STRENGTH AND ACTIVITY. 147 
There are three burial-places on the island. 
The funerals are always attended by every 
member of the community, even if the de- 
ceased should be but an infant. 
The children are early instructed in swim- 
ming ; and many of their sports are in the 
water. They also learn to thread the difficult 
passes of the rocks like so many young goats. 
The personal strength and activity of the 
men, as described by Captain Beechey, as he 
observed them in 1825, do not seem to be 
diminished at the present day. Lieutenant 
Belcher, mentioned in the subjoined extract, 
is now Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., 
who has gone out in H.M.S. Assistance, to 
the North Seas, in search of the missing crews 
of Sir John Franklin. 
"Two of the strongest on the island, 
George Young, and Edward Quintal, have 
each carried at one time, without inconve- 
nience, a kedge anchor, two sledge hammers, 
and an armourer's anvil, amounting to up- 
wards of six hundredweight. Quintal, at 
another time, carried a boat twenty-eight feet 
in length. Their activity on land has been 
already mentioned. I shall merely give 
