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POPULATION. 
heitan men met with early and violent deaths, 
and left no children. 
^ The original division of the island was into 
nine parts, between the nine mutineers ; it was 
afterwards subdivided into twenty -two; this being 
the number of families on the island. 
The following table, corrected to September 
19, 1855, will present some useful statistics to 
the reader with reference to the population : 
q 
"8 
Pitcairn Islanders, 
H >> 
g'g 
13 
-1 
I 
i 
bearing the names of 
I 
2 
1 
p 
Nobbs . 
14 
6 
8 
4 
10 
Christian 
49 
27 
22 
12 
37 
Quintal 
44 
20 
24 
12 
- 32 
Young 
24 
11 
13 
10 
14 
Adams 
17 
11 
6 
5 
12 
M'Coy 
11 
2 
9 
3 
8 
Buffett 
19 
11 
8 
9 
10 
Evans 
9 
4 
5 
4 
5 
Total . . 
187 
92 
95 
59 
128 
In preparing the sheets for a new edition of 
this work, after so great a change had been 
made in the position and circumstances of the 
community, the author felt some doubt as to 
the best manner of relating the history. At 
length he determined to describe Pitcairn and 
the Pitcairners not in the past tense, but in the 
present, as in former editions. There seems to 
be greater propriety in adopting this course, as 
the islanders in their habits and customs will 
