fpe£t him as a man of: an upright character,^and. fuch they
in truth found him tohe in every tranfacfiion they afterwards
had with him, y
- At their firft Gaming, the Malay, who Wafe quite' naked,
had .requefted a pair o f trowfers and. a jacket,' which were
g iv en h im ; - and. a pair o f trowfers, together-with an uniform
coat, were at the fame time prefented to R a a K o o k , who-.
direcStly put them on, not ■; a little pleafed in appearing like-,
his new friends, often lo oking a t himfelf, and fa y in g , “ R a a
“ lLoo^.,E^igkes but it was .fuppofed. he found th e heaf
and Econfinement o f drefs v e ry inconvenient, fo r after th is
v ifit h e never wore them ; and w h en Captain W il s o n ^ras»
at his houfe at Pexkw, he perceived he had put them u p
carefully among what he deemed his valuables, HG-pofiefled
naturally fo unbounded a curiofity, that not the fmalleft <Srv
cumftance which .occurred efcaped his notice; he wifhed-to
have; an explanation o f every thing he faw, to imitafewhat-
ever-our people did, and to inquire into the principle and
caufes. o f all he obferved brought about by them, lending his-
perfonal afliftance in e very th in g th a t was doing, and even-;
defined to aid the cook in b low in g the fire. .
Our people finding themfelves' now on a perfect good'
u nd er ftanding. w ith this friendly C h ie f, did not h e f i -
tate to afk w ith freedom, by. their interpreter, whatever-
their own. curiofity fuggefted. Ob ferv ing that he wore
round his wr ift a polifhed hone o f fome creature, in the
forth
form of a bracelet,'and havihgypotieed that his brother,
who returnédktb- Pëlew with Mr. M.< Wtpkéif,l’had a
fimilar ’ornarhent, they wifhed to know on- wha^aceotmt it
Nvas'Worn, *'The plpnëû tjaw ïlï %'Mériï,1 whop
through him, informed- our people that' it was1 a- mark^of
gréât1 diftfnétion, co'rifeiïéd by the1 King on his'dwn* family/Ü
.afid“ om ofScérsc'Ôf ft ate, and cOmiharâ^rs’, and that Ke-hftfi-
fel-f wOre.itphoth as 1^'p'tliër to the King, and; asLohimàndër'*:
in?ehief -of' his- armyÿWothi by'-fëâ- 'ârid hw
têljlgénce- which our people hadTphtained, them1 ftilP
more .’to.cultivate the.friendlhip of a'Chief, who tHoingh'fô
h?^h%bW^h^ra,nk‘ àfSÔm#^fth4dfS#ith fo 'in'ûch 18ndefeeii-‘
fionhand ^attentive. politenéfV Iheweè himfelf attached9 'to
‘'them,
J j..The' preceding .evening, at fupper, a' propofition had
h^rpmade by Captain WiijSon to- hi®-* officefs^ which,, as it*
did rtoWake place till thii day, will more prôÿèrïy- he introduced.
here; a propofition founded in the hlghefk prudence
and wifdom, and executed, with fuch refoluttion and
firmnefsÿôf mind, that it reflects the greateft credit ©n-thdt
Commander as, well as'on tKe'offî'cérs' àhd rnefi'whoTerved'
u nd e r him, and hath a ju f t claim, to be faithfully recorded..
The. day after the A n t .e l .oee was wrecked,,when the pin-
nahe had been fent aboard her,, to- fecùm whatevef; finies
could be fayed, the men having for many hotirs endured;
the fev.ere.fj; toil, the chief officer thought proper to.ftr.ve
.therat
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