240 FIRST COMMUNION AT PITCAIRN, 
ber, and left again on the 24th. The people 
are greatly pleased with the presents brought 
by her, and feel very grateful for the kind- 
ness of their friends. Two deaths have 
occurred since I last wrote, that of Mary 
Christian, on the 24th October, and a little 
boy, William Quintal, on the 1st of Novem- 
ber, the latter from locked-jaw, occasioned 
by a thorn running into his foot. The 
assistant surgeon of the Cockatrice informed 
me, that no medical aid could have saved 
either case. The people are now quite healthy, 
with the exception of the slight indispo- 
sition caused by vaccination, which is pro- 
ceeding very favourably, and which, I hope, 
will have succeeded in every case before your 
return. 
" I am happy in being able again to report 
favourably of the high moral and religious 
character of the people. The latter has, I 
trust, been greatly improved by the serious 
and solemn thoughts occasioned by the first 
administration of the Holy Communion. 
The whole of the adult congregation (sixty- 
two) communicated." 
