without seeing it, and then steered two days
to the Westward nearly in its latitude and fell in with an island which I
suppose must be one of the Fiji Islands, where they had waited for me
five weeks, and then proceeded through Endeavour Straits and intended to
stop at Batavia. With the iron and salt I had provided them with they
were enabled to procure and preserve sufficient provision for their run
to Java.

I arrived at Batavia on the 7th November and on application to the
Governor and Council my people were put on board a Dutch East India
Company's ship that was lying in the Road to be kept there until they
could be sent to Europe, and the sick were ordered to be received by the
Company's hospital at Batavia, and I have since agreed with the Dutch
East India Company to divide my ship's company into four parts, and to
embark them on board four of their ships for Holland at no expense to the
Government further than for the officers and prisoners, which appeared to
me to be the most eligible and least expensive way of getting to England.
Lt. Larkin, two petty officers, and eighteen seamen embarked on the
_Zwan_, a Dutch East India ship on the 19th November and are sailing for
Europe, and myself and the remainder of the _Pandora's_ company and the
prisoners are to embark as soon as their ships are manned. Myself and the
pirates are to embark on board the _Vreedenberg_, Captain Christian and I
have stipulated that myself and the prisoners may be at liberty to go on
board any of His Majesty's ships, or other vessels we may meet with on
mine or my officer's application for the purpose.

Enclosed is the latitudes and longitudes of several islands, &c. we
discovered during our voyage, the state of the _Pandora's_ company, a
list of pirates belonging to the _Bounty_, taken at Otaheite and a list
of convicts, deserters from the colony at Port Jackson. It may be
necessary to observe that these last have several names, and that William
Bryant and James Cox pretend that their time of transportation has
expired, but these two then found a boat and money to procure necessaries
to enable themselves and others to escape, for which I presume they are
liable to punishment, and think it my duty to give information.

Although I have not had the good fortune to fully accomplish the object
of my voyage, and that it has in other respects been strongly marked with
great misfortunes, I hope it will be thought that the first is not for
want