242 LETTER FROM THE REV. G. H. NOBBS. 
" I should be very thankful for some copies 
of some small work upon the Holy Communion : 
from not having been in a capacity to administer 
it hitherto, I feel that my flock have not had so 
much instruction from me on this momentous 
subject, as they ought to have had." 
" Nov. 3, 1853. 
" The Dido has just arrived. She has brought 
large quantities of stores for us, both from the 
Government, yourself, and others : but we shall 
not have an opportunity of opening them before 
the Dido leaves, so I cannot add anything to 
the accompanying letter ; but as soon as possible 
after the division of the articles among the fami- 
lies, I shall trouble you with an account of our 
proceedings. You would be amused to see what 
a state of excitement our people are m. I think 
it must in some degree resemble the first opening 
of the Crystal Palace. 
" I trust you will excuse this hasty and per 
haps unsatisfactory scrawl, but I have twenty 
letters to write, the Captain of the Dido to 
accompany in his visits to the several families, 
and also to attend the landing of the goods." 
The Chaplain's want of certain books had 
been anticipated; a supply of works on the 
Holy Communion, the late Bishop Blomfield's 
Family Prayers, and other publications, having 
been despatched, as a grant from the Society for 
Promoting Christian Knowledge. 
From the above correspondence, it will be 
seen that these loyal islanders had prepared a 
