106 DEEADFUL FATE OF THE MUTINEERS. 
respecting the fate of himself and his com- 
panions, he was either employed dn surveying 
the ocean around him, under the apprehen- 
sion of the approach of the officers of justice, 
or in endeavouring to control the turbulent 
community, among whom he had irrevo- 
cably cast his lot. 
It may be observed, that punishment in 
this life often bears a startling likeness to the 
sin which has been committed, and which not 
only thus finds the offender out, but shows 
him that it has done so. Within the narrow 
limits of the island, as in the confines of a 
ship, Christian had enemies at hand, who 
harassed, and at length took away his life ; 
and it is a remarkable fact, that he who had 
raised his hand in a criminal manner against 
his superior in command, should have suf- 
fered death from those whom he looked upon 
as under his authority. 
Nor must it be forgotten, that one chief 
cause of all the quarrels and miseries of the 
mutineers, was intemperance. M'Coy had 
unhappily become acquainted with the art of 
distilling ; and, with the aid of a copper boiler, 
which had been taken from the Bounty, and 
