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seams�察  �crept   like   evil   spirits   over   the  ship�察  �stealing   into   the  nostrils   and 

windpipes of the unwary and causing fits of sneezing and coughing。 The 

stars blinked lazily in the dim vault overhead�察�and the full moon�察�rising in 

the   east�察  �touched   with   its   light   the   myriads   of   wisps   and   threads   and 

spidery films of smoke that intertwined and writhed and twisted along the 

deck�察�over the rails�察�and up the masts and shrouds。 

     ;Tell me�察─�Captain Davenport said�察�rubbing his smarting eyes�察 �what 

happened      with   that   BOUNTY   crowd         after   they   reached   Pitcairn�拭  �The 

account      I  read   said  they    burnt   the   Bounty�察   �and   that   they   were    not 

discovered   until   many   years   later。   But   what   happened   in   the   meantime�拭�

I've always been curious to know。 They were men with their necks in the 

rope。 There were some native men�察�too。 And then there were women。 That 

made it look like trouble right from the jump。; 

     ;There   was   trouble�察─  �McCoy   answered。   ;They   were   bad   men。   They 

quarreled   about   the   women   right   away。   One   of   the   mutineers�察 �Williams�察�

lost his wife。 All the women were Tahitian women。 His wife fell from the 

cliffs when hunting sea birds。 Then he took the wife of one of the native 

men away from him。 All the native men were made very angry by this�察�and 

they killed off nearly all the mutineers。 Then the mutineers that escaped 

killed off   all the   native   men。 The   women   helped。 And the natives   killed 

each other。 Everybody killed everybody。 They were terrible men。 

     ;Timiti was killed by two other natives while they were combing his 

hair in friendship。 The white men had sent them to do it。                 Then the white 



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men killed them。 The   wife   of Tullaloo killed him  in   a cave   because she 

wanted a white man for husband。 They were very wicked。 God had hidden 

His   face   from   them。   At   the   end   of   two   years   all   the   native   men   were 

murdered�察  �and   all   the   white   men   except   four。   They   were   Young�察  �John 

Adams�察  �McCoy�察  �who   was   my   great´grandfather�察  �and   Quintal。   He   was   a 

very bad man�察�too。        Once�察�just because his wife did not catch enough fish 

for him�察�he bit off her ear。; 

     ;They were a bad lot� ─�Mr。 Konig exclaimed。 

     ;Yes�察   �they   were    very   bad�察─  �McCoy      agreed    and   went    on   serenely 

cooing     of   the  blood    and   lust   of  his  iniquitous     ancestry。   ;My     great´ 

grandfather escaped murder in order to die by his own hand。 He made a 

still and manufactured alcohol from the roots of the ti´plant。 Quintal was 

his   chum�察  �and   they   got   drunk   together   all   the   time。 At   last   McCoy   got 

delirium tremens�察�tied a rock to his neck�察�and jumped into the sea。 

     ;Quintal's wife�察�the one whose ear he bit off�察�also got killed by falling 

from the cliffs。 Then Quintal went to Young and demanded his wife�察�and 

went to Adams and demanded his wife。 Adams and Young were afraid of 

Quintal。 They   knew  he   would   kill   them。   So   they  killed   him�察  �the   two   of 

them together�察�with a hatchet。 Then Young died。 And that was about all the 

trouble they had。; 

     ;I should say so�察─�Captain Davenport snorted。 ;There was nobody left 

to kill。; 

     ;You see�察�God had hidden His face�察─�McCoy said。 

     By morning no more than a faint air was blowing from the eastward�察�

and�察�unable to make appreciable southing by it�察�Captain Davenport hauled 

up   full´and´by   on   the   port   track。   He   was   afraid   of   that   terrible   westerly 

current which had cheated him out of so many ports of refuge。 All day the 

calm continued�察�and all night�察�while the sailors�察�on a short ration of dried 

banana�察�were grumbling。 Also�察�they were growing weak and complaining 

of stomach pains   caused by the straight banana diet。 All day the   current 

swept the PYRENEES to the westward�察�while there was no wind to bear 

her south。 In the middle of the first dogwatch�察�cocoanut trees were sighted 

due south�察�their tufted heads rising above the water and marking the low´ 

lying atoll beneath。 



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     ;That   is Taenga   Island�察─  �McCoy  said。   ;We   need   a breeze   tonight�察  �or 

else we'll miss Makemo。; 

     ;What's      become     of   the   southeast    trade�拭─   �the   captain   demanded。 

;Why don't it blow�拭�What's the matter�拭─�

     ;It   is   the   evaporation   from   the   big   lagoonsthere   are   so   many   of 

them�察─  �McCoy   explained。   The   evaporation   upsets   the   whole   system   of 

trades。    It  even   causes   the   wind   to  back    up   and   blow   gales   from   the 

southwest。 This is the Dangerous Archipelago�察�Captain。; 

     Captain   Davenport   faced   the   old   man�察  �opened   his   mouth�察  �and   was 

about to curse�察�but paused and refrained。 'mcCoy's presence was a rebuke 

to   the   blasphemies   that   stirred   in   his   brain   and   trembled   in   his   larynx。 

'mcCoy's influence had been growing during the many days they had been 

together。 Captain Davenport was   an autocrat of the sea�察�fearing no   man�察�

never bridling his tongue�察�and now he found himself unable to curse in the 

presence of this old man with the feminine brown eyes and the voice of a 

dove。     When he realized this�察�Captain Davenport experienced a distinct 

shock。   This   old   man   was   merely   the   seed   of   McCoy�察  �of   McCoy   of   the 

BOUNTY�察�the mutineer fleeing from the hemp that waited him in England�察�

the McCoy who was a power for evil in the early days of blood and lust 

and violent death on Pitcairn Island。 

     Captain Davenport was not religious�察�yet in that moment he felt a mad 

impulse to cast himself at the other's feetand to say he knew not what。 It 

was an emotion that so deeply stirred him�察�rather than a coherent thought�察�

and    he   was   aware    in  some    vague    way    of  his  own    unworthiness      and 

smallness in the presence of this other man who possessed the simplicity 

of a child and the gentleness of a woman。 

     Of   course   he   could   not   so   humble   himself   before   the   eyes   of   his 

officers and men。 And yet the anger that had prompted the blasphemy still 

raged   in   him。   He   suddenly   smote   the   cabin   with   his   clenched   hand   and 

cried�此�

     ;Look here�察�old man�察�I won't be beaten。 These Paumotus have cheated 

and tricked me and made a fool of me。 I refuse to be beaten。 I am going to 

drive this ship�察�and drive and drive and drive clear through the Paumotus 

to China but what I find a bed for her。 If every man deserts�察�I'll stay by her。 



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I'll show the Paumotus。 They can't fool me。 She's a good girl�察�and I'll stick 

by her as long as there's a plank to stand on。 You hear me�拭─�

     ;And I'll stay with you�察�Captain�察─�McCoy said。 

     During   the   night�察  �light�察  �baffling   airs   blew   out   of   the   south�察  �and   the 

frantic captain�察�with his cargo of fire�察�watched and measured his westward 

drift and went off by himself at times to curse softly so that McCoy should 

not hear。 

     Daylight showed more palms growing out of the water to the south。 

     ;That's the leeward point of Makemo�察─�McCoy said。 ;Katiu is only a 

few miles to the west。 We may make that。; 

     But the   current�察  �sucking   between   the   two islands�察 �swept   them  to   the 

northwest�察 �and   at   one  in   the  afternoon   they  saw   the  palms   of   Katiu   ris

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