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12-4	Watch: Gunner Peckover on watch.
03:30	Christian Goes To Bed 03:30.
04:00	Stewart Pleads With Christian, When Waking Him For Watch.
4-8	Watch: Christian, Ned Young, Martin, Quintal, McKoy, Hallet (Asleep On Fore Arms Chest), Mills (Conn), Ellison (Helm), Hayward (Asleep On Aft Arms Chest), Norman (Watching Shark Astern), Also: Muspratt, Chopping Wood; Byrne Complains About Noise.
04:30	Young Pleads With Christian, Then Goes Below.
04:50	Christian Ties Sounding Lead Around Neck.
05:00	Christian Talks To Martin & Quintal. They Go Below To Wake Churchill, Adams, Coleman, Thompson. Arms Chests Opened After Hallet & Hayward Sent On Deck; Sleeping On Watch.
05:15	Back On Deck With Arms-Christian, Quintal, Martin, Adams, Summner, Churchill, Burkett, Hillbrandt, Thompson. Mills & Ellison Join The Mutineers. Hallet Confronts Them. Hayward Bizarrely Watching The Shark With (Simpleton) Norman!?
05:20	Christian, Churchill, Mills, Adams, Burkett Take Bligh. Uproar Begins. Men Running. Millward & Muspratt Join Mutineers. Sumner & Quintal Take Fryer Prisoner. He Argues With Them. Christian Allows Fryer To See Bligh On Deck. Chaos. Heywood Holding Weapon But Confused & Undecided. Bligh Abusing & Etc. Bligh, Christian, Churchill, Quintal, McKoy, Martin, Burkett On Poopdeck. 10 Men Prep The Jolly Boat On The Foc'sl. Fryer Argues With Christian. Fryer Whispers To Bligh, Bligh Shouts Back, & Bligh Reveals Martin's Motions & Eye Expressions To Him. Fryer Taken Below. Only Bligh, Hallet, Haywood, & Bligh's Steward Samuel To Go. Morrison Comes On Deck. Doesn't Join Mutineers But Tells Fryer "Its Too Late". Fryer Takes Little Part In Proceedings From Now On. Allowed To Visit Peckover Below. Nelson Held In Peckover's Cabin.
07:00	Jolly Boat Into Water; Bligh Still Watching For Opportunity. Jolly Boat Rotten & Sinking, So Cutter Prepared.
07:15	Cutter Into Water, Byrne Into It To Bail, Is Forgotten. Fryer, Peckover, Nelson, Smith Brought Up By Summner & Quintal. At Least 20 Men Now Want To Go With Bligh In Cutter. Scale Of Change Scares Christian. Cole & Purcell Demand Launch.
07:15	Young Appears, Nods To Christian To Let Them Have It. Norman Still At Stern Staring At Shark, Oblivious To It All...
07:30	Launch Out. Tools & Food Flow In Despite Christian & Quintal's Attempts To Stop Them. Halfhearted Attempts Ignored. Cole Helped By Morrison To Get Casks, Request Compass, Etc. Byrne Still Bailing In Cutter. Launch Full By 08:00. Martin Joins Loyalists. Ordered Out Of Boat By Christian & Quintal After They Argue With Purcell. Martin Goes Forward Alone To Contemplate Misery. Peckover, Nelson, Samuel, Hallet, Hayward Brought Up, W.Fryer. Christian Still Standing Beside Bligh, After 3 Hours.
08:10	Bligh Ordered Into The Launch. Cole & Chr.Talk. "I Have Been In Hell"; "I Know, Sir, But Drop It For God's Sake." Quintal & Churchill Think Christian Weakening, Young Appears & TalksTo Bligh. Christian, Revitalised, Keeps Coleman, Mcintosh, Norman, Rest To Launch. Launch Towed. Cutlasses, Pork, Thrown In After Appeal. Heywood & Stewart Left Below Aboard Bounty.
10:00	Launch Cast Off.

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