TERMINATION OP THE MUTINY. 



extended to the bulk of the offenders. The ringleaders were, however, hanged, and a few 

 others flogged. The mutinous spirit never re-asserted itself. 



Since that time, thank God ! no British fleet has mutinied ; and as at the present day 

 the sailors of the Royal Navy are better fed, paid, and cared for than they ever were 

 before, there is no fear of any recurrence of disaffection. One need only look at the 



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lack Tar of the service, and compare him with the appearance of almost any sailor of any 

 merchant marine, to be convinced that his grievances to-day are of the lightest order. 

 The wrongs experienced by sailors in a part of the merchant service have been recently 

 remedied in part ; but it is satisfactory to be able to add that there is every probability of 

 their condition being greatly improved in the future. On this point, however, we shall have 

 more to say in a later chapter. 



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