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was delivered to the General, and from him interpreted to
our people, throughthe Ma/ay ;^Mhe purport of it was, to
hid the Engli/b welcome into his country, and to informs
them that they had his fell leave and permiffion to build a
veffel on the ifland On which they1 then Were* or that they
might, remove to, and build i£.pn the ifland where bp lived
himfelf, and be under his own more immediate protection.
This being commimicated, he introduced the young Prince
to all our people, and then walked about with him, and
fhowed and explained to- him every thing which he had
made himfelf acquainted with relative to our manners. His
nephew, who appeared to be about twenty-one, was. as
full of aftonilhment at what he faw, as the uncle himfelf
had been before; and Raa Kook difcovered no fniall
degC-ee pleafiare in perceiving 'the eager, delight with
which his young relation noticed every thing which his attention
was directed to.
Whilft this engaged the ‘General and the Prince-, our
people were questioning A-rra-Kooker, with anxious -con-
fern, about Mr. M. Wii.S'O-n, whom he had conveyed to
Pklew,. and whom they did not fee return with -him 5
ÄkRA Kooke-r a-ffured them they would fee him very, foon
that he had Only been detained hy the wind, and was ■ actually
on his way. -He then defc-ribed hy figns and geftures
(for he had a very particular turn for -mimiok-ry and hu-
raour^ the apprehenßons Mr. M. Wilson had -been under,
when
when he was at Pelew, which he endeavoured to convince 1783.
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them he had very unneceflarily entertained. It was not
■ long before our people were made happy by his fafe return;
who had, as he told them, undergone no fmall degree of
alarm, though it turned out to be more founded in imaginary
fear, than in any real ganger. • He made a very favour- V
able report of the people of' Pélew, that they feemódHdbe
•friendly in their difpofition, and hadtreated- him with much
eivili#'and kinduefs gBThe aceount of :his expedition,<assfé'-
latéd to me by himfelf, was as follows 3 *
r ie When the èanoe in which 1 went away ekmë near the
“ ifl&nfi'whereI the Ki^liVed,“ a vafbcóh’couffê of the na-
« tiVes^a^tófdf théirhoufes to-fee me eomh dri fhore; fee
«king’s brother,- who accompanied - me, took
u handV'and coedu&ed me from the laHdrn|-pdaee up to fed
11 tow®, Where' there was" a mat fpread upon a ■ fquare pkvë-
« mént, on which Jhe by 'figns direéted me® fit doWn.J I
« obeyed, and in 'a little time the King%#eared, ;wfiich
a notified to me by Msbrotheiy I arofej and made-m^yir
« obeifahce after the manner of eaftem nation^ lifting .
« my hands to my head, and inclining'my body forward ; to
« which he did not feem to pay any attention. After this ce-
« remony, I offered the King the prefehts my brother had
« l i t by me, which he received in a very gracious manner.
« _His brother, Area Kooker, now talked a good deal
with him, which I conceived Was to acquaint him with pd||,g
G 2 ' f «idifaftfif; .