude made from Cape Sandana 1 degree 52 minutes west.