206 VISIT OF ADMIRAL MORESBY. 
in singing by note ; especially as their friend 
Carleton had so very limited a time for instruct- 
ing them. In the afternoon the Rev. Mr. Hol- 
man read prayers, and preached a sermon, most 
appropriate to the occasion, from 1st Cor. 15th 
chap, last verse. 
" The Admiral, in the course of conversation, 
learned from the inhabitants that they had a 
great desire for the ordination of their pastor, in 
order that he might be qualified to administer 
the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper ; and, with 
great kindness, proposed to send Mr. Nobbs to 
England for that purpose, leaving the Rev. Mr. 
Holman to officiate in his stead. The inha- 
bitants did not accede to this most generous offer 
so readily as they ought to have done ; and the 
reason they gave was, that in case of sickness 
they would have no one to prescribe for them. 
The Admiral told them they might do as they 
liked, but they were certainly much wanting to 
themselves and their children, if they let so 
favourable an opportunity pass without improv- 
ing it. He explained to them, very clearly and 
forcibly, the necessity of an ordained clergy- 
man being established among them, and the 
disabilities their children laboured under until 
such an event took place. They listened with 
breathless attention to the paternal advice of the 
Admiral, and most readily acquiesced in all his 
expansive views of the subjects most vitally 
connected with their welfare. But still they 
evinced a backwardness in agreeing to part with 
their teacher. The Admiral, on perceiving this, 
kindly told them he would give them till eleven 
