222 FIRST IMÏ SSïONARY VQYAGE h è p ^
to irêturn r . The-; tjvo ijSssjêdes (Peter
been- abfent all the evening,-.- which :gave us rcafon to fuppofe them
Concerned in- the affair • for- juft as - we .returned to the miffionary
houfe, they Came in quite,.wet, .faying that-they had been a-fifhmg,
an employment we knew they never went upon at nights^ ,-,bgfides>
their very looksï condemned them.jf TAH that, we xcc|$ld further dp
in bu&idfe-w#,itcs g o to |h% h t^© £ ö y fe ^ d ïddeah
them to fejid men in .pmtfuk-.of .Tjicker, which they prcfnifed:$s> do.
And toHerown- the difagregablenefs/ of;, this; day,; jfllfc before we igt
o ff with ffiev boat, the rani which we- brought rfr&pDy!&2gland,ca^
into .the houfe, and died i ftappofed to have reeeive.d^Jome-jimufy ,-filbm
the natives, as, he was-a.littl&rjmfohieyous among them: f H ow le r ,
there arc,ftill. good ho^es p f • a breed; as one o f the -ewes had a. fine
'ram,: which was now grown up;
38th. Pleafant weather. .This morning; jvhen Andrew the Swede
came On board, he was immediately pnt in confinement ; ;jt appearing
evident that he had s lic e d T u e k a ^ ^ % i t^ .ihip, [andf^M
vouritig toi fonff a party which "might prove dangerous; t© the ^mif-
fionaries : therefore the captain him off the illand. •
Peter came on-board alfo,
ms that a native namecfMatemoo had cojicësded,Tucker in-a thicket
o f Matayai.
Iddeah was on board atythe time, to whom we applied fofg^JpV-
which ffie promifing, landed, and fent o ff a band ©f Otoo’s men to
.lèarch the fhicket, aflhfed by a /number .of?, the ; vwjjfc’
myfelf and the gunner g but all in .vain: he
day. We heard that he had taken the road to Oparfe, (and intended
for Attahoorootjr and in confequence. oft. this/dnformationi Stoith,
Main, and Clode , aimed themfelves , and : f e off in purfuit p f him j ;?£
the captain intended at h i events to have himy that . mifj$pdef3fq,.tl^ï-
brethren might be prevented, and likewifedefertions be thereby dif-
cpuragëd. Thermometer §
29th. Moderate. breezes eafterly, and pleafant weather. The
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captain'and-fhe’fonbhrethreteempiqyied dividingfchelgoods, &c. No
further account of; Tmekdft?| At-nopn the three miflionaries returned
from' MifoiflklsBpurfuifr, inychi fatigued. Manyfo.fi, our friends the
natives! on hoard' to'-daytjf IRher/nometer 730.
icgoth . :]j iSkfiaht weather; r Mr-.-Jefferfoiu apdrj^wls; chaplains fop
thehayb’.?/:
1' About tenhitniight a nativespuddled offfcallmg qu£as ;he approached
the,lh>ip, “ AMs well.” |K [ is bufindfiyit 0ejned,nWas;to comp-ipni-
cate fotnefeMdf cbnchfriiihg ®icbe®;r b u t ih ^ ^ ^ ^ a p i f i^ w i t h a v a ,
tftat? he co ji^ h n o^ a r tiih lh e^ ^ aJ lfe j^ ^ 1^ ^ 11^ ^ ^ ^ ? ? « ^ 3^06^
e^liihediithe ’matter.' 'iMnfbis lh b p e E f t f h j g f^ ^ cB^ffi^jaEjefe'.Td-
dia.h ' fen ^ tS .5 ;'a h d h T i^ l^ ^ ^ to ^ }3 ^ ^ j^ ^ P jto q ,
headil}hfcai.^\v’trea(j^r^..1:iXt^ajpp.earo.th4t1^®i®^had-’ heen^privy; to
th l^ n d le affefrf.and had* f e n ^ l f daily 'fed Tticker.' 'But th^cap^'
taiifcthavingelrqptljh? expTefenVkiji d4deah^dHfea#%i'tTih^t1 ifpjthe
fugitivelwasthot?found heiw.ouldj.ta^e ^ ^ ^ i^ p , a f 4 fe',% fo ><terrified,
hiim' that ihe fent'4a/mahitorinform Tucker that he^antedfiim,., and
codtrivqd itd’haHetfodtesofii’fite miffionariesfn ambufli near, th©Tbeach',;
W h f.& ^ d r fem akphe came along, ap d;p^fjiirointpgbf .but
not without1 a.’ 'greatnftfluggle, -and many-'quif#-i.'i^ben, rye t had -got
him onvbsIM, Teiwasi puk® t^olhftenaent;. ■ tiJl>W?f ihouJdj leave the
ifland.*# A s for Iddeah, * lb©»was at thgitime (yembljng; ,.and .being
alked the reafoi\,jbf^,f^© ^ idy ittswas fgr^fear^Andrew fhould be
let rfodfe, for- he was a; hfoody^minded, man, and v|9idd wreak hjis
Vengeance on-her,v and -thp §ther •natiyesf^whqm'; jthe-. cfptain , h^d
fhewn favour; andfthafoJh^iShpugbtiypr^ liftd©spf nmping # j | ; knife
into them. ;
. oifth.'i Fine pleaftnfe weather. Mann^.^d^nne, wh® was fo atten-
live andTrididlytiPt ototfirft» vifif, j.did not till^this morning: fend-his
refpedts.and a prefent to his.tayo the captain, and that himfdf would
beiwdth its in a-td&y .ot two, ^-stlddeajaifand1 feveial;.others ,camewith
the ufual prefents of. hogs; fruit, &c,;