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AN ACCOUNT OF 
1783. 
OCTOBER 
Wednefday 
ft. 
44 for his courage, by immediately placing with his own 
44 hands a firing of beads in his ear, and making him after- 
44 wards an inferior Rupack on his return to Pelew. 
44 In this adtion five canoes were deftroyed, which the 
44 enemy had hauled on fhore, and alfo their wharf or 
44 caufeway, which was much longer and broader than that 
44 at Pelew. Befide doing much other damage to the ene- 
44 my, they brought away the if one on which the King of 
44 Artingall fits when in council; this afforded occafion 
44 for great rejoicing when they got back, but were not fo 
44 truly felt as after the fecond battle, the triumph of the 
44 day being overclouded by the death of Raa Kook’s fon, 
44 and another youth of note, both killed in this engagement, 
44 as alfo from having thirty or forty of their people wound- 
44 ed, feveral of whom died in confequence thereof, in a 
44 few days after their return to Pelew 
This morning Mr. Barker unfortunately fell backward 
from one of the if ages, and was much hurt.—Our men 
being now employed about the veffel, and Raa Kook 
waiting with two canoes at Oroolong, Captain Wilson 
went, by the particular defire of the King, to pay a vifit to 
the Rupacks who attended him on the laif expedition. The 
Captain was accompanied by his fon Henry Wilson, 
* The carrying off the regal ftone from Artingall might add as much imaginary 
glory to the day as our firft Edward’s bringing to Westminster the inauguration 
ftone of the Kings of Scotland* 
Thomas 
