VISIT OF ADMIRAL MOEESBY. 207 
express themselves much gratified with all 
they saw and heard. The admiral attended 
divine service, and was evidently surprised at 
the improvement the people had made in 
singing Iby note ; especially as their friend 
Carleton had so very limited a time for 
instructing them. In the afternoon the Rev. 
Mr. Holman read prayers, and preached a 
sermon, most appropriate to the occasion, 
from 1st Cor. loth chap, last verse. 
"The admiral, in the course of conversation, 
learned from the inhabitants that they had a 
great desire for the ordination of their pastor, 
in order that he might be qualified to adminis- 
ter the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper ; and, 
with great kindness, proposed to send Mr. 
Nobbs to England for that purpose, leaving 
the Rev. Mr. Holman to officiate in his 
stead. The inhabitants did not accede to 
this most generous offer so readily as they 
ought to have done ; and the reason they 
gave was, that in case of sickness they would 
have no one to prescribe for them. The 
admiral told them they might do as they 
liked, but they were certainly much wanting 
to themselves, and their children, if they let 
