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Captain Wilson replied, that he was exceedingly obliged *7 8 3* 
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and honoured by this lingular mark of his confidence and 
efteem ; that he fhould have thought himfelf bound in gra¬ 
titude to take care of any perfon belonging to Pelew, whom 
the King might fend ; but in this cafe, he widled to affure 
him, that he fhould endeavour to merit the high truft repofed 
in him, by treating the young prince with the fame tendernefs 
and affedfion as his own fon.—-This anfwer gave vilible latif- 
fadtion; and then the converfation changing, the Kingexpref- 
fed a widi that the veffel might go down to Pelew before her 
departure; the reafon he affigned for making this requeft 
was, that many of the men had enjoyed various opportuni¬ 
ties, at Oroolong, of feeing the veffel and her conftrudlion; 
but that this had not been the cafe with the aged, the women, 
and the children; that, if they went down to Pelew, thefe 
latter would then have the pleafure of gratifying their curi- 
ofity; that the mothers would hereafter talk over to their 
children and families the fingularity of the fight, recall'the 
circumfcance to their memories, and by this means the name 
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of the Englijb , and of their building fuch a veffel-on the 
ifland of Oroolong, would be preferved by his people, 
which was what he much wifhed. — Captain Wilson, 
who well knew the difpolition of his own people, and was in 
his mind fully perfuaded that their former fufpicions would 
revive, and induce them to doubt whether fome treachery 
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