THE PELEW ISLANDS.

jumping, and all the various demonstrations of 178?*joy of this poor animal. AUGUS't*

I he English , as far as they collected from Mr.

M. Wilson’s account* and from the urbanityand attention strewn them by the two dignifiedChiefs , who had now been their guests £of somedays, would, in happier moments , have enjoyedthe society of their new friends; but the doubtof what they might further get from the strip toaid the building of another, and the uncertaintywhether they might ever see again their countryand families , constantly pressed on their mindssuch a weight of anxiety, that the reflections ofsensibility were often wringing their hearts,when the fortitude their prudence assumed, andthe attention due to their hospitable protectors,compelled them to subdue their natural feelings,and mask their countenances with acquiescentsmiles.

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