“APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 
eficer of the watch, affifted by three 
others upon the watch, who dragged 
him inftantly on the deck, menacing 
his life if he attempted to fpeak. 
His endeavours to exhort and bring 
back the con{fpirators to their duty 
proved of no avail. Each of the def- 
peradoes was armed with a drawn 
» cutlafs, or fixed bayonet; and all their 
mufquets wereavowed to becharged. 
Captain Bligh difcovered, when 
he came upon deck, feveral of the 
crew, and moft of the officers, pi- 
nioned; and whilé he was thus con- 
templating their perilous itate, the 
fhip’s boat was let over her fide, and 
all who were not on the part of the 
confpirators, to the number of eigh- 
teen, befides the Captain, were com- 
mitted to the boat, and no other 
nourifhment afforded to them than 
about 140 pounds of bread, 30 
pounds of meat, one gallon and a 
half of rum, a like portion of wine, 
and a few gallons of water. A com- 
pafs and quadrant were fecured by 
one of thefe devoted victims, as he 
was ftepping into the boat: and thus 
abandoned, the mutineers, after giv- 
ing them a cheer, ftood away, as 
they faid, for Otaheite. 
_ ‘The captain, in this dreadful f- 
tuation, found his boatfwain, car- 
penter, gunner, furgeon’s mate, twa 
midthipmen, and one mafter’s mate, 
with Mr. Nelfon the botanift, and a 
few inferior officers, among thofe 
who were likely to fhare his fate. 
After a fhort confultation, it was 
deemed expedient to put back to 
the FriendJy Iflands; and accord- 
‘ingly they landed on one of thefe, 
in hopes they might improve their 
eet ftock of provifions, on the 3oth 
‘of April; but were driven off by the 
‘Natives two days after, and purfued 
with fuch hoftility, that one man 
was killed, and feveral wounded. 
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It was then deliberated, whether 
they fhould return to Otaheite, and 
throw themfelves on the clemency 
of the natives; but the apprehenfion 
of falling-in with the Bounty, de- 
termined them, with one aflent, to 
make the beft of their way to Ti- 
mor; and, to effect this enterprize, 
aftonifhing to relate! they calcu- 
lated the diftance near 4000 miles ; 
and, in order that their wretched 
fupply of provifions might endure 
till they reached the place of defti- 
nation, they agreed to apportion 
their food to one ounce of bread 
and one jill of water a day for each 
man. Wo other nourifhment did 
they receive till the sth or 6th of 
June, when they made the coaft of 
New Holland, and colleSted a few 
fhell-fth; and with this fcanty re- 
lief they held on their courfe to Ti- 
mor, which they reached on the 
12th, after having been forty-fix 
days in a crazy open boat, too con- 
fined in dimenfions to fuffer any of 
them to lie down for repofe, and 
without the leaft awning to protec 
them from the rain, which almoft 
incefiantly fell for forty days. A 
heavy fea and fqually weather, for 
great part of their courfe, augment. 
ed their mifery. ! 
The governor of this fettlement, 
which belongs to the Dutch, afford- 
ed them every fuccour they re- 
quired. They remained here, -to 
recruit their ftrength and fpirits, till 
the zoth of Auputt, when they pro- 
cured a veffel to carry them to Ba- 
tavia. They reached Batavia on 
the 2d of Oétober laft; and from 
thence captain Bligh and two of the 
crew embarked for the Cape of 
Good Hope, and the reft of the 
crew were preparing to follow as 
foon as a pailage could be ob- 
tained, 
Captain 
