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the devotion that animated every countenance, 
and the innocence and simplicity of the little 
children, prevented the attendance from becoming 
wearisome. In about half an hour afterwards 
we again assembled to prayers. They may be 
said to have church five times on a Sunday. 
" All that remains to be said of these excellent 
people is. that they appear to live together in 
perfect harmony and contentment; to be vir- 
tuous, religious, cheerful and hospitable beyond 
the limits of prudence; to be patterns of conjugal 
and parental affection, and to have very few 
vices. We remained with them many days, 
and their unreserved manners gave us the fullest 
opportunity of becoming acquainted with any 
faults they might have possessed."* 
In the year 1830, the Hon. W. Waldegrave, 
Captain of H.M.S. Seringapatam, touched at 
Pitcairn's Island. The following extracts from 
a letter of this officer, now Earl Waldegrave, 
will show that the moral and religious training 
of the rising generation had been well attended 
to subsequently to John Adams's death : 
" Pitcairn's Island, March 17, 1830. 
"On the 15th of March I landed at this 
island, and was friendly and hospitably received 
by George Nobbs and all the inhabitants. My 
officers and men were most kindly treated at 
breakfast and dinner, and slept in their houses. 
My crew received a supply of cocoa-nuts and 
fruits. I had the gratification to hear William 
* Captain F. W. Beechey's " Narrative of a Voyage to the 
Pacific and Behring's Straits;" a work of much interest. 
