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1783. u natives were going to roaft me, and that they had only laid 
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a themfelves down that I might alfo drop afleep, and in- 
66 tended to feize me in that lituation.—However, being fur- 
(i rounded by a danger, which there was no poflibility of ef- 
6( caping, I collected all my fortitude, and, recommending 
(C myfelf to the Supreme Difpofer of all events, I expected 
6i every moment to meet my fate; when, to my great fur- 
66 prize, after fitting a little while and warming themfelves, 
c ‘ I perceived they all retired again to their mats, nor got up 
any more till day-break, when I arofe and walked about, 
“ encircled by great numbers of men, women, and children. 
u It was not long before the King’s brother joined me, and 
“ went with me to feveral houfes, where I was entertained 
66 with yams, cocoa-nuts, and fweetmeats.—Being after this 
66 conducted to the King, I fignified to him by geftures that 
66 I much wifhed to go back to my brother; he perfectly un- 
i6 derftood me, and explained to me by flgns that the canoes 
66 could not go out, there being too much wind and fea. To 
u defcribe the firft he pointed up to the trees, and blew 
u ftrongly with his mouth; and, to mark the too great 
u force of the fea on the canoes, he joined his two hands to- 
u gether with the palms upwards, then lifted them up, and 
u turned them the reverfe way, to exprefs to me that the 
a canoes would overfet.—The remainder of the day I fpent 
u in walking about the ifland and obferving its produce. I 
£i found it confifted chiefly of yams and cocoa-nuts; the for- 
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