F >Ti7bC6 JuKM, &e.concL Son W J B A TH U IL IL E
THE PE LEW ISLANDS. 3 3 9
C H A P TE . R XXVII..
Anecdotes^ /L ee Boo/fmcotld Son of'Astia Thui-le, from
| the Time of leaving. C an to n to Ms Heath. U
T T AVI N G given a fa ith fy l.narrative o f .#all. the. mate-
■ *“ -*■ rial, occurrences which happened to our gepple during
the time they remained in thePELEW Is l a n d s , fy^th fudf.
Infprmation concerning their produce;, the manner^
pofition, way o f life ,r and charadler o f jthe^ativ-^I^Slould
be cofle&ed in that fpace o f time,Jfrom^e.intercovtrfq
our countrymen' had with tJiemjM flbudl qlofe^|g|j work
with iu ch anecdotes p£ Prince L e e B p o ^ I hav^jrepeived
from fome o f my particular friends, whp often him,
added tothofe I \va.y&.myfelf b e e n , .^
the amount of the whole ma^ be,r yet I think them worj^_
recording, ly-^from a trifling fketch?i or a mere outline,
■ enough may he gained of chara&er, to cmweyto the mind
no fallacious idea of the objedt aimed, a,t.— In the prefent
cafe, np paore than an outlinecah be f delipeatedi—Had not
this youth, who came here almoft a flranger to our language,.
and who lived little more ;^ian .«five monthsj with
us, been fn^tched a\^ay fo foon. to.fiU an. early giave^J'
° X x 2 \ * i . might