He was about fix feet high; his head was finall; and his hair, which was dark brown, he wore tied behind. His face was expreffive; his nofe well fhaped; and his eyes quick and piercing, though fimall; his eyebrows being prominent, his countenance indicated an air of aufterity.

We are inclined to confider the murder of captain Cook as refulting from native barbarity: but Monf. Vaillant, who is a warm advocate for the mildness of all favages, when unprovoked, attributes the death of this great navigator to the irregularities of his men. "To what imprudence," fays he, may we attribute the death of that celebrated navigator, captain Cook! I am pleafed to find, that his bold and enterprifing character, with the knowledge of the power he poffeffed, never carried him to the commiffion of any culpable exceffes, though in the end he became the victim of them, by the ardent defire that exifted among thofe iflanders, to revenge themselves on his undifciplined followers.

"The failors on all occafions had made too free with the women; this was too great an outrage to remain long unnoticed, nothing being more likely to irritate these favages, and even through the fmoak of their cannon, while his thundering artillery founded in their ears, the chief is known and maffacred in the midst of his people, for not having been able in time to fupprefs thefe diforders."

The Royal Society, of which captain Cook was a member, defirous of honouring his memory by fome fignal mark of refpect, refolved to do it by a medal; and for this purpofe a voluntary fubfcription was opened. Thofe fellows of the fociety who fubfcribed twenty guineas, received a gold medal; filver medals were affigned to those who con

tributed a smaller fum, and each of the other members received one in bronze. It contained on one fide, the head of captain Cook in profile, and round it, JAC. COOK, OCEANI INVESTIGATOR ACERRIMUS; and on the exergue, REG. Soc. LOND. Socio Suo. On the reverfe is a reprefentation of Britannia holding a globe, with this infcription: NıL INTENTATUM NOSTRI LIQUERE; and on the exergue, AUSPICIIS GEORGII III. A gold medal was prefented to his majefty, another to the queen, and a third to the prince of Wales: two were fent abroad; one to the king of France, on account of the protection he had granted to the fhips under the command of captain Cook, and another to the empress of Ruffia, in whose dominions the fame fhips had been hofpitably received. Mrs. Cook alfo was afterwards very properly prefented with one; befides which, his majesty ordered her a pension of two hundred pounds a year, and twenty-five pounds a year upon each of the captain's fons. Nor was this the only provifion made for them : the charts and plates of the voyage to the Pacific Ocean having been provided at the expence of government, and a large profit having on that account accrued from its publication, half of it was configned in truft to fir Hugh Pallifer, and Mr. Stephens, to be applied to the ufe of Mrs. Cook, during her natural life, and afterwards to be divided between her children.

In all, captain Cook had fix chil dren, of whom three died in their infancy. The eldeft, born at St. Paul's, Shadwell, on the 30th of October 1763, is now a lieutenant in the navy. The next, born at Mile End town, in 1764, was loft in the Thunderer man of war, in the hurricane which happened in Jamaica, in October 1780: and the youngest was born on the 22d of May 1776.

lieutenant Bligh, in the publication before us, commences his Narrative with the feizure of the fhip, and ends it with his arrival at Portsmouth: promifing, however, another Part, which is to contain all the prior occurrences. The uncommon difficulties under which lieutenant Bligh, and his companions in adverfity, laboured, were happily furmounted by the wifdom of his regulations, his experience, and his courage. Confidering with what eafe the Pirates may be taken on the island of Otaheite, it was certainly their intention, by committing their commander to an open boat, with little provifion, and without the means, as they thought, of navigating her, to prevent their ever reaching any civilized country. Had fuch an idea been within the verge of probability, murder would moft probably have followed the feizure of the veffel; and if we may be allowed to draw a conclufion from what paffed among the Pirates previous to the departure of the boat, it fhould feem that fome of the crew were fearful that their precaution would not prove adequate to fecure their future fafety.

The language of this Narrative appears to be the genuine effufions of lieutenant Bligh's own pen; and, though not abounding in elegance, is well adapted to the nature of the fubject.

