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" all the time 011 the island, had never had any august.cc thing of such consequence given them, and thatct they must make them some presents. ” On thishint Captain Wilson offered each of the King’sbrothers a remnant of cloth, which they bothreceived very cooly; he presented them after-wards with white long cloth and some ribbands,but still not a smile appeared on their faces; bywhich the Captain perceived that this was notwhat they wanted. — The event distressed ourpeople much; they had tloubts whether this ap-parent coolness might arise from their havinggiven the cutlass to the Chief Minister , orwhether they had been put out of humour atthe indelicacy of this person, in having impru-dently laid the English under the necessity ofgratifying him in a request, which, situated asthey were, they must have- been under difficul-ties to refuse.

In the assertion the Malay informed CaptainWilson, that the King was come round intothe bay, being on his return to Pelew, and iflie wanted to take leave of him he must go offto his canoe. The Captain accordingly went inthe jolly-boat, having with him Tom Rosehis linguist, and four other men. The meetingwas, to his great surprize, very cool on theKing’s part, of course reserved on that of hisown, far unlike, indeed, that undisguised open-ness which marked the interview of the preced-r 7ing day. -- And I doubt not but by this time

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