72 SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICA? ls?, rocks ;. but on. my return. the. tide was- higher,. Aug. 10. ? I pulled about one mile up the northernmost inlet, where. I was again stopped by the shoahess. of the water. A]I these places.must afford abun-. dance of fresh water during the rainy season? sad perhaps are seldom without; and, as this was a year of unusual drought, it is not impro- bable that the fiver in which we watered gene. rally afibrded a very considerable stream; if so, from its proximity to the anchorage,. the .bay is of great importance, and 'is an excellent pla?. e for. refreshment:. turtle.might be procured at the islands in its vicinity,. and abundance of very. fine ?h.at the sandy beach:.the anchorage is safe in all parts, being protected from. the sea by .the islands in the.off/rig, which front the bay. There is also abundance of wood, that may. be cut close to the water-side. Ships detained during the westerlymonsoon, as far to.leeward as the meridian of l?�uld find an advantage in putting into Hanover Bay, and remaining there until the. wind. should veer round: by which they would avoid the necessity of beating ?to windward, .over such dangerous ground as extends between this part to Timor; and, .by. being to the .southward, out of the s?ength of the .westerly winds, at the latter end of February.and b?iuning of March,.wh?
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