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    leader and sole cause of the mutiny in that ship , A venerable , old man , named Johu Adaoas , * is the only surviving * Englishman of those who last quitted Otaheite in her , and whose exemplary conduct and fatherly care of the whole of the little colony , could not but command admiration . The pious manner in which all those born on the island have been , reared ; the correct sense of religion which has been instilled into their young minds by this old man , has given him the pre-eminence over the whole of them , to whom they look up as the father of the whole of one family . " A son of Christian ' s was the first born on the island , now about twenty-five years of ag * e , ( named Thursday October Christian 5 ) the elder Christian fell a sacrifice to the jealousy of an Otabeitan man , within three ^> r four years after their arrival on the island . They were accompanied thither by six Otaheitan men and twelve women ; the former were all swept away by desperate contentions between them and the Englishmen , and five of the Jatter have died at different periods , leaving * at present only one man and seven women of the original settlers .

    •** The island must undoubtedly be that called PitcainTs , although erroneously laid down in the charts . We had the meridian sun , close to it , which gave us 250 4 'S . latitude , and 130 ° 25 ' W . long-itude , by chronometers of the Briton and Tagus . u It is abundant in yams , plantains , hog's , goats and fowls , but affords no shelter for a ship , or vessel of any description 3 neither could a ship water there without great difficulty . " I cannot , however , refrain from offering my opinion that it is well worthy the attention of our laudable religious societies , particularly that for propagatingthe Christian religion , the whole of the inhabitants speaking the Otaheitan tongue as well as English . " During the whole of the time they have been on the island , only one ship has ever communicated with them , which took place about six years since by an American ship called the Topaz , of Boston , Mayhew Folger , Master . " The island is completely iron bound , with rocky shores , and landing in boats , at all times difficult , although safe to approach within a short distance in a ship . ( Signed ) T . Staines . " We have been favoured with some further particulars on this singular

    * There was no such name in the Bounty ' s crew ; he mu&t have assumed it in lieu of bit real wme , Alexander Smith .

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    society , which , we doubt not , will interest our readers as much as they have ourselves . As the real position of the- island was ascertained to be so far distant from that in which it is usually laid down in the charts , and as the captains of the Triton and

    Tagus , seem to have still considered it as uninhabited they were not a little surprised , on approaching its shores , to behold plantations regularly laid out , and huts or houses more neatly contructed than those on the Marquesas Islands . When about two miles from

    the shore , some natives were observed bringing down their canoes on their shoulders , dashing through a heavy surf , and paddling off to the ships ; but their astonishment was unbounded on hearing one of them , on approaching the ship , call out in the English language , " Won't you heave

    us a rope , now ?" The first man who got on board the . Briton soon proved who they were . His name , he said , was Thursday October Christian , the first born on the island . He was then about five and

    twenty years of age , and is described as a fine young man , about six feet high ; his hair deep black ; his countenance open and interesting 5 of a brownish cast , but free from that mixture of a reddish , tint which prevails on the Pacific Islands j his only dress was a piece of cloth round his loins , and a straw hat ornamented with the black feathers of the

    domestic fowl . " With a great share of good humour , " says Captain Pipon , " we were glad to trace in his benevolent countenance all the features of an honest English face . — " I must confess , " he continues , " I could not

    survey this interesting person without feelings of tenderness and compassion . " His companion was named George Young , a fine youth of seventeen or eighteen years of age . If the astonishment of the captains was great on hearing , their first salutation in English , thejr surprise and interest were not a Jittle increased on Sir

    Thomas Staine ' s taking the youths below and setting before them something to eat , when one of them rose up , and placing his hands together in a posture of devotion , distinctly repeated , and jn a pleasing tone and manner , " For what we are going to receive , the Lord make us truly thankful . "

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    Account of the Mutineers in tlie Bounty , 1789- $

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1816, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2448/page/3/