THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 



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in the morning, hide themfelves in his kitchen, and liften l J79t 



May. 



to our converfation with one another, in hopes, that by this v .-„ — > 

 means, they might difcover whether we were really Engliih 

 or not. 



As we concluded, from the commiffion and drefs of M. 

 Port, that he might probably be the Commander's fecretary, 

 he was received as fuch, and invited, with his companion, 

 the merchant, to dine with Captain Clerke : and though we 

 foon began to fufpedt, from the behaviour of the latter to- 

 ward him, that he was only a common fervant, yet this be- 

 ing no time to facrifice our little comforts to our pride, we 

 prevented an explanation, by not fuffering the queftion to be 

 put to him ; and, in return for the fatisfaclion we reaped 

 from his abilities as a linguift, we continued to let him live 

 on a footing of equality with us. 



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