to his. own moft graciou S). dejjgn&j ia/r^Jjb'ati-Hg the, machinations^
and carryiim headlong the couhfffis o f our more heathenifh .congtryy
foen,. making, ilterp .brpduce thejve^<mpoht)e£flEe6ts;lrbm''JV'hat they
intended.», L o ! thefeare a, part.of his ways ; hutih'tfe» would 4e l l ^
all the Wonderful things he ,has,done, |ohlS,f%they v-a^e,more than, we
are able to,exprefs,. ■ 1 ‘ Q that mm would -therefore prahe,Ae»Lord'
“ for hisr goodnefs^ and declare his wonderful to the chikkeh
“ o f .men 1”
This day was rendered in fome meafure memorable by. the J o fh o fa
large axe, which wasfnatched from one o f the b rethren'smlehe wtus
Cutting lire-wood; and in, the. evening,fome rthieves hrqkp-,foto-■ °iW
dwelhng while we llept, and rifling,the firfE box theyj;^fe*J^.wbicg
held nothing but medicines, .they had gone o ff with .a quantity o f
bark, jalap, nitre, ;& e . ; but foefenot fuiting their tafte?r,tfey.lef£
them in the yard, where "we found them next morning,To.jh%t »they
got only a few clothes thatJay upon the-chefts.
i ith. - John. Connelly font to know yhefoerfwe jotend.qd to in form
Captain Wilfon o f what had, palled between us, and tbsepa,Api%.
ferving; that, i f we did, it would reduce m do the greateff fomfe* as it
Would both prevent them from receiving thofe things
and had promifed to the natives; and alfo effectually ;hjrider.thgii:"d,gr
parture with him for China. This- was atcqmpafjaecl with a han,t,|f
what we might expert, i f our conduct ,was not fuitable to their
wilhes. In anfvver we faid, that we neither wanted to injure nor to
quarrel with them* and i f they chofe to go to <phina,. 'We would be
no hindrance tothern. .
13th. Dugoiiagaboola fent us a prefent o f provifions, which was
very acceptable ; but in the courfe o f the day we received the mortifying
intelligence, that he had accepted our large axe w ith much cordiality
from the perfon who itole it ; and after fome compliments to
his dexterity, had fent him off to Yavao, to he-out .of the way when
the Ihip arrived. This aCtion . gave us an idea o f what we might ex-
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CQur ipterefo AtodphLapy .de^Ch-in. Cbmget-ition WifojhaJ:
o f,o u i.S b liin Itnd } in foe q^tgadi'^sn^fefn^ed,^ all
sg°.§d W-tt*Ve\L 1 > Mjp psfti cr.afihoifodfeto-plunder u$.,-£
1 3fo.‘ Rroflci T u t iBm 1p r e u ^ td ^ om • X Tim., brqa
g ^ K^jfo^ a g P»If4i<tb h nothing
■ r ^ a r k a b } | i h a ^ p e p C d y d l p | i L i f ' ^ ^ t . h e . n a f c i v e f
bjjptigMu^d^e k v i\ 1 ngjH^njo^the jfoi^s^’Ajgi d fa th u former ftatjop^
'J, lira, uf ojm.jimiibtq, t\ 1/. btot-lyls,K.dib,, Buchm in;, and G uilton,
btr ;, juit* Mjjflef^
(^dfffiTOUJ^pig^cuEe.gigl, B^^^gn^d^igltonrdeter ibip ed tq travel
K <- du^Lrigcd, .ftill^en^ertmu^Lg^hop^ o f
foqgt gfoeurjug^a- came.'# Jd n iy r u d jin g ^imit fj. \ tiijn l|La..Jong the
bfgc^,,-foe^jwerqjm^^j^|^ge^nuj[^bi5& q|jfo^nati\ , ojjhj dfhyh0!1?.
ptefented them wTth\j,■ nqtopyvbjhh hi other Bo\\?dJ hid dilpittbcTtqJ
fofejg-^nlju majjqn - dlveraj,
mcflagf ■> of ahe firm. kind pn. forme Ahccafipm,; ali^rtiddullafilhng
the- nature^dLit: better,than am. u S l in f cpmitumin^Kui l$aA ciujca-
^sfUredftq explain th^iffe^^^fic^fooi^^M^jS^re^wifo him $ ^hj&.exr*
c i t e d c i p i p f i t y j v I n c h input u j thun.rplKir h^fl-uom*
pany, dg orpg^ t^.fedj it pgli^rep^^pj-knon
wh,at ,he fai^iwksd^pe. u^h^foey-la-W jffe' j^w h ie ^ fo p opening
p f i^ g a y e ifoer,lpbthxgn f li^ c k j^ ^ j^ a ^ i^ jE i^ ^ a n d
-tyere perple^e4 |invnp^fmall -pegrqe, when. ah|^/^|e|iv»}ifot|^by
meansfjtff ’-it they, knqw, a&^eRpa^tbemfelye^dli^tt^i^Slmp *hatj
arrimdji anjiijv, here ^focJ^a^ ^ h t^ '^bole: ■fyynp'iSUt. ^touether ,\\jifo
th&-bearer of thejMt^^foop.;lpft thfe V^fefomiy fn t,o? rptudn fo
the Ihip, for which they were fo. eager,, that nothing could induce
him Jo proceed;to. Aheefo.with.the note. In foe afternoon-the two
brethren arrived at the Ihip, and had the happinefs .ta find that all on
board had frella ground whereon to eredf an Ebenezer to the Lord,-,
who had gracioufly helped them through, many-imminent dangers,
and preferved-them from many evils wherewith they had beep fur