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,$ j.i — he drew; hack, and returned to look again, pifite ab-
phcember, £orke(| in wonder.—He made’ an effort to look behind, 4 s i f
• conceiving; forhëbödy'Was there, but found the glafs fixed
clofe to the wall. Mr. M'Intyre, obferving' the ddêa’ ttiÉt
had cFoffed him, ordered a fmaflgktfs fó hè bihught into* thé
roorQ} wherein having Viewed Ms Facej he looked behind,
to difcover the perfon who looked Hgf h im ; totally enable to
make out How all this was produced.
Hjo r did ÏJke Boo’s ïurpfrzé a t'fée ihghimfelf in the mfr-
rof, much exceed that of each of ohr öwïi people/ though
the caufe was different, not óne of them having'* «Ver'! göfc
a glimpfè of their own face from the time of the wreck,
each having only noticed^the hollow-eyed and lank look o f
hLs companions ; but when they now ffood^before !the thir^
ror, every one individually perceivèd that hard labour, hard
living, fpare diet, and anxiety of mind, had wrought a
change in every countenance far greater than they could
have imagined.
After paffing an evening, which had .been rendered
pleafant and chearful from the hofpitality of their holt,
and the fimplicity of Lee Boo, our people retired for the
night: whether L ee Boo paffed it in fleep, or in reflecting
on the occurrences of thV'ddy, is uncertain; but it is
more than probable they were the next morning recollected
by him in that confufed mannèr in which we recall the traces
of a dream.
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< TThe fuccee.dm;g"dayhe haid-mere leifure ,'to examine the
'hbufe „ija which they, had .-flept % the upright walls and flat
cielMgfe&ftilL continued to be the objefts.-of his furprize; hfe
W4 s perpetually feeling the flrft, as i f he thought he could
thereby g&iiaUiiu A&emdf their ^conftruition: but the latter
feemj^' felf-fupported^ Was beyond what his mind could
thatfibae Comprehend . 4
' - Arthur people :were too numerous to remain with Mr.
M^In^Vrte, ^Without trefpaffing^ on him, Captain' Wins ©A
‘fe^uefted’His affiffanCe to form an • eftabliihmeht bf then:
"own I ia*#hieh he complied, by accommodating them with
•aiip^f|%elc4r ^ g ^ 4ttE^/^gehtleman then at Canton^
andy^avibg provided .them with fervahts and hefe^flafiesfor
Them tdflle, they * fent for the crew of the Oroolong ofi
‘•fl^ore,314aving Only one officer and a few men on hoard, who
were alternately xelievedi
" Soon after our people came on fhore, fome o f them
went to purchafe fuch things as they were in want of, in
doing which they did not forget L ee Boo, who was a favourite
with them all; they bought him fome little trinkets,
which they thought would from-their novelty pleafe him.—
Amongft| them was - a firing • o f large glafs beads, the firft
fight o f which almoft threw him into an ecftafy; he hugged
them-with a tranfport that could not be exceeded by the in-
terefted poffeffor o f a firing o f pearls of equal magnitude.—
His imagination told him he had in 'his hands all the wealth
the
1783-
DECEMBER.
Tuefday 2.