91), on the grounds that the
mutiny was the result of a sudden determination on the part of
Christian, and that liberty, and not the delights of Tahiti, was the
object which the mutineers had in view.
mutiny was the result of a sudden determination on the part of
Christian, and that liberty, and not the delights of Tahiti, was the
object which the mutineers had in view.
Byron
'"--Boswell's _Life of Johnson_, 1848, p.
627.
]
[359] ["While the ship . . . was in sight she steered to the W. N. W. , but I
considered this only a feint; for when we were sent away, 'Huzza for
Otaheite! ' was frequently heard among the mutineers. "--_A Narrative,
etc. _, 1790, pp. 4-8. This statement is questioned by Sir John Barrow
(_The Eventful History, etc. _, 1831, p.
91), on the grounds that the
mutiny was the result of a sudden determination on the part of
Christian, and that liberty, and not the delights of Tahiti, was the
object which the mutineers had in view. ]
[360] {593}[A variant of Pope's lines--
"For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight,
His can't be wrong, whose life is in the right. "
_Essay on Man_, iii. 305, 306. ]
[361] ["Isaac Martin, one of the guard over me, I saw, had an
inclination to assist 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 observed, Martin
was instantly removed from me. "--_A Narrative, etc. _, 1790, p. 4. ]
[362] {594}["Christian . . . then . . . said, 'Come, Captain Bligh, your
officers and men are now in the boat; and you must go with them; if you
attempt to make the least resistance you will instantly 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 side, where they untied my hands. Being in the boat, we were
veered astern by a rope.
[359] ["While the ship . . . was in sight she steered to the W. N. W. , but I
considered this only a feint; for when we were sent away, 'Huzza for
Otaheite! ' was frequently heard among the mutineers. "--_A Narrative,
etc. _, 1790, pp. 4-8. This statement is questioned by Sir John Barrow
(_The Eventful History, etc. _, 1831, p.
91), on the grounds that the
mutiny was the result of a sudden determination on the part of
Christian, and that liberty, and not the delights of Tahiti, was the
object which the mutineers had in view. ]
[360] {593}[A variant of Pope's lines--
"For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight,
His can't be wrong, whose life is in the right. "
_Essay on Man_, iii. 305, 306. ]
[361] ["Isaac Martin, one of the guard over me, I saw, had an
inclination to assist 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 observed, Martin
was instantly removed from me. "--_A Narrative, etc. _, 1790, p. 4. ]
[362] {594}["Christian . . . then . . . said, 'Come, Captain Bligh, your
officers and men are now in the boat; and you must go with them; if you
attempt to make the least resistance you will instantly 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 side, where they untied my hands. Being in the boat, we were
veered astern by a rope.
