"I can only conjecture that [the Mutineers] have ideally assured themselves of a more happy life among the Tahitians than they could possibly have in England, which joined to some female connection, has most likely been the leading cause of the whole business."
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Reported in Peter FitzSimons, Mutiny on the Bounty (Hachette Australia, 2018), epigraphs to chs. 4 and 8
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