206 THE ISLANDEES IN 1852. 
esteem, respect, and sympathy ; and as in this 
life they do not seek their pleasures in things 
below, but in a higher Power, so we may 
earnestly hope that the image of the Saviour 
will be found in their hearts, and in the next 
\vorld that they may be peculiarly His own." 
The following animated account, by one of 
the voyagers, brings the narrative down to Mr. 
Nobbs's arrival at Valparaiso, on his way to 
England : 
" He has officiated as minister during the last 
twenty-three years, greatly to the satisfaction 
of the islanders, if one may judge by the respect 
and affection which they entertain for him. We 
brought Mr. Nobbs as far as Valparaiso. More 
than one meeting was held by the elders, before 
they could bring themselves to consent to his 
leaving them, though only for a few months. 
At last their anxiety to have a regularly or- 
dained clergyman prevailed. We found these 
excellent people fully deserving all the praise 
which has been bestowed upon them. They are 
like one large family, living in perfect harmony 
with each other. We were treated by them 
like brothers, and welcomed everywhere. The 
population is now twenty-one families. Arthur 
Quintall is the oldest man, and George Adams 
next, these being the only male survivors of the 
first generation. They are badly off for clothing, 
which they purchase from the whaling vessels 
occasionally touching there. Their money is 
derived from the sale of their surplus yams, &c. ; 
but owing to the small size of the island, and 
the rapid increase of the population, they must, 
