which/oftiehyasthejjriippiS^jQGati* 4»tlx«jfi feed. ■ with in a
moft friendly manner, y y
As it .plainly, appeared from theemafter’s jrepj’efenta-
tiqn weihadmothing:itQ’>qjcpei®jj from ^he,;Wj5qeJs» niff,thie?
fhipj? anyfcunneceffury delay here' became djingpimis-
from the want of provifions, having a yygsyI infuffioifife
quantity' eveti atyfbhntw allowance,,. icQnfitierjtig'i J9BF:
paffage to Canton was to be made againft fthe.S. W.
monfqon; and for fo numerous ,a .crew? ffyizl IfHbfotds);
weyeouldj mnly ,earjy> jthree.iweeh^i.water yji&ddpdj/te
■which; the s fmqllnefo of.ythe xeijel j preyeutCd piqi|e
than; one fourth of the: number being yjbelq ykni xihe
fame, time-; - and' we had;-iot. dreadve^iy* complaint)
among fthe people, . who^were. \fithput*?elothing and
deftitute of evpty-^omffert, f;fh,ould<(>YPt haypi-to len-*
counter ybad weather. It was my sdea^had.^wp^ fayed,
a fuffieient quantity . of ,py<)vifipns .frpm^ the fhip, -tq
have left feventy men on the ifland ^yhite^profe^^d-
the voyage in the fchooner, returning for,.them ,in, the
N. E, monfoon, bftqr; Q^ftplpding. -the jfu^ey.pto.^thp
North : but I much fear, ,fiipm the cliflilfe;,th% inhabi-
tants had to our .feeing JhpyC&untryj Jjd^dyyyppld. d^gjg,
prevented the exeention pf nyyplan, at v ^ th ^ h ^
ecaafent ;• dndj without their, approbation it wq^d^.pi^t
have been advifable.
In
o-Tri bfnthd^lsd We received ftfom ottr
S’iehdSHlY'e -remMhden6£$h!e,tr ptefe$i:ts,5 which amoubted
in a l l 1 t o 150 b 'a ^ 'b f .wheat/’ 2® 'Of rice*) a n d 3 o f fweet
potatoe^t ^ebch Bftg' C o n t a i n i n g 1 c w f a l'f o ^ 1 o n e
bhft$ckP'6f '3 : ewitp fixf ‘Targets®>gdf yand plenty of
p o S l t ^ h I n d f e b r f h i j ^ b a f e v e r W b '“?M f k e d ' f o r t h e y im -
f o ^ i a t e l ^ f o i t t 'u s ^ s b n f e f o d r ' f m a l l v e f f e k w o u l d n o t a d m
i t ' a n y J t h i n g m o r e : - a n d w h a t w a s* m o f f r a e o e p t a b l e ;
t h e ^ g t v e ^ a t l a f t a l l t h e i r i j a r s f u l l , p f w a t e r , G o n t a in -
ib'g ’ ftvd* a l l o r i s > e a c h , 'at d e a f l y a s m a n y a s w e ; o o u l d
fto'reupon .deekt; -f
• ">fn, the emirfe of the! day therheeftof the (hip's forb»
maft 4entypaft yialfo.-mqlreat ‘deal :bf her plankingl*
W^'fowdd'vthw maft on fhore/ and took.' the Iron hoops
from u tf h a t’W’e^had To lately put.dm The maft itfelf
wa^f p€rfe€tl y;rotten\ ’
• When the fchooner Was; ready for foiling, 'accom-?
paniedby the officers, wb paid Pur laft viftt/ carrying
b d® ‘us feme triflibg preMfo/'the^ihoft Acceptable
w h a d .' We en deavh u rdd'fo make'"them, comprehend
hJwTenfible xre were of theif^kirid attention, and I
.believ§%e" focCeeded, a§ they accepted our,‘gifts'With
gfeat ^ isM & b h , pafticulkrly a drawing5 ;br thPlbip
and a telefOTp®^ After' pbrtbkibg of their refrefli«;
ments,