The object of this voyage, and fome other particulars, may be feen in the preceding part of this Mifcellany, p. 77; we fhall therefore give fuch extracts from lieutenant Bligh's publication as have not yet appeared through any other periodical channel.

"I failed from Otaheite on the 4th of April 1789, having on board one thousand and fifteen fine bread-fruit plants, befides many other valuable

the 24th we anchored at Annamooka, one of the Friendly Iflands; from which, after completing our wood and water, I failed on the 27th, having every reafon to expect, from the fine condition of the plants, that they would continue healthy.

"On the evening of the 28th, owing to light winds, we were not clear of the iflands, and at night I directed my courfe towards Tofoa. The mafter had the fift watch; the gunner the middle watch; and Mr. Chriftian, one of the mates, the morning watch. This was the turn of duty for the night.

“Just before fun-rifing, Mr. Chriftian, with the mafter at arms, gunner's mate, and Thomas Burket, feaman, came into my cabin while I was afleep, and feizing me, tied my hands with a cord behind my back, and threatened me with inftant death, if I fpoke or made the leaft noife: I, however, called fo loud as to alarm every one; but they had already fecured the officers who were not of their party, by placing centinels at their doors. There were three men at my cabin door, befides the four within; Chriftian had only a cutlass in his hand, the others had muskets and bayonets. I was hauled out of bed, and forced on deck in my fhirt, fuffering great pain from the tightness with which they had tied my hands. I demanded the reafon of fuch violence, but received no other aufwer than threats of instant death, if I did not hold my tongue. Mr. Elphinfton, the mafter's mate, was kept in his birth; Mr. Nelfon, botanift, Mr. Peckover, gunner, Mr. Ledward, furgeon, and the mafter, were confined to their cabins; and alfo the clerk, Mr. Samuel, but he foon obtained leave to come on deck. The fore hatchway was guarded by centinels; the boatswain and carpenter were, how

maft, with my hands tied behind my back, under a guard, with Chriftian at their head.

"The boatfiain was now ordered to hoift the launch out, with a threat, íf he did not do it inftantly, to take care of himfelf.

"The boat being out, Mr.. Hayward and Mr. Hallet, midshipmen, and Mr. Samul, were ordered into it; upon which I demanded the caufe of fuch an order, and endeavoured to perfuade fome one to a fenfe of duty; but it was to no effect: Hold your tongue, fir, or you are dead this infant,' was conftantly repeated to me.

"The mafter, by this time, had fent to be allowed to come on deck, which was permitted; but he was foon ordered back again to his cabin.

"I continued my endeavours to turn the tide of affairs, when Chriftian changed the cutlafs he had in his hand for a bayonet, that was brought to him, and, holding me with a trong gripe by the cord that tied my hands, he with many oaths threatened to kill me immediately if I would not be quiet the villains round me had their pieces cocked and bayonets fixed. Particular people were now called on to go into the boat, and were hurried over the fide: whence I concluded that with these people I was to be fet adrift.

"I therefore made another effort to bring about a change, but with no other effect than to be threatened with having my brains blown out.

The boatfwain and feamen, who were to go in the boat, were allowed to collect twine, canvas, lines, fails, cordage, an eight and twenty gallon cafk of water, and the carpenter to take his tool cheft. Mr. Samuel got one hundred and fifty pounds of bread, with a finall quantity of rum and wine. He alfo got a quadrant and compafs into the boat; but was forbidden, on pain of death, to touch either map, ephemeris, book of aftronomical obfervations, fextant, time-keeper, or any of my furveys or drawings.

"The mutineers now hurried thofe they meant to get rid of into the boat, When most of them were in, Chriftian directed a dram to be ferved to each of his own crew. I now unhappily faw that nothing could be done to effect

the recovery of the fhip: there was no one to affilt me, and every endeavour on my part was anfwered with threats of death.

