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Captain, or other perfon, he fprang from his feat, and was 
at the edge of the river before the boat reached the fhore ; 
he received them with fuch joy and eagernefs, and fhook 
their hands with fuch expreflions of affe6Hon, as, won their 
warmeft regard ; he feemed impatient till he could get them 
into the houfe, fearing that by haying behind they had not 
fared fo well as himfelf. 
When our people went on board the Walpole, Mr. 
M c Intyre had kindly undertaken to manage the bufinefs of 
difpofing of the Oroolong ; fhe was accordingly put up to 
auction, and fold for feven hundred Spanifh dollars.—It 
having been judged that the two time-pieces would fetch 
more money at Canton, they were brought up there for 
fale, as were alfo the furgeon’s inftruments, they being in¬ 
tended as a prefent to Mr. Sharp ; but the carpenter’s mate 
objecting to relinquifh his (hare in them, in confequence of 
his tools having been difpofed of, Mr. Sharp declined the 
offer; they were therefore put up to fale at Canton, with the 
time-pieces, and bought by Captain Wilson, who pre- 
fented them to Mr. Sharp, as an acknowledgment for his 
attention to, and care of, the fhip’s company, of whom not a 
fingle man had died, or been unable to do duty for any 
length of time, fince their leaving England. 
Whilfl at Canton, feveral gentlemen, who had been at 
Madagascar, and other places, where the throwing of the 
fpear is pra£tifed, and who themfelves were in fome degree 
O o 2 {killed 
1783. 
DECEMBER. 
