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in this wantonnefs of theft, that one 

 man had evidently been murdered on 

 account of fome divifion of the fpoil, or 

 for the fake of the fliare that fell to him, 

 having all the marks of a ftrangled 

 corpfe. One thing in this outrage they 

 feemed particularly attentive to, which 

 was, to provide themfelves with arms 

 and ammunition, in order to fupport them 

 in putting their mutinous defigns in ex- 

 ecution, and aflerting their claim to a 

 lawlefs exemption from the authority 

 of their officers, which they pretended 

 muft ceafe with the lofs of the Ihip. 

 But of thefe arms, which we flood in 

 great need of, they were foon bereaved, 

 upon coming afliore, by the refolurion 

 of capta;in Cheap and lieutenant Hamil- 

 ton of the marines. Among thefe mu- 

 tineers which had been left on board, as 

 I obferved before, was the boatfwain ; 

 who, inftead of exerting the authority he 

 had over the reft, to keep them within 



bounds 



