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1783. four or five fathom water, in the middle of the level fandy 
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flat of the harbour, large enough to hold three veflels of 
the fame magnitude, where they could lie afloat at low 
water. In the night they got on board all their provifion, 
flores, ammunition, and arms, except fuch as were intended 
to be given to Abba Thulle ; and renewed their labour in 
Monday 10. the morning, taking on board their anchors, cables, and 
ether necefiaries, making bitts, and fitting a rail acrofs the 
ftern of the vefiel. In the morning the King fent a mef- 
fage to Captain Wilson, defiring him to come to him at 
the watering-place; and on his arrival acquainted him, that 
it was his intention to inveft him with the order of the Bone , 
and make him in form a Rupack of the firfi rank. The Cap¬ 
tain exprefled his acknowledgments for the honour he pur- 
pofed to confer on him, and the pleafure he felt at being 
admitted a Chief of Pelew. —The King, and all the Ru - 
packs, then went and fat down under the fhade of fome 
large trees, and Captain Wilson was defired to fit at a lit¬ 
tle diftance; when Raa Kook receiving the Bone , pre- 
fented it, as from his brother Abba Thulle, and wanted 
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to know which hand he ufed in common *, this the Ge¬ 
neral wifhed to afcertain, by putting a ftone in his hand, 
which he defired him to throw at a difiance ; finding it was 
the right hand he naturally ufed, he was again requefted 
to fit down, and the Bone was applied to his left hand, to 
fee if it was large enough for his hand to flip through; 
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