[This Letter of Complaint, penned by the Carpenter of the Harriett, is here given, in order to place before the reader a defence of the action of the sailors from the charge made by Marshall in his “Personal Narrative” of the incident, published in 1836. At p. 157 that writer says:—

“But they were a base and selfish set of men, altogether unworthy such an act of private beneficence, as was some time afterwards seen in their refusal to take part in working the Isabella, where they were furnished with accomodation and food on their way home, unless paid for doing so.”

The fact, too, that the men left the Isabella at the Bay of Islands and went on board a whaler—the Elizabeth—and did not go on to Sydney, would indicate that dislike to something on the ship, rather than dislike of work, was the cause. The Author.]