SEEVICES OF MR. NOBBS. 179 
"Pitcairn's Island, South Pacific Ocean, 
"July 20th, 1847. 
"REVEREND SIR, We received, on the 
26th of February last, by H.B.M.S. Spy, 
your acceptable present and truly valuable 
letter, which, so far from giving offence, is 
highly appreciated, and deposited in the 
archives of the island, to be referred to at 
public meetings and other suitable occasions. 
We extremely regret the circumstances which 
frustrated your intended visit, for we should 
be in the highest degree delighted to have 
made your acquaintance, received your advice, 
and, we trust, in some measure, your appro- 
bation ; for we can assure you the report of 
our splitting into parties, &c. is incorrect. 
A few years since, a partially deranged 
impostor, named Joshua Hill, alias Lord 
Hill, came here, and made much disturbance ; 
but he was removed by order of the British 
Government. Respecting the letter of which 
you saw a copy in the Oahu paper, so far 
from expressing the sentiments of the com- 
munity, not more than three persons were 
acquainted with its contents. The rest of us 
were ignorant of its existence till we saw it 
