6 A MISSION TO VITI. 
to be too small for the growing community. The Pit- 
cairners landed on the 8th of June, 1856, from the 
‘Morayshire,’ a vessel belonging to Mr. Dunbar, of Lon- 
don, commanded by Mr. Joseph Mathers, and under 
the agency of Acting-Lieutenant G. W. Gregorie, of 
her Majesty’s ship ‘Juno.’ They numbered in all 194 
souls, one of whom died soon after landing; the rest 
comprising 40 men, 47 women, 54 boys, and 52 girls. 
Almost an entire week was employed in disembarking 
all the seventy years’ gathering of chattels, including 
almost every moveable article, even to the “ gun” and 
“anvil” of the ‘Bounty. On landing they were 
greeted individually by the commissariat officer and 
Captain Denham, of her Majesty’s ship ‘ Herald, who 
happened to be there, and then conducted to their com- 
fortably-prepared quarters, until they should be able to 
make their own selection from the commodious dwell- 
ings erected for them. Dr. Macdonald instructed the 
islanders essentially in the resources of the ample dis- 
pensary at their use, whilst the artificers of the ‘ Herald’ 
imparted to them the uses of a variety of tools and 
implements, comprising the wind and water mills; in- 
deed, everything was done to make them comfortable. 
The first provident step for future provision was taken 
by planting their favourite sweet-potato, and, pending 
harvest time, which they gave six months to come about, 
the ‘ Herald’ left the newly-transferred community pro- 
vided with 45,000 lbs. of biscuit, flour, maize, and rice, 
with groceries in proportion, and abundance of milk at 
their hands; whilst their live stock consisted of 1300 
sheep, 430 cattle, 22 horses, 10 swine in sties, 16 do- 
