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The Island, the People, and the Pastor
Ch. X Register 1823-31
PITCAIRN ISLAND REGISTER 1823-1831.
"1823.—Arrived, ship Cyrus, of London, Captain Hall. John Buffett. came on shore, as schoolmaster. John Evans also came on shore.
"1825, Dec. 5th.—Arrived, H.M.S. Blossom, Captain F. W. Beechey.
"1826, Dec. 19th.—Jane Quintal left us in the Lovely, of London, Captain Blythe.
"828, Nov. 15th.—George Nobbs came on shore, to reside.
"1830, Mar. 15th.—Arrived, H.M.S. Seringapatam, Captain Hon. W, Waldegrave, with a present of clothes and agricultural implements and tools from the British Government.
"1831, Feb. 28th.—Arrived, H.M. sloop Comet, Alexander A. Sandilands, and barque Lucy Anne, of Sydney, Government vessel, J. Currey, master, for the purpose of removing the inhabitants of Pitcairn's Island to Tahiti.
"March 6th.—All the inhabitants embarked and sailed for Tahiti.
"March 21st.—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.
Jun 27, 1831
"June 21st.—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.
