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kirby’s wonderful museum.
success. The pigs also came by the same conveyance, as
well as goats and poultry. They had no pigeons; and I am
sorry to say, no one thought of leaving those few we had on
board with them. The pigs have got into the woods, and
many are now wild. Fish of various sorts are taken here,
and in great abundance; the tackling is all of their own ma-
nufacturing ; and the hooks, although beat out of old iron
hoops, not only answer the purpose, but are fairly made.
Needles they also make from the same materials. Those
men who came on board, were finely formed, and of manly
features; their height about five feet ten inches ; their hair
black and long, generally plaited into a tail. They wore a
straw hat, similar to those worn by sailors, with a few feathers
stuck into them by way of ornament. On their shoulders
was a mantle, resembling the chilinan-poncho, which hung
down to the knee ; and round their waist, a girdle, cor-
responding to that of the Indians at the Marquesas; both of
which are produced from the bark of trees growing on the
island. They told me they had clothes on shore, but never
wore them. I spoke to Christian particularly of Adams,
who assured me he was greatly respected, insomuch that no
one acted in opposition to his wishes; and when they should
lose him, their regret would be general. The inter-marriages
which had taken place among them, have been the occasion
of relationship throughout the colony. There seldom hap-
pens to be a quarrel, even of the most trivial nature, and
then, (using their own term) it is nothing more than a word-
of-mouth quarrel, which is always referred to Adams for ad-
justment.
The Bounty having entered the Pacific Ocean by the Cape
of Good Hope, occasioned her to gain sixteen hours time,
on her arrival at Pitcairn’s Island: the Briton entering by Cape
Horn lost eight hours, on her arrival there, making a dif-
ference of one day in our calculation. John Adams under-
stood very little of writing; still he had contrived to mark
kirby’s wonderful museum.
success. The pigs also came by the same conveyance, as
well as goats and poultry. They had no pigeons; and I am
sorry to say, no one thought of leaving those few we had on
board with them. The pigs have got into the woods, and
many are now wild. Fish of various sorts are taken here,
and in great abundance; the tackling is all of their own ma-
nufacturing ; and the hooks, although beat out of old iron
hoops, not only answer the purpose, but are fairly made.
Needles they also make from the same materials. Those
men who came on board, were finely formed, and of manly
features; their height about five feet ten inches ; their hair
black and long, generally plaited into a tail. They wore a
straw hat, similar to those worn by sailors, with a few feathers
stuck into them by way of ornament. On their shoulders
was a mantle, resembling the chilinan-poncho, which hung
down to the knee ; and round their waist, a girdle, cor-
responding to that of the Indians at the Marquesas; both of
which are produced from the bark of trees growing on the
island. They told me they had clothes on shore, but never
wore them. I spoke to Christian particularly of Adams,
who assured me he was greatly respected, insomuch that no
one acted in opposition to his wishes; and when they should
lose him, their regret would be general. The inter-marriages
which had taken place among them, have been the occasion
of relationship throughout the colony. There seldom hap-
pens to be a quarrel, even of the most trivial nature, and
then, (using their own term) it is nothing more than a word-
of-mouth quarrel, which is always referred to Adams for ad-
justment.
The Bounty having entered the Pacific Ocean by the Cape
of Good Hope, occasioned her to gain sixteen hours time,
on her arrival at Pitcairn’s Island: the Briton entering by Cape
Horn lost eight hours, on her arrival there, making a dif-
ference of one day in our calculation. John Adams under-
stood very little of writing; still he had contrived to mark