black arid white, with feme little zig-zag ornaments hang-ring
from; them p thefe were not the effcdfc of chance,but de*
fign, as,-during the time that the General was making them,,
the King was talking fco him> and: appeared to be giving directions,
not ferioufly, hot in a fdeafant- and irather jocofe
way.' The painting being fihifhed, the’General and Aka»
Kooker joined the King and the Captain, who was-fitting,
with Mm ; after feme converfation, feveral' baikets of ©Id;
cocoa-nuts in a- Hate of vegetation, and. feme other- feeds,,
were brought ;- and’ the linguift acquainted the Captain that
they were brought to Oroobong: to be planted for the Eng—
li/b.—r-Hk a A' Kgoel then defired Captain- W i l so Ns. would, accompany
him. and Arr-a Kooker, and- fiiew them where he:
would like to have them planted, and that fome of aur peo^-
pie, with tools, would affili them> by digging the holes ^
which being done, the General and his brother planted feve—
ral cocoa-nut and other feuit-trees<round the cove where the
E-ngliJb Ywe& i. and it was obferved, that in covering, each nut,,
or feed with earth, they feid fomethkjg gently to fhemfelves,,
with an appearance of folemnity that looked like a folemm
rite. • When they had completed this work, they told the-
Captain thefe would be future fruits for him, and the Eng.--
Ufh, whenever they returned;: and that, Mould any inhabitants
of the other idands accidentally came on More at Or oolon
g , and eat thereof, they would thank XhuzEngliJld for their
refrelhment.—In the evening; they tried to launch, the vef-
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fel, but to their-great difappointment could not move her, *783-
-until the-"fedë- Wghri-têfall; 4:hey^1tfeêförèdfe4^ ^ f ,tW6i%;-
remain tó'lfeat-tinae to difëëver
and remove the ©bfenfetiou.
tïavfepg-riöme cfvêr with ttei. King in;‘Md :
momingpg^ê «afehcëOuM' töMi's bomradbsbf htö-freatmfent
Gai|$èaftir' had fefe'Mm-; thé
King, he faid, Was very much pïe&fed' in the thought o f h&-
héMg.%r remain ht and With his féadiftefe^o-'ftay
with Memy arid had pmmifedPi®' make hint! a Eupüófc, arid
to ’give hitn. two- wives, together wkh a houfe and pfenta-
affirihghSi#, that hé would do every things© make:
him-happy and contented,, and that he Mould aiwayb hé With
hithfelf or %. a a Koo k.
■ I B L,a isfe i®ar o* was- -a' 'man ó f a firigrifor- character,-
about' twenty years of, age', of rather a grave turn df mind',,
at the feme time poffeffing a- confiderabfe|;d^gtee d
htilribuir-y api what rendered tbppircranftance;©£
minatioii the more remarkable was,dfs befeg: welLkhpN|fe
that he had formed no particular attachment-on the bland.
His good-tempered,1 inoffenfive-behavio.ur during the voyage j
had gained him the'regardof all his-Mip-mates;. and, feeing^
the elpaordinary refehadon he had takep
Jiiridf every one was anxious to intereft the native^, in
favour. As he perfevered in his refolution to the lalt, every
reader will naturally feel. a. wiM- to learn fomewhat o f the.
fiibfequent