MAJOR S E M P L E LISLE. I 9 1 



dcr; whereas they found a determined enemy to 

 every thing that tended to the want of difcipline, 

 and Tubordination ; while the latter werefecretly 

 enraged, that I fliould have dared to v/rite as I 

 had done on their fubjecfl to his Majefiy's Mi- 

 iiifter, and to their Li,eutenant-Colone], who 

 furnidied them with copies of v.hat I had wrote; 

 and one of which letters, wherein I defcribe the 

 intention of thefoldiers, and named thofe whom 

 I fufpefted to be the ringleaders^ Enfign Min- 

 chinread to the men on the quarter-deck, while 

 we were at fea. The foldiers, however, though 

 they ftruck their own officers and thofe of the 

 fnip, only threat enedvciQy nor did they ever ven- 

 ture to approach me, with the intention of put- 

 ting their threats in execution. 



The Captain's friendfhip for me m.erited the 

 mod grateful return; whenever there was any 

 difturbance I ranged myfelf by his fide, acon- 

 du(fl which gave no fmall offence to the muti- 

 neers; nor at laft, had not thofe whofe duty 

 niould have induced them to adt far otherwife, 

 hid themfelves in holes and corners, inftead of 

 offering a manly refiftance, the miUtiny would 

 have ended in the death of the infurgents; 



During the time we were at fea and under con- 

 voy, though rebellion appeared every day and 

 every hour, no attempt was made at feizing the 

 ihip ; the mutineers well knew that a fignal 



would 



