l8i THE LIFE OF 



Hughes J in their abfence, Hughes thought pro- 

 per to go on Ihore too, and when the officers 

 returned, was not come on board. When they 

 came, which they did all together, the Com- 

 mander enquired for him, <^nd before an anfwer 

 was well given, he appeared along lide in a 

 boat. The commanding officer in perfon, or- 

 dered him on board, to which he replied, he 

 would not come till he hadjeen his goods out of the 

 boat. The officer repeated his commands, and 

 Hughes replied in a language which I will not 

 repeat ; ftrange to tell, the officer calmly walk- 

 ed into his cabin, wdthout taking the leaft no- 

 tice of the infult. 



The fame day, if I recoiled; well, Sir Jerome 

 Fitzpatrick came on board, and to him I re- 

 lated the ftory, as I was even then convinced 

 that the fhip muft fall a victim to mutiny; it 

 was not however in Sir Jerome's province, who 

 having introduced and recommended me to the 

 officers, took leave. 



The mutiny then raging on board his Majef- 

 ty's (liips, by which we were furrounded, was, 

 I fuppofe, the reafon why we were ordered to 

 fail in an unufual hurry, and with the Wejl^ 

 inflead ofahe Eoji India convoy. Of the mu- 

 Ifinous ftateof the fhip, let the concurrence of 

 Mr. Black, our purfer, bear tcfiimony with 

 rfie; that gentleman,, in a letter to his father, 



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