the King» his father» lived in a manner very different* having
only-, ^ litfl%-ftfhj a. y^imj or a cocoa-mat» which he eat
from off, a leaf, and drank out of the Ihell of the-nut j and
when his meal wasfinilhed, wiped his mouth and his fingers
\yith aj^it of co®c^t^put hulk j whep^ks the eepapapy prefept
eat a hit ofune^thing»^nd then a. hit, of mother, thseferyants
alw^y^ffnpplYing them with a different plate, and different
forts of veflels to drink out off—He feemed from the firft to
reMfti,j|ca.; coffee he difliked the fmell of, and therefore re~
fufed it, at the fame time telling Captain Wiusqif berWouU
Jrink iiifb e ordered bhn.—On their arrive at Macaco, one o f
the feamen heing much intoxicated, Lee Boo expxefied great
concern, thinking him very iB, and applied to Mr. Sharp*
the furgeon, to go and fee him ; being told nothing material
ailed him* that it was only the effect of a liquor that comipon
people were apt to indulge in* and that he would fopn be
well* be appeared fatisfied^ but would never aftp.eytn tafie
fpirits^ if any were offered him, laying* it wasnot, drink Jib
fo r gentlemen*—A,s to his eating and drinking* he was in
both temperate to a degree.
After they had beep about five or fix days at C ^ S eoi§
Mr. Benger, and the men who remained with him a£ Macao,
accompanied by Mr. M‘Intyre, came up in one of the
country-boats to Canton.—The window where Lee Boo
was then atbreakfaft looked towards the water; the moment
he got a diftant view of them, without faying a word to the
x Captain,
Captain, or other perfon, he fprang: front his feat, and was
a t the edge o f the rivter before the boM-reached the Ihofê ;
he, received^ them with füch 'joy and ëage'rliefs.j artd fliqok
their hands with fuchexpreffibiis o f affè&àon» lasfWopf their
WArnaeft-regard ; h'e feePaed impatient till-he cpnkhget'them
into the hóufe, fearing' that b y ftaying behind thfeyhâd Pot
fared fo weli as himfelf, »
WheP our people went on; board the W a l po le -,. MP.
MTNt y r e had ' kindly undertaken to PMPage#ie5bufiri®#]®f
difpofing o f the Oroo lon g ; ïhe,wa;s accordingly put up to
dutStion, arid % fold îfür feverï hündred ^ ^ ^ ld a l la r s .^ - I t Having.
been judged that the two timepieces which thby had
in i her would fetch moré money. at‘ e&NT-ONpthey were
brought up there for fale, âs heYdaîfo the forgeonVihftru-
mePtsy t tó l a t t e r i n t e n d e d asf&prfefem to Mr. S h’a r p'.*
hut the carpenter’s ? mate' objecting to relinquiïh hisfharê in
fhem, in confeqPePce o f 'his tools haying Jbeepfdilpofed
Mr. dedined fhehffer^; . they-were therefore put up
to fale at C a n t o n , 'with the.timfe^piecëS, and. bought' by
Captainf'WiLSON,ivhö pfefepted itBem to Mp./ShAr f ,' às
an acknowledgment-for1 his attention m, and care of, the
Ihip’s company i . o f whom- uota;finglerrian had died, or-been
unable to do duty for any length o f time, lincê'their léaVung
England. :
, Whilft at C'ANtrpN, féveiai gentlemen,^ who-had been at
Madagascar, and other places, where the throwing df'thb
Oo a fpear
I 7#3 * . ,
DECEMBER,