•'-,1783^ cleared and" fixated the pintt%te*MWhile eto^nyed about
this yrork, ten candes were obferved coming, into the harbour;
thefe came from the: land to thei fouthward;- th^y '
were at firft thought *to he from Pelelew, but afterwards
difcovered to ,be .ftrangers( going to join A bba
T h u l le .— They gave; our people fome yams of a different
kind to any they had feèlt before^rbeirig of'a, ftraw colour,
tinged- with a': gritty red. Thefe ftrangers "were treated
^th ffierbet, and carried round all the places where tbe
works were going-on; Ihewn the velfel, and every thipg
that was judged might pleafe, or entertain, theM- Th%'
viewed every óbjeft - with that degree of fürprize ,y^ich
might naturally be expefted; but by the little diffidence
they expreffed irTcoming oji: ffioïV'and from.being left
{truck with the colour of our people than, the other natives
of ritefe regions had been before, it was fuppofed they had
come with minds fully'prepared to meet with thofe^obje&jr
which their vifit to Oroolong difplayed to them*' jj Thefe
was an old Rupack with them, who afterwards wént into
the: Captain’s tent, and amufed himfelf in counting the
leaves of a book, that was lying there ; ,which trying’two
or three times to do, after, getting to fifty or fixty, he gave
up the point, faying there were too many. They flayed
about two hours on ffiore, and on going away the Captain
préfented the Rupack with fome pieces of iron.
• < r H A p T V R y * ' H
’The Kiri^^nds" fo r th'e kfh'6' 'wM’e to^'g&'ivifh him
^ f^EL'Ei?ew.— A gdeat rStorm at O-roolct-Ng.—
finWlagenre arrives tFbt P§P Expedition-to Fe-Lelew had
P0 Me^peaceai^.-fhe Engliffi return, and give an Account
bfd&Manrier o f its Progpifs-arid ‘Termination .-^Rejoicings
P S ‘A w ^ ^ io n lat PeLew.— TbeJ&ng not^es%n‘intended
i%-Vifit to tide Englilh Vefbre tbeirSf&parture.
T HE morning, was cloudy, with light winds from the Monday ay.
northward ; the boats employed i^jgettingjbme more
ftores from the fhip. Inf the afternoon ,a gr^| number of
}canoestcame from Pelew, they .were mofto,f,theni fromthe
iflands to the northward; in ofiej,of ^thgfe. Mr., Devis re- -
turned; he brought-intelligence that almoft every ifland
in alliance with Abba Thull| had fent fome fom.||, and
that he really thought there were upwards of three hundred
canoes aflemhled at Pelew to go.'on this expedition; that
when they left that place they feparated ik tly:,ee divifions,
making a very fine appearance; that ;;t;,wo. xof them, j went
towards;