SCENE IN TERRA DEL FUEGO. 



CHAPTER XLVII. 



THE TRANSPLANTATION OF THE BREAD-FRUIT TREE — THE VOYAGE OF TwfE 

 BOUNTY — A MUTINY — BLIGH, THE CAPTAIN, WITH EIGHTEEN MEN, CAST ADRIFT 



IN THE LAUNCH — INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE FROM TAHITI TO TIMOR 



TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS AND A MARVELLOUS ESCAPE ARRIVAL OF THE 



MUTINEERS AT TAHITI THEIR REMOVAL TO PITCAIRN's ISLAND SUBSE- 

 QUENT HISTORY VOYAGE OF VANCOUVER — ALGERINE PIRACY BURNING OF 



THE PHILADELPHIA PROUD POSITION OF THE UNITED STATES. 



In the year 1787, the merchants and planters of England, 

 interested in his Majesty's West India possessions, petitioned 

 the king to cause the bread-fruit tree to be introduced into 

 these islands ; and, in accordance with this request, the armed 

 transport Bounty, of two hundred and fifteen tons, was pur- 

 chased and docked at Deptford to be furnished with the proper 



fixtures Lieutenant William Bligh 5 who had been round the 



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