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OCTOBER. 
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When it cleared up they returned to Raa Kook and the 
Rupac-ks , who had alfo fheltered themfelves from the wea¬ 
ther. The evening advancing, and proving tempeftuous, 
they could not return to Pelew. —Mr. Sharp and his com¬ 
panion, with fome of the Rupacks , dept at the General’s 
houfe ; the remainder of the company were provided for in 
other contiguous buildings. 
Previous to their departure, the next morning, for the 
King’s ifland, Raa Kook took Mr. Sharp and the boatfwain 
to a houfe not far dillant from the place where his fon had 
been interred the preceding evening; there was only an 
old woman in the houfe when they went in, who, on re¬ 
ceiving fome order from the General, immediately difap.- 
peared, and foon after returned with two old cocoa-nuts, 
and a bundle of beetle-nut with the leaves; die alfo brought 
fome red ochre.—Pie took up one of the cocoa nuts, eroding 
it with the ochre tranfverfely ; then placed it on the ground 
by his fide.—After dtting very pendve, he repeated fome- 
thing to himfelf, which our people conceived was a kind of 
prayer, as he appeared a good deal agitated ; he then did the 
fame thing by the fecond cocoa-nut, and afterwards eroded 
the bunch of beetle-nut, and fat penfively over it; this done, 
he called the old woman and delivered her the two nuts, 
and the bundle of beetle-nut, accompanied with fome direc¬ 
tions.—Mr. Sharp and his companion, observing her go- 
towards the young man’s grave, their curiofity would have 
induced 
