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     ;There's only a canoe passage。 But now that we know where we are�察�

we can run for Barclay de Tolley。 It is only one hundred and twenty miles 

from   here�察  �due   nor'´nor'west。   With   this   breeze   we   can   be   there   by   nine 

o'clock tomorrow morning。; 

    Captain Davenport consulted the chart and debated with himself。 

     ;If we wreck her here�察─�McCoy added�察 �we'd have to make the run to 

Barclay de Tolley in the boats just the same。; 

    The captain gave his orders�察�and once more the Pyrenees swung off for 

another run across the inhospitable sea。 

    And the middle of the next afternoon saw despair and mutiny on her 

smoking deck。 The current had accelerated�察�the wind had slackened�察�and 

the Pyrenees had sagged off to the west。 The lookout sighted Barclay de 

Tolley to the eastward�察�barely visible from the masthead�察�and vainly and 

for hours the PYRENEES tried to beat up to it。 Ever�察�like a mirage�察�the 

cocoanut   trees   hovered   on   the   horizon�察  �visible   only   from   the   masthead。 

From the deck they were hidden by the bulge of the world。 

    Again   Captain   Davenport   consulted   McCoy   and   the   chart。   'makemo 

lay seventy´five miles to the southwest。 Its lagoon was thirty miles long�察�

and its entrance was excellent。 When Captain Davenport gave his orders�察�



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the crew refused duty。 They announced that they had had enough of hell 

fire under their feet。 There was the land。 What if the ship could not make it�拭�

They could make it in the boats。 Let her burn�察�then。 Their lives amounted 

to something to them。 They had served faithfully the ship�察�now they were 

going to serve themselves。 

     They sprang to the boats�察�brushing the second and third mates out of 

the   way�察  �and   proceeded   to   swing   the   boats   out   and   to   prepare   to   lower 

away。     Captain    Davenport      and   the  first  mate�察  �revolvers    in  hand�察   �were 

advancing to the break of the poop�察�when McCoy�察�who had climbed on top 

of the cabin�察�began to speak。 

     He spoke to the sailors�察�and at the first sound of his dovelike�察�cooing 

voice they paused to hear。 He extended to them his own ineffable serenity 

and   peace。   His   soft   voice   and   simple   thoughts   flowed   out   to   them   in   a 

magic   stream�察  �soothing   them   against   their   wills。   Long   forgotten   things 

came back to them�察�and some remembered lullaby songs of childhood and 

the content and rest of the mother's arm at the end of the day。 There was 

no    more    trouble�察   �no   more     danger�察   �no   more    irk�察 �in   all  the   world。 

Everything was as it should be�察�and it was only a matter of course that they 

should turn their backs upon the land and put to sea once more with hell 

fire hot beneath their feet。 

     McCoy       spoke    simply�察   �but  it  was   not   what    he  spoke。    It  was   his 

personality   that   spoke   more   eloquently   than   any   word   he   could   utter。   It 

was     an   alchemy      of   soul    occultly    subtile    and   profoundly      deepa 

mysterious emanation of the spirit�察�seductive�察�sweetly humble�察�and terribly 

imperious。      It  was    illumination     in  the   dark    crypts   of   their  souls�察  �a 

compulsion of purity and gentleness vastly greater than that which resided 

in the shining�察�death´spitting revolvers of the officers。 

     The   men   wavered   reluctantly   where   they   stood�察  �and   those   who   had 

loosed the   turns   made   them  fast   again。 Then   one�察  �and   then   another�察  �and 

then all of them�察�began to sidle awkwardly away。 

     McCoy's   face   was   beaming   with   childlike   pleasure   as   he   descended 

from the top of the cabin。 Thee was no trouble。 For that matter there had 

been no trouble averted。 There never had been any trouble�察�for there was 

no place for such in the blissful world in which he lived。 



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     ;You   hypnotized   em�察─  �Mr。   Konig   grinned   at   him�察  �speaking   in   a   low 

voice。 

     ;Those boys are good�察─�was the answer。 ;Their hearts are good。                    They 

have had a hard time�察�and they have worked hard�察�and they will work hard 

to the end。; 

     Mr。 Konig had not time to reply。 His voice was ringing out orders�察�the 

sailors were springing to obey�察�and the PYRENEES was paying slowly off 

from the wind until her bow should point in the direction of Makemo。 

     The   wind   was   very   light�察  �and   after   sundown   almost   ceased。   It   was 

insufferably   warm�察  �and   fore   and   aft   men   sought   vainly   to   sleep。     The 

deck was too hot   to lie  upon�察�and   poisonous vapors�察 �oozing through   the 

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
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