PACIFIC AND BEERING'S STRAIT. 
Martin, Adams, and six natives (four of Otaheite and two of Tobouai) CHAP, 
determined to follow the fate of Christian. Eemaining, therefore, only 
twenty-four hours at Otaheite, they took leave of their comrades', and 
having invited on board several of the women with the feigned purpose 
of taking leave, the cables were cut and they were carried off to sea* 
The mutineers now bade adieu to aU the world, save the few 
individuals associated with them in exile. But where that exile 
should be passed, was yet undecided : the Marquesas Islands were first 
mentioned, but Christian, on reading Captain Carteret’s account of Pit- 
cairn Island, thought it better 
• 1 . , adapted to the purpose, and accord- 
ingly shaped a course thither. Thev reacherl H i r 
wnrrlc • anrl PE,.* 4 -' • i readied it not many days after- 
wards, and Christian, with one of the seamen, landed in a little nook 
w iich we afterwards found very convenient for disembarkation The( 
Ipt m ‘0 ™ exactly 
Ltffrnhs The h' ->> 
for boats evt “'e offing was very bad, and landing 
tew imrsons a^mst an army ; and there were several eaves, to which in 
ease of necessity they could retreat, and where, as long as their provision 
gente’theTrrt®''*^ P”S«ers. With this intelli- 
Loll bL ‘ ™ “d brought the ship to an anchor in a 
small bay on the northern side of the island, which I have in con 
by runninVw ^ T ™ ™ ‘bo ship, either 
majority, 4re to trL” Adams, and the 
forLart of the "bile they went to the 
tn . 1 , ° osecute this business, Mathew Quintal set fire 
fe the earj»„ters store-room. The vessel burnt to the wate ’s Iw 
and then drifted upon the rocks, where the remainder of the „ i 
burnt for fear of discovery This occurred on the 2Sd Ja„uarri797 
Upon their first landing they perceived, by the remains 5 . 
abitations, morais, and three or four rudely sculptured images, TlSl 
Pan.l remained at Otaheite were taken K u- 
la. wlaok was p„,p.«l, out from England after Lieutenant 
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