The Lonely Island: The Refuge of the Mutineers
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Robert Michael Ballantyne. The Lonely Island: The Refuge of the Mutineers
Chapter One. The Refuge of the Mutineers. The Mutiny
Chapter Two. Records the Duties and Troubles of the Mutineers
Chapter Three. The Lonely Island Sighted
Chapter Four. The Island Explored
Chapter Five. The Landing of the Livestock in Bounty Bay
Chapter Six. Settling down and Exploration
Chapter Seven. Roasting, Foraging, and Fabricating
Chapter Eight. Division of the Island—Moralisings, Misgivings, and a Great Event
Chapter Nine. Sally’s Chief Joys—Dark Clouds Overspread the Pitcairn Sky, and Darker Deeds are done
Chapter Ten. Dangers, Joys, Trials, and Multiplication
Chapter Eleven. Sporting, Schooling and Moralising
Chapter Twelve. Converse in the Cave—Cruelty, Punishment, and Revelry
Chapter Thirteen. Tyrants and Plotters
Chapter Fourteen. The Influence of Infancy, also of Villainy
Chapter Fifteen. Murder!
Chapter Sixteen. Matt Quintal makes a Tremendous Discovery
Chapter Seventeen. The Clouds grow Thicker and Blacker
Chapter Eighteen. Aquatic Amusements
Chapter Nineteen. The Darkest Hour
Chapter Twenty. The Dawn of a Better Day
Chapter Twenty One. The Last Man
Chapter Twenty Two. John Adams longs for a Chum and becomes a Story-Teller
Chapter Twenty Three. The Pitcairners have a Night of it
Chapter Twenty Four. Refers to Things Spiritual and Physical
Chapter Twenty Five. Tells of an Important Matter
Chapter Twenty Six. Treats of a Birth and of Devastation
Chapter Twenty Seven. A Picnic and a Surprise
Chapter Twenty Eight. The First Ship, and News of Home
Chapter Twenty Nine. Jack Brace stirs up the War Spirit of Adams
Chapter Thirty. Adams and the Girls
Chapter Thirty One. Treats of Interesting Matters
Chapter Thirty Two. Another Visit from the Great World
Chapter Thirty Three. New Arrivals and Strange Adventures
Chapter Thirty Four. Farewell!
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It is not our purpose to follow the fortunes of Captain Bligh. The mutineers in the Bounty claim our undivided attention.
As regards Bligh, it is sufficient to say that he performed one of the most remarkable boat-voyages on record. In an overloaded and open boat, on the shortest allowance of provision compatible with existence, through calm and tempest, heat and cold, exposed to the attacks of cannibals and to the reproaches of worn-out and mutinous men, he traversed 3618 miles of ocean in forty-one days, and brought himself and his followers to land, with the exception of one man who was killed by the natives. In this achievement he displayed those qualities of indomitable resolution and unflagging courage which ultimately raised him to high rank in the navy. But we leave him now to trace those incidents which result from the display of his other qualities—ungovernable passion, overbearing impetuosity, and incomprehensible meanness.
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“As you say, Edward, we shall anchor once more in Matavai Bay, but I am firmly resolved not to remain there.”
“I’m sorry to hear it, sir,” said Young, “for most of the men are as firmly resolved to stay, and you know several of them are resolute, not to say desperate, characters.”
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