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hatchet on hisiffiopldg^ of which was made of iron,
:a;oircunaftshce which* much Unprized onr people, as all the
.other hatchets they' had Teen Avere of fhell; the handle
being 'formed in a iliarp angle, ftuck clofe to the ffioulder,
dying before and behind, and wanted no tying to,keep it
ffceady in' walkings The King,-cm.landing, looked: about with
ithe fiamdHkind of qaution as his brothers,; and thofe who
came with them,had -before done, on their firft vj^Lt. Ra^.
Kook met him on thefhore, and, .as he declined going into
the tents* the Englijh,fpread a fail for him to,-fit op,, which
-he did,* and clearly took andnnderftood.it as a -mark_qf~re-
fpedt*; theTIhikf Minifler placing himfelf, oppose to/him,
at the extremity of the canvafs, whilft his two^-brothefs,
•Its a Kook and A rk a Koqker, Skt on each fufe, at the'extent
afto of .the. fail,forming^ when thus jarranged, afoipare.
The principal Chiefs and officers of ftate.who accompanied
him, feated themfelves near; and behind thefe.Chief} the
•large retinue of his own people, which filled his train, being
-.about three hundred, formed a circle, not Handing but f l a t ting;
in a polition ready t-cr rife up in an inftant.— Some tea
'Was made, and offered him ; he drank one cup, hut did not
feem-tofelifh.it. After fitting a little while, he was prefented
with a remnant of fcarlet cloth, and half a piece of long-
cloth; and alfo had feme ribbands-of different colours given
to, him* to diftribute .among his attendants ; which be
did immediately, and they, on receiving them, rolled them
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up’lvcty handilytjil tfbr - they had fib'been- unfolded»* before •'Ho
idry. During,thd;.tume tha,t the y| wet enrolling- - up the -rib-
:bands,#dur pedpl4;?bhfer$^*dbyifthe .'gestures andfooks' of
-the natives;, that each.'Chief fixed his attention .uponfeme
particular *perfon «.This\ait * thePtimei,alarmed -.them,' appre-
sheadihg that sthe individual -each’ Chief had*dftarticularty
»noticed, was Tingled - out , as his d^dted'prifehe^i; butrhey
Opi‘afterwards ifohnd the? meahing::to ;be§quiteneontrary,
and that ’the dndividual^fo feledted ^as jto ,be(that. Chfefis
»particular, friend ^br gueft.^Captaink WiI son: then i'ritro-
dhced^-^hie£Mate,-to the King, as the firft, officer -unddr
•himf' whom Asba the' * t MckamyRiipa ex,
j conceiving- at .'‘that ‘.'time- that- -Captain W riis OS' w®s>-
feh .'a prince iof Tome' country'; 'hut -• being afterwards’
Unformed -by the Malays that he ferved under a far
greater power at home, and 'was no fevereign^butra Cap-
tain, he® fei-zedthe diftin&iom inftantly, and; ever after ^
t^pfied him by the appellation of Captain, -and'Ms .-.Chief
Mate, by that of Ktckaray ^Captain, as fecond in command.
Th^ .reft of, the .officers were next* introduced, and Mr.
Sharp, .the- furgeon, was pointed out Sw theb^e’ndeinan
of whom he had fpoke.n when in the King’s' canoe, who
cured the difeafes which any of his people were afilicfed
with, at which the King deemed wonderfully Surprized,
and kept his fixed on' him. Laftly, all the’private
* Ktckaray ineans //«*.— See the .annexed'Vddrbukry.
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