268 PUBLIC REGISTER, 1853. 
" Friday, 20th. The epidemic rapidly spread- 
ing; many very ill. Henry Chads Christian born. 
" Wednesday, 25th. The majority of the 
people seriously ill, and unable to help them- 
selves. 
" Saturday, 28th. Rainy, and very thick 
weather. About 10 A.M. a ship was reported 
in sight to the westward ; 12, the ship seen from 
the village, and instantly recognised to be the 
Portland. After some hours, a crew of invalids 
pulled off to her. The next day, at sun-down 
the good ship Portland left us, we fear, for ever. 
May our Heavenly Father ever preserve her 
and her gallant crew from all the dangers of the 
sea, and from the assaults of their spiritual and 
temporal enemies, is the prayer and earnest wish 
of the community at Pitcairn's Island. 
" May 31st Elizabeth Holman Adams born. 
" June 20th. Thomas Buffett and Louisa 
Quintall, and Fletcher Nobbs and Susan Quin- 
tall, married. 
" 28th. John Moresby Acland Quintall born. 
" Augustdth. William Henry Holman Chris- 
tian born. 
" 13th. Rosalina Amelia Young born. 
" October 5th. Ernest Hey wood Christian 
born. 
" September 19th. Sarah M'Coy had a severe 
fall, by which she broke her collar-bone and 
fractured her jaw. 
" 21st. Sarah M'Coy suffering much pain. 
" October 5th. Sarah M'Coy almost quite 
recovered. 
" 16th. George Henry Parkin Christian born. 
