The Home of the MutineersAmerican Sunday-school union, 1854 - 342 sider |
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Side 57
... rocks , it being low water . The party sent out to reconnoitre returned highly re- joiced at having found plenty of oysters and fresh water . By help of a small mag- nifying glass a fire was made , and among the things that had been ...
... rocks , it being low water . The party sent out to reconnoitre returned highly re- joiced at having found plenty of oysters and fresh water . By help of a small mag- nifying glass a fire was made , and among the things that had been ...
Side 137
... it the next day , it appeared like a great rock rising out of the sea . It was not more than five miles in circumference , and seem- ed to be uninhabited . It was , however , д covered with trees ; and we saw a small 12 *
... it the next day , it appeared like a great rock rising out of the sea . It was not more than five miles in circumference , and seem- ed to be uninhabited . It was , however , д covered with trees ; and we saw a small 12 *
Side 142
... ; the state of the ground being such as to cause a risk of losing the anchor . Lofty bristling rocks , one of which is called St. Paul's Point , rise perpendicu- ad P larly from the sea ; and cliffs , with 142 HOME OF THE MUTINEERS .
... ; the state of the ground being such as to cause a risk of losing the anchor . Lofty bristling rocks , one of which is called St. Paul's Point , rise perpendicu- ad P larly from the sea ; and cliffs , with 142 HOME OF THE MUTINEERS .
Side 144
... rock four images , about six feet in height , placed upon a platform , which is called a paipai . One of these was a rude representation of the human figure , to the hips , hewn out of a piece of red lava . Each of the skulls which were ...
... rock four images , about six feet in height , placed upon a platform , which is called a paipai . One of these was a rude representation of the human figure , to the hips , hewn out of a piece of red lava . Each of the skulls which were ...
Side 149
... rock while collecting birds ' eggs , became dissatisfied , and insisted on having another wife , or threatened to leave the island in one of the Bounty's boats . Being useful as an armourer , the Europeans were unwilling to part with ...
... rock while collecting birds ' eggs , became dissatisfied , and insisted on having another wife , or threatened to leave the island in one of the Bounty's boats . Being useful as an armourer , the Europeans were unwilling to part with ...
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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 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 William women yams young youth
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Side 45 - 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 166 - 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 40 - 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 138 - 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 14 - 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 227 - 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 33 - ... 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 18 - 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 19 - 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 57 - 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.