and religion is in a flourishing condition; and I trust by the grace of God it will continue to be so. God Almighty be with you, and bless you now and for ever. Amen. "Your's,

"ARTHUR QUINTAL, JR. "Chief Magistrate.

"P. S.-We should like to hear from you by this same man, the name of the admiral, his character, &c."

"Pitcairn's Island, South Pacific Ocean, "September 26, 1844.

"HONOURED SIR,-Please to accept my humble thanks for your condescension and kindness in administering to our necessities, and expressing such solicitude for our welfare. I hope myself and school-fellows will ever retain sentiments of gratitude both toward you and our other friends in Valparaiso; and I humbly pray the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ will have you in his holy keeping, and that after this life I may be permitted to see you all, face to face, in the presence of Him who loved us, and washed us in his

own blood. To Him be glory for ever and

ever.

Amen.

"LOUISA QUINTAL."

"Pitcairn's Island, South Pacific Ocean, "Sept. 26, 1844.

"REVEREND AND HONOURED SIR,-Please to accept my humble thanks for the interest you are please to take in our welfare, and also for the presents you and our other friends in Valparaiso have sent us; and may they and you be rewarded a thousand-fold, both in a temporal and spiritual sense. And may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

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"I am, Reverend Sir,

"Your grateful servant,
"MIRIAM CHRISTIAN."

From the chief-magistrate of Pitcairn's Island to the Rev. Mr. Wm. Armstrong:

"Pitcairn's Island, April 6, 1848.

"DEAR FRIEND,-Long have I heard of you, though not acquainted with you, but

have often heard of your friendship toward us Pitcairn Islanders. Now I have taken this opportunity to write these few lines to you, informing you of the state of things in our little island. We are all getting on very well. I hope that you and the rest of our friends are getting on well, as we are. I return you thanks for your kind letter, which I have received from the ship Calypso; also the present which is sent by you and the rest of the kind gentlemen at Valparaiso. We have received from you all, such things as are very valuable to us-spades, saws, pots, and other articles. We have received them all with the greatest pleasure, and I return you all a thousand thanks for them. The presents are divided equally among us all, from the oldest woman to the youngest child: we are in number 141.

"Kind friend, this is the first opportunity I have had to write to you. I will thank you very much if you will take this fund of money which you will see in this paper, and buy me a few fish-hooks

of the size you will see in the paper; and also for my family's use six copies of Watts's Hymn Books, and one Family Bible.

"Friend, I bid you farewell. Perhaps it may not be our chance to meet in this world, but I hope we may in a better world, where saints and angels meet.

wisher,

"GEORGE ADAMS,

"Chief-Magistrate of Pitcairn's Island."

It is impossible to read these letters, so simple, pious, and scriptural in their whole tone, without astonishment, when we reflect that these are the children of mutineer fathers and idolatrous mothers. How much may one Bible do when blessed by the Spirit of God!

The Pitcairn school-house is a substan

tial building, about 56 feet long by 20 wide, conveniently supplied with forms, desks, slates, books, and maps. This room is

fitted up and used for the performance of divine service on Sundays, and such other days as are appointed on the island. At one end there is a pulpit, and a small space allotted for the use of the pastor.

In a letter from some of the elder pupils to Captain Hope, in August, 1847, an interesting report is given of the schoolduties, and times of attendance

"We attend school five days in the week, five hours each day. Our routine of school duties is as follows:-namely, commence with prayer and praise; conclude with the same. Monday, recital of weekly tasks, reading the Holy Scriptures, writing, arithmetic, and class spelling. Tuesday, the same as on Monday. Wednesday, reading in history and geography, transcribing select portions of Scripture, &c. Thursday, símilar to Monday and Tuesday. And on Friday, which is the Lusiest day of the week, transcribing