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^ xv^ ^' ^^^^ii^ then went down below, to fee if they intended to 



w. — . take fuch a dangerous ftep ; they told him they were all 



December, ready for doing it, and would certainly do it the moment 

 they were attacked by the officers, which prevented the 

 chief mate from attacking, as he intended to have done. 

 Having ordered every body to arms, the chief mate or- 

 dered me to take the yaul and go on board the Fitzwilliam, 

 and requeft captain Dundas to give his advice. In the dan- 

 gerous iituation the fhip was, captain Dundas defired I 

 would return, and if the chief mate wanted affiftance from 

 the other fhips, to let him know immediately and he would 

 fend a boat from every fhip in the fleet. By the time I 

 returned the fecond mate came along-iide, and the people 

 feemed inclinable to return to their duty; but in a moft 

 daring manner came aft, and infifted upon terms which 

 were not granted them, as they had pofleffion of the gun- 

 deck and magazine, and we had every reafon to think 

 from their behaviour when the fecond mate came along- 

 side, that they would be perfedly quiet when he was left 

 commanding officer. The chief mate quitted the fhip in 

 a fampan, it being his opinion, the fecond mate's, and my 

 own, that the ringleaders could be fecured when the people 

 were in a ftate of fobriety. It happened as we expedted : 

 the moment the chief mate quitted the fhip, they returned 

 to their duty, got the guns in their places when ordered 

 by the fecond mate, and every thing appeared perfectly 

 quiet. About three o'clock the Locko's boat came along- 

 fide, to know if we wanted any affiftance. The people 

 let the officer come on board without any difturbance. He 

 foon after left the ffiip. About four o'clock the chief 

 mate, and Mr. Raitt the chief mate of the Fitzwilliam, 

 came on board. The mutineers let the officers come on 

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