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for them, where they continued dandng moft part of the
night, but when it grew dark the Engltfö retired to their
own habitation, f
The night proved very Wet and windy; our people the -
nekt morning breakfafted with the King, and after break-
faft Captain Wilson acquainted him, that as foon as the
weather would permit he intended to return to Oroolong ;
to whichhe was pleaffed to agree. The wind being unfavour*
able, Mr. Sharp took the Captain to fee the.Mupacfi, Whofe
child he had vifited the preceding day. They pafted many
fine plantations of cocoa-nuts, yams, and beetle-nuts; and
alfo obferved a tree with a -large fruit on it, which the nar
tives call Ri'a’mall, but the linguift who was with them faid
it was called by the Malays., ParfgJy:; our people thought it
the tireadrjEruit.—.Aicr a Zook received them with great joy,
brought them water to wafh their feet before they went
into the houfe, gave them mats to fit down on, made them
frefti fweetmeats, and fet before them a kind of fherbet.
Our people’s complexion as much excited the furprize and
admiration of this Rupackh neighbours and houfehdd, as it
had before done their firft vifitors at Oroolong.
After experiencing once more this good man’s hofpita1-
lity, they returned to Pelfw, where the warriors had renewed
their dances. In the afternoon Captain Wilson and
his friends took another ramble into the country, but iri a
contrary diredlipn to the course they had purfued in the
morning.
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morning. A i th e Way they went -appeared to' b e «equally
well tultivated as« what 'they had feen before, and rather
fuller o f inhabitants«. Wherever they paffed. they obferved
the lower rank 'of- women, employed inKdbdkfngl rrfter. the
plantations a f yams, which are generally in fwampy igroundi
TMey bbferved the women were alfe employedsin- snaking
mats and baflcets, dreffing1 victuals, -.and nur fingilfeekichifr
dreri? the; m#avt^re found bulled in gathering-cocoa-runts*
freest and hiakiBig fpears and'darts, $ i
T he f a t h e r filll had, Captain W ilson went down to the
wharf, before fun-rife, to look .after his boat, and o'eturaed
to breakfaft With I asl K ook. At noon he*accompanied the
King to his boat-builders, where A bba- TH u n i# wanted to
g!lfe!idire^foi& aboutfonte work.tli.it was carrying OD f° r
him thefce; hejhad taken down w ith Him a
own for:, ornamenting fomexmoes then building, and th is
was mariced ©n a board with i gmatnitaraacy, jm.dif-
fClient 'C&otes,to work after. ^At tbis place'cnr peop&idined
with the^Kistg ttpoh splgeoris.
The irain «elfin torrents: all threbight, aeeompanifedewith
very loud thunder?. The '.Englijb bad :mmovedho;an»ther cef
the 1King?s'houfes,an i drder to -he -'retired,/having been dif-
turbed by tfhe oufiofity ©fitftematives,:whilft they remained
in the habitation whidh had; been ifitfttaffigned them.
The'King and his brother fLAA; Kook anadeour^eopLe a
vifit
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