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mto it, as before. Upon this, the villain called out, in a 

 loud voice, that he would not obey the order, nor do any 

 more work on board the ship. Scarcely had the words 

 escaped his lips, when all the men on deck threw down 

 their hats, and made the same declaration. One of them i 

 then drew a large knife from his bosom, and desired his 

 accomplices to lay hold of lieut. Gamble ; whereupon the 

 latter made an effort to get into a boat, then alongside the 

 ship ; but before he had reached the gunwale, he was 

 seized with great violence, by six or seven of the mutineers, 

 and, after a short struggle, thrown back upon the deck. 

 His hands were immediately tied behind him, and his legs 

 crossed, and bound so light as to cause him rjreat pain. 

 This done, he was thrown down upon the birth-deck — 

 from thence dragged into the cabin — and forthwith thrust 

 into the run^ by three men, in the roughest manner.* He 

 was soon joined by his unfortunate companions, midship- 

 men Feltus and Clapp, who were thrust down in the same 

 harsh maimer. The scuttle was then nailed down, and a 

 sentinel placed to guard it. While in the act of tying 

 him upon deck, heut. Gamble inquired what they meant 

 by treating him in this manner ; and he was answered by 

 Martin Stanley, who raised a maul over his head, that if he 

 spoke another word, he would beat his brains out. Not 

 intimidated, however, by this ferocious threat, lieut. Gam- 

 ble repeated the question ; and in particular, demanded 

 the reason of their mutinous conduct. In reply, it was 

 stated, that they had been detained as prisoners long 

 enough, ' in the damned place,' and were now determined 

 to regam their liberty. As soon as the three officers were 

 properly secured in the run^ as before stated, the mutineers 

 gave three cheers, and hoisted the English flag. They 

 next proceeded in two parties, the one on shore, to spike 

 the guns in the fort, and bring off all the powder, and the 

 other to the ships Greenwich and Sir Andrew Hammond, 

 to spike their guns also, and to plunder them of small arms, 

 and other valuable articles. Having accomplished these 

 objects, they sent for Robert White, who was expelled by 

 me from the Essex, for attempting to excite mutiny in her 



■• Some of ray readers may perhaps require to be told, that the run is 

 that part of a ship directly under the cabin floor, without a window, or the 

 smallest aperture to admit the liaiht 



