for the purpose of catching fish, were made. Saw a vessel close in with the island. Mutineers much alarmed. Vessel stood out to sea December 27.

"1797.-Endeavoured to procure a quantity of meat for salting, and to make syrup from the ti-plant and sugar-cane.

"1799. Matthew Quintal having threatened to take the lives of Young and Adams, these two considered their lives in danger, and thought they were justified in taking away the life of Quintal, which they did. with an axe.

"1800.-Edward Young, a mutineer, died of asthma.

"1817.-Arrived, ship Sultan, of Boston, Captain Reynolds; Jenny, a Tahitian woman, left here in the Sultan.

"1823.-Arrived, ship Cyrus, of London, Captain Hall; John Buffett came on shore, as school-master, and John Evans also came on shore.

"1825, December 5.-Arrived, H. M. S. Blossom, Captain F. W. Beechey.

"1826, December 19.-Jane Quintal left

the island in the Lovely, of London, Captain Blythe.

"1828, November 15.-George Nobbs came on shore to reside.

"1829, March 5.

JOHN ADAMS died, aged 65.

"1830, March 15.-Arrived, H. M. S. Seringapatam, Captain Hon. W. Waldegrave, with a present of clothes and agricultural implements and tools from the British government.

"1831, February 28.-Arrived, H. M. Sloop Comet, Alexander A. Sandilands, and bark Lucy Anne, of Sydney, government vessel, J. Currey, master, for the purpose of removing the inhabitants of Pitcairn's Island to Tahiti.

"March 6.-All the inhabitants embarked and sailed for Tahiti.

"March 21.-Soon after our arrival at Tahiti, the Pitcairn people were taken sick.

"1831.-John Buffett and family, Robert Young, Joseph Christian, &c., sailed

from Tahiti, in a small schooner; but, owing to contrary winds, they landed at Lord Hood's Island.

"June 21.-John Buffett, and the others on Lord Hood's Island, embarked in the French frigate Bordeaux Packet, and on the 27th landed at Pitcairn's Island. During our absence our hogs have gone wild, and destroyed our crops. After we returned, we employed ourselves in destroying the hogs.

"1838, November 29.-Arrived, H. M. S. Fly, Captain Russell Elliott, with a present from Rev. Mr. Rowlandson and congregation at Valparaiso. Captain Elliott proposed electing a chief-magistrate, which was adopted; and Edward Quintal was chosen.

"This island was taken possession of by Captain Elliott, on behalf of the Crown of Great Britain, on the 29th of November, 1838.

"1839, November 9.—Arrived, H. M. S. Sparrowhawk, Captain J. Shepherd. The captain, several officers, and Gen. Friere, ex-president of Chili, landed. In the af