CHAPTER XIII. 
DEPARTURE OF THE PITCAIRN COMMUNITY FROM PITCAIRN 
TO NORFOLK ISLAND — NORFOLK ISLAND J ITS ORIGINAL 
SETTLEMENT, AND SUBSEQUENT OCCUPATION — VISIT OF 
BISHOP BROUGHTON — CAPTAIN DENHAM's DESPATCH — 
LETTERS FROM ARTHUR QUINTAL AND REV. G. H. NOBBS — 
SIR WM. DENISON'S COMMUNICATION — EXPENSE OF REMOVAL 
— ACCOUNTS FROM HOBART TOWN. 
Early in the year 1857 the friends of the 
Pitcairn community received intelligence of the 
change which had taken place in the circum- 
stances of the islanders. Silence and solitude 
had resumed their reign at Pitcairn. The Chap- 
lain and his wife had paid their last visit to 
the grave of their beloved Reuben. The in- 
habitants, from the oldest man and woman, 
down to the infant of a few months, had quitted 
the memorable spot, as it seemed, for ever, and 
embarked in the Morayshire on their perilous 
voyage of between three and four thousand 
miles. Nay, more, they had arrived at the 
beautiful and fertile island, generously bestowed 
upon them by the kindness and consideration of 
Her Majesty's Government. 
Norfolk Island, lying in the Southern Pacific, 
