AN ACCOUNT OF 
£,08 
17 S 3- tlieir paddles on each fide the fhoal, which fo frightens the 
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filh, that they fpring out of the water, and numbers of them 
falling upon the matting, are immediately fecured in the 
ends of the canoes, which are left open to receive them. 
Mr. Sharp returned in the evening from Pelew, whilft 
our people were at prayers, bringing with him the things 
promifed by Raa Kook, together with a large quantity of 
the fweetmeats called Woolell *. He reported that there 
was great rejoicing at Pelew ; that the Rupack of Pele- 
lew was ftill there, though probably not much difpofed to 
enjoy the fehivity his fubmiflion had given birth to.—The 
feafting was much in the fame manner as what on other 
occaiions has already been defcribed; diftinguifhed only 
by a fong, apparently compofed Knee our people have 
been at Pelew, and in which the greater part of the 
natives always joined. Though Mr. Sharp could not un¬ 
derhand the whole fenfe of it, yet he readily compre¬ 
hended that the Englijh were the fubjedt, by the frequent 
repetition of the words Engiees—JVeel a Ere coy —and Eom 
Rofe .—This man going with the Englijlo upon every expe¬ 
dition, as interpreter, and poffeffing a great fund of plea- 
fantry and humour, hit the fancy of all the natives, with 
whom he became a wonderful favourite.— So lingular were 
the talents of this truly faithful fellow, that wherever he 
* This is the fweetmeat which the Tailors called choak-dog , and which now their 
/lomachs found pretty good, however contemptuoufly they had thought of it at firft. 
went 
