32 A N A C C O U.N'T OF
1783. » requefl: o f th e K in g ’s two brothers, th e y o w g e r o f whom
I GO S T.
returned with-Mr. M. WiLsoNfo |g
1 T h e weather, being ro u gh , -Qur p eop le , employed them,-?
felves in j,d ry in g their! clothes, and making theirteritsrappre
commodious. T h e natives conducted our p eople to a w e ll o f
freflii Water; th e path leading .to this we ll ly in g acrofs fteep
and fu g g ed rocks, rendered the track hazardous and difiir
cult. Richard Sharp, a midlhipman, a lad» aboiit fifteen,
b e in g on th is duty, th e natives to o k h im in :their,arms w h en
th e path was ru g g ed , and th e y w e re v e ry careful d g ^ h e fe .
placeSlto affift th e men, w h o returned with-two ja r s filled.
One canoe and three men remained; w ith -ouf,^people,
as did one o f th e K in g ’s brothers, callgd R a a K o o k , . commander
in c h ie f o f th e K in g ’s forces, a n o th e r interpreter^
t h e r e a t o f fome fow l ftewed with: bread, w h ich
Was prepared fo r dinner, but. w ould not .eaf, fome flicesmf-
ham which Captain Wilson had drefied for.*h£m, difliking
th e tafte o f fait, o f w h ich th e y had no knowledge,, It cm - ,
tin n in g to rain and b low exceffively hard all th e afternoon,
th e y could not g o away,, but pafled the nigh t with ou r peop
le , and appeared to b e . perfectly eafy an4 contented with
their reception.
T H E P E L E W I S L A N D S . 33
C H A P T. E.R IV. ^
<£he pin^te-gO'ds^W^ihW^-blp, tmfcjfims df“Md^been vijlim
x dtfo d'f/fbe
King's
this" feMf"
- ^ A n d i r W d ^ a r i ^ E i l j k ^ Mm'aiyh7;gli‘k
A ntelope ordered id'befiavidtl
T H E wificf'Wu rain1 this highfc^rdved/*Tar^mea^ef
1 'tii'an ahy wreck ; at day'-SMT"" it b$^
‘daml fiiocfCTate^aifd^the' bba^aih^cIi^^W^Katids,;
out to work by winding his pipe, the found or which much
pleafed and furprized the natives. R aa Kook informed
Captain W ilson, that hi's brother would hot be able to return,
on account o f the weather.— About ten o’clock the
pinnace was fient off to the fliip ; the people whoremained
on fliore employed themfelves in clearing the' ground and
drying their provifion: The pinnace did not get back till
after dark; their long flay awakened uneafinefs: they
brought word that fome canoes had been at the Ihip, arid
had carried off iron arid other things, and it was fufpefted
that among thefe was the canoe and the three nien that were
. T F ’ 1 | g H ''left;
17*3'.
( iB G t t S T .
Wednefday
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