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Hydrographical Dept.
Admiralty
Jun 14/76
With the exception of the Oleai &c traders,
it would appear to me to be difficult to
know with whom to make trade conventions.
The Caroline Archipelago extends from
E. to W. over a space of 1550
miles. It consists of about
300 or 400 Islands & Islets
of various sizes. Some of these Islands are
inhabited by a savage or semi-savage people
speaking different dialects; - Some treacherous
& not to be trusted,
others have come under
the influence of Missionaries. The only traffic between
the islanders generally & white men is on a small
scale, some adventurous kind, by Ships
passing through. The trade between the Australian Colonies