was; placed . behind; ohefpf *he g tetits* s and fixed on a black.
He put it in motion, which (having b e en ' fh ew n . the-
method), he: had frequently done before; the- King re-“
mained /fixed in aftonifhment a t : the rapidity o f its motion;
and the eEplanatioif of the Gferierafy that' it rv^uld'i immediately
lharpen and polifh iron, 1 .Captain W.iLsoisnordered
a hatchet to be brought, and ground, that-they might more:
readily perceiye its operation. R a a K ook eagerly laid hold
of theehandlc of the ftoney and ; began turning- it, appearing
highly delighted himfelf to let his brother fee -how well
be underftood it ; | he haying th ep re cedin g day amufed
himfelf for fome hours with this novelty, and, hadvfbarp^
ened fcveral .pieces ;of iroft, which he had picked up about
the tents. T he circumftances which moft in this-fight bewilder
ed_ all their ideas, were, how the fparks o f fire could
come, and how a ftone, fo well .wetted, becameifa foon
dry.
The King then vifited the different tents, i and em
quired .about every thing : he faw; ) all was novelty, and
o f courfe interefted his attention. When he got to the
tent where, the Chinefe/, men were, Raa K ook, whofe
retentive mind never loft a lingle trace o f any thing he
had been informed o f during his ftay among them, acquaintedThe
King, that thefe were a people quite differ-
ent :from the. .Englifh, ,and that they were China-men,, a
word he had -readily caught..— He. begged one o f them
would
Would? allhWJfke^Mh’g^tc^ g'Xaf&ihe h i l^ e i f f 'W t c i f t g 't h d
long fingle-braided lock o f hair hanging almoft down to the
halves ofitbeif-^pSp^
The King gave great attention to all that the General faid,
and feemcd to be making many enquiries of him ; by
K oo-k?s geffurefs-ftt was evident' thatihef w&s conveying; to his
brother »an* ideadthat there were many different* riMtohS an
different parts o f the world, fome o f which were °called
'Branch* with whonrrthe Englijk th'emfglvds were’then at war
(this our people* in their many hours o f COhVdrAfrah,! had
toltehthe general. bf.i) f He alfb informed- him that thehGhiha-
^ | j # ‘&^ai*di*ffdfelt k in d 'P f men- | | | W dhE^/^f^an idea
which he had himfelf conceived, from obferving that the
night before, when the EkgM/h turned out their'night-watch
f o r e the s h r i f t time, th e Chinefe had nfttaufqRetsfthlfejobfy
boarding-pikes,' and having enquired the;Canfe,?w^ told
that they were not ufed to fight with guns asTheTflf/p#
were, w h i c h : induced him to hold them cheap. |
When the King heard his brother difeourfingf about a
vatrety'Of nations d-ifperfed' through the'world, who- all fpoke
differently, and had before him an example in the Chinefe,.
Who did not fpeak in the fame tongue .. as the ■ Engl-iffo*
he appeared - inffcantly thoughtful and felious, as i f flfuck
with conceptions that had never doffed his mind before.
He remained awhile penfive and bewildered; and this.
• circumftance