322 VISIT OF THE JUNO TO PITCAIRN, 
lable; they were ready to part with anything, 
everything, to supply or gratify them; and equally 
anxious to carry away some object or token in 
remembrance of the island, even to the stones 
on the beach. But the girls perceiving this, ran 
and collected a quantity of tappa, sufficient for 
every man in the ship to receive a suitable 
memorial. 
" The yam harvest having been recently 
gathered in, there was no deficiency of the 
ordinary means of subsistence ; but J;heir stock of 
animal food is very limited, and fish have become 
of late years exceedingly scarce. A liberal con- 
tribution of salt meat was furnished by the men 
and officers from their messes, and, in addition, 
the Paymaster was authorized to supply them 
with four casks of beef on the part of the Govern- 
ment, likewise a small quantity of soap, of which 
they were almost destitute. The poor people 
expressed their gratitude with frank simplicity , 
they especially prize any favour or attention 
which has its source from the Crown or Govern- 
ment of England, and they evince the greatest 
anxiety, and esteem it their highest privilege to 
be recognised as subjects of her most gracious 
Majesty. 
" The last man-of-war that touched at Pitcairn 
was the Amphitrite y in February last. An 
American whaler, the Matthew Luce, Mr. Coon, 
Master, was off the land in daily communication 
with the shore." 
In January, 1856, many of the community 
suffered from a catarrhal affection, the germs of 
