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vailed ; and, on Reuben's quitting the island for 
Valparaiso to settle in th world, his father gave 
the whole of the money he possessed, amounting 
to eight dollars, to his son. All the families 
joined in fitting the youth out to the best of 
their power, furnishing him with a supply of 
clothes, and making up altogether a purse of 
more than forty dollars, several contributing 
every cent they had. 
Mr.Nobbs afterwards received, by Commander 
Dillon, of the Cockatrice schooner, in 1851, seve- 
ral gratifying letters from Mr. Armstrong and 
Reuben. This young man, who is now about 
twenty-four years of age, had acquired the esteem 
and confidence of his employers, merchants at 
Valparaiso, and was much valued by all who 
knew him ; but it was agreed that he should 
return to Pitcairn's Island, in compliance with 
the wish of his mother, who had been very un- 
happy in consequence of his absence ; and thither 
he accordingly went in the spring of 1853. 
Afterwards, however, he took the opportunity 
of returning with Admiral Moresby in the Port- 
land to Valparaiso, where he resumed the duties 
of a responsible mercantile situation ; but his 
friends have since heard with deep regret, that 
his health has been much impaired. 
The late excellent Captain Worth, of H.M.S. 
Calypso, who visited the island in 1848, afforded 
the following testimony to the amiable character 
and the happy state of the Pitcairn islanders : 
" We arrived here on the 9th March (1848) 
from Callao, but the weather being very bad, 
stormy and squally, as you know there is no 
