A N A C C O U N T OF
1783. He was the next morning much furprized at not feeing land*
NOVEMB ER.
— CaptainWiLSONnow clothed him in alhirt,waiftcoat, and’a
pair of trowfers; he appeared to feel himfelfiuneafy in wearing
the two firft artiqles, and foon took them off and folded
'them tip, tiling them only as. a pillow; hut, being impreffed
with an idea of the indelicacy of having no clothing, he never
appeared without- his trowfers, j and as. the vefiisl, pro«'
ceeding-northward, advanced; into, a climate gradually: grow-
iog coMer, he in^aJittletime feltlefemoonvenience inputting
on agaip his jacket and; fhirtgto which, when-he had been 3
little time accuftomed, his new-taught fenfe of propriety was
lb.great,, that-he would never change his-daqls, or any. part of
it, in the prefence of another perfen, always-retiring fer that
purpofe to foqae dark comer, where, no-onq. could fee him.-~
The motion of the veffelsat firft made him very fea^fickr and
obliged himfrequentlytolie down ; this fieknefe by degree»
ahating, he hadnne of the apples-given- him- wbiA-hall ^beeh*
brought fyoni, PxtE-w ; heexpreflTed;a doubt about-eating it-;-
but, being told it was the Captain’s defire, and that Ah»A
T h u tins had lent them for him, he obfer.ved to Boy-am* that
he was-much indulged^ none but a few-great people having-
his father’s pernuffion to eat of this fruit %
This young man was remarkably clean in- his- perfon,
washing: himfelf fev^al times a-day; and as fOon as he was
* This remark of L ee Boo’s agrees with the King’s telling Captain W ilson^
when, he gave him thole, apples, that,they were a greatrarity,
perfe&ly
T H E P E L E W IS m A N D S.
perfe®y-re?ose®edvfeoiin! his fea-fek|fejk he appeared to he
Oafy and contented.- . The labitud^, on the fourteenth at noon,
^Was 9° 2$' worth, by observation.—The day following was
eloudy but good weather,. wifi* ^fwfd from the N. —They
faw a.few fea-birds. andflying-filh« and,, having an obferva-
tion at noon, found they were- in. latitude, to9 45' north ; the
weather-continued moderate, though-cloudy, and their, little
veflel (excepting a fmaffleak)-was found in every refpedt equal
to thefi? hapesirrThey had this forenoon, pray-exs, read upon
deek, all our people having*in; fhis h%py deiiyeraiH^r. too
foqng arecolle^ionof the merciesof. Providence nottooffer
them publicly^ with hearts; full o f ’ gratitude* The latitude..
at; noon, was, 12! 1' north.^—L ke Bao; was- now fo well
recovered, as to, eat a, flying-fifo that was- caught upon?
deck, and fome yaro,,having tilL this time eat very; little.,
— He this afternoon-told Boyam, that be was Jenfible Ms
father and family, bad been very unhappy from Jmomng tbat.
b£: had, beeri'fick.
The weather continuing fair, with,- the wind from the
N*j§, and /eaffe 'they endeavoured this-* morning to make
piore room, by re-ftowing- their provifion and flares.; in
doing which they- difGovered, that the leak was under the
end of one of the floor-timbers:. it was propofed to cut
it away, in- order to come at and flop it- from within, but
on more mature confideration this was thought to be too
dangerous
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NOVEMBER
Saturday 1 5
Sunday 16*
Monday 17