CHAPTER XL 
EXAMPLE OP REUBEN NOBBS— SHADOWS OP COMING EVENTS— 
B. TOUP NICOLAS, ESQ., CONSUL AT RAIATEA-— HIS JOURNAL 
OP A WEEK AT PITCAIRN IN 1853 — LETTERS FROM THE REV. 
G. H. NOBBS —LETTER PROM MRS. NOBBS — CAPTAIN DENHAMS 
SURVEY OP NORFOLK ISLAND— CAPTAIN PREMANTLE'S VISIT 
TO PITCAIRN— HURRICANE ON THE PACIFIC— EXPECTATIONS 
OP A REMOVAL TO NORFOLK ISLAND. 
Some particulars of Reuben's last hours, as he 
sunk to rest, in the presence of hie father and 
mother, in humble reliance on his Saviour, 
have been drawn by the pen of a loving parent, 
and will appear in the progress of our work. 
These will serve further to illustrate the cha- 
racter of one whose industry, integrity, and 
piety were conspicuous, and whose example, it 
may reasonably be hoped, will be useful to the 
rising generation. Reuben's life, short as it 
was, and unmarked by any brilliant features, 
forms one of the cluster of good fruits which 
have, under God, given to Pitcairn the lovely 
and honourable name which it has acquired. 
In addition to the pressure of domestic afflic- 
tion, which weighed heavily upon the pastor's 
mind at this time, he had to contend with diffi- 
culties of no ordinary nature. The project for 
a removal to Norfolk Island was now ripening ; 
and he who had educated so many members of 
the community, and had held such various offices 
amongst them, was naturally looked up to for 
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