T HE FELEW IS L AMD 'S. 
u to quit tlieir ftation under tlie ftiore, and conceiving he 
« could not attack them in that fituation with any advan- 
“ tage, dispatched fome of the Frigate canoes to order a 
6i fquadron to conceal themfelves behind fome high land. 
“ This arrangement being made, they exchanged a few dif- 
6( tant fpears;—The conch then was founded, and the King 
“ of Pelew made a feint to run away, hie wing the exam- 
ct pie in his own canoe, and being immediately followed by 
iC the others, with much apparent precipitancy. 
66 This artful manoeuvre of Abb a Thulle gave inhabit cou- 
a rage to the enemy, who, induced to think their antagonift 
u had been feized with a fudden panic, prepared in great 
u hafte to quit the hiore, and began to give chace to the King, 
u whom they imagined Was flying before them ; upon fee- 
a ing this, the detached fquadron of canoes, that had been 
a polled behind the high land, ruflied out between the 
<c enemy and the ifland, to cut off their retreat. When the 
tc King found his ftratagem had taken effedl, he turned, 
“ and made a fignal for the reft of his fleet to form them- 
66 felves into divilions and engage; whereupon a general 
a attack took place. The fpears were mutually directed 
<c with much animofity, and the Englifi kept up a continual 
u fire, which not only did great execution, but puzzled 
<c and bewildered the enemy in the extreme, to compre- 
66 hend how or why their people dropped, without re- 
“ ceiving any apparent blow• they perceived they had 
T i a holes 
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1783. 
SEPTEMBER. 
