THE PE LEW ISLANDS, 
Mm a juft explanation of whatever became an objecft of his 
notice and furprize. 
We left them together, as the reader will recoiled, on 
board the Morse Indicmian , purfuing their paffage to Eu¬ 
rope ; he was treated with much kindnefs and attention 
by the Commander, Captain Elliot, and Lee Boo was fo 
courteous and pleafant during the whole voyage, that every 
one was ready to render him every fervice in their power. 
He was extremely deftrous of knowing the name and 
country of every fhip he met at fea, and would repeat what 
he was told over and over till he had fixed it well in his 
memory ; and, as each inquiry was gratified, he made a 
knot on his Line; but thefe knots now -having greatly mul¬ 
tiplied, he was obliged to repeat them over every day to re- 
frefh his memory, and often to recur to Captain Wilson, 
or others, when he had forgot what any particular knot re¬ 
ferred to. The officers in the Morse, with whom only he 
affociated, when they faw him thus bulled with his Line, ufed 
to fay he was reading his journal. He frequently afked after 
all the people of the Oroolong, who had gone aboard dif¬ 
ferent fbips at China, particularly after the Captain’s fon, 
and Mr. Sharp. 
• He had not been long- on the voyage before he folicited 
Captain Wilson to get him a book, and point out to him 
the letters, that he might, when he knew them, be inftruded 
in reading; all convenient opportunities were allotted to 
gratify 
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