168 MR. carleton's musical class. 
whole of the adult population to sing. Fortu- 
nately, the Baron happened to have a tuning- 
fork in his pocket ; and the people, whose efforts 
in psalmody in church had been noticed as some- 
what imperfect, caught with delight at the idea 
of a little musical instruction. They proved, 
according to Mr. Brodie, remarkably intelligent, 
not one among the number being deficient in 
ear, while many had exceedingly fine voices. 
The progress surpassed the most sanguine ex- 
pectations of the teacher. On the fourth day, 
they sang through a catch in four parts with 
great steadiness : and the performance was very 
remarkable. Mr. Brodie has given the names of 
57 pupils — being 30 males, and 27 females, as 
the " list of Carleton's musical class." 
For some time their chief musical instrument 
in the church had been an accordion ; but among 
the gifts procured for them by the kindness of 
friends in England was an excellent organ. 
"With regard to Mr. Brodie, it is worthy of 
remark, that, though he had been thus detained 
at Pitcairn, he arrived in the barque Colonist at 
San Francisco, in California, twenty-eight days 
before the Noble, which had been ninety-three 
days on her passage from Pitcairn ! The crew of 
the Noble had suffered great privations, owing 
to the want of provisions and water. His dis- 
appointment, which appeared so grievous, in 
missing his ship at Pitcairn, ended in his escap- 
ing the miseries to which the people in the 
Noble had been exposed, and in finding the few 
weeks on Pitcairn's Island among the happiest 
periods of his life. 
