AS TO CATS, FOWLS, GOATS, &C. BANK. 249 
should get lost by his neglecting to take it back, 
lie is to get another anvil and sledge-hammer, 
and pay a fine of four shillings." 
With regard to the laws as to CATS, FOWLS, 
&c., the Eev. Gr. H. Nobbs stated as follows : 
If a CAT is killed without being positively 
detected in killing fowls, however strong the 
suspicion may be, the person killing such cat is 
obliged, as a penalty, to destroy 300 rats, whose 
tails must be submitted for the inspection of the 
magistrate, by way of proof that the penalty 
has been paid. 
If a FOWL is found destroying the yams or 
potatoes, the owner of the plantation, after 
giving due warning, may shoot the fowl, and 
retain it for his use, and may demand of the 
owner of such fowl the amount of powder and 
shot so expended, as well as the fowl. The 
fowls are all toe-marked. 
GOATS, and other quadrupeds, are ear- 
marked. 
If a PIG gets loose from its sty and commits 
any depredation, the owner is obliged to make 
good the damage, according to the decision 
of the magistrate, whose duty it is to survey 
the injury alleged to be done, and from whose 
decision a reference, if necessary, may be made 
to a jury ; but the final appeal is to the captain 
of the next man-of-war touching at the island. 
A Bank w^as set on foot a few years since 
at Pitcairn. The dollars, which were not very 
numerous, were allowed to accumulate for a 
