LONDON:

BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

(LATE T. DAVISON.)

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. OTAHEITE.

Brief description of Otaheité, as it was at the time of its

first discovery by Captain Wallis, and when subse-

quently visited by Captain Cook

CHAPTER II. THE BREAD-FRUIT.

Expedition of the Bounty, commanded by Lieutenant

Bligh, to convey the Bread-Fruit Tree from Otaheite

. to the West India Islands

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CHAPTER III. THE MUTINY.

Lieutenant Bligh's Narrative of the Mutiny and Piratical

Seizure of the Bounty by Mr. Fletcher Christian and

part of the Crew, with Observations thereon

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CHAPTER IV. THE OPEN-BOAT NAVIGATION.

Narrative of the unparalleled voyage of Four Thousand

Miles, performed by Lieutenant Bligh and seventeen

others in an open Boat

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CHAPTER V. THE PANDORA.

Narrative of the Expedition of H.M.S. Pandora in search

of the Mutineers; of the treatment of those taken

on board that ship; and of her destruction by cross-

ing the barrier reef off the coast of New South Wales 148

CHAPTER VI. THE COURT-MARTIAL.

Abstract of the proceedings of the Court-Martial held on

the Mutineers, and the Sentence passed on them

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CHAPTER VII. THE KING'S WARRANT.

The King's Warrant for the Pardon of those recommended-

by the Court to his Majesty's mercy, and for the

Execution of those condemned...

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CHAPTER VIII. THE LAST OF THE MUTINEERS.

The LAST of the Mutineers discovered with their offspring

on Pitcairn's Island; the history and fate of those

who carried off the Bounty, and the present state and

condition of their innocent offspring

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LIST OF PLATES.

No. 1. View near Matavai Bay, Otaheité

to face p. 29

2. View of a Creek in Matavai Bay

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3. View of the Boat, with Bligh and his Companions.

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4. The Pandora, at the moment of going down

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5. Residence of John Adams on Pitcairn's Island

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6. George Young and his Wife (Hannah Adams) Frontispiece.