A N 
ACCOUNT 
OF THE 
PELEW ISLANDS. 
CHAPTER I. 
Departure of the Antelope from M a c o a . '—Lift of the 
Ship's Company,—Route and TranfaBions prior to the Lofs 
of the Vejfel. 
T HE Antelope, a packet of near 300 tons burthen, 
in the fervice of the Honourable English East 
India Company, under the command of Captain Henry 
Wilson, having arrived at M a c o a in the month of June 
1783, the Captain received orders from the Company’s 
fupra-cargoes to refit his fhip with all poflible fpeed; which 
being compleated, on Sunday the 20th of July, about eleven 
o’clock in the forenoon, he received his difpatches, and 
the fhip being ready for fea, he took leave of the Council; 
and about half pafl three o’clock went on board, accompa¬ 
nied by MefFrs. Brown, Lane, Bruce, and Peach, as alfo 
Mr. Morgan, furgeon ; and after the Captain had paid the 
B fixteen 
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JUNE. 
JULY. 
Sunday 20. 
