LETTERS FROM THE ISLANDERS. 197 
" P S. — We should like to hear from you by 
this same man, the name of the Admiral, his 
character, &c." 
" Pitcairn's Island. South Pacific Ocean, 
" Lat. 25° 4' S., Long 130° 8' W. Sept. 26th, 1844 
"Honoured Sir, — Please to accept my 
humble thanks for your condescension and 
kindness m administering to our necessities, 
and expressing such solicitude for our welfare. 
I hope myself and schoolfellows will ever retain 
sentiments of gratitude both toward you and 
our other friends in Valparaiso ; and I humbly 
pray the God and Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ will have you in his holy keeping, and 
that after this life I may be permitted to see 
you all, face to face, in the presence of Him 
who loved us, and washed us in his own blood. 
To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen, 
" Louisa Quintal/' 
" Pitcairn's Island, South Pacific Ocean, 
"Sept 26th, 1844. 
" Eeverend and Honoured Sir,— Please 
to accept my humble thanks for the interest 
you are pleased to take in our welfare, and also 
for the presents you and our other friends in 
Valparaiso have sent us ; and may they and 
you be rewarded a thousandfold, both in a 
temporal and spiritual sense. And may the 
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of 
