The National Register.
London, England, 1815-12-24 00:00:00

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afri' suo.w.ece *is lifter met by Jam 4danas
_ _ and sixty yearn of age, who conducted them
to his house.. His WifK accompanied him, a very old lady blind
With age. He ivis at Fret alarmed lest the visit Was to apprehend
hips; 'but on :being told that they were perfectly ignorant of his
.existenee,liC was relieved from his anxiety. Being once assured
thitt this visit was of at peaceable nature, it is impossible to describe
the 'jay thetse poor people manifested on seeing those whom they
were pleakedto consider is their countrymen. Yams, cocoa nuts,
jiodOther fillip!, with fine fresh eggs, were laid before 'thorn; and
11)ie olditian Would have killed , and dressed a hog for his visitors,
Mit time Would.* allow them to partake of his intended feast.
'nos inieresting.new colony,
,it seemed, now consisted of about
forty;•slx persOns, tnastly grOwn up young people, besides a num-
ber of iuflints. The young men all born on the island were very
athletic and of the finest forte's, their countenances open and pleas-
ing, indicating much benevolence aid goOdness of heart: but the
young women were objects of particular admiration, tall, ro-
ust, end beautifully formed, their faces beaming With sthiles and
unruffled prod homonr, but wearing a degree of modesty and
,bashfulness 'that would do' honour to the most virtuous nation en
earth ; their teeth like iVo6r, were regular end beautiful, without
'it 'single exception ; and all of them both male and female had this
moat marked English features. The clothing of the young females
consisted of a piece of linen reaching from the waist to the knees,
and generally a sort of mantle thrown loosely over the shoulders
and hanging as low as the alleles ; but this covering 'appeared jo
be intended chießy as a protection against the. sun and the wea-
ther, as it was freqaently•laid aside—and then the upper part of
the body was entirely exposed; and it is•notpossible to conceive
more, beautiful forms than they exhibitited. They sometimes
wreath cape. or bonets for the head in the most 'tasty manner, to
protect the faCe from the raye'ef the sun ; and though, as Capt.
Pipon Observes, they have only had the Instruction Of their Ota-
beitah mothers,,‘ our dress makers in Londou would be delighted
with the simplicity, and yet elegant taste of these untaught
females.'
Their natiieiisoelisty, aissisted by a proper sense of religion and
morality, instilled into their youthful minds by John Adams, has
hitherto'preierved these interesting people perfectly chaste and
free from 'all kinds of debauchery. Adams' assured the visitors
that since Christian's death there had not been a'single instance of
any young woman proving unchaste ; nor any attempt at seduction
on the part of the men. They all labonr while young in the cul-
tivation of Ate ground ; and when possessed of a sufficient quantity
of cleared land, and of stock to maintain a family, they are allOwe'd
to marry, but always with the consent of Adams, Who unites them
by a sort of marriage ceremony of his own.
Their habitations are extremely neat. The little village of • Pit-
eairn forms a pretty square, the houses at the upper end of which
arc occupied by the patriarch John Adams, and his family, con-
sisting ofhis old blind wife and three daughters, from 'fifteen to
eighteerryears of age, and a boy of eleven ; a daughter of his wife
by a former hesitant!, and a won-in-law. On the opposite• side is
the dwelling of Thiusday October Christian ; and in the centre is
'a smooth verdant lawn, on which the poultry arc let loose, fenced
in so is to prevent. the intrusion of the domeStic quadrupeds. Ail
that was done WHS. obviously undertaken 'on a settled plan, unlike
Act' any thihg to be met with on the othtr islands. *ln their hoitsis
ton they had a good'deal of decent furniture, censisting of beds laid
upon bedsteads, with neat covering ;they had also tables. tad large
chests to contain their valuables and clothing, vhich'is made fn fn
the bar Vol a certain tree, prepared chiefly by the elder Otalteitan,
females. Adam's house, consisted of two rooms, and the windows
had shutters to pull to at night. The yOutiger part of the sex are,
es befot e stated, employed with their brothers,. under the direction
of their rethmon nither Adams, lit the culture of the ground, which
produced cocoa nuts; bananas, ,tie 'bread-fluit-tree, yams; syteet
potatoes, and turnips. They have also plenty of hogs' and goats,
'the woods abound with a species of wild hog; and the coasts of the
island with 'several kinds of good fish.
Their agriciilturar inipleinents are mids 'bytlt eniselVesfrOm the
iron supplied by the Bounty; whtth withgreatlabour they beat out
into spades, hatchets, crows, &c. This was not all. The good old
'man kept a regular journal, in'which was entered the nature and
quantity, of work performed by each family, what each had re•
eeived, and what was dae on account. There was, it Seems,. ti
,sides private property, a sort of general stock, Out of which articles
were issued, on account, to the several menders of the Comniunity;
and for mutual accommodation exchanges of one kind of provision
fur another were very freouent. But what was mese:gratifying of
all tO the visitors tiV:i4'llit atatinalreetedinaritter din

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