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the other designed for the year 1846. " So that," 
says the annalist, " this very valuable article of 
food we shall be without for a very long time. 
The fact is, that from this date until August, we 
shall be pinched for food. But God tempers the 
wind to the shorn lamb ; and we humbly trust 
that the late monitions of Providence, namely, 
drought, sickness, and storm, which severally 
have afflicted us this year, may be sanctified to 
us, and be the means of bringing us, one and all, 
into a closer communication with our God. May 
we remember the rod, and who hath appointed 
it. May we flee to the cross of Christ for safety 
and succour in every time of need, always bear- 
ing in mind that our heavenly Father doth not 
willingly afflict the children of men." 
The details which follow, respecting a serious 
accident to the pastor's eldest son, Keuben E. 
Nobbs, which resulted in what appears to be 
confirmed lameness, are so characteristic of the 
kind and brotherly feeling subsisting in the 
island, that they must be quoted in full. 
" 1847, Feb. 20th. This afternoon as Keuben 
Nobbs was out on the mountain, shooting goats, 
his foot slipped, and he let fall his musket, which 
exploded and wounded him severely. The ball 
entered a little below the hip joint, and passing 
downwards, came through on the inside of the 
thigh, about half-way between the groin and the 
knee. Providentially, some persons were within 
call, who immediately ran to his assistance, and 
tore up their shirts to stanch the blood, which 
was pouring forth profusely. A lad was de- 
spatched to the village with the melancholy 
