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Still agitated by the shock of what I had seen, I ate little and took more wine than was my custom, sitting in silence for the most part, while the two officers gossiped, sailor-like, as to the whereabouts of former friends, and spoke of Admiral Parker, and the fight at Dogger Bank. It was mid-afternoon when Bligh and I were pulled back to the Bounty. The tide was low, and I saw a boat aground on a flat some distance off, while a party of men dug a shallow grave in the mud. They were burying the body of the poor fellow who had been flogged through the fleet—burying him below tide mark, in silence, and without religious rites.

OFFICERS AND CREW OF H.M.S. BOUNTY

Lieutenant William Bligh, CaptainJohn Fryer, MasterFletcher Christian, Master’s MateCharles Churchill, Master-at-ArmsWilliam Elphinstone, Master-at-Arms’ MateThomas Huggan, SurgeonThomas Ledward, Acting SurgeonDavid Nelson, BotanistWilliam Peckover, GunnerJohn Mills, Gunner’s MateWilliam Cole, BoatswainJames Morrison, Boatswain’s MateWilliam Purcell, CarpenterCharles Norman, Carpenter’s MateThomas McIntosh, Carpenter’s CrewJoseph Coleman, ArmourerRoger Byam}Thomas Hayward}John Hallet}Robert Tinkler} MidshipmenEdward Young}George Stewart}John Norton}Peter Lenkletter} QuartermastersGeorge Simpson, Quartermaster’s MateLawrence Lebogue, SailmakerMr. Samuel, ClerkRobert Lamb, ButcherWilliam Brown, GardenerJohn Smith}Thomas Hall} CooksThomas Burkitt}Matthew Quintal}John Sumner}John Millward}William McCoy}Henry Hillbrandt}Alexander Smith} Able SeamenJohn Williams}Thomas Ellison}Isaac Martin}Richard Skinner}Matthew Thompson}William Muspratt}Michael Byrne}