98 NORTHMOST AUSTRALIA 



1 4th March, 1790. The Voyage commences with the departure 

 of the " Bounty " from Spithead on 23rd December, 1788, and 

 includes a revised edition of the Narrative. (ADMIRALTY CHART, 

 No. 780.) 



At Tofua, twenty-five of the mutineers took possession of the 

 " Bounty " and forced Bligh and eighteen others, loyal to him, 

 or at least obnoxious to the ringleaders, on board the ship's launch, 

 and cast them adrift. The names of the men in the boat were : 



Lieut. William Bligh, Commander. 



John Fryer, Master. 



Thomas Ledward, Acting Surgeon. 



David Nelson, Botanist. 



William Peckover, Gunner. 



William Cole, Boatswain. 



William Purcell, Carpenter. 



William Elphinston, Master's Mate. 



Thomas Hayward, Midshipman. 



John Mallet, Midshipman. 



John Norton, Quartermaster. 



Peter Linkletter, Quartermaster. 



Laurence Lebogue, Sailmaker. 



John Smith, Cook. 



Thomas Hall, Cook. 



George Simpson, Quartermaster's Mate. 



Robert Tinkler, Boy. 



Robert Lamb, Butcher. 



. Samuel, Clerk. 



Left in this plight, says Bligh : 



" My first determination was to seek a supply of breadfruit and water at Tofua, 

 and afterwards to sail for Tonga Taboo, and there risk a solicitation to Poulaho, the 

 king, to equip our boat and grant us a supply of water and provisions, so as to enable 

 us to reach the East Indies." 



A stock-taking of the provisions on board furnished a very 

 brief inventory : " Bread, 150 Ib. ; Pork, 32 Ib. ; Wine, 6 

 bottles ; Empty Barracoes, 4 " about nine days' rations on a 

 most economical scale. Three days' foraging in TOFUA produced 

 only a few coco-nuts and plantains. On 1st May, thirty NATIVES 

 were met with, and supplied a small quantity of food in exchange 

 for buttons and beads. Next day, the crew, as they were getting 

 into the boat, were stoned by 200 natives, John Norton being 

 killed and every other man being more or less seriously injured. 

 The idea of seeking aid from the king was abandoned. A fresh 

 stock-taking showed that 12 Ib. of the pork and three bottles of wine 

 had been consumed : the bread (150 Ib.) was intact, and five 

 quarts of rum were discovered. With this provision, the voyage 

 to Timor, via New Holland, was commenced on the evening of 

 2nd May. The nights were cold ; the sea was rough enough 



