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c ^ p - in exciting his companions to labour. He was na- 

 *«— -v^ turally of a happy, ingenuous disposition, and won 

 1825. the good opinion and respect of all who served un- 

 der him ; which cannot be better exemplified than 

 by his maintaining, under circumstances of great 

 perplexity, the respect and regard of all who were 

 associated with him up to the hour of his death ; 

 and even at the period of our visit, Adams, in speak- 

 ing of him, never omitted to say, " Mr. Christian." 



Adams and Young were now the sole survivors 

 out of the fifteen males that landed upon the island. 

 They were both, and more particularly Young, of a 

 serious turn of mind ; and it would have been won- 

 derful, after the many dreadful scenes at which they 

 had assisted, if the solitude and tranquillity that en- 

 sued had not disposed them to repentance. Dur- 

 ing Christian's lifetime they had only once read the 

 church service, but since his decease this had been 

 regularly done on every Sunday. They now, how- 

 ever, resolved to have morning and evening family 

 prayers, to add afternoon service to the duty of the 

 Sabbath, and to train up their own children, and 

 those of their late unfortunate companions, in piety 

 and virtue. 



In the execution of this resolution Young's edu- 

 cation enabled him to be of the greatest assistance ; 

 but he was not long suffered to survive his repent- 

 ance. An asthmatic complaint, under which he had 

 for some time laboured, terminated his existence 

 about a year after the death of Quintal, and Adams 

 was left the sole survivor of the misguided and un- 

 fortunate mutineers of the Bounty. The loss of his 

 last companion was a great affliction to him, and 

 was for some time most severely felt. It was a 



