178.3, enemy with great indifference, R a a K ook th rew a fpear at
AUG U T' them, which th e y almoft immediately returned.: this b e in g
th e fign a l for firing, was inftantly obeyed'; a man was feen to
fall1 diredtly, and this th rew the enemy into great confufion.
Such as were on Ihore ran away, and the -greater part o f
thofe in the canoes jumped into the water and made, for
la n d ; a few more mufquets- were fired, w h ich difperfed the
enemy Entirely: and our friends feemed p erfectly fatisfied
w ith their pu tting them to fligh t, and in this mark of v ie -
.tftty*, hut made; ho other til© of it than, to land^ftripfbms
codoa-nut trees of their fruit,, and: carry off fbrtte; yarns and
other provifion. After this fight,,or more properly this attack,
the fleet returned homeward, the King; being, highly:
pleafed with his triumph. They flopped aftifewsbl pbeess
in their way, where the women brou gh t out fweet liquor for
the people to drink; and it-being too f a r t o g e t home:that
n igh t, the fleet difperfed u p feveral fmall creeks, about e ight
o’clock in th e evening, where th ey flept. T h e n ex t morning
feafls were prepared in all the n eighb ouring houfes, and at.
three in th e afternoon the people re-embarked, and f e t o f f
fo r P e l e w ,, where" they arrived fafe. about feven the fame
evening.— Here alfo th ey found the women- ready to receive
them,, w ith cocoa-nut fhells filled w ith fweet liquor. On
landing, the Englifh fired a volley,, and ga ve three cheers,,
with w h ich the K in g appeared greatly pleafed. Here our
people:
people flept, and were told that th ey muft ftay and reft them-
felves th e next day, and fet o ff for their ifland the day fuc-
ceeding. T h e re was nothing but rejoicing and feftiv ity in
the town the n ex t morning, and the reft o f the day was
paffed w ith hilarity, and celebrated w ith fohgs' ünff dahcds
made on the occafion.
Before our people embarked, the King fook them to
his houfe;' treated 'them with fbrfle ftewed turtle, expreff-
ed great fatisfaéhon kx their behaviour, and' pfomlfed to
fend .to their ifland fupplïés èi" yams; afking*them if they
thought Captain Wilson would again ;fpare him ten men
'tp:gó> a^ainfl' the fame 'people^ intimating alfo a defign he
had againft another ifland; Mr. Cummin1 declined giving
an -'arilwer to this queftioh, faying he covfld undertake
nothing• without the Captain’s orders.-^After bfeakfaft the
King ^ e n t down to the water-iide with the Englf/b, where
he parted with them iti a very kind manner, fending two
large canoes laden with yams for the reft of " their coun^
trymen. They then paffed over to the fmall ifland Whefë
they had firft landed, and walked acrofs it with the General,
who! accompanied them, and who 'ordered th é canoës to gtf
round to the other fide; they were now conducted to their
firft night’s ; habitation, where their old friends th r iv ed
them (if pofiihle) more hofpitably than before ; both
fexes flocking about them, and making figns to exprefs
their knowledge o f the defeat o f the King’s enemies. Here
N I they
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