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" ... at watch and watch ; so that one half always sat up, while the other lay down on the boat's bottom... "
A narrative of the mutiny on board his majesty's ship Bounty - Page 45
by William Bligh - 1838
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The Arminian Magazine: Consisting of Extracts and Original ..., Volume 19

John Wesley - 1796 - 666 pages
...was damaged and rotten ; this neverthelefs we were glad to keep for ufe. For dinner, I ferved fon>c of the damaged bread, and a quarter of a pint of water. May 6. About fix o'clock this afternoon I difcovered two iflands, at day-light in the morning I difcovered...
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Medical Extracts: On the Nature of Health, with Practical ..., Volume 3

1796 - 446 pages
...was damaged and rotten ; this, neverthelefs, we were glad to keep for ufe. For dinner, I ferved fome of the damaged bread, and a quarter of a pint of water. WEDNESDAY, MAY 6. We difcovered feveral fmall iflands. Thofe we were near appeared fruitful and hilly,...
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(515 p.)

1812 - 532 pages
...cocoa-nut milk, and the meat, which did not exceed two ounces, to each person ; and for supper, an ounce of the damaged bread, and a quarter of a pint of water. This supply was contentedly received, but we suffered great thirst. As our lodging was very wretched...
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Dangerous Voyage of Captain Bligh, in an Open Boat, Over 1200 Leagues of the ...

William Bligh - 1820 - 188 pages
...cocoa-nut milk, and thj meat which did not exceed two ounces,, to each person ; and for supper, an ounce of the damaged bread, and a quarter of a pint of water. This supply wa* contentedly received, but we suffered great thirst. As our lodging was very wretched...
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The Dangerous Voyage Performed by Captain Bligh: With a Part of the Crew of ...

William Bligh - 1824 - 184 pages
...cocoa-nut milk, and the meat which did not exceed two ounces, to each person ; and for supper, an ounce of the damaged bread, and a quarter of a pint of water. This supply was contentedly received, but we suffered great thirst. As our lodging was very wretched...
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The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H. M. S. Bounty ...

Sir John Barrow - 1831 - 400 pages
...it into the boat.' In the evening, each person had an Chop. IV.] THE OPEN-BOAT NAVIGATION. 101 ounce of the damaged bread, and a quarter of a pint of water for supper. Lieutenant Bligh observes, ' it will readily be supposed our lodgings were very miserable,...
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A Description of Pitcairn's Island and Its Inhabitants: With an Authentic ...

Sir John Barrow - 1832 - 320 pages
...disappointed by its being lost in trying to get it into the boat." In the evening each person had an ounce of the damaged bread, and a quarter of a pint of water for supper. Lieutenant Bligh observes, " It will readily be supposed our lodgings were very miserable,...
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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 934 pages
...thisr nevertheless, we were glad to keep for use. We passed twoi islands in the course of the day. For dinner I served some of the damaged bread, and a quarter of a pint of water. Wednesday, 6th. — We still kept our course in the direction of the north of New Holland, passing...
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The Home of the Mutineers

Thomas Boyles Murray - 1854 - 376 pages
...disappointed by its being lost in trying to get it into the boat." In the evening each person had an ounce of the damaged bread, and a quarter of a pint of water for supper. Lieutenant Bligh observes, "it will readily be supposed our lodgings were very miserable...
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Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on Record

Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1856 - 420 pages
...; this, nevertheless, we were glad to keep for use. We passed two islands in the course of the day. For dinner I served some of the damaged bread, and a quarter of a pint of water. 15 B Wednesday, 6th. — We still kept our course in the direction of the north of New Holland, passing...
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