178 SEEVICES OF MR. NOBBS. 
had been at the Gambler Islands, the people 
of Pitcairn recalled him, with the other Euro- 
peans; the request for their return to the 
island being accompanied by an offer of pay- 
ment of all their expenses ; and they returned 
accordingly, without further delay. 
Mr. Nobbs's active life in the Chilian 
service has been briefly noticed. In 1839, 
when engaged in the quiet, and sedentary, 
but scarcely less laborious duty of a pastor 
and teacher at Pitcairn, with his youthful 
pupils around him, he had the satisfaction 
of receiving, as a visiter to the island, General 
Friere, ex-president of Chili, who had known 
him eighteen years before. What a contrast 
to those former scenes, is afforded by the 
picture presented by the plain and simple 
words, found in the Island Register, re- 
specting this visit !* 
The following letter, signed by seven of 
the islanders, including the magistrate and 
the two councillors, will speak for itself. It is 
an answer to a communication received from 
the Rev. J. Moody, chaplain of H.M.S. Thalia, 
and since chaplain at the Falkland Islands: 
* See p. 250. 
