374 REV. G. H. NOBBS'S LETTER. 
is not undeserved; and, to use the words of our 
people, when they first heard of it, 'it ought to 
have been done long ago.'* 
" Our worthy friend, Captain Morshead, was 
at Pitcairri a few days before we left ; and right 
glad we were to welcome such a tried friend to 
our little island again. We have seen, by the 
Navy List, that our dear friends of the Portland 
are dispersed all over the world ; but we have 
bright recollections of all of them ; and to such 
of them as are still near, we beg you to remem- 
ber us kindly. Your ever grateful friend, 
"ARTHUR QUINTAL." 
The Eev. G. H. Nobbs, on the 17th July, 
1856, soon after his arrival at Norfolk Island, 
wrote thus to the author : 
"I sent you a few lines by H.M.S. Dido, 
from Pitcairn's, intending to follow it up by 
a longer letter. But quite unexpectedly the 
ship for removing us to Norfolk Island arrived ; 
and we immediately commenced preparation for 
the removal. 
>. "I am not now going to enter into particulars, 
for I am too busily engaged to analyse my 
thoughts of the past, or my hopes for the future. 
Suffice it to say, that by the permission of 
Almighty God, we arrived at this place, June 
8th, after a passage of thirty-five days, and were 
* Rear- Admiral Moresby, C.B., the Pitcairners' warm and 
constant friend, had received the honour of knighthood. He 
has since been promoted to the rank of Vice- Admiral. 
