386 '■ Account of PHcairrCs Inland,, being an 
offered Auther Qliintral two claw-hammers, which he refused ; 
and Adams, who was present, told him, that it was very im- 
proper to refuse any thing their countrymen offered : Auther 
replied, it was much more improper to take things that they do 
not want. While Adams was on board the ship, he gave me 
a brief account of the different occurrences that had taken place 
upon the island ; and, among others, he mentioned his divorcing 
Christian and his wife, in consequence of having read in the Old 
Testament that marriages should not be allowed among those 
who were at all related to each other, and that they had lived se- 
parate a long time. After a great deal of conversation upon the 
subject, I persuaded him to allow Diana, his daughter, to be mar- 
ried to Edward Quintral, and Christian to live with his wife, both 
of which he promised to do ; and calling Edward to him, he took 
him by the hand, saying, “ Come here, my son, you shall have 
my daughter Diana, and to-morrow we shall keep the wedding.” 
I now gave him some porter, wine, and spirits, to regale them- 
selves with at the wedding. Every person in the ship was so 
struck with their simplicity of manners, the mildness of their lan- 
guage, and their modest deportment, that they were loaded with 
presents : They got nearly two hundi’ed books, of various de- 
scriptions, from the officers and crew even the sailors belonging 
to the ship behaved with a degree of modesty in the presence 
of these naked females, that would have surprised a Joseph 
Andrews. John Adams now assembled his family in order to 
take leave, which they did in the most affectionate manner ; 
and so grateful Avere they for the few things they had received 
from the ship, that they all kneeled down to kiss my hand, which 
I could by no means permit. I promised, should I come again 
to the island, that I would bring them some black cattle, and 
particularly some asses, of which they said they were great- 
ly in want. They now went into their boat with some re- 
luctance, particularly one young man Avho wished to see 
his friends in England, but his mother, with tears in her 
eyes, requested that 1 would not take away her son ; nor were 
we ourselves free from regret, at leaving a people whom we 
considered in a moral point of view as far superior to any of 
the human species we ever beheld. Two young men be- 
longing to the ship asked me to let them remain upon the 
island, —a request I could by no means com pi}’ with. After 
