l783- :at the maft-hcftd of the veflel, and one of O.VEM'BJE^. | . the fwiyels,,fired*.
a fignal for failings this being.explained to theJKing, he
ordered,-hoat& immediately to take on board,yams, cocoa-
nuts, fweptmeats, and otjher things .provided for the-yoy^ge;
befidp which, many,canoes of the natives, loaded .with „a, pro-
fufion. of provifion, lay.alongfide the Oroolong^ fo, that,
had all the expected northern Rupacks, added thteir. intended
.prefients, it would have fupglied.a lhip of five -times thf
feon ,as the veflel was loaded with every thing they'
could,take on board, and got ready for fea, the boal 'wfs^fent
on to.cce .fpr the Captain; who acquainting thp, Kingdh,ere7
with, he fignified that he. and his fon .would gcome.q d b o ard.
prefently in hisjpaftpe.—Captain Wilson then took,Blanchard,
as alfo g&gj five men who had come- on toore. for
him, into^a temporary houfe that had been eredled for the
accommodation of \hc Rupack Maath, who was- exggtod
from the northward, and being entered, hlroi^toore .re-
•. quelled Blanchard, to imprefs on hisr memory all .that
advice which he. had before given him, and particularly tQ
be obfervant of-his duty, that the people of Pejlew, might
.thereby fee that he retained that faith and fenfe of religion
in which he had been trained. He then made the feamen
prefent kneel down with him, and, unite in thanklgiving
to that Supreme Being, who had not only fupported their
. Spirits in the midft of fevere toils and dangers, but had
now
f | § i opened t é ihem the means of delivérance,“ Düring this *783* §
a H H I rföwmvB&ti.
^Ihtofdte^tito, thé Chiefs remained near the
ehtraüfeë «ff toe bonfe* rtbferved ‘and well .knew what our
'p^ople wefe kbemt* tod preferred^, profound filenoe., ;r |
It alfo mufi be noticed, that when Lee, .Boo came up, >a
hafket, with fottie dozens &f a fruit refemhling an apple,
was brought from ëèiueW ; they were of,a® oblong fhap'e,
todto-eybUrief a deep ctonfom mot Juniike1 what ace called
ih E#@4.a-Nd f ’he Dutch ’Par'akje ‘jdpplé * .— They fpoke -of
todth as a fruit that was very rare, and faid they were then
jufi chiffing to dfeafdn. The Captain gave owe to eatoiOf his
•'ötóèere,Jbetog a fruit thëyhad neft feen before 5 airS-the «qsft
hë^t^fuÜy t^eawd 'for hfe y^^ng paflhhgcrt toitrfeathim
•with during Ms voyage.
^boUt dight o’clock M the morning thelCaptatosweiit on ;
hoaM ih Ms. hbat; the TCihg, Mth his fóO’lLÉE Boo, tod
%isMupaekSi Ihlldwed^ham very fotoaa t-heir bantoes* aqcona-
; their little ‘veflël *W&s fo deeply
loaded ‘With their fék ftofes,that adoU’bt stole whether .toe
misfit be alSé to ^tiëv^^toeBêéf^itH^aS'‘theröfóré' agrèèd
to iandfhert^'fix^pdundèrb) tod leècto-the ^ofly-boat %è-
htnd-, they having ho materials Whèf etoth tb repair hér,-tod
without it Ihe could npt: much longer fwito. Thisfber n
' to^de"kho^n to fhe Ring, a*d that 'they 'were 1« wtot of a
* OF thfskruit tberè are 3ïfferent forts, ii> many of the South Sea 'itlanos.^-rf is the I
Jamboo Apple, the 'Eugenia Malatcenfis oCLiuuj&xis.
jfj L I : - .boat,