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cOuCTO:B:.E;R •was n#ifk&r al^@rto itwhenfireik Theyvn®#
went hn„ board, ws& fell down the creek» it being neaè
high-water. - After they had got/ to the outlet of the creek,*
one of the Rupack$$mho was going to the northward, where
he lloed, parted company, careÿaag awayfii his fuit eight
®r nine canoes* This Rupack, whofe' name wa:s Maath,
had; two on his arm* -Captain WiEsoiÆsfhad. given
A bba TiiycLE the fpanaei dog, which the King-fed with
Mm; at this time. When they were ont of thécreek, and
Maath was taking leave, Abba ThuElf. delivered to
him the dog, and alfo the leaflet coàt ; hàt fhèy wérS.
afterwards returned to him, as our people faw hint ^eaf
fhe coat when he went againff Peeeeew, àôd law me'dog
frequently afterwards" at Pelew ; wMeh fetisfie#thfefh that
they were only lent to M a a t i i to take to his ifiand, that K&
might Mew them to his own people, Captain WiL'sbN
having declined going to vifit them, though ftrongly fo-
’licited, . excufing himfelf on account o f the long time it
-would occafion his being ahfent from Or oolo-n g.—
A bba T hulle and his train, which confifted o f about forty
canoes, returned to the fouthward. About ten o’clock they
were overtaken- by a violent fquall o f wind, with much
thunder, lightning,, and.rain, which obliged every canoe to
Unfit for itfelf; the boatmen, in that canoe where the Captain
was, jumped overboard, to avoid being wetted with the
5 rain,
rain-*, holdingbfdfe canoe with one: arm» hid keeping it as
it Were at aaa anchor; - byt finding the rain continue after the;
thunder had ceafed, thgy, made: for the More,: Which having
reached, the boatmen very- expeditioufl'y kindled: a fire, by
rubbing two; piece! of wood together* The; C aptain remarked,
that at each flafh of lightning Raa KobisJs' two wibe’sy,
who were-in thefeme canoe with him, fheltered under his-
boafe-cloak, muttered fomethiug that fefemed to be a- prayefy
©r ejaculation; Ra a K ook: covered himfelf with his rsfat*
About; noon; the? weather^cteared- up,, mid .Ah^sfomed the
King,, who gave our peqple brailed' fi& for dinner,, fbn&e-*
whatr refemblingr mullet. About one 'o’clock, ill landed?;!
and? therKing - and Ms retinue, with our i people^ walked up
a male, to a town? GalleffA^iWAiLOEGidfe
wherpwas, exhibited: a. dasEiGef-bf > fpearmen; .'aftehj which
the ufuali fort- of re^efhthents were; fexved to • the I bdm»-
pany.r They then returned; to- their canoe sy and cam^’to a
place called. Em>i lee-OHE, which? appeared to >bef a diftinffc government,,
as a formal invitation came off from theJi&jb'&e&j.
or Chief of that iflhndj,to fblicit .the company to land. It.
ypsi as largertoWny fituatfed about a mile'from thC’ifea-fbbre:
The A«p^cf 'was a fat,.goodJ-lookting,, fiiCn41y old‘man ; and
* Notwithftanding the natives bathed daily in frelh water, yet they all appeared to
• Have a great diffike at being wetted by rain; it is probable the flattering of it on their-
naked bodies might create an unpleafant fenfation.
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