A N A C C O U N T O F
On a rriving at Gro.o&ong, i t was. ■ with grea t fatisfa&ion
th e y fou nd M r. Ba r k e r fowdfcjsece’w c ed A® « his accident
as to be able m g o about. T h e veffel alfo< was much, fo rk
wa rded, a lt h e r Beams laid, and moft o f th em fecuEed,— The?
General, e v e r attentive to the intereft; and - fervice o f ou r
countrymen, fent ba ck immediately all the canoes (except
his ow n, in wh om h e could confide) that th ey m ig h t n o t
pilfer, or be gu ilty o f any mifclemeanoii,.
C H A P T E R
T H E BE L EW I S L A N D S , fSs
C H ’ A ' P T i ' E R XVE
Pre.ce&M.m at OnpoLp^p. — The| General., remains with
,tM.t■ ihngli{h,.^fnylhgencg As him the
' ARTi-Njq.ALn mpreygyk t&. fu e fop Pmge.— The
Kingyrnives. the nkM^Day, andfog phyfitjlxTime^hrings one
yLMs. I JV y ey his. Jam mite-, paughjgr^ynd^nerMff. their
F'emaje - Attendants—He continues? at She Back-, off. the JJland
three y r four ] Days, duringy^Mch- "Time, tlmppenenal, who
went with him, was much indifpofef^-Mr. Sh a r Mpifts
Mm, andyyliepes^ his1 Complaint^s~fThe s King*Jw?th >Ra a
K ook, and his Retinue, return to Pe l ew .— He fends the
, Englifh fo.rpe Colours to paint their Veffel.—Mr. Sharp -goes
to Pelew to enquire after R a a K ookV Health, whom he
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O C T O B E R
ß n 4,s getting, well.
f l T ^ H E ' jolly-boat w en t’this morning' for water, but found Tucfdaj .14
. the w e ll d ry, there being fevencanoes. already'there.'
It was underftood from T om' Rose, that they-preceded the
K in g , who> w as coming w ith men and boats to b r ing oh fhore
a ll the Chip’s g u n s . ' In the courfe o f the 'day ou r people g o t
fbme water, and a fmall canoe-brought a few M i , and a fine'
fea. craw-fifh.
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