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that he was to be killed. Of course he readily 

 agreed to serve as pilot. 



A landfall was made at Cape Howe. Heaving 

 the ship to, the mutineers loaded two whale boats 

 with such plunder as the ship afforded and pulled 

 ashore. Before leaving, however, Plummer, who 

 knew that the ship would be taken to some civ- 

 ilized port as soon as possible, wrote the story of 

 the mutiny in the log book in order to clear those 

 left on board from all suspicion of having had any 

 part in the revolt. As that was an unheard-of 

 proceeding, the document is worth giving in full. 

 William Herbert wrote at Plummer' s dictation 

 as follows: 



"This is to certify that we, Cyrus Plummer, 

 John Hall, Richard Cartha, Cornelius Burns, 

 and William Herbert, did, on the night of De- 

 cember 25th last, take the ship Junior and that 

 all others in the ship are quite innocent of the 

 deed. 



"The captain and third mate were killed, and 

 the second mate was wounded and taken prisoner 

 at the time. The mate was wounded in the 

 shoulder with the balls from a whaling gun. At 



