The Home of the MutineersAmerican Sunday-school union, 1854 - 342 sider |
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Side 36
... allowance , which , on calculation of their resources , the commander informed them would not exceed one ounce of bread and a quarter of a pint of water per day . Recommending them , therefore , in the most solemn manner , not to depart ...
... allowance , which , on calculation of their resources , the commander informed them would not exceed one ounce of bread and a quarter of a pint of water per day . Recommending them , therefore , in the most solemn manner , not to depart ...
Side 44
... allowance by guess , but I now made a pair of scales with two cocoa- nut shells ; and having accidentally some pistol - balls in the boat , twenty - five of which weighed one pound , or sixteen ounces , I adopted one of these balls as ...
... allowance by guess , but I now made a pair of scales with two cocoa- nut shells ; and having accidentally some pistol - balls in the boat , twenty - five of which weighed one pound , or sixteen ounces , I adopted one of these balls as ...
Side 45
... allowance out of . The horn cup is about two inches in depth , and not quite two inches in diame- Round it are these words written in ter . ink by Bligh : Allowance of water 3 times a day . The bullet is set in a small hasp - shaped ...
... allowance out of . The horn cup is about two inches in depth , and not quite two inches in diame- Round it are these words written in ter . ink by Bligh : Allowance of water 3 times a day . The bullet is set in a small hasp - shaped ...
Side 46
... allowance of Bread which supported 18 men for 48 days , served to each person three times a day . On the obverse Under the command of Captain Will . Bligh from the 28th April , 1789 , to the 14th of June following . On the morning of ...
... allowance of Bread which supported 18 men for 48 days , served to each person three times a day . On the obverse Under the command of Captain Will . Bligh from the 28th April , 1789 , to the 14th of June following . On the morning of ...
Side 47
... allowance now served regularly to each person was one twenty - fifth part of a pound of bread and a quarter of a pint of water , at eight in the morning , at noon , and at sunset . To - day was added about half an ounce of pork for ...
... allowance now served regularly to each person was one twenty - fifth part of a pound of bread and a quarter of a pint of water , at eight in the morning , at noon , and at sunset . To - day was added about half an ounce of pork for ...
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admiral affectionate allowance appeared arrival Arthur Quintal attend beloved Bible blessing boat Bounty Bay bread bread-fruit British brother Buffett canoe Captain Beechey Captain Bligh Captain Pipon cheerful clothes cocoa-nut commander conduct crew crime David Buffett dear dearest death delight Edward Quintal endeavour England English favour females Fletcher Christian hands happy heart honour hope inhabitants JAMES HEYWOOD John Adams John Mills kind land letter Lieutenant Bligh Lord magistrate males Matthew Quintal ment midshipman miles misery Moresby morning murdered mutineers natives NESSY HEYWOOD night Nobbs Nobbs's officers Pandora pastor person PETER HEYWOOD Pitcairn Pitcairn's Island pleasure prayers present prisoners Queen Quintal received remain rocks sailed says seamen sent ship ship's shore sister soon suffered surf Tahiti Tahitian tain teacher tion Valparaiso vessel whaler women yams young youth
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Side 49 - no way, but I caught the eye of some one in distress. Extreme hunger was now too evident, but no one suffered from thirst, nor had we much inclination to drink, that desire perhaps being satisfied through the skin.
Side 170 - Pacific islands; his only dress was a piece of cloth round his loins, and a straw hat ornamented with the black feathers of the domestic fowl. "With a great share of good humour...
Side 44 - I adopted one ball as the proportion of weight that each person should receive of bread at the times I served it. I also amused all hands with describing the situation of New Guinea and New Holland, and...
Side 140 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Side 18 - Christian, with the master-atarms, gunner's mate, and Thomas Burkitt, seaman, came into my cabin, and, seizing me, tied my hands with a cord behind my back, threatening me with instant death if I spoke or made the least noise.
Side 231 - When the shades of evening draw on, the islanders,' one and all. again remember Him, who is about their path and about their bed, and spieth out all their ways. Nor are they slow to acknowledge His claims, who expects the grateful homage of His intelligent creatures, and whose protection and blessing they beg in family worship, before they lie down to sleep. And then, without any thought of locks, bolts, or 'bars, — for they have no such defences, nor any need of them, — each may feel at night...
Side 37 - ... across a sea where the navigation is but little known, in a small boat, twenty-three feet long from stem to stern, deep laden with eighteen men.
Side 22 - It appeared to me that Christian was some time in doubt whether he should keep the carpenter or his mates; at length he determined on the latter, and the carpenter was ordered into the boat. He was permitted, but not without some opposition, to take his tool chest.
Side 23 - Come, Captain Bligh, your officers and men are now in the boat, and you must go with them ; if you attempt to make the least resistance, you will instantly be put to death...
Side 61 - I encouraged everyone with hopes that eight or ten days would bring us to a land of safety; and, after praying to God for a continuance of his most gracious protection, I served an allowance of water for supper and directed our course to the west-south-west to counteract the southerly winds in case they should blow strong.