A 1ST A G C O U N T O P
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heimmediately Offered to fupply them with a canoe,
arid pointed to feveral ,theh;alongfide J lall which being,too.
large to-hoift on boaxd. the veffel, the King difpatched his-
eldeft fen Qiii BiLL on tore, wh.u foop returned >«ith one
of a proper fize-
MrJ.SHARP had been die fired, to- take the King’s fqn ua-
••der hi^^particttlarxaEe, till the- ©»oolong fhojild .arfiye;.at
CH&N34© and Abba Thiekliie ' new: pointed, out- M?*/§i{A9P
to him, Who he faid was to be his Suctif/rc ; and from, that
moment Lee Boo attached hiirrfelf to Mm, keepingrck^ at
his fide in whatever part of the weffel he went.^cJn. putting
everyi thing to order before the Orooxonjg- ployed«£ the^e
was admail fail belonging to the pinnace, whiCh/eejil^-not
be found. Blanchard was now got into, the pinrjafiej, ki
order to take the veffel in tow; he had* with the merft unwearied
afliduity, lent his t^untrynaen eyer£ affiftance in
his power to the laft> and, having laid up carefully the, fail
enquired after, came on board to fhe.w where he bad flowed
it.; which having done, he wifhed them all a profperous
voyage, and, without teftifying the fmalleft.degree^ofrypgfet,.
took leave of all his old Ihip-mates, with as much e^fer as
if they were only fading from London to Gravesend,, and
were to return with the next tide-
The Oroolong now proceeded towards, the reef;; and,
loaded as..fhe. had been by Abba Thulle’s bounty, even to
fuperfluity, with whatever he conceived might be ufeful or
3 pleafant
pleafant tOnhist departing sfrteftds, yet. omeither. fide df her, 17%
were a Mukiiude’of' canofesr,* filled, wkhthe epmmoh'natives^
who had]all’bjoiight; our people/prefenfs from themfefves,;
intreating; -theyi might be acceptedwas,, in£ viurc they |
Were told- that jhecjveflfek wakX&'fuil thwe wa&M&yQom tpj
receive -any thing' ImdreTeachi held .up a little fomething;:
« :Ohlp tfcsjp tom whs,,the^led’
neral{cfythe repetition . o f i ^ 031 wasiUrg^ w^hifucM
fopplioating- countenances^ and watery eyfesy^that this ,'tfe-»*
WitcMng.Hefiimony of .affq^iiori! and^geheipfi^yialmi|fi 'overi*
came .every onehon board,—Fromdome: of .thofe who5were*
neareft, 'aifew'yamsmr,,icoqoamuts Wetej'icccpfedyh©dftb£
poor creatures, whoferintreatics, .could’not, ;bevht fended to,:
unablef&j bear . the difappointpient, ;p?ddled, arhoad, t.andj
threw* the little prefent^- they.had brought into’ the;-pipnacp^
■ totally'ignorant-that fixe'was t^fqtiarh'haflK. with/ELANy,
GHARD. ^
- Several' canoes preceded th e pinnace, to .mark the faf^ffe
track for the veffel; <andothers were fiationed afttike reef;hj\j ft
the King’s command, to point-.out theldeepefijypfer |b^ heri-
paffage over it 1 hy all the previous. examina>tiiqfis, asiwelfas1
by the prefent precautions,'the ©roolong Cleared W e. reef,
without the leaft difficulty.
The King accompanied the jS^/^initheinycffel^almoft
to the reefi hefqr^ h e made a fignal forhiaxanoetOTomw, ,
V - iL l'K alop|pide;;K*