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' 1?g were taken at low-water, or when very little flood was
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Sunday 31. The Captain having fixed this day for his going to vififc
the. King; at Renew, as faon, assail had breakfafted,ihe read
prayers fry.the tent i Ra a Roaxy with filch of thematives as
were waiting to accompany him, attended divine fervice,
and were mofi exceedingly attentive, following exactly what
they law our people did, in riiing or kneeling, except that
ipftead of kneeling -they would fquat down, on theirhamk
After prayers were ended, Captain W ilson took leave,of
his people, taking with him Mr. Sharp, Mr. De v is , and his
F Ton Mr. Henry W ils'on ; they went in thejolly-hdat^ the
Genera l accompanying him in his canoe. They\deft
the tents about eight o’clock in the mornings>;. At 9.00B as
they approached the little ifland. which lies, about;three
or four miles off Pelew, they obferved Ra a . Kook's canoe,
paddling away at a great rate to-get a-head of them ;.
he juft ftept 6n fhore at a Kttle town fituated- by the water
edge# and foon returned to meet thero,^ directing their
co»rfe to the leeward of the ifland, where they ‘were
met by another canoe, laden with yams, cocoa-nuts, an$
fweetmeats, to refrelh them on their paflage. This explained
immediately the reafon of the General’s quitting them fa
fuddenly, which they now perceived was merely to indulge
his hofpitable difpofition, and from his anxiety left pur
people fhould he fatigued for want of refrefhment. Every
one