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“T reasoned with them, telling them that they had their 
own arms in case of attack, a good steam launch and whale- 
boat, and that I did not intend to anchor or land anywhere, 
but simply to examine the coast, and try to open commu- 
nication with the people; but ’twas all in vain. J. Holmes 
[an old sailor who had elected to stay in the group with 
Mr. Brown] was the only one who at all held with me 
that, by taking proper precautions, we might go with com- 
parative safety. 
“T then quietly told the chief Waruwarum, and all on 
board, that I was determined to go, whether they went or 
not; that there was only one man as captain, and that I 
would do as I thought right. I reminded them that before 
leaving Port Hunter, I had told them where I meant to go, 
and that I had especially warned Waruwarum, whom I knew 
to be an arrant coward, not to come with us if he was afraid 
to go round Blanche Bay. I told them, however, that I did 
not wish to take any one against his will, and that I would 
therefore land all who wished to stay with Toporapora at 
Matupit, and that any one who wished to return to Nodup 
could be landed on the opposite side of the bay. 
“This, however, did not suit them, as they were afraid 
of being killed if they left us. Then there was a regular 
mutiny, and one of the two whites who was with us jumped 
up with a musket in his hand, and came to me in a threat- 
ening attitude, saying that they were determined not to go, 
and that they would not have their lives sacrificed for me 
or any other missionary. I had, of course, to speak to him 
in a very decided manner. 
“Then I heard that they had all agreed to haul up the 
whaleboat we were towing alongside the launch, and to re- 
turn in her to Port Hunter, leaving Jack and myself alone. 
Speaking in Fijian, I told the two teachers who. were in 
charge of the boat not to come near the launch, or to allow 
any native to get into her on any pretext, and that if any 
attempt were made to haul the boat alongside, they were to 
