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Upon the ift of December at night, I as ufual put the ^ ^^^ ^' 

 lights out at nine o'clock, and immediately went to bed ; ^ — ^ — ' 

 but before I was long alleep, I was awakened by a noife I Dewmber. 

 heard upon deck. I then got up, and without putting 

 any other clothes on but my breeches, went upon deck, 

 and there faw all the foremaft-men together in the waift: 

 but the man who was then fpokefman was William Con- 

 ner, who then faid they were all determined to have James 

 Keiff out of irons that night; and Henry Ladfon, who 

 declared there fhould nothing prevent them having him to 

 lleep on the gun-deck that night, and in his own ham- 

 mock ; and John Berry faid. What fignifies talking, let us 

 one and all go and take him, and fee who dares hinder us. 

 Robert Skinner and Samuel Walker likewife were refolved 

 upon relieving the prifoner; as for the reft of the people, 

 they ftood behind their backs, declaring and iignifying 

 their approbation of every thing the ringleaders propofed ; 

 however, feeing the officers and petty officers were de- 

 termined to guard the prifoner all night fooner than 

 fuffer him to be relieved by them, they wifely went to bed. 

 However, Mr. Dunlop thought proper to make one officer 

 keep watch with two midfkipmen and two quarter-mafters ; 

 the reft turned in, but were ready upon a moment's warn- 

 ing to be upon deck; but we had the fatisfadion to re- 

 main quiet for the reft of the night. Next morning the 

 people got up and wafhed the main-deck without making 

 any noife ; and for my own part I thought the men had 

 refleded deliberately on their behaviour: but at twelve 

 o'clock, when the boatfwain and his mates had piped to 

 dinner, they all of courfe went below, and the fhip's 

 fteward as ufual ferved out their grog. But I do not think 

 they had time to eat their dinner, when they came upon 



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