Produced by Chuck Greif, V. L. Simpson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Posner Memorial Collection (http://posnet.library.cmu.edu/Posner/)). A NARRATIVE OF THE MUTINY, ON BOARD HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP _BOUNTY_; AND THE SUBSEQUENT VOYAGE OF PART OF THE CREW, IN THE SHIP's BOAT, From TOFOA, one of the Friendly Islands, To TIMOR, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies. Written by LIEUTENANT WILLIAM BLIGH. ILLUSTRATED WITH CHARTS. LONDON: PRINTED FOR GEORGE NICOL, BOOKSELLER TO HIS MAJESTY, PALL-MALL. MDCCXC. ADVERTISEMENT. The following Narrative is only a part of a voyage undertaken for the purpose of conveying the Bread-fruit Tree from the South Sea Islands to the West Indies. The manner in which this expedition miscarried, with the subsequent transactions and events, are here related. This part of the voyage is not first in the order of time, yet the circumstances are so distinct from that by which it was preceded, that it appears unnecessary to delay giving as much early information as possible concerning so extraordinary an event. The rest will be laid before the Public as soon as it can be got ready; and it is intended to publish it in such a manner, as, with the present Narrative, will make the account of the voyage compleat. At present, for the better understanding the following pages, it is sufficient to inform the reader, that in August, 1787, I was appointed to command the Bounty, a ship of 215 tons burthen, carrying 4 six-pounders, 4 swivels, and 46 men, including myself and every person on board. We sailed from England in December, 1787, and arrived at Otaheite the 26th of October, 1788. On the 4th of April, 1789, we left Otaheite, with every favourable appearance of completing the object of the voyage, in a manner equal to my most sanguine expectations. At this period the ensuing Narrative commences. A NARRATIVE, &c. [Sidenote: 1789. APRIL.] I sailed from Otaheite on the 4th of April 1789, having on board 1015 fine bread-fruit plants, besides many other valuable fruits of that country, which, with unremitting attention, we had been collecting for three and twenty weeks, and which were now in the highest state of perfection. On the 11th of April, I discovered an island in latitude 18 deg. 52' S. and longitude 200 deg. 19' E. by the natives called Whytootackee. On the 24th we anchored at Annamooka, one of the Friendly Islands; from which, after completing our wood and water, I sailed on the 27th, having every reason to expect, from the fine condition of the plants, that they would continue healthy.