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SEPTEMBER
.fymptoms were, abated, hes hadAjmtfa JMe,pf thhirphinam
intp the wpund to eat aTO the prgeid .flefh.—Mr. S^arp.,
who, lituated as he was, could, not undertake to repeat his
attendance, thought it belt to advife the Rupack to the continuance
o f the remedy the child had been accnftomed to ;
and now perceiving the reafon why this vifit was Solicited,
after remaining there a.proper time, he and Mr. Devis intimated
their wilh fp return back; but the Rupack told them
that his people were at work foe them, and that they muf£
not depart till the bufinefs they were about was done. They
now perceived the hofpitality o f A rra Z ook was. not conn
e d to the transient entertainment he had already foread
before them. His people prefently.appeared, Joaded_with
yams and cocoa-nuts, packed,up in large bafkets ^ and'alfo
bafkets of fweetmeats, which they had made frefh for them
while they had been in his, houfe. The Rupack told them
that his people fhould carry all thefe bafkets to the King’s
town, that they might there be put into a boat to be, given
to their friends at Oroolong.— Charmed with the character
o f their liberal hoft, Mr. Sharp and his companions took
their leave, teftifying their thankfulnefs for the kindnefs
he had ihewn them; whilft the good man flood affuring
them of the joy. they had afforded him and his family in
coming to his houfe, and how truly they had obliged him
by looking at his poor fick child. As the Rupack accompanied
them to the door, oppofite to it, on a rail (as before
deferibed
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deferibed at the-Queen’s houfe) -was his rooft* o f tame pi- 17^3-.
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gedhs ; not thinking he had fufhciently gratified his libéral
fpirit, he gave them at parting a lo o k o f the warm eft benevolence,
and told them, when their fhip-’was built, they
fhould have all his pigeons to carry with them.
Thefe; gentlemen returned to PElew, followed by thë
with; thô pr.èfents 'df their maflêr.— .
[Captain îWiîÆiSkÆ'adî.in themeanfime.’ paid.'â vifitjto- Raa
.Kopkj whefe he was fhewn t*breeirb'n travellers, wMch;fbme
o f the natiyesthatl g o t ‘from the Wreck.; the General faid the
£ « g ;^ kflrovuldih.avétthem ,again,\ and the Captain in', return
prdrpifèd<. tQA^i'veThim''a! ha)tehêt. t uf | | a l 1
-, SpGh^d'thedittle.pleafjiH&ble' barters o f life, when life is
governed by fimplicity alohe, and the eftimàtidn obje£ts,kre
heldfi£% is ! only proportioned to their real utility !
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