Michael Byrne, I am told, likewise wanted to leave the ship.
'It is of no moment for me to recount my endeavours to bring back the offenders to a sense of their duty; all I could do was by speaking to them in general; but it was to no purpose, for I was kept securely bound, and no one except the guard suffered to come near me.
'To Mr.Samuel (clerk) I am indebted for securing my journals and commission, with some material ship papers.

Without these I had nothing to certify what I had done, and my honour and character might have been suspected, without my possessing a proper document to have defended them.

All this he did with great resolution, though guarded and strictly watched.

He attempted to save the timekeeper, and a box with my surveys, drawings, and remarks, for fifteen years past, which were numerous; when he was hurried away with "D--n your eyes, you are well off to get what you have." It appeared to me that Christian was some time in doubt whether he should keep the carpenter, or his mates; at length he determined on the latter, and the carpenter was ordered into the boat.

He was permitted, but not without some opposition, to take his tool-chest.
'Much altercation took place among the mutinous crew during the whole business: some swore "I'll be d---- d if he does not find his way home, if he gets anything with him"; and when the carpenter's chest was carrying away, "D---- n my eyes, he will have a vessel built in a month"; while others laughed at the helpless situation of the boat, being very deep, and so little room for those who were in her.