1783-
• NOVEMBER*
fadfion, both to' themfelves and their Employers, to have a
general account of thefe iflands, .on which no European had
.ever, been before as alfo to know whether there was any
apparent difference in the inhabitants,.their manners, or
Guftoms.-^He was liffenedto with a .great deal of attention ;
but the near profpedfc before every man’s eyes, o f being
liberated from a place whencei a fhort time before, none had
any juft hope -of ever departing ; the fear of its .proving a
much ■ longer bufinefs than apprehended ; the' uncertainty
. of what drfficulties.they might meet with, ihquld they have
hoftilities to encounter, whicff was more than probable
might-be the cafe, from the inhabitants of fome of . the remote
iflands ; thefe combinedeonfiderations prefented them-:
.felves to moft of them as rifques riot advifabie to be run,
after the hardflrips they had already fuftainèd ; which," added
to the natural wifti of every individual to return to„his
native country whilft opportunity offered, they delked the
Captain to give up all thoughts of fuch an attempt, arid
not to make'any mention thereof to the King, left it might
be the means of detaining them. . Arid thus was ftifled the;
defire of all further inquiry, more' efpecially when' Mr.
Sharp acquainted them, that-he was commiffioned by Abba
Thulle to inform them, that he would in about four days
pay them avifit, and ftay with them till their departure, and
that he would then paint their veffel.-^-This'meffage awakened
fufpicions in feveral minds of. the King’s defigns, which,
becaufe
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becaufe they breathed bn ev^E^ bccaflon fuch‘pbffe<5t: gbod- '1783-
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will towards oiift »peopleL<W&feMTudged, by- manyiof them f a f ,
be infincbre, orHreacherousVVuhWilfefg^|®f^j||ei'edit to human
.nature for-the "exerritfe-of all the h t i t f i n i e r i f S >df
lifferality,' ipcontrbuled, or uricoritatninated, by^ak||or'in-
tereft.. .■
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