s66 A N A G C O U 'N T O F
17S3. .SdOGLEj the -Malay, who' had dared to throw out infinualOVBMBER.
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.tions prejudicial „to the Erigliflj.; He was xcommunicatiye J o
our people on every occafion, and at. all times willing to
explain any thing to them; and, had they always had the
linguift at their elbow, or a language in which they could
"have morereafily coliveried with him, many th in gs. might
:haye [been cleared up, which liruft n ow , remain undetermined.—
With all thefe excellent qualities, he appeared in his
domeftic character equally refpedtable as the reader will recoiled!,;
who has-had a vie w of his pleafant deportment, in
his own family, and has feen him in all the filent majefty o f
grief attending the obfequies o f a valiant fon. who had been
.flain in fighting for his country.— To all thefe tireumftances
I muft add, that the concern he difcovered in taking leave o f
his nephew, and our countrymen, evidently proved there was:
-no frnall portion o f fe'nfibility lodged about his. hearts
Whilft I am doling this laft remark on the.charadler o f
Ra a Kook, I cannot avoid making a general obfervation {on
the. people ,of; Pelew, who, though they appeared to be
Philofophers in adverfity, Stoics in pain, and Heroes in death,,
yet, in many o f the more delicate feelings o f the human
bread:, they poflefled all the amiable, tendemefs of a. wok
man f g
CHA P T E R
C H A P T .E :R i.iX XH . j
fire Erîglifh, ihàthe. QxooLO^I^^l,#^pEXÊw.^^Ac—^
.. A ccou n t'of .-fheir PAjfage from thence to| Ma c a o .— Their
A rriva l there.— They difpofe of-their■ Meffeh. and prqceed 0
^ C an to n , where'they embark
^ U R «country meri.being riowfin a fair way*ofiifl^iitgjto
GH£LMA'jvaîten q^sting' with [their |bçun3Ae: friends!'of
Pelew» thâûfed. up. along the back of|theAee.f,fN
having,thn end,of the’outer breakers on thgiTleeibeam.^'
Atiioon the ifland of Oroolofïo borp-S. E.,byE.«bE- hifiarit
about four« leagues, from whence, they'took their’ depart|ir é$-
Its latitude beings? i f north, and longitude I3d°49' eafl:
Gr eenwich.
* The: two „firft ' days« after leaving*the PknEWl iflands,« 'our
people had tolerable weather, with .light fqualls, and1 rain, the
wind variable from E. to S. E. with which they fleered
the northward,.— L ee B.oo, the firft night he flept on board,
ordered Boy AM, his fervant (who was . one o f the two Malays
from Pelelew). to bring bis mat upon deck ; a. warmer-çp*
vexing was prepared forlrim, to .defend him from the epld. -
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Wcdnefday,
f Thurfday
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L Friday 14.
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