So A' N A C C O U N T O F
" ’Setlflnifehts Nearly Wmilar uEve imprefïèd the minds of
all people Who* live fecluded from am^quaintahbe wifh
mankind, whenever accident or curioiity ha's carried the inhabitants
o f remote parts o f the globe to vifit their unfrequented
regions, But the natives o f Pelew, who, as far
as one’' is authorized to judge, not conceiving the globe
as extending beyond the horizon that bounded them, had’
ndne but the ideas of nature to guide them they haafeen no
othéf people tó diflurb their fim^city, wh‘atë vér ^ é y wérb
thewn they confidered and examined as ufefuT; they loolced
tip with amtiraifon t o‘ the'people? who could;‘with fo little
trouble produce effeéïs, which they had never ailcovered;
and to their admiration they added a reverential efteem*, a?
poflélEng ^‘aléhfs, they' never' could attain fnemlelves
which wu Ihall, in the cbuffe of thié narrative, give mme
extraordinary proofs. ?
Arra Kookkr could by no means -relifh the wearing
óf trowfers, but he had cbhceived a paffion to have'a
white fliirt, and one was immediately given him, which he
had no fooner put on than he began to dance and 'jump
about with fo much joy, that all were diverted by his ridiculous'gëitór^
and the' coritraft which' the linen ‘formed
with his -Ikin. This Prince '.appeared to be verging towards
fo rty ; he was in ftature fliort, but fo plump and fat that he
was almoft as broad as he was lo n g ; he polfeffed an abundant
Ihare o f good-humour, and a wonderful turn for mi-
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mickry ; and had belides a-countenance fo- lively and f o . e x - 17.83.
preffive, that though our people were ftrangers at this time |
to almoft all he faid-, yet his face and- geflures made them
pretty accurately comprehend., whatever he was defcribing.
In order to amufe them,- he would frequently try to take, off
every one o f our people in any particularity he had noticed, ^
and this with fuch great good-humour, that every, one who
fa w,-him was pleafed with his pleafantry. Sometimes he j. ,
would take up a hat, put it on his.head,.aucl imitate the man-
n er o f our people walking in their military, exercife; would -
recollefl every occurrence that happened, and nothing.that
he obferved done by the Englift efcaped ‘him ; in Ihort, o n .
‘his'^manfop'r %as I
degree. From the firft time o f his having, feen the great
Mempundknd dog, as before mentioned, he. felt delight in •
going to him frequently, and in carrying him victuals ; and
by noticing him fo much, the dog naturally expreffed great
joy whenever he went to him. When he was brought on
board the A ntelope, in .'England, the dbg was named Sailor■>
and now, familiarized to,Arra K ooker, would, whenever -
he appeared, bark, jump, leap, and play his tricks; and his
new acquaintance, when he wilhed to he amufing,. would
imitate wonderf ally well the barking, howling, jumping, and
all the various demonftrations o f joy o f this poor animal.
The 'Engiijb, as far as they collected from Mr. M. W il son’s
account, and from the urbanity and attention iftiewn
H I th e m