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1783. was neither able to ftand or hold it when fired. They now 
OCTOBER. 
went on board, and fell down the creek, it being near 
high-water. After they had got to the outlet of the creek, 
one of the Rupacks , who was going to the northward, where 
he lived, parted company, carrying away in his fuite eight 
or nine canoes. This Rupack , whofe name was Maath, 
had two Bones on his arm. Captain Wilson had given 
Abba Thulle the fpaniel dog, which the King had with 
him at this time. When they were out of the creek, and 
Maath was taking leave, Abba Thulle delivered to 
him the dog, and alfo the fcarlet coat ; but they were 
afterwards returned to him, as our people faw him wear 
the coat when he went againfi: Pelelew, and faw the dog 
frequently afterwards at Pelew ; which fatisfied them that 
they were only lent to Maath to take to his ifland, that he 
might fhew them to his own people, Captain Wilson 
having declined going to vifit them, though ftrongly fo- 
licited, excufing himfelf on account of the long time it 
would occafion his being abfent from Oroolong.—- 
Abba Thulle and his train, which confifted of about forty 
canoes, returned to the l'outhward. About ten o’clock they 
were overtaken by a violent fquall of wind, with much 
thunder, lightning, and rain, which obliged every canoe to 
fhift for itfelf; the boatmen, in that canoe where the Cap¬ 
tain was, jumped overboard, to avoid being wetted with the 
3 , % rain. 
