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Tuefday 21.
the holes which the fhot had made, and remarked, that fuch
of their own countrymen as loft their lives in-the late battles-,
fell' down with holes in their b^ e s i juft hie this ânimab
and dial.
Whilft thefe men thus naturally teftified their furprize,
Abba ^ hitt.tjt. and the General, Who were now become
mailers of the power an^ êffeét of the mufquet,' côtild not
forbear finding at finding tbeirARTiNGALEvifitorsbad at
laft difcovered what had fo completely defeated their force,
as well as overpowered their comprehenfion.
In the morning "our people received their fifh, cured as
ufual.— About nine o’clock the King came round with his
canoes and attendants, in his Way to' PEiEw:-—He ISSlded,
examined the works, and obferved, bn looking, at the pinnace,
that it wanted repairing.— Before he went a Way, he
alked the Captain if E&tEnglift) would’ go’ kad fight for him
once more, though he did not-explain agaimft whom he was
going tp war ; he was anfwered that they readily would.—
He then went on board his canoe* firft defiring T om Rose
and another of our people might go back With him to Pele w.
This was agreed-to, and Mr. D e v i s exprefîèd a with to a c r
company the linguift.—In thi converfation Captain W ilson
had with the King this day, he appeared extremely anxious
that our people would not leave his Country without .making
him previoitfly acquainted with the time they intended'-gefr;
ing, faying ' he would fend two men with them to Eÿg/and,
I and
and promifed to give them i§blours„ tp paint tbpiy.yeflel.
Raa Koo^was much- preffed to remain at ORfof( ^ p ^ till
-bis arm was-quite well, buKhe he, could np^then conveniently
ftay, but would Wery foon,, retur^-T^Dq^i people
conjetftured his prefence was neceflary at thetcpuncil which
Was to be held on the expedition they were then projecting.
— When the i«.U vfeo at /returned from the|#r,ec^, Ihe was
fent down to Pelew , for?,thm;paint.^^ every
man received, a file,-to givtf tp yiis^Sucslic or. friend Captain
^WiLsdN -having’ taken into -cu|tod| all the Jodis' and
pieces of iron, that our people jnight difpofe^of them jrudi-
cionfly-.: S
Frefti gales from the.N- E. and fair weather.—'The provi-
fions' were*,overhauled, to dry and air tljpm. The jtjlly-d)oat,
^that had J^lowed the. King tp.-PELEW, „returned with the
paint he had promifed, confifting of red and yelloW ochre *,
of which he fent a quantity fuffiqfent colour .thp-^Ycffel
.three or four times; he, charged the npen who^brou^^it to-
be particularly careful to keep the bafketsmn Whic^tthanmk
lours were packed from being wet, and defined .th^m t^ Ik-
quaint the Captain, that when he came up tugo,againft P$-
LELEW (the place to,which he was directing bi|;expedition)
be would bring men with him to paint the veflel.— In the
* Thefe were the only natural colours they had, though they -occafion^ly ajiplied
black and white in feme made
. (hells, the latter fromburntcoral.
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Wedne/day
22. 8
CC 2 afternoon