l8.f THE LIFE OF 



" threatening to throw him over board the firft 

 " opportunity," 



In confequcnce of thefe riotous proceedings, 

 an order was given that none of the foldicrs, 

 but thofe on duty, fliould come on the quarter- 

 deck. The day following, Hughes, the Ser- 

 jeant, attempted to violate this order, which the 

 fentry would not permit, and told him the rea- 

 fon why he could not ; with which indeed the 

 Serjeant mull necelTarily have been acquainted. 

 He then requeued to pafs the deck, to go dowi; 

 to the commanding officer's cabin, to have the 

 order repealed ; not being able to obtain this 

 repeal, he came up again, threatening and flia- 

 king his hand in the firft mate's face, who then, 

 in the abfence of the Captain, commanded the 

 fliip. Continuing his infolence, the mate went 

 into his cabin and put on a dirk; when Hughes 

 faw this, he went below, faying, that he had a 

 longer fword, and was coming again upon deck 

 %vith it drawn, and had I not guarded the hatch- 

 way, he certainly meant to have attacked and 

 murdered the Chief Mate. This as well as the 

 former adls of mutiny pafTed unnoticed by the 

 officers of the detachment. 



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