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1783. corned with every tefiimony of joy; and it was no fmall plea- 
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lure to thole left on the ifland, to fee them all come back 
in health and fpirits. They reported they had been very 
kindly treated ever fince their departure, the natives behav¬ 
ing to them in the mold friendly unreferved manner. The 
King’s brother, Raa Kook, came back with them. The ca¬ 
noes brought great quantities of yams and cocoa-nuts, and 
the King had given to each of the men who went on this 
expedition a balket of fweetmeats, and alfo fent fome bafkets 
to the Captain; this fweetmeat they diftributed very libe¬ 
rally amongft their countrymen, but it was not much re- 
lifhed, being found dry and hard, infomuch that the failors 
gave it the name of Cboak Dog .—But of this I fhall have 
occalion to fpeak again, when I come to defcribe the cuftoms 
and manners of the natives. 
The following was the account our people gave of their 
expedition, which was confirmed by Mr. Cummin’s journal, 
who went with them. 
Having departed the 17th, they went to one of the 
King’s ifiands, about fix leagues to the eaftward of the cove, 
where they were received with great kindnefs, and treated 
with much hofpitality; after remaining there all night, 
they fet off the next morning for Pelew, the place of the 
King’s refidence, which w r as in an ifland about three or four 
miles diftant: here they remained till the 21ft, the King 
not being till then able to get together all his canoes ; how¬ 
ever. 
