W a t so n ; w h o, I make no doub t, w ill all jo in in regretting
the u ntimely end o f out poor Prince.— From y o u , m y friend,'
fomething more will be exp e c ted ; and, th o u gh y o u cannot
b r ing h im back, to life* y o u are called upon (particularly con-
fidering his great attachment to you ) not to let the memory
o f fo .m u ch v irtu e pafs away unrecorded.— But l am .interrupted
in thefe melancholy reflections, and have only time
to affure y o u o f (what will n ever p^fs away b u t With m y fe lf)
the Cncerc friendlhip o f you r affcdtionate, 8cc.
J A S C A R M I C H A E L S M Y T H .
Captain W il so n notified to th e India Houfe th e unfortunate
death o f this y ou n g m a n ; and received orders to cond
u it eve ry th in g w ith proper decency re fp e& ing his fune ral.
He was interred in R o t i ie r h ith e chu rch-ya rd , th e
Captain and his brother attending. A ll th e y o u n g people o f
th e Academy joined in this teftimony o f re g a rd ; and th'e
concourfe o f people a t th e ch u rch was fo great, th a t i t appeared
as i f th e whole parifh had affembled to jo in in feeing
th e laft ceremonies paid to one w h o was fo mu ch beloved b y
.all w h o had kn ow n h im in it.
T h e In d ia C om pa n y , foon after, ordered a tomb to be
■ erected over his grav e, with the follow in g infcription, wh ich
I have tranfcribed from i t :
Tojthh. MemOr’y;.
“ ' o f Prince !L £ e “ B o o ,
A native o f thdPELEW, or Palos Ifland s;
a n d A bba T h^lole, Rupack or K in g
' o f ’1 th e ffland CcIoroOrAaV ’
w h o departed th is L i fe on th e 27th. o f December 1784,
- aged 20 Y e a r s ; • '
T h is Stone ds infcribed,
b y the Honourable United E a s t In d ia C omp a n t ,
as a T eftimony o f Efteem for the humane and kind T reatnient
afforded b y his F a th e r to the C rew o f their Snip
th e A n t e l o p e , Captain:_Wi|.ssQN£ ƒ
I w h ich was wrecked o f f th at Ifland
in th e N ig h t o f th e'9 th o f A u g u f t 1783. ’
Stop, Reader, ftop l---- let Nathre: claim’a T e a r—» 1
A Prince o f Mine, L ee Boo, lies bu ry ’d here.
a A Among