PITCAIEN: 
THE ISLAND, THE PEOPLE, AND THE PASTOB; 
WITH A SHORT ACCOUNT CP 
n 0f 
REV. THOS. BOYLES MURRAY, M.A. 
v\ 
HECTOR OF ST. DUNSTAN-IN-THE-EAST, LONDON, 
AN KNOWLEDGE. 
"It was a chosen plot of fertile land, 
Amongst'wide waves set like a little nest, 
As if it had by Nature's cunning hand 
Been choicely picked out from all the rest, \ 
And laid forth for ensample of the best." 
SPENSER'S Faerie Queen 
PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF 
THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND EDUCATION, 
APPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING 
CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. 
FOURTH EDITION. 
LONDON: 
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE; 
SOLD AT THE DEPOSITORY, 
GREAT aUEEN STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS; 
4, ROYAL EXCHANGE; 16, HANOVER STREET. HANOVEK SQUAttE; 
AND BY ALL BOOKSELLERS. 
1854. 
