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fpear is pradtifedf add who themfelves were in fome degree
jkilled in the art, hayingexpreffeel a wifbtofee L ee Boo perform
this exereife; tkey affembied at the hallbf th©3fiSdfc$tfy
for that purjxafcii—L ee Boo did not at firft point his fpear to
any particular objeifc,' bnt-only ihook and poifed ity ;aSl (Hfe Hfh-
ally done before the weapon is; thrown from the hand ; this
they were alfo able to do: but propofingta aim Msfothfe patti-
cular point,they fixed this point to be a gauze cagewhi'cM
upin the hall, and which had a bird painted iin the’ middle *
L ee Boo took up his fpear with.great apparent ischffierencej
and, levellingoat the little bird, ftrncfc it- throdghrtbediBad',
aftonifhing all his competitors, who, at the great diftanfcefoom
whence they flung, with much difficulty even hit thehage.; |[
He was greatly pleafed with the ftpnedmildings aridfpa-
cious Looms in the houfes at Canton-; but therflat"ceilings'
ftill continued to excite his wonder; he .often compared
them with the floping thatched roofs at Peeew,* andfaid,
•by the time he went back he-fhould have learnt howit-Wak
done, and would then tell the people there in what, manner
they ought to build.— The benefitting his country/by’whatever
he faw, feemed- to be the point to which all.his obfer-
vations were directed. ?
; _ =. Being'at the houfe of Mr. F reeman, one of the fupra-
cargoes, amongft the things brought in for tea was a fugar-
difh of blue glafs, which much ftruck L ee Boo’s fancy.
The joy with which he viewed it, induced that gentleman,
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after tea, to carfy-hifodoto another rbornj ydShre"there vter& |§|§I
» g N H gggfgcSp L ' > t ' ‘ < EMM d b c em b i
two" barrelsjof the farhe kiisdfbl^b^^^}|ffiS^£hi'cffl']^pPd^iabbdt
f>Wo ■ quarts- :eacM); placed bnfotiekfetsv:
caught by the famd'ialfdmp^lcfelonrf hfe^d^ellddf^'Mlfp^da-
gerly^ tbiens went aWalyy artd!ietuih'fefttb!thete(-wi^l|rad|#^f^t
f ig h t: fhe;geKtlemadfapiirvi^theipte^fufe|^b^gWejhiWit
told 'bjiniiihd.woSM- make jhrrn a ’pfeefent of* t h t f M i
he^fhould carry them to ,Bfe!Elw; thi^threw hirnSnrMu&h
a. tranfporfe.of >jpy h e could hardiyiscddtain
glared them- tobe< 3lgEe4tl:trfeafeKre^ah#thfat? w W w e h
fid, his.fetheXyiAE’BA1 THWEttjE^fhouM'have^them«: hewifhett
his^pei^tiohs ;&t PhafEW gouM; but- .fee^themy ' (>
th ey ^fould, he loftr v® aflonifhment.' i
j /'Asijtherp Webe.ifome’ o f ;the .Company^?' folps^iffish were
fpqn tb fail,for EsN,OLANBiTGaptain WiJfsdk declined tV&iad^
yantageous offers of: the conmaandhpGobniifyfM^l’thih'k-
ing, it,h is duty. to; embrace the earlieft - bppdr ttihity
quainting, in perfon, the< Ind ia Company With’the -fate‘6f
the A n te lo p e ,, and' the particular circumflan^ldttehdfhgsh;
it .5' ;
It ftill remained for him to layhefore * the^SPnfpihibn^ of
his adverfe fortune,, a) foatement of 'thh diffbpenf'Aalesy'rlihdi
give to every man an equal fbare-M what feSyh%d',pfbdhced;-
which being fettled*’ Captain WiLSO^dt^feintea^h^b'fiiG^I'
and men, that they were now; at liber tyfo“pf bvfde ‘forhbdfh'-
felves as opportunity- fhould offer, at the fame-'trme recfim'-%!
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