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but is not at all greedy of it ; and has never been intoxi- 

 cated since he was in England. He likes the English 

 women, particularly those of a ruddy complexion, that 

 are not fat. He submits most readily to the slightest 

 controul, and has not the least appearance of a fierce and 

 savage temper. I observed him play with a gentleman 

 who sat by him, and encouraged him, with all the cheerful 

 and unsuspecting good-nature of childhood. The King, 

 with much humanity, ordered him to be inoculated for the 

 small-pox, last summer, at his own expense. The fine 

 print of him, engraven by Bartolozzi, from a drawing by 

 Dance, is extremely like him." 



The Rev. Michael Tyson, 1 at Cambridge, saw a good 

 deal of Omai. He says : " There was an openness of 

 countenance, and a native politeness, that would do 

 honour to an Englishman. . . . The Bishop of Lincoln 

 [John Green] was much in his company, and he found the 

 two leading principles of his mind were a regard for 

 Religion and a desire for Revenge. He was particularly 

 offended at the Bishop sitting at table between two 

 ladies : a custom not allowed the High Priests in his 

 country ! " 



As Banks was absent with a yachting party which 

 perhaps included Captain Phipps, Omai, Miss Ray, 2 



1 Afterward Rector of Lambourn, Essex ; another clergyman of the 

 same type. He was a botanist and a scholar, beside being a good 

 parish priest. Sir John Cullum said he was far the best correspondent 

 he ever had : and they were numerous. 



2 This is Martha Ray, whose unlicensed union with Lord Sandwich 

 was tolerated by his friends because of her amiable character and her 

 charming behaviour in society. Some men ventured to insult her 

 covertly, but they were few in number. A bishop's lady, present at one 

 of their parties, avowed her regret that she had sat opposite to Miss Ray, 

 but found it " improper " to notice her : " she was so assiduous to 

 please, was so very excellent, yet so unassuming, I was quite charmed 

 with her, yet a seeming cruelty to her took off the pleasure of my 

 evening " (Joseph Cradock, Memoirs, IV, 168). Cradock himself writes 

 always in her praise. Banks and his friends were happy enough in her 

 company. Lord Sandwich was a better man for the association. 



Miss Ray was murdered at the theatre one evening, by a rejected 

 admirer, James Hackman. The culprit appealed to Lord Sandwich for 



