I can only conjecture that [the Mutineers] have ideally assured themselves of a more happy life among the Tahitians than they could possibly have in England, which joined to some female connection, has most likely been the leading cause of the whole business.

Notes from Wikiquote

Reported in Peter FitzSimons, Mutiny on the Bounty (Hachette Australia, 2018), epigraphs to chs. 4 and 8