THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
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by this means they might difcover whether we were really 
Englifh or not. 
As we concluded, from the commiffion and drefs of Mr. 
Port, that he might probably be the Commander’s fecretary, 
he was received as fuch, and invited, with his companion, 
the merchant, to dine with Captain Clerke : and though we 
foon began to fufpedf, from the behaviour of the latter to¬ 
ward him, that he was only a common fervant, yet, this be¬ 
ing no time to facrifice our little comforts to our pride, we 
prevented an explanation, by not fuffering the queftion t6 be 
put to him; and, in return for the fatisfadtion we reaped 
from his abilities as a linguift, we continued to let him live 
on a footing of equality with us. 
1779 - 
May. 
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