Robert Glass and some of the others who have spent some time away from the island fully realize that there is a day of reckoning to come, and they feel that, were it possible, it would be a good thing for the young men when they have reached a certain age to go away and work for a while at Cape Town or elsewhere. They could then decide whether they would return to the island or not, and, if they did, it is likely that they would bring back wives from the outside, thus periodically introducing new blood to the community. Glass himself says he would like his boys to serve a period in the army or navy, where they would have a more or less sheltered life and to a certain extent be cared for and looked after.
It is not likely that any offer of a wholesale transference of the community to another part of the world would be accepted when it came to the point—at any rate, by the elder people. After all, this is natural enough, for how many people in England, told that the population was getting too big for the country, would consent at a day’s notice to make a sudden shift to Canada or Australia?
The Little Glen The Glen Photo: Dr. Macklin
VIEW OF GOUGH ISLAND FROM THE GLEN ANCHORAGE
Photo: Macklin
THE APOSTLE: AN ACID INTRUSIVE NEAR THE SUMMIT OF GOUGH ISLAND