LETTERS FEOM THE REV, G. H. NOBBS. 301 
If I am asked, Hare they no faults ? I an- 
swer, Yes, two, to show that they are children 
^of Adam. 
< The first is, that the men seemed to allow the 
'women to work harder than themselves. The 
second, that there is a want of energy apparent 
in all they do, always excepting religious 
matters. 
In these I have summed up all I know to 
their disadvantage. How proud may England 
be, that it is to her this virtuous and most inte- 
resting community look as to their fatherland ! 
May HE who so marvellously raised such 
fruit from such seed still watch over and protect 
them ! B. T. N 
In this friendly wish and prayer for the wel- 
fare of the community, the reader will heartily 
join. 
The following communications will bring down 
the history to the period at which the removal 
from Pitcairn had been determined on. 
, The Rev. G. H. Nobbs, in a letter to the 
author, dated June 29th, 1855, said : 
"I sit down to write you a letter: but when 
an opportunity may occur for sending it, is 
beyond any calculation of mine ; it has become 
so rare for a vessel of any kind to visit us. 
Whale-ships do not come, because they rarely 
can obtain such an amount of vegetable refresh- 
ment as they require ; and merchant-ships have 
nothing to induce them in the way of commerce. 
A ship-of-war will, no doubt, occasionally pay 
us a flying visit of twenty-four hours ; but those 
