There is a degree of wretchedness and want among the lower class of people which is not anywhere so common as among the Spanish and Portuguese settlements.
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This was the first day of our beginning to take up plants: we had much pleasure in collecting them for the natives offered their assistance and perfectly understood the method of taking them up and pruning them.William Bligh
All the 20th we were endeavouring to get into Adventure Bay but were prevented by variable winds.
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The ship was masted according to the proportion of the navy; but on my application the masts were shortened, as I thought them too much for her, considering the nature of the voyage.
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The ship was named the Bounty: I was appointed to command her on the 16th of August 1787.
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