DEATH OF BLIGH. 67 
Dalrymple, and other places in Van Diemen's 
Land ; but the entire removal of prisoners did 
not take place until the year 1807. 
Bligh, after his return to England, be- 
came a Vice- Admiral of the Blue. In ad- 
vancing years he found much happiness in the 
midst of his family, to whom he was greatly 
endeared. His eventful life was now drawing 
to its close. A serious internal complaint 
obliged him to come to London from his resi- 
dence at Farningham, Kent, for advice ; and he 
died shortly afterwards in Bond Street, on the 
7th of December, 1817, in the sixty-fourth year 
of his age. He left no son, but several daughters. 
His surviving daughters remember him with 
feelings of the most tender affection, and call to 
mind many instances of the kind and thoughtful 
attention which he showed to the welfare .and 
comfort of his children, especially when any of 
them happened to be suffering from illness. 
The portrait at the beginning of this chapter 
is a good representation of Captain Bligh, at 
about the age of forty. His complexion was 
naturally pale, or, as it has been described, " of 
an ivory or marble whiteness." His hair was 
black. His face, though it had been exposed to 
all climates, and to the roughest weather, was, 
even as years began to tell upon him, far from 
appearing weather-beaten, or coarse. This was 
probably owing to his temperate habits and fine 
constitution. 
The remains of Admiral Bligh were deposited 
in a vault in the churchyard of the parish church 
of St. Mary, Lambeth. On the south side of the 
