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*f8j. been Caluafiy dröppfedr h a th e ’ grohad» and- immedialdf :ek*
prefled hi's ’ furprize, that a fubftancè fo; fmall to f the eye
fhould be fo very ponderous to the touch; he fliewed it
direótly to’the Malay, who defended ’to him the ufe o f it,
and feemed to be'eppatiatingScKthe natuidrof f i l i a l msf,
•for when he had done he wiihed that one o f our mufleets
might be ihewn them, that they might better comprehend
their power and ufe. f.
Our people had in the tents two dogs, wh o were confined
clofe to th e place wh ere th eir arms we re depo-
i i t e d ; one o f them was a la rge Newfoundlander, wh o had
been b rou gh t u p at fea from a pu pp y, the other 'a fpaniel;
th e -Netvfoundland dogfliad been th e favourite ó f eve ry one
on board, b e in g a mofi excellent guard, and had been taught
du ring the voyag e an infinite number o f frick'sj’ foy
which he afforded fo much amufement :to the whole cirew,
that there -was not a failor belonging -fo - the A-XtrEbop i
who would not have rifked his life for the dog. On enter*
ing the tent with theirhew JfriéÉidg, • irif! our people went
before to thé dógs, to fee they were tied up, and to prevent
any furprize to their vifitors; no fooner had they entered
the tent, than the two dögs fet up a móft violént barking;
and the natives a noifo but little lefs lo u d ; our people fcarcely
atfirft knew whether it arofe from fear, or was expreffive o f
a fton ilhmen t; th e y ran in and out o f the tent, and appeared
to w ifh th ey might be made to bark a g a in ; bu t the Malay
foon
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fooh-explained thi$ Jto-'hff’tH© effe^ss ©rf= joy and ifufprize,.
thefe animaj,sj|xcingtthe' firfi of-the kind.thny h id ever feeBtp
they having ho* quadrupeds- of .hny fpogid^dns .thefe-iflatils,.
except a v ery few g r e y rats in the woods|— I f was agreed on
b y Captain W il s o n and his people, that th e w ith w h ich th e
natives had expreffed refpeCting th e fending one o f them
to Pelew, th at th e K in g m igh t fee what kind *,d§, Beings
white-men Were,- fhould bn-complied with, and fdmSa diffi-
chhyjarifingAwho; fiiould be- the perfon, the Captain re-!
qfieftedhis brother,- Mr. M a t v is 1 Ms :WLLp®N’,ji to gc^ which;
req-nefhhe readiTy- complied With* and-agreed/to: depart with
then? id their fiarf^e^W
T h e jolly-bo at went out o f the cove hhi^fdffen©®n|t bufi-
th e^ b idh^ s’ o f thfe weather-obliged h e r .-to put haskg^s. d id
alfo the canoe that was returning;, to th e K in g , in w h ich
was Mr. M. W il s o n , b u t about noon the canoe fet out
again and proceeded on he r voyag e. Captain W il s o n was-
m u ch affected at his brother’s departure, bu t hoped the;
embafiy might prove, the means o f alleviating their, forlorn
iituation. He inftrufted his. brother to inform the K in g who'
th e y w e re ,’ to acquaint him w ith th eir misfortunes,-and to5
folicit his friendihip, as alfo his permilfion to b u ild a vefiel
to carry them back to their own country. He fent b y Mr.
M. W il so n a prefent to the King, o f a f in a l remnant o f blue
broad cloth, a canifter o f tea, a c.anifier o f fugar-candy, and
a ja r o f ruffc. T h e laft article was- added at the particular
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