THE PE LEW ISLANDS. 
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a had been given to one who was almoft a ftranger, whilft 
6( the King’s brothers, who had been with the Englijh all 
“ the time on the ifland, had never had any thing of fuch 
“ confequence given them, and that they muft make them 
a fome prefents.” On this hint Captain Wilson offered 
each of the King’s brothers a remnant of cloth, which they 
both received very cooly; he prefented them afterwards 
with white long cloth and fome ribbands, but ftill not a 
fmile appeared on their faces; by which the Captain per¬ 
ceived that this was not what they wanted.—The event 
diftreffed our people much ; they had doubts whether this 
apparent coolnefs might arife from their having given the 
eutlafs to the Chief Minijler , or whether they had been 
put out of humour at the indelicacy of this perfon, in having 
imprudently laid the Englifh under the neceffity of gratify¬ 
ing him in a requeft, which, fituated as they were, they 
muft have been under difficulties to refute. 
In the afternoon the Malay informed Captain Wilson, 
that the King was come round into the bay, being on his 
treturn to Pelew, and if he wanted to take leave of him 
he muft go off to his canoe. The Captain accordingly 
went in the jolly-boat, having with him Tom Rose his 
Hnguift, and four other men. The meeting was, to his great 
furprize, very cool on the King’s part, of courfe referved on 
that'of his own, far unlike, indeed, that undifguifed opennefs 
Which 
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UGUST. 
