nine o'clock
Now we began to Careen , going over to Horn Island , and a Sampan ready to heave down by , and take in our Guns , Carriages , & c. Several of our men fell ill of Fevers , as they said , from drinking the Water of the Island ; but as Captain Blokes opined , more from the effects of Arrack Punch at Eightpence a Gallon . All English ships are allowed by the Government here half a leaguer of Arrack a day for ship 's use per man ; but boats are not suffered to bring the least thing off shore without being first severely searched . As to the town of Batavia , it lies in a bay full of islands , which so break off the Sea , that though the Road is very large , yet it is safe . The Banks of the Canals through the City are paved with stones as far as the Boom , which is shut up every night at nine o'clock , and guarded by Soldiers . All the Streets are very well built and inhabited ; fifteen of 'em have Canals just as in Amsterdam and Rotterdam , and from end to end they reckon fifty-six bridges . The vast number of Cocoa-nut trees in and about the City everywhere afford delightful and profitable Groves . There are Hospitals , Spin-houses , and so forth , as in Holland , where the idle and vicious are set to work , and , when need arises , receive smart Discipline .