ACROSTIC.

New Zealander, Volume 5, Issue 381, 8 December 1849, Page 5

ACROSTIC.

By John Adams, on the name of a Patsenger. Joy, peace, and gladness here below, Attend your feteps whpre'er you go. May God his choicest blessings tend, E'er you depart this woild of sin, Such is the prayer of me your friend. The following is a curious specimen of ths old chronicle of the island.

Extract from old portion of Journal. 27th December, , 1781).— Arrived, tlie Bounty, with 9 of the mutineers, accompanied by 9 Tahitian men and 13 women. 23nlJiinuary, 17J)0. — Bounty burnt. 1791—Thursdiy, October Christian born 1793—Mary Christian born.* 17 95— Saw first ship 1799— Adami, Youn^, and M'Coy har* ing beeu threatened by Chnstiau, for

lelf-presfivution killed him. Previous to this, M'Coy and Quintal distilhd spirits, in the chip's kettle, from the Ti root, and subbequently M'Coy, in a fit of doliiium ttemens, fastened a slow? lound his neck, and threw himself into tlin sea. June, 1804— Geoige Adams, Adams's youngest son born.* June, 1808— Topas, of Hoston, anived. 1814 — Briton and Tagut arrived. s'h Decimber, 1825— 11.M.5. Blossom, Ca\>t. Beochey, orrived. sth March, 1829— 01 d John Adams died. 6lli March, 1831— All the inhabitants embarked for Tahiti on board H.M.S. Comet and transport Luc;/ Ami. Let Tahiti in the French brig Bordeaux. 21s,t June, and arrived btclc the 27tb.f * Tlie parties thus marked are still living. I The islanders paid ihcir passage fiom the proceeds the sale of the copper taken from the Bounty.