312 LETTERS FROM THE REV. G. H. NOBBS. 
In another letter, dated Pitcairn's Island, 
July 19, 1855, Mr, Nobbs said :— 
"I will briefly detail my avocations on the 
island. Divine Service twice on the Sabbath, 
and a Sunday-school for five classes (sixty per- 
sons) afterwards. The teachers are Jemima 
Young, Mary Young, Jane Nobbs, Francis 
Nobbs, and myself. There is also public service 
every afternoon at four o'clock, with the ex- 
ception of Saturday, on which day the men are 
generally out in their canoes fishing, and the 
women busy in preparing food for the Sabbath. 
" The Holy Communion is administered on 
the first Sunday of each month. The total 
number of communicants is 78. At the age of 
sixteen, after due preparation, they are admitted 
to the Lord's Table. Our day-school is from 
eight in the morning till one, five days in the 
week. There are 55 scholars. Edward Quintal 
is the schoolmaster.* I attend Qvery day from 
ten until the dismissal. These duties, with the 
care of the sick, keep me in constant employ ; 
and, I am happy to say, beneficially so. The 
young man who keeps the school being incapa- 
citated from bodily infirmity for any other occu- 
pation, I have made over to him the pecuniary 
resources of the school, to wit, one shilling per 
month for each scholar, paid in potatoes, &c. 
So that I am altogether dependent on my stipend 
from the Society for the Propagation of the 
Gospel ; the more especially as I have now no 
beloved son in Valparaiso to contribute to my 
necessities. 
* He died in the early part of 1856. 
