HISTORIC MUTINEERS. 



Making our passage to the eastward, when in 

 the longitude of Pitcairn Island the ship was put 

 to the north, and at 8 a. m. on the next day we 

 made the land, appearing more like a sail or ship 

 in the long distance. On nearing we found the 

 island to be nearly 2000 feet high and about five 

 miles in circumference, with a ledge of rocks 

 making off a few rods from the north and south 

 points. When within two miles of the island, 

 five of the natives came off in their canoes, the 

 canoes being dug out of a tree ten or twelve feet 

 long and about two feet wide, with keel from 

 three to four inches broad. 



The natives, before coming on board, very 

 politely asked permission of the captain. They 

 speak very good English when talking to English 

 or Americans, but not intelligible at all to me 

 when talking to each other, owing to their 

 talking so very quickly. At nine in the morning 

 I went on shore, and found it very tiresome in 

 walking up the long, steep hill or cliff. Their 

 houses are built of board, planed, the sides and 

 ends. The sides ship and unship, on account of 

 it being very warm. The roofs are thatched with 



