LETTERS FliOM THE REV. G. H. NOBBS. 301 
If I am asked, Have they no faults ? I an- 
swer, Yes, two, to show that they are children 
of Adam. * 
The first is, that the men seemed to allow liic 
women to work harder than themselves. The 
second, that there is a want of energy apparent 
-in all they do, always excepting religious 
matters. 
In these I have summed up all I know to 
their disadvantage. How proud may England 
be, that it is to her this virtuous and most inte- 
resting community look as to their fatherland ! 
May He who so marvellously raised such 
fruit from such seed still watch over and protect 
them ! B. T. K 
In this friendly wish and prayer for the wel- 
fare of the community, the reader will heartily 
join. 
The following communications will bring down 
the history to the period at which the removal 
from Pitcairn had been determined on. 
The Rev. G. H. Nobbs, in a letter to the 
author, dated June 29th, 1855, said : — 
" I sit down to write you a letter : but when 
an opportunity may occur for sending it, is 
beyond any calculation of mine ; it has become 
so rare for a vessel of any kind to visit us. 
Whale-ships do not come, because they rarely 
can obtain such an amount of vegetable refresh- 
ment as they require ; and merchant-ships have 
nothing to induce them in the way of commerce. 
A ship-of-war will, no doubt, occasionally pay 
us a flying visit of twenty -four hour j but those 
