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[?] [time? that? he?] [?] to [keep?] [? ?] [? ? ?] the Gunners Mate [? ?] [? ? ? ? ? ?] out of [?] that Pistol & balls and filled it with musket Balls I must go back to [?] Mr Bligh on the Ladder when I asked what they was going to do with their Captn they shut my cabin door and said make your self easy — only put him into a boat. Mr Christian is Capt of the ship I said for God sake man consider what you are about — hold your tongue Sir — it is to late recolect that Mr Bligh have brought all this on himself — I then said what Boat are you
going to put your Captn into they told me the Jolly Boat - the Jolly Boat I said would not [? ?] the Bottom was almost eat out with worms. Damn his eyes they said, the Boat is good for [?] him. I then beg'd hard for one of them to go on deck, and ask Mr Christian to let me come up ′ and speak to Captn Bligh before they sent him a drift one of the people call'd up to know if Mr Fryer might come on deck ′ to speak to Captn Bligh - Christain at first said no one of the men was keep to [? ?] he told him that [? ? ?]