338 A COMMODIOUS HARBOUR. 
weather would not permit us to waste more 
time, we continued our voyage without making 
farther attempts to entice them to the ship. 
On the north-west of the group Ligiep we 
found several larger islands, which, being co- 
vered with fine cocoa-trees, induced the supposi- 
tion that they may be more thickly peopled. 
We also found, as is shown upon the map, 
two broad entrances to the inland sea round 
which this group is scattered, which, after a very 
accurate examination, appeared perfectly safe 
and convenient for the passage of the largest 
ship of the line, since, according to their direc- 
tion, it is possible, by help of the trade-wind, to 
sail in and out without tacking. There seems 
no doubt that the interior of this group offers 
the best anchorage; and should any navigator 
wish to put into Radack, I recommend this 
harbour to him as the most commodious. 
At noon the north-west point of the Ligiep 
group Jay about a mile off us due east, and we 
found by a close observation the latitude to be 
10° 3’ 40” North, and the longitude 190° 58’ 3’. 
Directly after this observation, I had all sail 
