The Home of the MutineersAmerican Sunday-school union, 1854 - 342 sider |
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Side 192
... attended their church on this day , and found the service well conducted . The prayers were read by Adams , and the les- sons by Buffett ; the service being preced- ed by hymns . The greatest devotion was apparent in every individual ...
... attended their church on this day , and found the service well conducted . The prayers were read by Adams , and the les- sons by Buffett ; the service being preced- ed by hymns . The greatest devotion was apparent in every individual ...
Side 204
... attended at their evening prayers . I can only trust that the God who preserves this island and its inhabit- ants from foreign injury , may keep them alive in the true faith of Jesus Christ , in purity and peace , so that each person ...
... attended at their evening prayers . I can only trust that the God who preserves this island and its inhabit- ants from foreign injury , may keep them alive in the true faith of Jesus Christ , in purity and peace , so that each person ...
Side 219
... attended by every member of the community , even if the deceased should be but an infant . " The children are early instructed in swimming ; and many of their sports are in the water . They also learn to thread the difficult passes of ...
... attended by every member of the community , even if the deceased should be but an infant . " The children are early instructed in swimming ; and many of their sports are in the water . They also learn to thread the difficult passes of ...
Side 227
... attend to all the requisite household affairs . They also manufacture tappa , or native cloth , from the bark of the " anti , ” or paper - mulberry , which is rolled up , and soaked in water , and then beaten out with wooden mallets ...
... attend to all the requisite household affairs . They also manufacture tappa , or native cloth , from the bark of the " anti , ” or paper - mulberry , which is rolled up , and soaked in water , and then beaten out with wooden mallets ...
Side 233
... attended by a number of the natives , who have de- scended from the village to the little beach , now ascend the hill , and generally walk first to the school - house , where they ob- tain a sight of the island - register , and ex ...
... attended by a number of the natives , who have de- scended from the village to the little beach , now ascend the hill , and generally walk first to the school - house , where they ob- tain a sight of the island - register , and ex ...
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admiral affectionate allowance appeared arrival Arthur Quintal attend beloved Bible blessing boat Bounty Bay bread bread-fruit British brother Buffett canoe Captain Beechey Captain Bligh Captain Pipon cheerful clothes cocoa-nut commander conduct crew crime David Buffett dear dearest death delight Edward Quintal endeavour England English favour females Fletcher Christian hands happy heart honour hope inhabitants JAMES HEYWOOD John Adams John Mills kind land letter Lieutenant Bligh Lord magistrate males Matthew Quintal ment midshipman miles misery Moresby morning murdered mutineers natives NESSY HEYWOOD night Nobbs Nobbs's officers Pandora pastor person PETER HEYWOOD Pitcairn Pitcairn's Island pleasure prayers present prisoners Queen Quintal received remain rocks sailed says seamen sent ship ship's shore sister soon suffered surf Tahiti Tahitian tain teacher tion Valparaiso vessel whaler women yams young youth
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Side 49 - no way, but I caught the eye of some one in distress. Extreme hunger was now too evident, but no one suffered from thirst, nor had we much inclination to drink, that desire perhaps being satisfied through the skin.
Side 170 - Pacific islands; his only dress was a piece of cloth round his loins, and a straw hat ornamented with the black feathers of the domestic fowl. "With a great share of good humour...
Side 44 - I adopted one ball as the proportion of weight that each person should receive of bread at the times I served it. I also amused all hands with describing the situation of New Guinea and New Holland, and...
Side 140 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Side 18 - Christian, with the master-atarms, gunner's mate, and Thomas Burkitt, seaman, came into my cabin, and, seizing me, tied my hands with a cord behind my back, threatening me with instant death if I spoke or made the least noise.
Side 231 - When the shades of evening draw on, the islanders,' one and all. again remember Him, who is about their path and about their bed, and spieth out all their ways. Nor are they slow to acknowledge His claims, who expects the grateful homage of His intelligent creatures, and whose protection and blessing they beg in family worship, before they lie down to sleep. And then, without any thought of locks, bolts, or 'bars, — for they have no such defences, nor any need of them, — each may feel at night...
Side 37 - ... across a sea where the navigation is but little known, in a small boat, twenty-three feet long from stem to stern, deep laden with eighteen men.
Side 22 - It appeared to me that Christian was some time in doubt whether he should keep the carpenter or his mates; at length he determined on the latter, and the carpenter was ordered into the boat. He was permitted, but not without some opposition, to take his tool chest.
Side 23 - Come, Captain Bligh, your officers and men are now in the boat, and you must go with them ; if you attempt to make the least resistance, you will instantly be put to death...
Side 61 - I encouraged everyone with hopes that eight or ten days would bring us to a land of safety; and, after praying to God for a continuance of his most gracious protection, I served an allowance of water for supper and directed our course to the west-south-west to counteract the southerly winds in case they should blow strong.