...Otaheite, we took our leave of it. That we were not insensible to the kindness which we experienced there, the events which followed more than sufficiently prove...that event which effected the ruin of an expedition which there was every reason to hope would have been completed in the most fortunate manner. CHAPTER...

...very superior kind of plantain. " For twentythree weeks," he observes, " we had been treated with the utmost affection and regard, and which seemed to increase...insensible to their kindness, the events which followed * Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of HMS Bounty ; its Cause and Consequences (12mo,...

...departure was finally made, there was every sign of deep regret on both sides. As Bligh later noted, 'to the friendly and endearing behaviour of these...that event which effected the ruin of an expedition ..." Three weeks later, on 28 April 1789, the famous mutiny took place, and the South Pacific acquired...