"The officers were called, and forced over the fide into the boat, while I was kept apart from every one, abaft the mizen-maft; Chriftian, armed with a bayonet, holding me by the bandage that fecured my hands. The guard round me had their pieces cocked, but, on my daring the ungrateful wretches to fire, they uncocked them.

"Ifaac Martin, one of the guard over me, I faw, had an inclination to affift me, and, as he fed me with shaddock, (my lips being quite parched with my endeavours to bring about a change) we explained our wishes to each other by our looks; but this being obferved, Martin was inftantly removed from me; his inclination then was to leave the fhip, for which purpose he got into the boat; but with many threats they obliged him to return.

"The armourer, Jofeph Coleman, and the two carpenters, M'Intosh and Norman, were alfo kept contrary to their inclination; and they begged of me, after I was aftern in the boat, to remember that they declared they had no hand in the tranfaction. Michael Byrne, I am told, likewife wanted to leave the fhip.

"It is of no moment for me to recount my endeavours to bring back the offenders to a fenfe of their duty: all I could do was by fpeaking to them in general; but my endeavours were of no avail, for I was kept securely bound, and no one but the guard fuffered to come near me.

All this he did

"To Mr. Samuel I am indebted for fecuring my journals and commiffion, with fome material hip papers. Without thefe I had nothing to certify what I had done, and my honour and cha racter might have been suspected, without my poffeffing a proper document to 'have defended them. with great refolution, though guarded and ftrictly watched. He attempted to fave the time-keeper, and a box with all my furveys, drawings, and remarks for fifteen years paft, which were numerous; when he was hurried away, with Damn your eyes, you are well off to get what you have.'

bufinefs: fome fwore I'll be damned if he does not find his way home, if he gets any thing with him,' (meaning me); others, when the carpenter's cheft was carrying away, Damn my eyes, he will have a veffel built in a month. While others laughed at the helpless fituation of the boat, being very deep, and fo little room for those who were in her. As for Chriftian, he feemed meditating inftant deftruction on himself and every one.

"I asked for arms, but they laughed at me, and faid I was well acquainted with the people where I was going, and therefore did not want them; four cutdaffes, however, were thrown into the boat, after we were veered aftern.

"When the officers and men, with whom I was fuffered to have no communication, were put into the boat, they only waited for me, and the mafter at arms informed Chriftian of it; who then faid-' Come, captain Bligh, your officers and men are now in the boat, and you must go with them; if you at tempt to make the leaft refiftance you will inftantly be put to death: and, without any farther ceremony, holding me by the cord that tied my hands, with a tribe of armed ruffians about me, I was forced over the fide, where they untied my hands. Being in the boat, we were veered aftern by a rope. A few pieces of pork were then thrown to us, and fome cloaths, alfo the cutlaffes I have already mentioned; and it was now that the armourer and carpenters called out to me to remember that they had no hand in the tranfaction. After having undergone a great deal of ridicule, and been kept fome time to make fport for thefe unfeeling wretches, we were at length caft adrift in the open

ocean.

"Having little or no wind, we rowed pretty fast towards Tofoa, which

Chriftian, Stewart, Haywood, and Young, had ever obferved any circumftance to give them fufpicion of what was going on. With fuch closeplanned acts of villainy, and my mind free from any fufpicion, it is not wonderful that I have been got the better of. Perhaps, if I had had marines, a centinel at my cabin-door might have prevented it; for I flept with the door always open, that the officer of the watch might have access to me on all occafions.

"It now remained with me to confider what was best to be done. My first determination was to feek a fupply of bread-fruit and water at Tofoa, and afterwards to fail for Tongataboo, and there risk a folicitation to Poulaho, the king, to equip my boat, and grant a fupply of water and provifions, fo as to enable us to reach the East Indies.

"The quantity of provifions I found in the boat was one hundred and fifty pounds of bread, fixteen pieces of pork, each piece weighing two pounds, fix quarts of rum, fix bottles of wine, with twenty-eight gallons of water, and four empty barrecoes."

