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eight. From that time he has been with 
them, through evil report and good report, as 
their pastor, surgeon, and schoolmaster, with 
the exception of a few months, when he was 
removed from the island, in consequence of 
the intrusion of a Mr. Joshua Hill, who 
arrived from Otaheite in 1832. This person, 
who was then about sixty years of age, in- 
formed the inhabitants that he had been 
authorized by the British Government to 
reside at Pitcairn's Island ; when in fact he 
had received no such authority. Mr. Nobbs 
appears to have been of too plain and straight- 
forward a character to suit this new-comer, 
whose presence amongst the people caused 
much trouble ; as he divided their little 
society into two factions; one siding with 
him, the other with the constitution as it 
was. At length, partly by splendid promises, 
and partly by instilling into the simple 
minds around him the fear of giving offence 
to the Government at home, whom he affected 
to represent, he enlisted some of the natives 
against the three Europeans, and succeeded 
in excluding them and their families, for 
a time, from the island. 
