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were prepared to take leave o f the General -; but, when the
.moment o f reparation arrived, he was fo affefted, that he was
at fuff unable to' fpeak; he took them cordially by the hand,
and pointing With the 'other to his heart, Said-, it was there
he fe lt :ihe pain Of bidding them farewell; t io i Were there
any on board who Taw his departure without Iharing nearly
the fame dHtrefs.—-He - addreffed L ee Boo by his name,
and fpoke a few words to him ; but, being unable to proceed,
he went into the boat, when, immediately quitting the
rope, he gave our people a lalt affectionate look, — then
dropped aftern.
This excellent man appeared to be fomeWMt- upwards
o f forty years o f age, Was of a middling ftature-, father i f iL .
clinable to be corpulent; He had great eX-pteHionof feh-
libility in his countenance, tempered' with much ’^o&d-
nature. His character was firm and determined, yet fuJHlf
humanity ; in Whatever he undertook' h e was 'heady ; and
per fevering; he delivered -his orders to the people with the
jitmoft lenity, but Would be obeyed ; and they, on every oc-
cafidn, feemed to ferve him with ardour add alacrity, as i f
mingling affection With duty. T h e reader muff have ob-
ferved, that from his firff interview with our people, he had
Ihewn an attachment to them, which was never after lef-
fened'or cooled. He was not o f fo ferious. a caff as the King»
por had he that turn for humour and mimickry which A^ra
Kookeh
KooEkRffb ffwongly pbffbffed; hut he had ihemdafit gbbd-
humour* was always pteaTap&anjd lively, and wdlwili^cffed fo
laughter, When it wa»'ofeeftfionaily e®cifod. He had an eager
fpirit of inquiry, ahd-a defiretW 'examfefo the teedtes Mdt%&
fons of every sel?fe<3: which he faw produced, and was kondeiv
fullyqiiickik coMprehending whatewrwas-deferibed to hiM;
his mind wasffrong andadtive, his hehaviournianl'y ahd'cduf-
teous, and accompanied with fo nice a fenfe of honour-, that he
felt it wounded whenover iiayfhfnhfe natives had, hyffheif lit?*
tie triffing tbfeftsi, violated; is he the -laws'tofimfpl?-
talityp which: fee held moft fafcred, and always ffifeovered ah
impatience till he eould make them reftorfe what they had
taken away u This he tarried fo far 'as fcveh to 'Ihew his
di^leafure it the Chmf minifier, for requefthig acu&afs eff
Captain Wilson (at the fiiff interview) fhintomgit a breach
of this-virtue, tb folicit a favbur of theefe who were f© fitm-
ated, as not to be at liberty to refufe the requeft, though the
granting it might be inconvenient. He was much amufed
by the peculiar maimer of the Cbirtife, and their way of
talking; would frequently fit down to pick oakulu with
them, bn puipofe tofflehiore of them,'witlibut foemingffo
intrude. Our people were probably partly iiidebtdd to his
good offices for the fteady friendlhip the King had for them';
at leaft, on their fifft coming, he certainly interefted his bro- .
ther in their favour. He beheld all duplicity with indignation,
and publicly, before the King, Ihewed his contempt o|
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