250 PUBLIC REGISTER, 1790-94. 
time, partly with the object of purchasing a 
vessel. But the plan did not answer ; and the 
several deposits were returned. 
THE REGISTER OF PITCAIRN'S ISLAND, from 
1790 to 1850, is a very interesting document, 
and will probably be of unspeakable value here- 
after, as a record of names and events connected 
with that little world. A few extracts will be 
given. 
The first entry occurs January 23d, 1790 : 
" H.M.S. Bounty burned. Fasto, wife of John 
Williams, died. October Thursday Christian 
born." 
The annals of 1793 are of a most melancholy 
kind, recounting the massacre of Fletcher 
Christian, John Mills, William Brown, John 
Williams, Isaac Martin; and the death of all 
the Otaheitan men, " part by jealousy among 
themselves, and others by the remaining Eng- 
lishmen." 
In 1794 we read of " a great desire in many 
of the women to leave the island : and of a boat, 
built on purpose to remove them, launched, and 
upset." In August, the same year, " a grave 
was dug, and the bones of all the white men 
that had been murdered were buried." In 
November, " a conspiracy of the women to kill 
all the white men, when asleep in their beds, 
was. discovered. They were all seized, a 
disclosure ensued, and all were pardoned." 
Nov. 30th, " the women attacked the white 
men, but no one was hurt. They were once 
