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^ ^v^ ^' would be his butcher. Berry, Lilly, and Ladfon, ap- 

 L- -J peared at their head near the quarter-deck, and declared 



. December, they werc on board of a merchantman, and no man fhould be 

 put in irons or punilhed for any offences whatfoever. The 

 man James Keiff was put in irons. I delired the people to 

 go to their hammocks ; but they would not quit the deck, 

 where they remained till between two and three o'clock 

 on Sunday morning, when they began to drop off; and 

 I believe by three the deck was clear of them. I then 

 ordered one of the officers, with two midfhipmen and a 

 quartermafter, to keep watch ; and in cafe of any difturb- 

 ance to call me. I then went to bed. 



On Sunday morning, when the hands were called, the 

 boatfwain informed me the people refufed to turn out; on 

 which I went forward among them ; telling them the bad 

 confequence that would attend refufing to do their duty, 

 and behaving in fuch a mutinous manner, for which I was 

 convinced they had no caufe. Upon which they went 

 and wafhed the decks, and remained very quiet till one 

 o'clock of the fame day, when they rufhed fuddenly up from 

 the gun-deck, armed with gunners handfpikes, billets 

 of wood, marlinfpikes, and double-headed fliot, and rufhed 

 aft on the quarter-deck, with John Berry and Abraham 

 Lilly at their head, threatening they would murder any 

 man who ffiould attempt to oppofe their releaiing the 

 prifoner. The fixth mate, Mr. James M'CuUoch, was 

 knocked down by John Berry with a marlinfpike which he 

 held in his hand with a lanyard to it. I attempted to flop 

 them, but was very near being thrown over-board ; I 

 faved myfelf by getting hold of the lanyard of the fore- 

 maft main-fhroud. They took the prifoner on the main- 

 deck, 



