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tainly, in every part o f his conduct, fhewed himfelffirm,
noble; ’ gracious, and benevolent; there was a dignityj-in •
all his'‘deportment, a gentlenels in all his manner's, and a
warmth and ienfibility about his heart, that won the love o f
all who approached him.— Nature had bellowed on him ar
contemplative’ hiind, which he had himfelf improved by
thofe reflections that good fenfe dictated, and- obferVatioh
confirmed.— His remarks on the affair of the' mnfquets was
as pointed, and at the fame time as delicate a reproof as perhaps
was ever thrown out.— His converfation With Captain
Wilson, refpeCting his: fonywhilft it fhewed an unbounded
confidence on the part of the King, marked alfo the force of
great fentimerit and .reafbning; and his rebuke, when re-'
fufing his nephew’s folicitation, difcovered a heart tutored in
the fentiments of refined honour.
T h e happinefs o fh is people feemed to be always in-ABB a
T hulle’s thoughts.— In order more effectually to fiimulate
them to ufeful labour, he had himfelf'learnt all the few arts
they pofieffed, and was looked on, in fome o f them, to be the
beft workman in his dominions.— His requefting from Captain
Wilson the Cbineje mat, was only to give, his people a
better pattern than their own to follow; and, in fending his-
fon to E n g l a n d , and in the long inftruCtions given him before
his departure, he had not, nor could have, any other
objeCt in view, but that o f benefitting his fubjeCts by the
future improvements he would bring back to his country;
ideas,
.fiïeas* w h ich 'tl-iê ^ yiereoprfejhè. had had^wffch
>muft have} f 6 y y ’dxcite.4:.^I'n ïh o r t, h a d h h lp^boén, tliröwn
Ifq-fiile.'t)ver a grqatniation^’jpimelSl^jyidi^mahklnd^bne'is
at liberty to conjecture,;thathil* talents and naturaldifpofition
m igh t ha ye made him-dhh^Bt e fphthqf n w o r ld !.
11 placed as4l^ e was b y Providèncehn i^ b h fq u rp f ' f e e i j f^ ^
liy^d’jb ^ y e d jh y his C | f^ ^ h y e , y e r e d by/b|^pgdgle|i qVér
.whom, vvhiLft ho prcfcrved anhgpi^j^liat^dtftinguiflicd Ins :
fepepfqE(0%tionyheh^gh^rmpr^ asfth#ïaèheE th a if 'm’p .fh y '
(Vereign.— ^heiSygs^óf hfs, f u b j e ^ h e h H ^ t h ^ h a l^ h p ^ h e *
w iè ïÉ Ü ' much* aw # and refpedf* h s thofelare^viewedp^ho
goyern - polifhed nations^and ,aroMcOratp'd w ith a i l '^ d h a l#
jgjing,parade ^ o r n a m e n t s ofirgyfify.y,,n o r^w a^lie^p u rp l^
.robe^orwhe, fp lendid, diadenr^neeifl^yhq .point Jjpy;
.rjldter, w h ich jthe mafterly hand, o f Nature had renderedho.
p e r fe c t !.
- Ha ving paffed. ;thp. te e f, and •'being' d e a r o f prefent dang
e r, e v e ry ;on e , would have t been*, in? great, fpirits, had, n^t-
the p a in -o f qu itting thefe fidendLy people oyèrfhadowed
théir jpy.-^RArA Kook. Remained v ery penfi^eh and fiiffeijipf5
.the v e ffe l to, proceedra confiderable sWay from th e ree,f^efbpe
h q recollected himfelf,, and fum maned his capQ^|t#; return
back.— As this C h ie f had. been their firft. and trhly.valpable
fr iend ,-they prefented him. with a brace o f piftoB^andsa car-
touch-box. loaded, with-the proper cartridges. T h e pinnace
b e ing now at the fide of the vefiel, the Captain and office: s ■
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were