Revised Jun 22 2021
Admiral Moresby, in a letter of the same date, on his passage in the Portland, from Pitcairn to Lima, wrote as follows:—
"Our voyage to Pitcairn was long—thirty days; but with Mr. Nobbs, Reuben, and Jane on board, we had a pleasant time. Sad was the first appearance of the Islanders; for hunger had nearly worn them to the bone. Our arrival was most opportune."
During the Admiral's visit, and shorly before his departure from the Island, he seized the golden opportunity of affording the inhabitants good advice on several important points connected with their peculiar state and position.