17«3* :the Rupacks, fitting on the la rg e pavement before'the houfe
allotted, to our people. He went diredtly to pay his refpefts-
'to the K in g a n d the Unpacks. T h e purpofe o f Mr. Sharp’s
coming b e ing known, h e * was informed by th e C hief Mi-
.nifier, that during the time B aa K o o k was at Oroolong,
th e fomentation had oeeafioned the fw e lling to fubfide, and
th at th e y had extracted the fpear from the bottom o f the
foot, b y forc ing it th rough ; and that the y ou th (w h o was
about eighteen, and. inherited all the Ipirit and intrepidity
o f the father) finding that th o u gh he .could not w a lk, y e t
that h e was able-to Hand u p in a canoe, and throw a fpear,
in fille d that h e would go on this expedition, w h ich th e y
expected - would be fuccefsful, from the circumftance o f
th e ir h a v in g the fwive l, w h ich th ey had before fo much
•fee th e ir -h ea r ts o n ; bu t that v e r y early in the engagement,
this gallant you th , eagerly endeavouring to g e t up
clofe to the fhore, received a dart in his body, w h ich ente
rin g between th e throat and clavicle, he dropped, and
died inftantly.
A fte r Mr. Shar p, and thofe w h o came with him, had
partaken o f fome refrelhment, w h ich was brou gh t out for
them, Ra a K o o k , w h o was now returned, came u p to Mr.
tSh arp and the boatfwain, who was a favourite o f his, and
defired th ey would follow h im, w h ich th ey did to the water-
fide,- where th ey faw a v e ry large canoe, w ith only two men
in .it. He then informed them., h e waited for fome people,
whom
w h om h e expected to have found there, Soon after twenty-
.one. Rupack's appeared; w h o . were -entire ftrangers, to Mr.
Sharp, hu t wh o had aflifted A bba T hulle in his laft expedition
; Raa K ook defired Mr. Sharp and the boatfwain to.
go. into the canoe firft, and a go.od deal of. ceremony palfed
among the Rupacks, to fettle wh o In d in the laft.—-No
k in d o f intimation was. given w h ith e r they,: were going ,
however it was, foo-n perceived that th e yw e r e directing their
courfe to the little illand oppofite. to Eelew, about three o f
fou r miles.; diftant from it, and-where th ey had flopped w h en
th e y .firft accompanied the General from Qroolong. On
landing, h e to ok them a little w a y u p the country, where
there was- a fquare pavement, furrounded b y four or five
houfes, .which appeared to be uninhabited, ias no people-,
we re mo ving about, and the grafs was g row in g between .the
Hones, o f the pavement. A fte r being feated, Raa- K ook
dispatched one o f his attendants on a meflagey Mr. Suarp
and the boatfwain re tra in in g ftrangers to the. purport o f this
invitation.— Our Surgeon, wh o had before Ihewn his watch;
to R aa K ook, and fu lly explained to him its u tility and de -
fign, perceiving th ey were all v ery filent and grave,, and re collecting
h ow much this little machine had entertained the
General’s: curiofity, pulled it out ,again, and m u r k into
hands, that he might lh ew i t to the Rupacks, and communicate
to them h ow exadtly the EngltJlj were able, by it, - to
meafure the divifion and lanfe .of time ; th ey appeared to be