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t^iey inquired after Kadu, and whether we had 

 broLiglit him back. They now received presents 

 in their turn, were much astonished at our libe- 

 raHty, and tried to express their gratitude by beg- 

 ging us to visit them on shore, where the most 

 beautiful Riclginis (women) should receive us. The 

 islanders showed us a passage on the western part 

 of the group, deep and broad enough for our ship; 

 but as I did not intend to visit Ligiep, I would 

 rather have learned something respecting the Ra- 

 lick chain. I asked a Tamon where it lay, and 

 he pointed to the west : I asked farther, where 

 the island of Kwadelen lay ; he pointed again to 

 the west; and I now" confidently hoped not to miss 

 the island-group of Kwadelen, as last year the 

 chief of Ailu had pointed out the same direction. 

 After the islanders had been for an hour with us, a 

 high wind arose ; we were obliged to part from 

 them, and I took my course to the west, along the 

 group, to finish the survey of it. When the sun 

 was setting we had already sailed round the west- 

 ern part of the group, and steered to the west in 

 the hope of discovering the Ralick chain. We 

 found the latitude of the middle of the Ligiep 

 group to be 9° 51' 30'" N. ; longitude, according 

 to the chronometers, 190° 46' 30'' W. DecUnation 

 of the magnetic needle 10° 56' E. I called the 

 group after our worthy commodore. Count Hay- 

 den. During the whole night we continued our 



