John Hart, seaman. 
James Roach, seaman. 
Job Barns, seaman. 
John Petman, seaman. 
William Callicutt, seaman. 
Richard Phipps, boatswain’s mate. 
John Young, cooper. 
Richard Noble, quarter-master. 
William Rose, ditto. 
William Hervey, quarter-gunner. 
John Bosman, seaman. 
William Moore, ditto. 
Samuel Stook, ditto. 
Samuel Cooper, ditto. 
David Buckley, quarter-gunner. 
George Smith, seaman. 
Peter Deleroy, seaman. 
James M’Cawle, seaman. 
John George, seaman. 
John Shorclan, seaman. 
Richard East, seaman. 
William Lane, seaman. 
William Oram, seaman. 
Moses Lewis, seaman. 
Nicholas Griselham, seaman.

“We whose names are under-mentioned, have had sufficient reasons, from the above-mentioned people, to consent to go this way.  Signed by

Captain Robert Pemberton, commander of his majesty’s land forces.

William Fielding, lieutenant
Robert Ewers, lieutenant

Wednesday the 5th, this day I went with the master, carpenter, master’s mates, and midshipmen, to the captain, to acquaint him with what was done, and resolved on, and farther told him, it was a duty incumbent on us to preserve life before any other interest.  He answered, Gentlemen, I desire time to consider of it, and will give you my final determination; on which we took our leave, and came away.

Thursday the 6th, hard gales at W.S.W. and rainy weather.  At noon we went with Mr Cummins to Captain P—­mb—­rt—­n’s tent, to have some farther conference for our future deliverance:  While we were there, the captain sent his service to Captain C——­p for a pair of pocket-pistols, his own property, which had been refused him on his request some time before.  The servant was answered, by the captain’s favourite and prime minister the steward, The captain is ill, and I can’t let you have ’em.  This answer not being satisfactory to Captain P—­mb—­rt—­n, he sent a second time, and insisted on the delivery of his pistols, but was answered, they could not be come at before the captain was up; but a little time after it was judged proper to send Captain P—­mb—­rt—­n his pistols.  From Captain P—­mb—­rt—­ n’s we went to the L——­t’s tent; while there, the L——­t was sent to Captain C——­p, about an hour after the carpenter and myself were sent for; when we came to him, he said, Gentlemen, I have maturely considered the contents of your paper, so far as it regards the preservation of the people on the spot:  This paper has given me a great deal of uneasiness, insomuch that I have not closed my eyes till eight o’clock this morning, for thinking of it, but, I think, you have not weighed the thing rightly; do you know we are above one hundred and sixty leagues distant S.W. from the Streights of Magellan, with the wind against us?  Then think on the distance to be run afterwards on the other side the Streights, with the wind always against us, and where no water is to be had.  I