36 SUFFERINGS AND ESCAPES OF 
W. Bligh, April, 1789. 
Written in ink round the gourd : 
The cup I eat my miserable allowance out of. 
The horn cup is about two inches in depth, 
and not quite two inches in diameter. Round 
it are these words written in ink by Bligh: 
Allowance of water 3 times a-day. 
The bullet is set in a small hasp-shaped 
metal plate, which Bligh afterwards used to 
wear suspended by a riband round his neck. 
Above the bullet are these words : 
This bullet, -% of a Ib. was the allowance of Bread which 
supported 18 men for 48 days, served to each person 
three times a-day. 
On the obverse : 
Under the command of Captain Will. Bligh from the 28th 
April, 1789, to the 14 (A of June following. 
On the 10th the weather again began 
to be extremely boisterous, with constant 
rain, and frequent thunder and lightning. 
The sea was so rough, as often to break over 
the boat, so that they were constantly baling, 
and often in imminent danger of perishing. 
In addition to their other misfortunes, the 
bread was damaged by the salt-water. Their 
clothes being never dry, they derived no re- 
