Bligh remained chaste himself, but was tolerant of his men's activities, unsurprised that they should succumb to temptation when "the allurements of dissipation are beyond any thing that can be conceived".
Bligh permaneceu casto; toleraba as actividades dos seus homes, sen sorprenderse por que caesen na tentación cando «as seducións da disipación son superiores a calquera cousa que poida concibirse».