EVENINGS AT PITCAIEN. 159 
With the employment found by the inha- 
bitants, in the ways of industry above de- 
scribed, and the advantage and amusement 
derived from reading for they have many 
books of general literature, as well as publi- 
cations of a directly religious character the 
day cannot be said to hang heavy on hand in 
Pitcairn's Island. 
" How various his employment whom the world 
Calls idle, and who justly in return 
Esteems that busy world an idler too ! 
Friends, books, a garden, and perhaps his pen, 
Delightful industry enjoy'd at home, 
And nature in her cultivated trim 
Dress'd to his taste, inviting him abroad 
Can he want occupation who has these ? 
Will he be idle who has much t' enjoy ? 
A life all turbulence and noise may seem. 
To him that leads it, wise, and to be praised ; 
But wisdom is a pearl, with most success 
Sought in still water, and beneath clear skies." 
COWPER. 
When the shades of evening draw on, 
the islanders, one and all, again remember 
Him, who is about their path and about their 
bed, and spieth out all their ways. Nor are 
they slow to acknowledge His claims, who 
expects the grateful homage of His intelligent 
creatures, and whose protection and blfessing 
