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CHAPTER III. 



Pitcairn Island — Adams and Natives come off to the Ship — Adams' 

 Account of the mutiny of the Bounty — Lieutenant Bligh sent 

 adrift in the Launch — Mutineers proceed to Tobouai — Hostile 

 Reception there — Proceed to Otaheite — Return to Tobouai — 

 Again quit it, and return to Otaheite — Christian determines to 

 proceed to Pitcairn Island — Lands there — Fate of the Ship — 

 Insurrection among the blacks — Murder of Christian and four of 

 the Mutineers — Adams dangerously wounded — Fate of the 

 remaining Number. 



chap. The interest which was excited by the announce- 

 .-^vw merit of Pitcairn Island from the mast-head brought 

 Dec. every person upon deck, and produced a train of 

 reflections that momentarily increased our anxiety 

 to communicate with its inhabitants ; to see and 

 partake of the pleasures of their little domestic cir- 

 cle ; and to learn from them the particulars of every 

 transaction connected with the fate of the Bounty : 

 but in consequence of the approach of night this 

 gratification was deferred until the next morning, 

 when, as we were steering for the side of the island 

 on which Captain Carteret has marked soundings, 

 in the hope of being able to anchor the ship, we had 

 the pleasure to see a boat under sail hastening to- 

 ward us. At first the complete equipment of this 

 boat raised a doubt as to its being the property of 



