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NOVEMBER. 
AN ACCOUNT OF 
he immediately offered to fupply them with a canoe, and 
pointed to feveral then alongfide ; all which being too large 
to hoifl on board the veflel, the King difpatched his eldeft 
fon Q u 1 Bill on fhore, who foon returned with one of a 
proper fize. 
Mr. Sharp had been defired to take the King’s fon un¬ 
der his particular care, till the Oroolong fhould arrive at 
China ; and Abba Thulle now pointed out Mr. Sharp to 
him, whom he faid was to be his Sucalic ; and from that 
moment Lee Boo attached himfelf to him, keeping clofe at 
his fide in whatever part of the veflel he went. In putting 
every thing to order before the Oroolong moved, there 
was a fmall fail belonging to the pinnace, which could 
not be found. Blanchard was now got into the pin¬ 
nace, in order to take the veflel in tow; he had, with the 
moil unwearied afliduity, lent his countrymen every af- 
fiftance in his power to the laft, and, having laid up care¬ 
fully the fail enquired after, came on board to fliew where 
he had flowed it; which having done, he wifhed them all a 
profperous voyage, and, without teftifying the fmalleft de¬ 
gree of regret, took leave of all his old fhip-mates, with as 
much eafe as if they were only failing from London to 
Gravesend, and were to return with the next tide. 
The Oroolong now proceeded towards the reef; and, 
loaded as fhe had been by Abba Thulle’s bounty, even to 
fuperfluity, with whatever he conceived might be ufeful or 
pleafant 
