VESSELS TOUCHING AT PITCAIEN. 
273 
VESSEL. 
CAPTAIN. 
DATE. 
PAGE. 
Joseph IMeiffs 
1851 
263 
Snaron 
1851 
263 
BalcGna 
. 1852 
264 
H.M.S. Daedalus . 
Wellesley 
. 1852 
265 
H.M.S. Portland . 
Rear- Ad m. Moresby, C. E 
, (1852 
' \1853 
192 
236 
Adeline Gibbs . . 
Weeks 
. 1852 
198 
H.M.S Virago . . 
Prevost 
. 1853 N 
97 
137 
H.M.S. Dido . . 
Morshead 
. 1853 [ 
166 
211 
Upwards of 340 vessels have touched at Pit- 
cairn since 1808. 
The following signals were established by 
Rear -Admiral Moresby, with the Pitcairn 
Islanders, in the year 1853 : 
A plain white flag will be hoisted when it is possible to com- 
municate from Bounty Bay. 
A plain white flag over a red ensign, or over any other flag, 
will be hoisted, when it is impossible to communicate from Bounty 
Bay. 
A red Ensign, or any other flag over a plain white flag, 
will be hoisted when it is impossible to communicate from 
Bounty Bay, but possible from the Lee-side of the island. 
