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I was hauled out of bed, and forced
on deck in my shirt, suffering great pain from the tightness with which
they had tied my hands. . . . The boatswain was now ordered to hoist the
launch out. The boat being hoisted out, Mr. Hayward and Mr. Hallet,
midshipmen, were ordered into it; upon which I demanded the cause of
such an order, and endeavoured to persuade some one to a sense of duty;
but it was to no effect: 'Hold your tongue, sir, or you are dead this
instant,' was constantly repeated to me. "--_A Narrative of the Mutiny,
etc. _, by Lieut. W. Bligh, 1790, pp. 1, 2. ]

[356] ["The boatswain, and seamen who were to go in the boat, were
allowed to collect twine, canvass, lines, sails, cordage, an
eight-and-twenty-gallon cask of water, and the carpenter to take his
tool-chest. Mr.
Samuel got one hundred and fifty pounds of bread with a
small quantity of rum and wine . . . also a quadrant and
compass. "--_Ibid. _, p. 3. ]

[357] {592}["The mutineers now hurried those they meant to get rid of
into the boat, . . . Christian directed a dram to be served to each of his
own crew. "--_A Narrative, etc. _, 1790, p. 3. ]

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_And lull it in his followers--"Ho! the dram"_
_Rebellions sacrament, and paschal lamb_.