CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. OTAHEITE. Brief description of Otaheite, as it was at the time of its first discovery by Captain Wallis, and when subsequently visited by Captain Cook PAGE I CHAPTER II. THE BREAD-FRUIT. Expedition of the Bounty, commanded by Lieutenant Bligh, to convey the Bread-Fruit Tree from Otaheite to the West India Islands CHAPTER III. THE MUTINY. Lieutenant Bligh's Narrative of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of the Bounty by Mr. Fletcher Christian and part of the crew, with observations thereon.. CHAPTER IV. THE OPEN-BOAT NAVIGATION. Narrative of the unparalleled voyage of Four Thousand Miles, performed by Lieutenant Bligh and seventeen others in an open boat... 44 67 105 CHAPTER V. THE PANDORA. Narrative of the Expedition of H.M.S. Pandora in search of the Mutineers; of the treatment of those taken on board that ship; and of her destruction by crossing the barrier reef off the coast of New South Wales PAGE 162 CHAPTER VI. THE COURT-MARTIAL. Abstract of the proceedings of the Court-Martial held on the Mutineers, and the sentence passed on them... 224 CHAPTER VII. THE KING'S WARRANT. The King's Warrant for the Pardon of those recommended by the Court to His Majesty's mercy, and for the Execution of those condemned 268 CHAPTER VIII. THE LAST OF THE MUTINEERS. The LAST of the Mutineers discovered, with their offspring, on Pitcairn's Island; the history and fate of those who carried off the Bounty, and the present state and condition of their innocent offspring. 308 ILLUSTRATIONS. View near Matavai Bay, Otaheite View of a Creek in Matavai Bay View of the Boat, with Bligh and his Companions "The gentle Island, and the genial soil, The bread-tree, which, without the ploughshare, yields THE BYRON. HE reign of George III. will be distinguished in history by the great extension and improvement which geographical knowledge received under the immediate auspices of this sovereign. B |