Arrived on the coast of Tofoa, they landed with great difficulty; and made feveral unfuccefsful excurfions into the country. "At dawn of day the party fet out again in a different route, to fee what they could find; in the courfe of which they fuffered greatly for want of water: they, however, met with two men, a woman, and a child; the men came with them to the cove, and brought two cocoa-nut hells of water. immediately made friends with these people, and fent them away for breadfruit, plantains, and water. Soon after other natives came to us; and by noon I had thirty of them about me, trading with the articles we were in

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ounce of pork, and a quarter of a bread-fruit, to each man for dinner, with half a pint of water; for I was fixed in not using any of the bread or water in the boat.

"No particular chief was yet among the natives: they were, notwithstand ing, tractable, and behaved honeftly, giving the provifions they brought for a few buttons and beads. The party who had been out, informed me of having difcovered feveral neat plantations; fo that it became no longer a doubt of there being fettled inhabitants on the ifland; and for that reafon I determined to get what I could, and fail the firft moment the wind and weather would allow me to put to fea.

"It had hitherto been a weighty confideration with me, how I was to account to the natives for the lofs of my fhip: I knew they had too much fenfe to be amufed with a story that the fhip was to join me, when the was not in fight from the hills. I was at firft doubtful whether I fhould tell the real fact, or fay that the ship had overfet and funk, and that only we were saved : the latter appeared to me to be the most proper and advantageous to us, and I accordingly inftructed my people, that we might all agree in one ftory. As I expected, enquiries were made after the hip, and they feemed readily fatisfied with our account; but there did not appear the lealt fymptom of joy or forrow in their faces, although I fancied I difcovered fome marks of surprise. Some of the natives were coming and going the whole afternoon, and we got enough of bread-fruit, plantains, and cocoanuts for another day; but water they only brought us about five pints. A canoe alfo came in with four men, and brought a few cocoa-nuts and breadfruit."

The natives continued to increafe; and at length two chiefs arrived, and with them a young man called Nageete, whom lieutenant Bligh had formerly feen at Annamooka. The crew, when on fhore, took up their principal refidence in a cave, at the head of a cove, where they bartered with the inhabi tants, who for fome time appeared friendly; but at length manifested a contrary difpofition. "I had my journal on shore with me, writing the occur

rences in the cave, and in fending it down to the boat it was nearly fnatched away, but for the timely affiftance of the gunner.

"The fun was near fetting when I gave the word, on which every perfon, who was on fhore with me, boldly took up his proportion of things, and carried them to the boat. The chiefs afked me if I would not stay with them all night; I faid, No, I never fleep out of my boat; but in the morning we will again trade with you, and I shall remain until the weather is moderate, that we may go, as we have agreed, to fee Poulaho, at Tongataboo.' Maccaackavow then got up, and faid, "You will not fleep on fhore? then Mattie,' (which directly fignifies we will kill you) and he left me. The onfet was now preparing; every one, as I have defcribed before, kept knocking stones together, and Eefow quitted me. We had now all but two or three things in the boat, when I took Nageete by the hand, and we walked down the beach, every one in a filent kind of horror.

"When I came to the boat, and was feeing the people embark, Nageete wanted me to ftay to speak to Eefow but I found he was encouraging them to the attack, and I determined, had it then begun, to have killed him for his treacherous behaviour. I ordered the carpenter not to quit me until the other people were in the boat. Nageete, finding I would not ftay, loofed himself from my hold and went off, and we all got into the boat except one man, who, while I was getting on board, quitted it, and ran up the beach to caft the ftern faft off, notwithstanding the maf ter and others called to him to return, while they were hauling me out of the water.

"I was no fooner in the boat than the attack began by about two hundred men; the unfortunate poor man who had run up the beach was knocked down, and the ftones flew like a fhower of fhot. Many Indians got hold of the ftern rope, and were near hauling us on fhore, and would certainly have done it if I had not had a knife in my pocket, with which I cut the rope. We then hauled off to the grapnel, every one being more or less hurt. At this time I faw five of the natives