IQ 4 
AN ACCOUNT OF 
1783. 
A U G U S T, 
paper, and his pencil, on which he attempted to delineate 
three or four figures, very rudely, without the leafi: propor¬ 
tion ; their heads, inftead of an oval, being in a pointed 
form like a fugar-loaf. Nor let any one conclude from this 
circuraftance, that the King was oftentatious to exhibit the 
little knowledge he pofieffed of the art; I rather mention 
it as a proof of his opennefs of temper, to let Mr. Devis fee 
that he was not totally ignorant of what was meant by it; 
nor was it lefs a mark of his condefcenlion, in file wing he 
could very imperfectly trace what the artifl: was able more 
happily to delineate. He approved in the firanger thofe 
talents he would himfelf have been ambitious to pofiefs, 
and in his manner of teftifying his approbation, exhibited 
in captivating colours that which no pencil could difplay— 
.the urbanity of a noble mind. 
The King now fignified to his guefts, that he would 
.conduct them up to the town ; they exprefled their readi- 
nefs to attend him, and ordered their colours to be raifed 
and carried before them, wifhing to imprefs on the natives 
what little idea of ceremony their forlorn fituation could 
admit of. Pelew is hardly more than a quarter of a mile 
from the fliore; they afcended a bank into a wood, led by 
the King and Raa Kook, and followed by a great concourfe 
of people. Having pafied the wood, they found themfelves 
.on a fine broad caufeway, or pavement, with rows of trees 
on each fide, forming a grove; this caufeway was raifed 
about 
