The Bounty mutineers

Captain Bligh’s description of the Bounty mutineers had been communicated to Captain Edwards. It included the following descriptions:

• Fletcher Christian—master’s mate, aged 24, 5ft 9in; blackish or very brown complexion, dark brown hair, strong made … tatowed on his breast and on his backside; his knees stand out … He is subject to violent perspirations …
  
• Edward Young—midshipman, aged 22 years, 5ft 8in high, dark complexion and rather a bad look, dark brown hair, strong made, has lost several of his fore teeth …
  
• George Stewart—aged 23, 5ft 7in; good complexion, slender made, narrow chest and long neck; star on left breast, one on left arm; a heart with darts on left arm; small face and black eyes
  
• Peter Heywood—aged 17, 5ft 7in: fair complexion; well proportioned; very much tatowed; on right leg the 3 legs of Man.; not done growing at this time; speaks with a strong Manx accent.
  
• James Morrison—aged 28, 5ft 8in.; sallow complexion, long black hair; slender made; lost the use of the upper joint of right hand fore finger; star tatowed under left breast; tatowed garter round left leg with motto “honi soit qui mal y pense”—wounded in one arm with musquet ball.
  
• John Millward—aged 22, 5ft 5in; brown complexion, dark hair; strong made; heavily tatowed “taoomy” or breastplate of Tahiti over the pit of his stomach.
  
• John Sumner—aged 24, 5ft 8in; fair complexion, slender made, a scar on left cheek and heavily tatowed.
  
• Thomas Burkitt—aged 26, 5ft 9in; fair complexion, face pitted from small pox, slender made, heavily tatowed.
  
• William Muspratt—aged 30, 5ft 6in; dark complexion, slender made, a strong black beard, scars under his chin, tatowed.
  
• Henry Hillbrant—aged 25, 5ft, fair complexion, strong made, shorter left arm having been broke, is a Hanoverian, speaks bad English.
  
• Richard Skinner—aged 22, 5ft 8in; fair complexion, well made, scars on both ankles and right shin, heavily tatowed, by trade a hair dresser.
  
• Michael Byrn—aged 28, 5ft 6in; fair complexion, slender made, marks of an “issue” on his neck, almost blind.
  
• Thomas Ellison—aged 17, 5ft 3in; fair complexion, dark hair, strong made; his name and date Oct 25 1788 tatowed on right arm.
  
• Joseph Coleman—aged 40, 5ft 6in; fair complexion, grey hair, strong made, a heart tatowed on his arm and 5777
  
• Thomas McIntosh—aged 28, 5ft 6in; fair complexion, slender made, pitted with small pox.
  
• Charles Norman—aged 26, 5ft 9in; fair complexion, slender made, pitted with small pox and has a remarkable motion with head and eyes.
  
• Charles Churchill—ship’s corporal, aged 30 years, 5ft 10in, fair complexion … top of head bald, strong made … the fore finger of his left hand crooked …
  
• William Brown—assistant botanist, aged 27 years, 5ft 8in high, slender made … a remarkable scar on his cheeks which contracts the eye lid and runs down to his throat, occasioned by the King’s evil …