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the rnen who had been on the third Expedition toARTINGALL return —<■ an Account of it. given.

Captain WlLSON invited by the King to visit theRupacks, who had attended as Allies in the lastBattle .»— Accompanies the King and his Brotherto some Islands to the Northward * where there waimuch Festivity on the Occasion. — Is received withgreat Hospitality , and after Five Days Absence re-turns to Oroolong.

About eleven o’clock in the forenoon all theWarriors returned to Oroolong, perfectly weIJ 4 ocTOREft,in high spirits > and greatly pleased with the treat- Tuesdaywent they had received from their Pelewfriends. — Raa Kook accompanied them, withlour canoes , bringing some yams, and two jars°f moloffes.

With respect to the third expedition, t shallPorsue the same method as I did in the descrip-t,0 n of the second battle of Artingall, anddeliver the particulars of it as I myself received^em from Mr. M. Wilson, who was presentat it* and which particulars were fully comhfmed by every report of the transaction to the^ptaim

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