1783.
DECEMBER! were waiting theretoreturn to Europe/ to whom the' new
matii as he was called^ gave the preference to any other
of the fair fex he had' feen.—1This, early decifion made in
favour of our country-women, and made by one who could
feel no prejudices, butjudged by his eye-had this amiable
youth lived to have been much known in England, mull
have infured him the countenance and favour , of all the'
ladies. '
'. Having no quadrupeds at Pxlew, the two dogs left there
were the only kind he had feen; therefore thelheep, goats,;
and other cattle which he met with whilft at Macao, were
viewed with wonder. The Newfoundland dog, which had;
been given to his uncle.Arra Kooker, being-called Sailor,.
he applied the word Sailor to every animal that had four,
legs.—Seeing fame horfes in a ffable, he called them Clow
Sailo r , that is, Great Sailor; but the next day1 feeing a
man pafs the houfe on horfeback, he was hinafelffo wonderfully
aftonifhed, that he wanted every one to go and fee
the ftrange fight. He went afterwards to the flables where
the horfes were; he felt, he ftroaked them, and’ was in-
quifitive to know what their food was, having found, by
offering them fome oranges he had in his pocket," that
they would not eat them. He was eafily perfuaded to get
on one of their backs ; and when he’ was informed what a
noble, docile, and ufeful animal it was, .he with much
earneftnefs
earneftnefs befoughf the Captain to gets one lent to his uncle
faid he wa^ fdPè it- \vbukl be o f
g rea tfervie e l; M
'T h e y were «now waiting for a permit and boatsto take
tberrrtd C^NTï^(MV%héïi«Öaptain GiiURdHiLL, o f the W a l^
■po le , havihgij^Sdê«hrsi paflaig ë fo G'HBÊ#againft th eMortr
xj4Q'n\>- arriving/at- Macao at this-thne, wa$fo obliging'as to
only
•Mï::®EfföïËR, with ffve or fix ’o f th e 'p en 9 remaining at'‘Ma -
iCA®^with-the ÖRodLÖSb, -till fhefhoulff be difpqfed'of.
fc: BbbH^as fh the W alpole/ ’ hé
had .ftlfftcienb matter' to keep all ïris facnltiè's awake-; thé
fürhitiirejhables, chaiFs, lamps/and the upright bulk-heads,
all furprifin^ f itter his ëye
had 'in filence run over thefe o{^^£ts;,’f,,hefiwhifpere<i to
Capt&ifi WiLabN, that-CM® SM f& ik Houfe. It is more
thaitr,‘pfBbhblé that nothing on board the W a lpole ef- ’
caped his notice, as it was evident nothing on Ihore did.
—At CantötÏ/--the number of houfes, the variety of
fhops, and the multitude of artificers, induced him to
fay, there was a’ 'Tackalby for every thing.—Being at the
Company’s table at the fadtory, the veffels of glafs, of
various fhapes and fiz'eS, particularly the' glafs chandeliers,
attracted his notice,.—When, on looking round, he
Purveyed the number of attendants ftanding behind the
gentlemen’s chairs, hé obferved to Captain W ilson, that '
O o the
- 1783- -
DECEMBER.