180 REMARKS AND OPINIONS. 



The desert appearance of this group, and the num • 

 her of sea-birds, and frigate-birds, wliich swarmed 

 round us near it, and which darted at the red 

 streamer of our ship, as at prey, convinced us that 

 they were really uninhabited ; and we cannot agree 

 with our friend Kadu, who wished to recognize 

 Bogha in them. The north-east monsoon, and the 

 strong westerly current which we experienced in 

 the passage from Udirick thither, as it may be con- 

 stantly expected in these seas, connected with the 

 story of the woman in Tabual, indicate a more 

 easterly situation for the group Bogha. Perhaps 

 it ought to be looked for to the east of the direc- 

 tion pointed out by Udirick and Bygar at a smaller 

 distance from Radack. 



That the cocoa trees in Bogha are but low, and 

 the people possess no boats, perhaps passed from 

 the preconceived opinion of our friend, that the 

 islands before him were Bogha, into his descrip- 

 tion of this group, of wliich he first began to speak 

 on this occasion. 



