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have been without some misgivings, and has left a warning to 
other navigators, which shows, notwithstanding all he had pre- 
viously said, an entire want of confidence in the general character 
of the people ; for he would not feel safe doing business at any of 
the outports, without a sufficient number of men and arms on board 
to defend his vessel in case of any attempt to surprise. A strong 
and vigilant watch was at all times necessary. He recommended, 
as highly prudent in vessels procuring cargoes of pepper, to 
have strong crews, notwithstanding the additional expense ; for 
it is not possible always to make despatch, if doing business on 
shore. While some of the men are on land, others in the boats, 
there should always be a sufficient force on board to manage or 
defend the vessel, as emergences required. If there should be 
any of the crew sick, as often happens, and generally from im- 
prudence, without a strong crew business would go on but slowly ; 
as there is no getting the Malays to work when they can possibly 
avoid it. 
Within Lamboan Hadjee Bay are many coral shoals, and a 
long heavy swell sometimes heaves in from the westward, often 
breaking high, and should not be too carelessly encountered, either 
in boats or by a vessel. A coral shoal, over which the waves 
sometimes break, bears from Sandy Island southwest or south- 
west-by-west, distant four or five miles. Point Mangin is low 
land, covered with lofty trees, with the little huts of the inhabi- 
tants interspersed among them. The?e are many corals about 
this point, and it is difficult, at all times, to land, on account of 
the rollers thaX break upon the beach. At the distance of about 
two miles north of Point Mangin is Tally Pow,from which Soo- 
soo, eight or nine miles further north, may be seen. Abreast of 
these places, Tally Pow and Mangin, there is good anchorage in 
from seven to seventeen fathoms, clay bottom, which is convenient 
to the beach of either place. In Soo-soo Bay, about a mile north 
of Tally Pow, there is a large shoal, over which the sea contin- 
ually breaks, which serves, however, as a defence to the landing 
at Tally Pow, and affords inside of it smooth water and sandy 
bottom. When in the offing, a league or two from shore, the 
mountains in the interior have a broken and rugged appearance. 
Between the shore and foot of the mountains is a large tract of 
