He was not, however, insensible to the amiable and good qualities of these people.

In some laudatory verses which he wrote while on the island, their numerous good qualities are spoken of in terms of the highest commendation.
All the mutineers that were left on the island being received on board the _Pandora_, that ship proceeded in search of those who had gone away in the _Bounty_.

It may be mentioned, however, that two of the most active in the mutiny, Churchill and Thompson, had perished on the island before her arrival, by violent deaths.

These two men had accompanied a chief, who was the _tayo_, or sworn friend, of Churchill, and having died without children, this mutineer succeeded to his property and dignity, according to the custom of the country.

Thompson, for some real or fancied insult, took an opportunity of shooting his companion.