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drowned. Quintal, a violent and headstrong 
man, after threatening the lives of his com- 
panions, was killed by Young and Adams, 
who, in 1799, took away his life with an axe 
in self-defence. Thus, six of the mutineers 
were murdered, and one committed suicide. 
Edward Young died of asthma, in 1800. 
Adams had been severely wounded in one of 
the contests that took place, but had reco- 
vered. Only two of the fifteen men, who had 
landed from the Bounty (Young and Adams) 
died a natural death. 
Here we may pause to reflect on the un- 
happy lives and dreadful deaths of men who 
had been guilty of a very heinous offence 
against the laws of God and man. 'Though 
Christian, when fixed at Pitcairn, often wore 
a cheerful countenance and manner, there is 
reason to believe that the remembrance of 
the past was deeply painful to him, and that 
shame and remorse, mingled with the fear of 
detection, weighed heavily on his mind. 
On the top of a high rock, is a spot which 
he called his " look-out." Whilst many 
hearts, thousands of miles off, were wounded, 
if not broken, by suspense and uncertainty 
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