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was several weeks before we all recovered, and 
even now some feel the effects of it. 
" Will your Honour be pleased to return our 
sincere thanks to the nobility and gentry who 
so kindly subscribed to the Pitcairn Fund, to 
the Committee, and all our kind friends ? And 
we hope, by Divine assistance, we may live as 
becomes those who are bound by so many obli- 
gations. 
"By your Honour's suggestion, w^e have 
made a small chest of drawers for her gracious 
Majesty the Queen, which we hope you will 
have the honour of presenting to her Majesty. 
It is made of the Island wood; and we should 
be much pleased if her Majesty would accept it 
as a token of our loyalty and respect. You 
know, honoured Sir, our means are very limited, 
and our mechanical skill likewise, and we hope 
her Majesty will receive it as the widow's mite 
— the will for the deed. Will your Honour 
give our kind respects to your sons, our kind 
friends Fairfax, and Fortescue, Captain Chads, 
and especially to our late Pastor, Kev. W. H. 
Hoi man, and all the officers and crew of H.M.S. 
Portland ? 
" We remain, honoured Sir, 
" Your much obliged and grateful Servants, 
"The Inhabitants of Pitcairn's Island. 
" k (Signed) Arthur Quintal, Magistrate, 
" Thomas Buffett, Councillor, 
" Edward Quintal, Councillor, 
"In the name and on behalf of the Community." 
