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AN ACCOUNT OF 
1783. tainly, in every part of his conduct, fhewed himfelf firm? 
NOVEMBER, 
noble, gracious, and benevolent; there was a dignity in 
all his deportment, a gentlenefs in all his manners, and a 
warmth and fenfibility about his heart, that won the love of 
all who approached him.—Nature had bellowed on him a 
contemplative mind, which he had himfelf improved by 
thofe reflexions that good fenfe dictated, and obfervation 
confirmed.—His remarks on the affair of the mufquets was 
as pointed, and at the fame time as delicate a reproof as per- 
» 
haps was ever thrown out.—His converfation with Captain 
Wilson, refpe£ling his fon, whilft it fhewed an unbounded 
confidence on the part of the King, marked alfo the force 
of great fentiment and reafoning; and his rebuke, when 
refuling his nephew’s folicitation, difcovered a heart tutored 
in the fentiments of refined honour. 
Thehappinefs of his people feemedto be always in Abba 
Thulle’s thoughts.—In order more effectually to fimulate 
them to ufeful labour, he had himfelf learnt all the few arts 
they poffeffed, and was looked on, in fome of them, to be the 
bell workman in his dominions.—His requelling from Cap¬ 
tain Wilson the Chinefe mat, was only to give his people a 
better pattern than their own to follow ; and, in fending his 
fon to England, and in the long inflrucSlions given him be¬ 
fore his departure, he had not, nor could have, any other 
objecfl in view, but that of benefitting his fubjecSls by the 
future improvements he would bring back to his country; 
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