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of what he knew of the prifoners and the mutiny they 

 are accufed of ; which he did as followeth : 



On Saturday night the firft of December, between ten 

 and eleven o'clock, I was going to bed, and heard Ladfon, 

 Keiff, and Conner finging and making a noife on the 

 gun-deck ; I defired them to leave off and not make fuch 

 a noife to difturb the people on board the (hip ; to which 

 Ladfon replied, that he thought it was hard he had not 

 the liberty of finging a fong. I told him he might go on 

 the forecaftle and {ing till he was tired, but he muft not 

 fing on the gun-deck. They left off making a noife, and 

 I went to bed ; in half an hour afterwards was furprifed 

 to hear them make more noife than before. I turned out, 

 and defired my fervant to bring me a light ; I went for- 

 ward to them, and delired them to leave off; when James 

 Keiff laid hold of the candle that was in my hand. I 

 feized him by the collar, and endeavoured to get the 

 candle again, when he put the candle out. I was very 

 ill ufed in the dark by Keiff and others : I received fe- 

 veral blows : there were feveral billets of wood hove. I 

 then called for lights. The mates who were on board 

 were foon with me. I held Keiff faft by the hair of the 

 head; being determined to put him in irons. The people 

 turned out, and faid he fhould not be put in irons. The 

 men who made the people turn out were Abraham Lilly, 

 John Berry, Henry Ladfon, James Keiff, Anthony Gar- 

 land, Robert Skinner, Thomas Langford, and William 

 Conner. James Keift was handed upon the quarter-deck, 

 and while the carpenters were getting the irons, the pri- 

 soners behaved in a mutinous manner ; and William Con- 

 ner threatened the fifth mate, Mr. Law, and faid he 



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CHAP. 



XV. 



1787. 



December. 



