afej; AN ACCOUNT OF 
jj? 3 - Ikilled in the art, having exprefied a wifli to fee Lee Boo per* 
DECEMBER® 
fbim this exercife; they aflembled at the hall of the fadtory 
for that purpofe.—L ee Boo did not at firft point his fpear to 
any particular obje£t, but only ftiook and poifed it, as is ufu- 
ally done before the weapon is thrown from the hand; this 
they were alfo able to do : but propofing to aim at fome par¬ 
ticular point, they fixed this point to be a gauze cage which 
hung up in the hall, and had a bird painted in the middle; 
Lfck Boo took up his fpear with great apparent indifference, 
and, levelling at the little bird, ftruck it through the head, 
aftonifhing all his competitors, who, at the great diftance 
from whence they flung, with much difficulty even hit the 
cage. 
He was greatly pleafed With the ftone buildings and fpa- 
cions rooms in the houfes at Canton ; but the flat ceilings 
ftill continued to excite his wonder; he often compared 
them with the Hoping thatched roofs at Pelew, and faid, 
by the time he w T ent back he fhould have learnt how it was 
done, and would then tell the people there in what manner 
they ought to build.—The benefiting his country by what¬ 
ever he Taw, fieemed to be the point to which all his obfer- 
Vations were directed. 
Being at the houfe of Mr. Freeman, one of the fupra - 
cargoes , amongft the things brought in for tea was a fugar- 
difli of blue glafs, which much ftruck Lee Boo’s fancy. 
The -joy with which he viewed it, induced that gentleman, 
after 
