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other two, though severely hurt, are going 
on favourably, and, I trust, will recover. 
" The poor widow is in great distress. She 
lias seven children, and expects another in 
about five months. One hundred and thirty- 
five dollars, or twenty-seven pounds English 
money, were subscribed by the officers and 
crew of the Virago ; and she will be well 
taken care of by the islanders. The gun has 
been spiked, to prevent farther accidents." 
This mournful news had not reached Mr. 
Nobbs, when he quitted Valparaiso ; nor, in 
all ' probability , will he have been made ac- 
quainted with the sad intelligence, until his 
arrival at Pitcairn. In this case, the event 
must have given a tinge of sorrow to a meet- 
ing which was anticipated with so much joy. 
However, man proposeth, but God disposeth : 
and of this the disciplined minds of the 
islanders are well aware. 
Matthew M c Coy was a grandson of Wil- 
liam M c Coy, the mutineer, and was about 35 
years of age. He was married to Margaret 
Christian, a sister of Mrs. Nobbs, and had a 
large family. 
