CHAPTER VI. 
RETURN OF THE PITCAIRN EMIGRANTS TO THEIR ISLAND IN 
1833 PRESENT POPULATION OF PITCAIRN THE QUEEN'S 
BIRTHDAY ACCIDENT ON THE ISLAND LOYALTY OF THE 
ISLANDERS THEIR RULES AND CUSTOMS THE ISLANDERS' 
DAY AT PITCAIRN RECEPTION OF VESSELS TOUCHING AT 
THE ISLAND HOSPITALITY TO STRANGERS MR. CARLETON's 
MUSICAL CLASS. 
To return to the Pitcairn emigrants at Otaheite. 
Their health suffered in the new climate ; arid the 
licentious habits of the place proved distaste- 
ful to that well-ordered Christian community. 
It was owing partly to this, and partly to the 
love of country, which is a powerful principle at 
Pitcairn, tjiat the people soon found their way 
back to their own home. When the British 
ship, Challenger, touched at Otaheite in 1833, 
it appeared that all whom death had spared had 
returned to Pitcairn. Some had yielded to the 
temptations to intemperance. Sickness also had 
become prevalent among them, and had carried 
off twelve. Five died almost immediately after 
their return. 
Very serious consideration will doubtless be 
given to the subject, before any plans are 
adopted for the removal of the inhabitants from 
this island to another, on the score of necessity. 
Mr. Nobbs said, in the hearing of the author, 
that as long as two families should remain at 
Pitcairn, he would remain also. Captain Fan- 
