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applicable* was again g iv en to thefe C h ie fs, in w h om it certainly
produced great amazement. T h e y examined- the
knives,.'and faws fo r amputation, w ith w b iid e r ; and probably
had th eir imaginations h a lf ove'rfef’ b y th e 'id e a s ,
w h ich all thefe objects, io new and fo lingular , m u f f have
flatted in th eir minds.
CHAPTER
THE P EL E W I S L A N D S .
■ C B A P T E R&jmigm
The MensJoho had' fyeenon the/hiffThtfedii^Pm^^W^^'^^
rgtarn-±#n ‘Atcoun t o f ft, Wilson ih'ftcah
fy f'th e King the Rupadi^&^o' h'&d difiiifeci'as'/lilies
‘ in iffmjajl Battle.^^exonipanieMhe, '&ngl^,ndWiPf/gXher to
C<fdm^\wands t f imffl'prthwa'rd, /0 Sre;‘wtfe0 ’asfmu&b f i j l f
,' m M the*, fyfaajmib.—fs 'fg ifte d ivimgrf^^^^ifality,- and
affeffi'Oe 'JSayf'Jffe^ce fdmrris^ tot. Q R o O ip ^ ^ |
\ BOUT j el^en! o’clock in the, 'forenopntall thew^irri-
char's returned- to.ORooLot^Gi perfedtly well, i%'thigh
fpitdtsj andigteeaftly pleafed with the treatment.;the^'|had.re-
eeived from their Peeew friends.—Raa;Kook accompanied
them, with four canoes,‘bringing fome yams,-and twojarsjof
molodes.
W ith refpedt tO-the third expedition, I .fh a ll purfue th e
fame1 method as I did in th e defcr iption.of the florid,),battle
o f A r t in g a l l , and deliver "‘the particulars o f i t :as I myfelf
received th em from Mr. M. W ilson', w h o was prefent at it,
and-which particulars were fu l ly Confirmed5, by', ^yety repOrt
o f the tranfadlion to:-.the Captain.
“ T h e outfet o f this’ bufinefs was nearly the fame as in
“ the fecond expedition, th ou gh th e number o f canoes
u fa r
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