CONTENTS.
| PAGE. | |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| The Bounty and the Mutineers | [13] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| The Arrival at Pitcairn | [21] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| The Mutineers Discovered | [32] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| The Gem of the Pacific | [44] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| John Buffett and John Evans | [54] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| George Hun Nobbs. Death of John Adams | [65] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Mr. Joshua Hill | [75] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| The Flag of Old England | [86] |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| The Queen’s Birthday | [96] |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| Visit of H. M. S. Portland | [107] |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| Removal to Norfolk Island | [118] |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| A Goodly Heritage | [126] |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| Ho! for Pitcairn | [137] |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| An Unpleasant Surprise | [145] |
| CHAPTER XV. | |
| The Second Party Returns | [156] |
| CHAPTER XVI. | |
| The Reception | [165] |
| CHAPTER XVII. | |
| At Home Again | [172] |
| CHAPTER XVIII. | |
| Wreck of the Cornwallis | [188] |
| CHAPTER XIX. | |
| Visit of Rear-Admiral de Horsey | [201] |
| CHAPTER XX. | |
| Friendly Visits | [215] |
| CHAPTER XXI. | |
| The Wreck of the Oregon | [224] |
| CHAPTER XXII. | |
| Arrival of Mr. John I. Tay | [229] |
| CHAPTER XXIII. | |
| The Missionary Ship Pitcairn | [237] |
| Appendix | [255] |
ILLUSTRATIONS.
| PAGE. | |
| Pitcairn Island | [Frontispiece] |
| Fletcher Christian’s Birthplace | [17] |
| Lieut. Bligh’s Gourd, Cup, Bullet Weight, and Book | [20] |
| The Landing Place,—Bounty Bay | [27] |
| Bounty Bay from the Cliffs | [37] |
| Thursday October Christian | [42] |
| Path through Cocoanut Grove | [47] |
| Figures Cut in the Rocks at the Rope | [49] |
| Morinda Citrifolia | [51] |
| The Chapel | [57] |
| Group of Island Maidens | [62] |
| Rosa, William, John, and Sarah Young | [69] |
| Pitcairn Avenue | [79] |
| Group of Native Men | [89] |
| The Island Sawmill | [99] |
| Parliament of Pitcairn Island | [109] |
| Group of Native Children | [123] |
| The Pitcairn and Man-of-War off Pitcairn Island | [129] |
| Family Group of Natives | [138] |
| Breadfruit | [148] |
| Children and Wheelbarrow | [152] |
| Point Lookout | [156] |
| Group of Young Men | [160] |
| Simon Young and Wife | [175] |
| The Mission House | [193] |
| Group of Women and Children | [207] |
| Girls in Bathing Costume | [217] |
| Hattie Andre’s Class | [231] |
| Rosa Young’s Class | [245] |
CHAPTER I.
The Bounty and the Mutineers
TOWARD the close of the eighteenth century, at a time when events producing the most important results were occurring among some of the nations of the earth, there was being laid, unconsciously, the foundation of a history which in all its points could equal, if not surpass, any tale of fiction.