er, does not excuse him for refusing his prisoners the shelter of an
old sail on the sand cay, and so obliging them to get shelter from the
sun by burying themselves neck-deep in the sand, as Heywood afterwards
stated. Heywood further asserted that after the vessel struck the
prisoners, having wrenched themselves out of their irons, implored
Edwards to let them out of "Pandora's Box," but that he had them all
ironed again.

[74-1] In his evidence before the court-martial Edwards said: "The double
canoe, that was able to support a considerable number of men, broke
adrift with only one man, and was bulged upon a reef, and afforded us no
help when she was so much wanted."

[74-2] Hamilton says 34.

[75-1] Each boat was supplied with the latitude and longitude of Timor,
1100 miles distant. As soon as they embarked the oars were laid athwart
the boat so that they could stow two tiers of men. The men were
distributed as follows:

_Pinnace_--Capt. Edwards; Lieut. Hayward; Rickards, Master's Mate;
Packer, Gunner; Edmonds, Captain's Clerk; 3 prisoners, 16 privates.

_Red Yawl_--Lieut. Larkan; Surgeon Hamilton; Reynolds, Master's Mate;
Matson, Midshipman; 2 prisoners; 18 privates.

_Launch_--Lieutenant Corner; Bentham, Purser; Montgomery; Carpen Bowling,
Master's Mate; Mackendrick, Midshipman; 2 prisoners; 24 privates.

_Blue Yawl_--George Passmore, Master; Cunningham, Boatswain; Innes,
Surgeon's Mate; Fenwick, Midshipman; Pycroft, Midshipman; 3 prisoners; 15
privates.

[77-1] Tree Island.

[77-2] Now called Prince of Wales' Channel or Flinders Channel. It is the
best Channel through Torres Straits, and, if Edwards' narrative had been
published his discovery would doubtless have been perpetuated in his
name.

[77-3] Horn Island.

[77-4] Dingoes.

[77-5] North West Reef.

[78-1] Like Bligh's men, they wetted their shirts in salt water to cool
themselves by evaporation, but found that the absorption through the skin
tainted the fluids of the body with salt so that the saliva became
intolerable in the mouth. The young bore the want of water better than
the old, but all alike became excessively irritable.

[80-1] This hospitality was not extended to the prisoners, who were
confined in irons in the castle, and fed on bad provisions. But on the
passage to Batavia in the _Rembang_ they had worse in store, for the ship
was partially dismasted in a cyclone, and would certainly have gone
ashore but for the exertions of t