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handled that he was unable to be removed from the spot 
where he landed for several days. The military, finding 
further resistance useless, surrendered. There were only 
seven men in all, and two of the number were put into 
a boat to be conveyed on shore, but were called back in 
consequence of the other boat with the officers being 
observed returning. They had heard the firing, and had 
taken it as a signal for their return. On the boat coming 
alongside five muskets were presented at her : the officer 
ordered the boat to push oft*, but the threats of the muti¬ 
neers kept the crew from obeying the order. 
After much solicitation from the officers to be allowed 
repossession of the vessel, to which the mutineers would 
not attend, the lady of the officer of the guard w r as let 
into the boat, as well as some of the military and of the 
crew, and were escorted on shore by the other boat well 
armed. A second trip of the boat took on shore some 
provisions. A spirited attempt was made by Mr. Har- 
burgh, one of the mates (since commanding the go¬ 
vernment schooner Eliza), to seize this boat, but without 
success. The Cyprus sailed the next day. 
Th^ passengers and crew, to the number of forty-five, 
men, women, and children, were landed at five different 
places in the bay. The only provisions left them by the 
miscreants were half a bag (fifty-six pounds) of biscuit, 
about thirty pounds of flour, eight pieces of beef, seven 
or eight pounds of tea, fifty pounds of sugar, eight gallons 
of brandy, five gallons of rum, and a sheep weighing 
about twenty-eight pounds. This stock of provisions for 
so many persons could not last long; and, indeed, the 
biscuit, although served out in the proportion of three 
quarters of a pound per diem, was out in eight days. 
The best of the provisions were kept for the more delicate 
sex ; the men contenting themselves with soup made of 
mutton, fish, and mussels, thickened with flour. 
