PUBLIC REGISTER, 1839-43. 253 
hawk, Captain J. Shepherd. The captain, several 
officers, and General Friere, ex-President of Chili, 
landed. In the afternoon the school-children 
were examined," and received the approbation of 
our respected visitors. Captain Shepherd after- 
wards divided some valuable presents among them. 
" Wth. Captain Shepherd and his officers 
attended divine service twice. At 5 P.M. they 
went on board. They sailed on the 12th. 
" 1840, Feb. 8th. Mrs. Nobbs received a se- 
vere contusion on the shoulder, by the falling of 
a cocoa-nut from the tree. 
" Feb. 13th. Moses Young fell from a cocoa- 
nut-tree, at least forty feet high, and was but 
slightly injured. 
"1841, August 18th. Arrived, H.M.S. Cura- 
goa, Captain Jenkin Jones ; and a most opportune 
arrival it was, for there were at least twenty cases 
of influenza among us." The Eegister goes on 
to describe the valuable services rendered by 
Captain Jones and the surgeon of the ship, Dr. 
Gunn. The Curagoa sailed on the 20th. 
" Sept. 19th. Died, Isabella, a native of Ta- 
hiti, relict of Fletcher Christian, of the Bounty. 
Her age was not known, but she frequently said 
she remembered Captain Cook arriving at Tahiti. 
" 1843, March 4th. Eleven of the inhabitants 
sailed in the barque America, for the purpose of 
exploring Elizabeth Island. 
" 5th. Arrived H.M.S. Talbot, Captain Sir 
T. Thompson, Bart. After remaining on shore, 
and adjusting some of the most pressing judicial 
cases presented to him, he went on board, and 
sailed for Valparaiso. 
