stockade,
but it
proved a
useless
mission.
The
mutineers
were
bolder
than we
fancied or
they put
more trust
in
Israel’s
gunnery.
For four
or five of
them were
busy
carrying
off our
stores and
wading out
with them
to one of
the gigs
that lay
close by,
pulling an
oar or so
to hold
her steady
against
the
current.
Silver was
in the
stern-sheets
in
command;
and every
man of
them was
now
provided
with a
musket
from some
secret
