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T uefday 23.
Wednefday
24.
Thurfday
?S- '
Friday 26»
EngtiJlj, his delicacy was hurt, left, by net' éoming tö'éx*
préfe his- atihowlédgmëftb for their late fervieek ;ft) fooft
^h e-had prömifed, théy might be inelitied to irfijSUte fb
hi-rai a' förgdfuMëfs5 of thofe obligations fee felt he had to
them.
The pinnace having been fent this day to the wreck, at
her return in thé evening brought fixteen more bags of
rice, and alfo information that the King had fent his canoes
thither, and had carried away one of the fix-pounders. -
About nbön to-day there was a heavy fquall from the
northward, accompanied with hariTrain, and much lightning
from the eaftward,.
The planking of the veflelTvas now forwarded with -great
afliduity ;' they brought from the wreck this day. a quantity
of nfils and fome fheets of copper; it having beèm
in contemplation to flaeath the bottom of their new veftel,
which was not above one fixth of the fize of the AStje.?
lope ; but this idea was very foon abandoned, for want of
a fufficiency of copper nails to effect the purpofe—No canoes
were feen on board to-day, but a prodigious furf broke
upon the reef.
Nothing occurred but the continued progrefs of the
veffel.—The jolly-boat was fent to fifh, but, without fuc-
cefs. It was Angular that this was always the cafe; whether
our countrymen knew not the proper places to go
to,
to, or thb jbropebd&fctv but ever attempt of this* kiridiptoyed
fruitiefs. !<
5 - 1 One'chide'came'to"theiflybd to-dnvj amb,r>un.u,hf.} <«ns>
and * cbcd£^h'utfe:*;‘ dhoffei» < wasd gor frotm the Ofthegb v ah4|
a- conlidArable ^quantity bf'-ttaih.5''
R, a 'Kook ’arrived. at Oa'OOLOng in the evening^accom^1
paSiied) by two? ftrartgetsi *ofr rank, *,wbo dt fwas ta#qrWa-rds
knbwhiweite Chiefs of fomei'of .thenneigbbpuarlhg iflands-;
tbey*'caMe ’in three canoes,?hnd brought prefewsidf .yams,
cocoa-nUts, and three jars of moloffb .-^O unpeople hadVjpPlf
all tbebtaybufied about the veflcV&nd, were ’juft thtiiigejug
to" prayeri');- all the Pi Lrw”pCoplc atttn(le(t:-me'ftirviccV'aiwl‘
|bfehwM .with the,tgroateft^deeCpey *(f ©be^or
happening to fpcak, -Haa K o o k checked them ; and
after tfrirdsT obferved ftrieft filence.d-iWbile at praydtes*,y<l^e
.Ms'/^yySoo&LE^arrived’from Pelew.with a meffage
General?from AbSba T hulle, and 'conainginto the?tent ,wo^s
going'jfo deliver it;, but, Raa^ KqG% ‘unwilling^that ith«e
jE^/^-fhould be interrupted, made a mj®tiq^witli'Msjhand
to. keep?'filence, -tillj the- Captain (to whom he pbin^e|^ had
dose reading. After prayers, having- receivedAhe mfepSagev
he and the ftrangers entered into .converfatiqnfwith ..Captain
W i l s o n and his officers, and after fome time thjc,(j*-:
neral ?^k;ed,,f6r;-fift^iJj5eeib and one of the fwivebguns, to
g6 with them on another expedition»—-The King, fluftied
8 1 with
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SEPTEMBER*
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Sunday 2&.