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of the mutineers of that ship. Young Christian was, at this time, about twenty-four 

 years of age, a fine tall youth, full six feet high, with dark, almost black hair, and a 

 countenance open and extremely interesting. As he wore no clothes, except a piece of 

 cloth round his loins, and a straw hat, ornamented with black cock's feathers, his fine 

 figure, and well-shaped muscular limbs, were displayed to great advantage, and attracted 

 general admiration. * * * He told them that he was married to a woman much 



H.M.S. " BRITON," AT FITCAIRN ISLAND. 



older- than himself, one of those that had accompanied his father from Otaheite. His 

 companion was a fine, handsome youth of seventeen or eighteen years of age, of the name 

 of George Young, the son of Young, the midshipman/'' In the cabin, when invited to 

 refreshments, one of them astonished the captains by asking the blessing with much 

 appearance of devotion, " For what we are going to receive, the Lord make us truly 

 thankful." The only surviving Englishman of the crew was John Adams, and when the 

 captains landed through the surf, with no worse result than a good wetting, the old man 

 came down to meet them. Both he and his aged wife were at first considerably alarmed 

 at seeing the king's uniform, but was reassured when he was told that they had no 

 intention of disturbing him. Adams said that he had no great share in the mutiny, that 

 he was sick at the time, and was afterwards compelled to take a musket. He even 



