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CONTENTS.
PART I.
CHAPTER I.
Geographical Researches in the South Seas.-Discovery of Otaheite.—
Object of the Commission of the Bounty.—Introductory Notices of her
Officers: Lieutenant Bligh.-Fletcher Christian.-George Stewart.–
Peter Heywood......
CHAPTER II.
.Page 13
Departure of the Bounty.-Voyage.—Arrival at Tahiti, and sailing from
thence to the West Indies.....
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CHAPTER III.
The Mutiny.-Dismissal of Lieutenant Bligh.-Fletcher Christian in Com-
mand. The Bounty sails for the Island of Toubouai.-Dissensions.-
Return to Tahiti.-Departure of Fletcher Christian with eight English-
men and some Tahitian Men and Women.
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CHAPTER IV.
Lieutenant Bligh's Boat-voyage. —Arrival in England. - Correspond-
ence.-H.M.S. Pandora dispatched to Tahiti.......................
CHAPTER V.
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Proceedings of the Officers and Crew who separated from Fletcher Chris-
tian. The Schooner Resolution built.-Arrival of the Pandora.-Suf-
ferings of the Prisoners.-Shipwreck.-Privations on the Boat-voyage.
-Reach Batavia.-Return to England..........
CHAPTER VI.
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Consequences of the Mutiny.-Correspondence previous to the Court-
martial.......
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97
CHAPTER VII.
Court-martial.-Correspondence of Members of Peter Heywood's Family.
-Acquittal of some of the Crew.-Pardon of Peter Heywood and
James Morrison.-Execution of two Prisoners.-Subsequent Career of
Captain Bligh and other Officers of the Bounty.-Death of Miss Nessy
Heywood........ .Page 117
PART II.
Position of the Mutineers.-Arrival at Pitcairn Island.-Destruction of
the Bounty.-Death of Fletcher Christian, Edward Young, and others.
-Alexander Smith (John Adams) sole Survivor...................
153
Discovery of the Retreat of the Mutineers.-Visits of Captain Folger and
others.-Arrival of John Buffett.-John Evans.-G. H. Nobbs.-Death
of John Adams.......
161
George Hunn Nobbs succeeds John Adams as Pastor of Pitcairn Island.
-Emigration to Tahiti.—Return.—Arrival of Joshua Hill.—Arbitrary
Proceedings.-Joshua Hill removed from Pitcairn.....
178
Ships of War visit Pitcairn.-Letter of Captain Wood, R.N.-Arrival
of Baron Thierry and others.-Aboriginal Inhabitants of Pitcairn
Island.....
196
Arrival of Rear-admiral Fairfax Moresby.-H.M.S. Portland at Pitcairn
Island.-Mr. Nobbs proceeds to England.-His Ordination as Chap-
lain.-Return to Pitcairn.-Death of Reuben Nobbs..........
218
Removal of the Pitcairn Islanders to Norfolk Island.-Directions of his
Excellency, Sir William Denison, K. C.B., respecting Allotments of
Land.-Correspondence.-Voyage.-Arrival at Norfolk Island.-Re-
ception by Captain Denham, H.M.S. Herald.-Visit of Bishop and
Mrs. Selwyn, and of the Rev. G. N. Patteson..
249
Correspondence of Rev. G. H. Nobbs with Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby,
K.C.B., relative to Norfolk Island and the Whale-fishery.-Visit of
His Excellency Sir William Denison.-His Opinion of the Pitcairn
People.-Directions relative to Live-stock, and the Cultivation of Land.
-Letter from Jane Nobbs.-Visit of Sir John Young.-Bishop Patte-
son attacked by the Natives of Santa Cruz.-Massacre of Fisher Young
and Edwin Nobbs......
CHAPTER VIII.
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Establishment of the Melanesian Mission College on Norfolk Island.—
Letters from the Bishop of New Zealand, Sir William Denison, Sir John
Young, etc., etc.....
CHAPTER IX.
309
Privations of the Pitcairn Colony.-Remarkable Whaling-adventure.—
Progress of the Melanesian Mission and College on Norfolk Island.—
Account of the Families who returned to Pitcairn Island, by Captain
Montresor, R.N., and Sir Wentworth Dilke.....
331
365
373
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Bounty Bay, Pitcairn Island, drawn
by Captain Beechey, R. N.........
Frontispiece.
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General Chart (Southern Ocean), Captain Becher, R.N..........................................
Destruction of H. M.S. Pandora,
Daybreak, August 29, 1791.......
On a Sandy Islet, Noon, August 29,
1791, drawn by P. Heywood...............
109
Rev. G. H. Nobbs.
179
Maria Christian, Ellen Quintal, and Sarah M‘Koy.
227
Landing-place (Sydney Bay), Norfolk Island...
263
Pitcairn Settlement (Sydney Bay), Norfolk Island....................
275
Interior of Norfolk Island.........................
288
Naomi Nobbs and Jane Nobbs............................
296