PITCAIEN'S ISLAND. 97 
place of landing. The landing is effected in 
the boats of the natives ; these being better 
suited than ships' boats for passing the 
breakers. 
" Having set foot on shore," says Mr. 
Brodie, who was there in March 1850, "you 
ascend a steep hill, almost a cliff, for about 
three hundred yards, to a table-land, planted 
with cocoa-nut-trees, which is called the 
market-place, about a quarter of a mile 
beyond which, at the north end of the island, 
lies the settlement, flanked by a grove of 
cocoa-nut-trees, kumeras, and plantains, &c. 
which make the approach very picturesque."* 
Though the island, according to Captain 
Carteret, owes its name to young Mr. Pit- 
cairn, he having been the first native of 
this kingdom who noted the place, it was 
doubtless once known by some other name, 
which is now lost, together with all traces 
of its former inhabitants, except a few 
human skeletons, idols, and weapons, which 
were discovered there by the mutineers. It 
has become a clear matter of fact, that the 
* "Pitcairn's Island, and the Islanders in 1850." By 
Walter Brodie. 
