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Rupaeks. The pinnace being b rou gh t alongfide the King,.
Mr. Sharp read the letter, which; Toxr Rqs;e explained to
Soogle, the lingu ift, who comununkated its purport to-
A rb-a T h u lee. The intention of this vifit being, made
kn ow n , and the tools and iron ih ew n to; the King,, he defired
th ey m ig h t remain in th e p inna ce* w h en , after entering into
feme converfation with hi-s Chiefs, he acquainted the gentlemen
that he would return to the fmah iflandof Peth o e e e ,.
invitiog the Engtijb to accompany him in the pinnace*#u d
that the next morning he would attend, them to Oroqeong,
As they were returning toihe ifiand^they met Ra a> K ook iri
a la rg e canoe,: w ith th e wives b e lo n g in g to. the Rupaeks,
wbom be was conducting to Oroohongs to fee the launching
o f the Englifb velfel -the- ladies, fe.emed.much difappoint-
ed at b e ing obliged to return,.and pxt finding their jau n t was.
put off till the next day ; th e y , in confequence, joined the
King.-—On landing at Pethou ll, th ey were all con d u ced
to a large houfe by the water-fide, where b e ing feated,,the
prefents were brou gh t and laid before the K in g , w h en the
ufe o f the tools, and the method o f w o rk in g w ith them, were
Ihewn to him, and h is Chiefs, w ith wh ich th ey appeared v ery
much pleafed ; and a converfation to ok place between the
K in g and them, b u t particularly w ith Raa K ook; towards the
clo-fe o f w h ich , th e Malay, Soogle, remarked to them, that
the E n g lilh hadJent no mufquets ; for this impertinent obfer-
vation he- received a fevere rebuke from the General,, who,
with
w ith a look, and in a- tone wh ich tefti-fied great indignation, - r783-
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replied, the Eng lilh had faithfully kept th/ir -weird, in fending
'tfe things- they hddfentydni m acquainting' them- o f the time
v f their departure; that they had not fpoke'n with two tongues,
as he,- wor thiefs Mal'ay ! had dared to fu ggeft; and that be had
brought Jlsame upon them ail, by his advifing -the King td fm d
only boiMSyams to-the Englilh,/*?/?, i n f ending them raw, they
Jhould thereby flock themfelbes, -and leave the i/lands without -
notice, or without prefending -them thofe- things' they had. pro-
mifed.— This pointed rebuke of Raa Kook afte&ed the:
Kiiig and, Chiefs very much, who by their, looks teftified
their difpleafure at the Malay? in fuch M manner, that he
, thdu^bt itprudent- to retire; after which the company re- |
lx)¥eretf their^oQ^ihuflAdur,. and Abb-A T hueIE diftribufed
fbmepf the tools ahdffrbn amongft theRupaeksf. every one-
having fomething given him, Supper was then brought in,
and placed on {tools in the middle of the houfe; abundance
was alfo fet out before the houfe, and- diflributed to the:
King’s attendants.-^The company were ferved with fea. k
traw-fifh, together with feme other fifh, brought in, and.
divided by the butlers, who tut1 if in pieces with a knife
made of a fplit bamboo (with which they carve as handily
as we do with our knives) and ferved up to the King’s company,
. Nobody offered to touch a morfel till Abba Thulee
began, and g a ve the word Munga; when the Rupaeks and
the company followed his example, and notice was given to
the
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