May 12, 185G.] 



PITCAIRN ISLANDERS. 



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3. Analysis of List of Pitcairn Islanders landed in Tahiti 

 2Srd March, 1831. 



(From a Letter of Capt. Sandilands.)* 



Males, 46 ; females, 39 :--Total, 85. 



The eldest man was Thursday October Christian, aged 44. 



The eldest woman, Mary Christian, aged 37. 



The average age of males was 13J 



Ditto females loj 



The number of males under 12 was 26 



Ditto females do. .. .. .. ..20 



Number of males over 20 11 



Ditto females do. 10 



Of one woman, Susannah Christian, a native of the Sandwich Islands, the 

 age was not known ; and one child, Lucy Ann Quintall, was born at sea, on 

 the passage from Pitcairn Island to Tahiti. 



The names and number of persons in the families removed were — 



Name. 



Christian 

 Adams . . 

 M'Coy .. 

 Quintall 

 Young . . 

 Buffett .. 

 Nobbs . . 

 Evans . . 

 Uncertain 



The large proportion of children, and the immature age of the majority both 

 of males and females, as indicated by the above analysis, sufficiently accounts 

 for the mortality from which they suffered during their residence at Tahiti. 



An interesting fact relative to the return of these people to their original 

 habitation is mentioned by Captain Fremantle, in the enclosure of Captain 

 Sandilands' communication, viz., that the cost was defrayed by the sale of 

 the copper bolts of * The Bounty.* 



* See also vol. iii. of the Journal R. G. S. — Ed. 



