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J7S3'. motted oiir men, and prevented them from going a\?ay with
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tii at cal no nefs and I recollection which their departure, and
their paffage over the reef, required.— After dinner,-. Ark.a
Koök.èr, who' had, from the firft day of his feeing the Nczv-'
foundlcmd Dog, fet his heart on the animal, and had often
' expreffed a longing deflre to poffefs it when our people went'
away, now renewed his felicitations: from the earn eftnefs
with which he begged it, and the care he affured them he
would take of it, they were induced to make him happy,
and relinquifh all right-in poor Sailo r.
' Raa Kook, whofe thoughts were o f a different turn, and
whole ideas were wholly intent on benefitting his- country
by every information he could obtain from the" Ènpjijh\
made many enquiries about the method o f building a veffel
in their w a y ; Mr. B arker drew him a ptèrt' to work by,-
recommending the jolly-boat as a. model, rather than the
pinnace, Ihe being broader, ajid not o f fo deep“ a fohhT He
expreffed a with to have the launching-ways left, and faid,
i f he was able to compafs fuch a purpofe, that he would1
do it on the fame fpot, efteeming it to be fortunate.—
A bba T h u l l e , who had been diverted b y Arra K ooker’s
requeft, appeared to lend a very ferious attention , to the
ih b je a which had fo much engaged R a a K ook ; obferving
that with the iroh and tools they had now in their poffef-
fion, they could do more work in a few days, than they
could
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could before in as many months.— While ithe.’tgaptain Waken
fhore, fome Wqr<^s had ariferi between ^%q'öf his trien, bn
board, \vhi,ch hap, ■ producer! a pIo^,^^4|a%hjppy;nQ|e' p this
paffing- ofi' the deck, and %mg;|q#ril|5^affy o f the natives,
who were alongfldéih .théif laÉo’èspi^A^cèouhlS^of'it'foon
reacheffthe more; the Captaini^nbjfmi^edi^téïy'c|n board
tq enquire, the,cauff. ï^terkreprimkhdhjg thq^partiewhe
refunded to, the. Kiqg, who Leihgappri/ed ofttho bulineisi
was told that it walk a trifling difpufe’,' and the' effedtl of paf-
fiqn;| on hearing;,ytfhich,-h<g tu.d,v {,‘ ihirc vlJfc in allfto-An-
<c tries bad mcn^mbn^he-fuppofed could, ‘hat, bd^ept- in
Some of the ïlüpdcks9 however, al&ufüf fuch an - accident
Height happen, tff the young -man who wast©,! ,®| Vdth' him
(meaning- phe King’s.fop); Captain W ilson affured them
no fuch thing could, as L ee Boo-would befaè- hisffrtyiM fon,
and' èntirely und'er Ms own Sar^h-Avith whffhj^ff^er they
all appeared1 fatisfied.
i - Before,,our people quitted the Cove', they left 'an Engïï/ls
pendant hoifted oh a large tree, which1" grewxlqfé to where
their tents had flood; and cut upon a plate of copper the
followinglihfeription, which after being nailed to a thick
'board, was affixed to a tree near the ’fpot where they had
built their little veffel. | ,
Th®
1783. .
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