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jar of moloffes, and at the fame time was charged to exprefs 
to Captain Wilson, and his officers, his hope that they 
would not take it amifs that he had not as yet paid them his 
intended vifit, owing to his having been detained at Pelew 
by the great number of thofe who were come to pay their 
compliments to him from the other iflands on account of 
his late victory, and that had he come, they would all have 
attended him. Some of them having expreffed a delire of 
accompanying him to fee the Englijh , he had diffuaded them 
from it, reprefenting to them that the ifland being very 
fmall, it would not afford fufficient water for fo many, and 
that their vifit would neceffarily put the EngliJfj to great in- 
convenience. 
There appears to be a lingular attention paid by the 
King to our people, in this, as well as on every occafion. 
His mind feemed to be as ^onfiderate as it was liberal. 
He had undoubtedly obferved how much the curiofity of 
his own attendants, whenever he went to Oroolong, ine¬ 
vitably impeded our people’s operations, and forefaw in how 
ffill greater a degree the crowding in of fo many ftrangers 
would add to their diftrefs; therefore, as the bufinefs of 
thefe flrangers at this time was merely to pay their court 
to him. To by remaining with them at Pelew he precluded 
them from teflifying any further wiffi on this head. Yet 
whilft he managed this matter fo well for the fervice of the 
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