CHAPTER V. 
RETURN OF THE PITCAIRN EMIGRANTS TO THEIR ISLAND IN 
1833 PRESENT POPULATION OF PITCAIRN LOYALTY OF 
THE ISLANDERS THEIR RULES AND CUSTOMS THE 
ISLANDERS' DAY AT PITCAIRN RECEPTION OF VESSELS 
TOUCHING AT THE ISLAND HOSPITALITY TO STRANGERS. 
To return to the Pitcairn emigrants at 
Otaheite. Their health suffered in the new 
climate, and the dissipation of the place 
proved distasteful to a well-ordered Christian 
community. It was owing, partly to this, 
and partly to the love of country, which is a 
powerful principle at Pitcairn, that the people 
soon found their way back to their own home. 
When the British ship, Challenger, touched 
at Otaheite in 1833, it was found, that all 
whom death had spared had returned to the 
island of Pitcairn. Some had yielded to the 
temptations to intemperance. Sickness also 
had become prevalent among them, and had 
carried off twelve; and five died almost 
immediately after their return. 
