THE BREADFRUIT TREE 



One of the most amazing marine adventures in history is connected with sending the 

 Bounty to the South Seas to take breadfruit trees to the West Indies. After lea vmg Tahiti the 

 crew o'f the Bounty mutinied and placed the commander, Lieutenant Bligh, and eighteen members 

 of the crew in an open boat with a small supply of food and water. Thus equipped they pertormed 

 a successful voyage of 4,000 miles, being at sea nearly a month. They suffered terribly from 

 ■^ ^ - ' • • • " . . rr , _,_..-._„ Lieutenant Bligh finally 



exposure, as the weather was very bad, and from lack of food and water. Lie 

 became an Admiral, and was always known as "Breadfruit Bligh." (Fig. 18 



