' 'Names;
’W il l ia m M u s pra t >■
A l ex a n d er Sm it h - -
jbkN Williams****; >- --
T homas E llison
I s a a c M a -r t i n KwH
R i c h a r d ^ n n Ä ' * -
M a t t h e w . T h o m p s o n *: j -
W i l l i a m B r ô W n ‘ - -
J oseph Coleman
C h a r l e s N o r m a n
T h o m a s M ‘ I n t ô S’h !' - r =
■ Stations. •&
Ditto;
Ditto.
Ditto; . :
Ditto, g
DitJOj, ■:
Ditto*
Ditto. '
Gardiner..
Apapurej;.. |
Càrpen tor’s ;Mate.
Carpentçr’«; Crew.'
In all 25 handst and the moft able'men o f t he
fhip’s company.
Having little or- no wind, we rowed pretty towards
Tofoa, which bote N E -about 10 leagues from n s .Wh i l e
the fhip was" in fight ihe' fte'ered- to the W N W, but I
considered this only .as a feint; for when we were'lent
away— “ Huzza for Otaheijte,” was frequently .heard among
the mutineers., ^
:Chriftian, the Chief of the mutixieefs^i^of ^ rgfp^ahle
family in the north o f England. This was the third voyage
he had made with me ; and, as I found it neceffary tq.keep
my fliip’s company at three watches, I had given hipi an
order to take charge o f the third,. his abilities beingtho-
roughly equal to the ta lk ;. and by this means the mailer
and gunner were not at watch and watch.
Haywood is alfo of a refpefitable family in the north of
England, and a young man, of abilities» as welf as Christian,
Thefe two had beenobje&s. of.my particular regard and attention,
and I had taken great pains „to inftru£t them, hav-
1 ing
ihg' entertained hó’pèsj'that, as p’rhfeffibnal men, they would
have hecomfe'a'credit to meir Country.
riYmmg Vras'Weïi recorftmendèd/aod had’ the look of an
able ftckit feamarl:-he', m'ówé.Vef:, fell' fhort of what his ap-
p&arknjb'e piötóCBdï '-ft?
Stewart was a'ybnng rnan df creditable parents» in the
Orkneys•, aCwh'icn ^LaeeJ on 'the5 fëtiim. of thé R'eioiutioii
from the t South .Seas, ,in 17 8b,;^yeTeEéiyeqSb many'civilities,
that, onifhar act.1 otuft'duly, I fhould' gladly have ta'keh him
with im^Vbiu&^Mpejp^fienG' óff this'1 réq,©mmend'atiort,> he
Was’ d leamab, and had alwaiys bofqé-av' good." character: jjS
" ïföt whhlïandihg the rodghttefs1 with which I wf& treated,
the remembrance Öf pan kihdfïeflès J)rdclücéd‘ïfonie figns
'df iemorfe in Chriftian. * .When'they wfere forcing-me out
of the,fMip, I alked him, i f fchis6 treatment Was a proper
return fdh th e ‘many’ fnfiand^ he hM^ received of my
friendlhip ?' nè appeared difturbèd’at my‘**q\leftiori, and
anfweremwith much emotion,' u That,— capiaim Blighy—
u that is the thing;---- 1 am in hell—I am in hell.” *f?
i l i£Fo'qh as I had' time to reflect, 1 *fëit; an'in Ward '
tidn,’- Whichlprevefited any deprelfibn of^my’^irits ^celn-
fcidh^'cif'bay,integrity* -abd anxious föhcitude’ for the gööd
o f thbferyice iti which I had been engkged, I found my
mind wonderfully fupported, and Jflgiegan 'to 'Conceive’ hqpés,’ '
notwithftandihg lb‘ heavy- a calamity, that i'lhphTd one day'
he able to acc'ourft to my King, and coijntry for the misfortune.—
few hours before,1 my fituation had- been pècuf
liarly flattering.- ‘ I ha'd a Ihip in the moft perfedt order,
and well ftored with every neceffary both for fervice and *
health':-'by early attention to" thofe,particulars I had, as'*
much as lay in my power, provided againft any accident,
Y 1 in
April.