afternoon th e re w e re hard fijualls. o f'wi$d from the north*
ward, w ith h e a v y rain.— T h e jolly-boat, in th e evening, r e tu
rn in g from the w atering-place, was followed b y two canoes
to th© iftouth o f ; th e h a r b o u r w a s th ou gh t, b y their not
coming in, that th e y were people from Pelelew. -
“ T h e caulkers this day finifhed cau lking th e bottom of the
v e flc l, and alfo completed tb ^ p la n k ia g io f ■ the to p fides, and
in th e e vening handed water into h e r to try for leaks.
‘ N e x t day all were bu fied rin q aulking h e r u ppe r works,
and fix in g th e fteps fo r th e mafts. g T h e jolly-bo at wa s dif-
patehed to Pelew, to fetqh Mr. Devis and T om Rose ; Mr.
Sharp was fent down in h e r to vifit Raa Kook, and fee i f
h e coukl be o f fu r th e r ufc to his arm ; and loon after his
departure, a canoe came in from th e K in g , loaded w ith raw
yams, h a v in g received none a fte r th e firft ten days hut what
w e re fent ready dre/h*.
T h e cau lk ing o f the.outfide o f th e veffel was finifhed this
d a y .—T h e jo lly -b o a t brou gh t ba ck th e fu r g e o n ; the K in g
and all his people at Pelew b e in g w onder fully pleafed. a t
this ma rk o f attention paid to th eir favourite th e General.
Mr. Sharp, on go in g , found Raa Kook m u ch 'b e tte r ; one
o f the Pelew furgeons liad cut out the core o f the boil, and
th e flefh about it, w ith one o f th e fame ordinary knive s
w h ich had been applied to the foot o f h is fon. Mr. Sharp
drefled the wound, and le ft h im feveral other dreffings, w ith
necefiary directions, and he foon g o t perfectly well.
When
m When one..confiders that thefe. medical' genflen>.en at
Pe-lew nevey purfued any, other methods but cutting out
the part; affe&ed;': and that till the prefeht when, accident
had thMwh in their sftSysi’
their- operations were performed,,by fhells ground to an
edge; one mult wonder at the bbldnefe of the practice;
^t^^liying-'enrfe]^^ in ctmntrisefe -Where the anatomy of the
human frame andthe.ar# of furgjsry are ft> weh underffcood^
and perfeCtioned, aided tod'by fuch admirable, inffrum^nts,
cannot avoid feeling Jor the. corporal fufferings of thdfe-
Whom difeafe or accident fubjeCted to l>e praCtifed on by a-
PEiEW furgeiia.: H
WhM the joiy-boat returned with Mr, Sgy£ftp; ^nd Tp W
Rose (Mr. Devis ehebfing to remain till the King went
againft PelElew)’ kTbrought plentyofyams and
and alfo five young wild ducks juft fledged, the only turd
of the duck kind our people faw in thefe parts.—Tqm Rose,
informed the Captain, that what Abba Thulle wanted him
for, was to make more enquiries of him concerning th&Eng?
lijh^ and “to give him fome acc&unt of the different people
the^Were atwar with.
This morning the veffel’s bottom was breamed; the out-
fide caulking being completed, to th% great jey of:all.—They
now filled up the trench under the veffel, and broke down the
dam, which was a work of fome labour,, as the bank had
become as folid and firm as if formed by nature; they alfo
cleared
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Sunday 26,