248 PUBLIC REGISTER. 
" 1799. Matthew Quintal, having threat- 
ened to take the lives of Young and Adams, 
these two considered their lives in danger, 
and thought they were justified in taking 
away the life of Quintal, which they did with 
an axe. 
" 1800. Edward Young, a mutineer, died 
of asthma. 
" 1817. Arrived, ship Sultan, of Boston, 
Captain Reynolds ; Jenny, a Tahitian woman, 
left here in the Sultan. 
" 1823. Arrived, ship Cyrus, of London, 
Captain Hall ; John Buffett came on shore, 
as schoolmaster, and John Evans also came 
on shore. 
" 1825, Dec. 5th. Arrived, H.M.S. Blos- 
som, Captain F. W. Beechey. 
"1826, Dec. 19. Jane Quintal left the 
island in the Lovely, of London, Captain 
Blythe. 
" 1828, Nov. 15th. George Nobbs came 
on shore, to reside. 
" 1829, March 5th 
JOHN ADAMS died, aged 65. 
