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POPULATION. 
heitan men met with early and violent deaths, 
and left no children. 
The original division of the island was into 
nine parts, between the nine mutineers ; it was 
afterwards subdivided into twenty-two; this being 
the number of families on the island. 
The following table, corrected to September 
19, 1855, will present some useful statistics to 
the reader with reference to the population : — 
Pitcaim Islanders, 
bearing the names of 
Is 
1 
o 
1 
8 
22 
24 
13 
6 
9 
8 
5 
■ 
s 
4 
12 
12 
10 
5 
I 
4 
E 
E 
c 
Nobbs 
Christian 
Quintal 
Young 
Adams 
M'Coy 
Buffett 
Evans 
14 
49 
44 
24 
17 
11 
19 
9 
6 
27 
20 
11 
11 
2 
11 
4 
10 
37 
32 
14 
12 
8 
1 
Total . . 
187 
92 
95 
59 
128 
In preparing the sheets for a new edition of 
this work, after so great a change had been 
made in the position and circumstances of the 
community, the author felt some doubt as to 
the best manner of relating the history. At 
length he determined to describe Pitcairn and 
the Pitcairners not in the past tense, but in the 
present, as in former editions. There seems to 
be greater propriety in adopting this course, as 
the islanders m tneir habits and customs will 
