Star.
London, England, 1803-04-08 00:00:00

NAUTICAL ONSIRWATIONS AND DESCRIPTION OF THE

ISLAND ALAMAGAN.

"Ship Nautilus, Ott. aB, 1400.
" Running down along the north part' of this iffand, when
the cap point of it (a (mall &fiance (rum which (binds a very
high remarkable perforated rock) bore by compah S. 8 de;.
the iftand banyan was on with it.
" While lying to in Howel's Bay, the Bland Pagan borc
means of all our compatres N. 14 neg. W.
I mach regret that commercial interest forbid. my rtmr.hr
along thefe Il tads as far as Urac; u eonneering and examin-
ing this chain of Wands, is au objed. in my opw.ion, at tome
ceefequence to thole who navigate there leas; all that I have
fern or them are extremely ftrtile and plearaut.
" This Wand naturally prodrces, in an nneornmern abon-
danee,Papaw apples, fugar cane, a nut wide:beats much like an
almond, and is tackled in a light grren thin& a root which is
dillinguiked at Sandwich :Bands by the name of Pees, and
grows and looks muds like a potatoe, but with a very different
(talk, a drawing of i% hick accompanies %Ms, and will heft ex-
plain it.
In its erode (late it Is eonGdered by the Owhyheeans as a
polka, they prepare it iu the fallowing manse:. the root is
Wit well walked, then marked and mixed up with fret wahr
to about the cor.Sftrnee of batter; after which they let it fettle
and draw the water NE They let it undergo this operation fo.
veral times, kt then Rands in the fun, they then draw the kit
water of, and it (oat dries and rambles flour; it then may
be cooked the fame as Sago, and I much query if many perform
caddied the difference between it and Sagu; at Owhybee I
have often cat it in preference to Sago.
" A Malay woman that accompanied Capt. Cookie In one of
his silks to Owhyhee, attemred to prepare and form it in the
manner the Malays do, but did net tweet.% however the
owned herfelf unequal to the tat, but kid, if her countrymen
had it, they could with much eafe give it the torm that we
generally Ice Sago in. It molt, of coa.fe, make a good
fubtti-
tute for bread.

" !Band produces a number of plantain or banana trees,
but I never law much of their fruits ; and cocoa buts. In ad-
dition to theft we have added, by planting and fuwing in this
bay, in different parts slang the (bore, water and mug melons
and
and pumpkins; yams, landed and planted in a Rate of vegeta.
. tion • cabbage plants and European po atom; we ago landed a
Inaleand female kid, in very high order, about lii wail old;
silo two cocks and two hens.

Mr. John Howd, in the Lady Wallington, in t ;116, land-
ed fume hogs Sere ' • and although In vifitiag this" hand twice
tint, we have Bat ken any of them, pet there M no doubt but
they mitt, as the print of their feet has always been fees; tone
of our party thought tkcy few the print of the ktv of fornelarze
animal that eats graft (by its dung) as large as a bade.
4 Tilt birds are of the wpm* kind, and pretty numerous,—
Thar arc a fpecies of had-crabi, known in the 'Weil Indict by
the name of Soldier; they are very largc, nice eating.
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" There is alto annaiMaanee of i.;:ts of Gdt bLus are
particularly near the more.
" Frain the form of this 111414 I c as Ire a lsn&it•.,l ms- A-
lways be elredaxl as fame part of it ;. howlev, r, Owl ykliibic,
liowers Bay mould certainly have the r derv'. • , at a,!••aatits
it cannot be work lauding :halt at 111‘1:. of the 11ctt• 1.4.11.1
Wands.

" The climate and ale molt be ju.lged of by Its f:UI7I a.
as our MOO Wilts and them Stays cannot el ten them. Our
thermometer in tie bay, at nom, good at ha (leg. urn. deck Li
the nude; but upon the whok lam inclined to thisk them very
(3MorioUt. Our anchorage, 1799, is marked by an .r in
HOTITI'S Stay; but we were too near the Shore to ter.n It
anchorage, and we eould gm no foundinrs tan her off.
" Although this iSland Is fitoated in the line of the N. F.
truie windovt asi (and others) have oi'ects mat welts:ly wir.ds,
a,,elf,,metimes very tirons ones, I v-41,1 oat rceom.ucn,i
fo ricarpsc Shore, unkfs a Strong tea Sc wird Ant clear
N atfur (heal I warrant It fafe ; in that cafe I would mutt it
far.. as the vidterty winds are always se least that I vritne9ed)
indicated by heavy cicada, light variable airs, and unkulal
weather. _ _ _

1 he North mountain burns very much ; the fouthcrn Goes
jell (make, but very tittle.
▪ Having filled the (hip with cocoa-rtti, fre.travul, cribs,
Anil papaw arpks. and aceotnplitised tar ti.ti:::_fs,st fun fet we
hailed the bunt in, and made fail for Cli.ria
• \t'r wile not in want of Ira water :,nll too m",.h otha-
wife °erupted to fee: for it, except srl.at tl.e rirty warded tor
tkcir drink, of whit It they found fulEei.r.t, and very good."