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deck, knocked off his irons and threw them over-board. 

 Berry then faid the day was their own, and ordered to give 

 three cheers, which they did. I ordered the gunner to December. 

 hand the arms out of the gun-room, that I might fecure 

 the ringleaders and take them into cuflody. The people 

 then went down on the gun-deck, fecured the ports, 

 knocked away all the ladders, and pointed the two bow- 

 guns aft; they alfo broke open the fore-fcuttle, and cleared 

 away a quantity of cordage that was on the magazine 

 feuttle ; they clapped bolts and the poker into the fire, to 

 ferve as matches. Being afraid I would come down upon 

 them, they raifed a report that they had broke open the 

 magazine and loaded the two bow-guns. Seeing that all 

 the officers were of opinion that it would be dangerous to 

 attack them in that fituation, left they might accidentally 

 or wilfully blow up the fhip, I went forward to the fore- 

 hatchway on the upper-deck, and defired them to keep 

 from the magazine. Berry, Lilly, Ladfon, Skinner, and 

 Garland were the men that fpoke to me from the gun- 

 deck ; they faid if any of the officers attempted to come 

 down on the gun-deck they would certainly murder them, 

 and fooner than they fhould be taken would blow the ffiip 

 up. In a few minutes after this, the fecond mate, Mr. Craig, 

 came on board. Finding that there was no probability 

 of getting them from the magazine while I remained on 

 board, I left the fhip -, leaving orders to the fecond mate 

 not to let any boats come along-fide, nor let our people 

 out of the fhip, or fuffer them to have any liquor. I 

 then went on board the Earl Fitzwilliam, and returned 

 with Mr. Raitt, on board our fhip, and fent for the third 

 mate, and ordered him, as foon as all hands were called, 

 to take poffeffion of the lazaretta, with fix quarter- 

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