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evening, and during the night carried a light 

 in the main-top. On the 15th they found five 

 persons were left behind, to supply which loss 

 as many men came from the Hyaena. On the 

 16th they cleared the Channel. Four days had 

 not expired from leaving the Channel, when a 

 mutiny was discovered, by one of the convicts. 

 Capt. Phillip ordered the two principles to be 

 brought on board the Sirius, where they had 

 two dozen lashes each. The Hyaena was now 

 sent off with letters for England, but the five 

 men lent for those left behind, chose rather to 

 proceed with the fleet than return. On the 

 '24th they made the latitude of Cape Ortugal. 

 The Supply was now ordered to keep six miles 

 a head in the day, and two during the night, as 

 they expected to see land the next day, which 

 proved the case, as early next morning the 

 signal to that effect was made by her, and at 

 noon they were by the rocks called the Deser- 

 ters; and on the 31st off the Canary Islands, 

 distant about three leagues from Madeira. On 

 the 3d of June they saw the Island of Teneriffe 

 a-head, and at spven in the evening the fleet 

 came to an anchor in the road of Santa Cruz. 

 While we lay here, one Powers, a convict, made 

 his escape from the Alexander in a small boat ; 

 he was however retaken and kept in irons. Hav- 

 ing finished getting provisions and water, on 

 the 10th the fleet got under weigh, on the 15th 

 they crossed the Tropic of Cancer with a 

 steady wind. On the 14th of July the fleet 

 crossed the Equator, in the 26th degree of East 



