THE PE'LEW ISLANDS. 
her at the watering-place, inltead of coming back in the 
jolly-boat with their companions, chofe to return home over 
land, and the evening being far advanced, they narrowly 
efcaped with their lives.—The jolly-boat returning to the 
tents when it was dark, brought an account, that thefe men 
(who intended to came over land) had fet out fome time 
before the boat; and it being then late, and no tidings of 
them, much uneafinefs was entertained on their account,. 
People were immediately fent out with lanterns to go in 
queft of them, who as they went on, every now and then 
hallooed.—The voices being heard, and known, the be¬ 
nighted travellers very prudently halted, till the lights they 
had difcovered at a diftance came up with them; and moft 
fortunate it was that they did fo, for when their Ihipmates 
arrived they found them on the edge of a dreadful precipice, 
where, had they advanced a few heps further, they mull 
inevitably have plunged to the bottom. All. were happy to 
fee them return after fo great an efcape.—This evening 
Arra Kooker arrived, and palfed the night with our peo¬ 
ple ; he brought with him all his fpirits and gaiety, and en¬ 
tertained them wonderfully with the pleafant defcription he 
gave of the late engagement, acting, with his accuftomed 
humour and geftures, the panic which feized the enemy the 
inftant they heard the report of the Engli/h guns. 
The pinnace was fent off to the wreck to fearch if no fur¬ 
ther neceffaries could be ftill recovered.—Captain Wilson 
went to the top of the hill above the tents, and had a fpot of 
ground 
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AUGUST. 
Thurfday 
28. 
