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^ ^v^ ^* <^£ck with their champion ringleaders at their head, armed. 



♦- — ^ — -' with fids, marlinfpikes, pump-bolts, handfpikes, crows,. 



December, and belaying pins, with John Berry firft encouraging 

 them, by faying, We will murder the firft bugger that offers, 

 to oppofe us. Mr. Dunlop juft then came out of the cuddy,, 

 and I myfelf not having time to get either piftols or any 

 defenfive arms, run in between the mutineers and the pri- 

 foners. What with the force of them all running upon 

 me,, and the blow I received from John Berry's marlin- 

 fpike, I fell down amongft their feet, and was huftled 

 forward to the waift before I could recover myfelf; but 

 upon my getting up, I faw the mutineers breaking the 

 lock. They then, by order of John Berry, gave three 

 cheers, he faying they had got the day. They then went 

 below, unfliipped the ladders, let down all the ports,, 

 pointed the two foremoft guns aft, and handed up the 

 fhot, and declared, if any violent meafures were propofed, 

 they would break open the magazine. At that time Mr. 

 Craig came on board, when Mr. Dunlop and the reft of 

 the officers agreed to let them alone until fuch time as we 

 had it in our power to get between them and the maga- 

 zine, as they feemed to be then quiet. Mr. Dunlop then 

 called a pafTage-boat, and took leave of us, as I imagined, 

 to go to Canton. At this time the people were quiet, and 

 faid they would go to their duty. At half paft three 

 o'clock the commodore's boat came along-fide; but before 

 this, the ringleaders came aft, in a daring manner infifting 

 upon terms; and John Berry, Abraham Lilly, and An- 

 thony Garland, infifted upon having Mr. Clayton, a mid- 

 fhipman, turned before the maft, that they might have 

 him to murder; but upon Abraham Lilly's faying fo, John 

 Berry faid, I will not take his life; I will break one leg 



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