LETTER FROM THE REV. G. H. NOBBS. 239 
were badly wounded, and it was doubtful for 
some time if they would survive : one of them 
still suffers from his wounds. 
" I should be very thankful for some copies 
of some small work upon the Holy Com- 
munion : from not having been in a capacity 
to administer it hitherto, I feel that my flock 
have not had so much instruction from me, on 
this very momentous subject, as they ought 
to have had." 
"Nov. 3, 1853. 
" The Dido has just arrived. She has brought 
large quantities of stores for us, both from the 
Government, yourself, and others ; but we shall 
not have an opportunity of opening them before 
the Dido leaves, so I cannot add anything to 
the accompanying letter ; but as soon as possible 
after the division of the articles among the fami- 
lies, I shall trouble you with an account of our 
proceedings. You would be amused to see what 
a state of excitement our people are in. I think 
it must in some degree resemble the first open- 
ing of the Crystal Palace. 
" I trust you will excuse this hasty and per- 
haps unsatisfactory scrawl, but I have twenty 
letters to write, the Captain of the Dido to 
accompany in his visits to the several families, 
and also to attend the landing of the goods." 
The Chaplain's want of certain books had 
been anticipated; a supply of works on the 
Holy Communion, the Bishop of London's 
Family Prayers, and other publications for the 
island, having been despatched, as a grant from 
