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cast. The wind then shifted to N. W., and brought a great deal of CHAP, 
rain : thoush in the height of summer, we had scarcely a fine day 
during our stay. _ ^ 25 . 
The temperature of the island during the above period was TO-g- . 
On shore the range from nine a.m. to three p.m. was 76 ° to 80”: on 
hoard at the same time from 74° to 76 °. Taking the difference between 
these comparisons, we may place the mean temperature on shore for the 
above-mentioned period at 76 Tr the winter the south-westerly 
winds blow very cold, and even snow has been known to fall. 
The number of persons on Pitcairn Island in December, 1825, 
amounted to sixty-six, and for the information of such as may be 
disposed to give their particular attention to such an inquiry, I 
have subjoined in a note the population from the period of its first 
establishment on the island*. In a climate so temperate, with but few 
Males. 
, . , C white . 9 
• Tl,e first settlers consBted of . . . ^ 
Females. 
0 
12 
15 
C white . 6 
Of these were killed in the quarrel < 0 
by accident . ■ . white . 1 
died a natural death 1 
Total deaths 14 
12 27 Total. 
0 
0 
3 
3 
6 1 went away. 
The original settlers therefore whom we found 
on the island were 
The children of the white settlers (the men of 
colour having left none) 
Their grandchildren 
Recent settlers 
Child of one of them 
1 
10 
22 
2 
1 
36 
5 
10 
15 
0 
0 
30-^ — 66 present population. 
The total number of children left by the white settlers was fourteen, of whom two died a 
natural death ; one was seized with fits, to which he was subject, while in the water, and was 
drowned ; and one was killed by accident, leaving ten, as above. Of the grandchildren, or 
second generation, there was also another male who died an accidental death. There have, 
therefore, been sixty-two births in the period of thirty-five years, from the 23d January, 1790, 
to the 23d December, 1825, and only two natural deaths. 
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