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AN ACCOUNT OF 
1783. 
NOVEMBER, 
were prepared to take leave of the General; but, when the mo¬ 
ment of feparation arrived, he was fo affedted, that he was at 
firft unable to fpeak; he took them cordially by the hand, and 
pointing with the other to his heart, faid, it was there he felt 
the pain of bidding them farewell; nor were there any on 
board who faw his departure without fharing nearly the 
fame diftrefs.—He addreffed Lee Boo by his name, and 
fpoke a few words to him ; but, being unable to proceed, 
he went into the boat, when, immediately quitting the rope, 
he gave our people a laft affedtionate look, then dropped 
aftern. 
This excellent man appeared to be fomewhat upwards 
of forty years of age, was of a middling ftature, rather 
inclinable to be lulty; he had a great expreffion of fen- 
fibility in his countenance, tempered with abundant good¬ 
nature. His character was firm and determined, yet full of 
humanity; in whatever he undertook he was heady and per- 
fevering ; he delivered his orders to the people with the ut- 
moft lenity, but would be obeyed; and they, on every occa- 
fion, feemed to ferve him with ardour and alacrity, as if 
mingling affection with duty. The reader muft have ob- 
ferved, that from his firft interview with our people, he had 
fhewn an attachment to them, which was never after lef- 
fened or cooled. He was not of fo lerious a caft as the King, 
nor had he that turn for humour and mimickry which Arra 
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