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b y e v e ry mark o f external r e fp e it paid to h im , feemed.to be
a perfon o f cohfideraMe'cônfequence.' Î
I Our people conceived th e idea , that fome etiquette’
here alfo operated on the King o f Pe lew , as he would
not himfelf go on fhore, but ftayed in his canoe, th ou gh
it was his wifh that all the reft o f his company ftiould
land. T h e y .w e re .here’ entertained with a dance,, and
treated with fome broiled pigeons, &c. They alfo were
invited to, and moft kindly received at two or three private
houfesyf It was night before they "got back ■ to the
canoes, and being dark, th e people we re fo hofp^table that
they would walk with them, and con d u it them in fafety to
the water-fide, bea ring lighted torches in th eir handsr and
ta k in g th em b y the a rm wh ene ve r th e path was uneven or
difficult.
A b o u t ten o’clock Captain W il s o n and h is pa rty arrived
at Pelew ; th e Kin g ’s canoe not b e ing -come itr, §ggg|per-
foti offered to g o on fhore, th e fame was obferved b y all thé'
other canoes.; nor till th e K in g went on fhore was an y th in g
rem o v ed 'from th e boats. A n d here I m u ff notice^ that
though thefe ceremonials were obferved by aU ranks to
A bba T h u l le , even by his brothers RÂA-Kook and A rra
Kooker, yet Captain W ilson and the Englijh were exempt
from them ; and Raa Kook gave him to underftand the
TLnglifh might land when they pleafed ; but the Captain,
finding
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finding this was an eftablilhed form, chofe to remain in the
canoe, out o f refpetft to the King,, and in compliment to the ,
General.— Our people ftayed all night at the houfe by the,
water-fide, A bba T hulle remaining with them,;: A council
was held, before they went to fleep, confifting o f the
King, his brothers, and the .chief Rupacks who had returned
to Pe l ew ; the purport o f which'was .made known next
day at breakfaft, by A bba T h u l le’s afking the Captain if
hi- wouldfg^l^kh' him jbnehi'more to battle ?— iheplipd,
thstt foe.ffirrnft confialt hisi>ffleers and people-at OltboLONG,
before hfe-p©Jj|di with propriety gh^^.aRi^infw'er; that w^ient
heieit'thlftjdarid'mVi'y'of the^'l^#fiel^mor cbuld he^tgll
bdlilhat' return1 :he might1 findJafh|rs;aJi^a|fo’i &ut
fhould that apt'’ he the cafe, he would with'pleafure com pi^
with his'^ifhes.^ The King then allied, why the
had'never heenfdli^’down at Pelew fbr yams, fince^&e
time t%e Captain had been with him at the iflands:? .Captain
Wilijo'd’^hfwered, that they had only-one boat iplm-fi,,the
otffeir being Tank at the.hpad'of thejkfw ve.flel,.f6^make a
bank to keep off the tide.—The r>.;;that ha^kbeen
fqually, being now clearing, and the wind^get|ihg to the'
N. E . our people left Pelew about eleven in the forenoon.
The y flopped an hour at the fmall ifland, and reached
Oroolong about four in the afternoon j Raa K ook returning
with them.
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Monday 13.
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