OCTOBER.
Monday (>•
ebbed Very little; whereas the evening tides were high, and
ebbed a long way out, leaving the harbour quite dry.
! T h e day opened dark and gloomy, with/ much thunder*
hghtnihg, and continued rain, fo that- they .could not;go.
Out o f the tents to wofk before noon. T h e y were very un-
Teafy on • account o f the jolly-boat being abfent fo much
longer thaii fhfey expe&ed, .as- alfo- at not hearing ;of the
fuccefs o f the expedition; but were relieved from their
anxiety .about one o’clock, b y the arrival of the jofiy^hp-af,
which had left P e l ew oh . Saturday morning, having, been
detained b y the bad weather, at —the final! ifland till this
morning, from whence they came away at day-light;
they brought th e welcome intelligence, that all our .people
were Well at P e l ew , having returned from the expedition
oa the Wednefilay night preceding, in which, they .proved
fuccefsful. .T h e y reported this, to have been the Jfevereft ac-;
tion o f any ye t fought, it lafted near fix hours ; .the'.people
o f A r t in g a l l , acting oh.the defenfive, behaved with great
refolutiori. T h e King detained our people, and the Rup 'acks
who accompanied him on the expedition, at P e l ew , in order
to... entertain them with feafting and dancing.; and fent
in th e boat fome yams and provifion, as' alfo the fwivel,
which they reported had clone much execution. A bba
T h u l l e returned- b y Mr'. Sharp the blip’s coppers * this
was indeed a great acquifition to our people, who were
ia great want of them to boil their provifion, having
hitherto
hitherto. Jbee%©hhgh<i;to; ^ refs.it i%%^e' Jible kettles, and
faueepans, ;and defpaired, eoPPers?-
which- hadfbeen carriedv^ypy, by thefeh^|^y^{||^their firft.
vifiting the wreck. 1 Complaint. v^ ;theirWfadfc;^#dli^^
been made to Raa Kook, and h§,- no^dqubt, acq^iaintedfj^e.
King therewith, whogavc'ordep;"fq^chhgent,;en;qvU^y tp ^e-
m%dS after th^na, and, djfcqyeping, ydae£6^^
had now returned, fhfem ta the EngU/^^j, tl^etjoUy-^at;;rr--'
evincing by 'this,, asi^ell asr^yjeyefy.qthc^.p^rt
^u,6t,~ the*, generofity* of ,his; tdifppfition* not allowing. .his
people to??detain £j:om our,cqunUymen,a^y^h^|hat had.
been1 '©npe^thein property,-howeyer valuable, h e ig h t be/n
the eftimation;^f the nafives.;f,,
. ]yifJtS&ARi> gave the following l accounts | o^ his vifit to
P e l ew :— That he got there. about noon on the d^y fie
le ft Or oolong, and landing, went- immediately towpr^f
the General’s* houfe, who feeing him, came-ffUtto meet
him, with ayifible.coBcern on his countenance;v Mr. .Sijar?
immediately tol$ him the purport o f his vifit, Ih ew n ^ h im
the inftruments- he had brought, which he
•hoped.might he o f much affiftance.to his .fon’s complaint j.
hpr bhwed^ and aflbmed a more placid .lo o k ^ s^ i f jfenfi-
bly touched with this mark o f attention. He defiredplr.
3 h A;RP to ;fofiow him, and led him t o fh e English houfe,,
around which he m e t„ all his countrymen, and where was
alfo. the King, the C h ie f Miriifter, together with, feveral o f
the:
C T O B E Ro.