,.0_C Ï O ! E 5 .
UOVEMBEU
Saturday i.
although they had come th e i^ p | a formidable ally tó théir
•énèmy£': '
Abba Thulle, accompanied b y the Pelelew King,
went immediately to his own ifland, which the 'Engliflj bow,
-for the firft time, learnt, Was 'called COOROoftAA, Pelew
being only the capital, or refidence o f the King. Captain
Wilson, converting with R aa Kook on the fubjedt of thé
l a ft- expedition,' enquired where all the fleet o f canoes came
from that had attended the King at this time ; the General,
in anfwer, enumerated the places in the following order, beginning
at the northward; Eivtungs, Aramalorgoo, Emil-
legue, Arragüy, Coorooraa, Car agar a, ’Pkthoull,
the fmall ifland fo often mentioned, and whofe name was
hot till nów kndwn,and OROobbWG, or mglb/bmen’s ifland.
RaA Kook feemed very defirous to be at Pelew, and made
this vifit the ftiorteft he had ever favoured the Englifi with,
leaving them immediately after dinner, and all the canoes
going with him. He defired. the Captain to fend his boat
for fome moloffes and torches, o f which they were in want,
our people being defirous o f referving their, fugar-candy and
candles for the voyage. '
In the evening, the jolly-boat was got ready, and Mr.
Sharp, with four o f the men, went to Pelew, to congratulate
the King on his eftablifhing peace, and to bring
the things promifed by, Raa K ook.— T he morning being
fair, and the deck laid, they began to caulk i t ; when
' a difficulty
a" difficulty afofe .with what tflby Were to pay it, having 1783-1
nei thef- or damm&nv and here Providence
dfl€dtedJthem to i refieufce in . the produce «ftthe'iflandy.
for, cotrftdting together flow to fuppiy tflistwanfl.pOtty was
propofed; but they having no chalk to make it, fome of
them' recollected that the feams of veflels in India, and
efpepially in China, were payed with Cbinam; the Cbinefe
Were immediately called, and queftioned about the mode of
preparing it; which, after the heft information they could
colled!, they endeavoured to imitate in . thhvfiMlbwing -maa-
ner<^-They took tfle coral-ftone, and ,making^;largex pile-
or kilftwith it, and ,the branches’ of trees t%y’ h:adfPHfe
down, they burnt it well into.1 lime; which being pputideft
fine, was fifted through bunting, after which: it mixed!
with fueflgreafe as .had been faved; and this made a moft
excellent putty.
- T h e weather being cloudy, with light northerly breezes,. '-Sunday 2.
all our people were employed about the veflel, When their
attention, was ibmewhat taken off by two ca&oesicoming. into
the harbour to fifh for b a it; their ipethpflof^oing,it ftrik-
ing all our feamen as uncorhmon, may,-without impropriety#
be m e n t i o n e d T h e bo,atmen look about .for a ftioal.ofithat
fort o f fifh which they bait with, which is not .much -unlike
our fprat; thefe they drive into fhallow water, and having *
covered their canoes and outriggers with matting, ^bey then
make a great ihouting and nqife, fplafliing 'the Witter with
tlleir