There was a fresh breeze, and the ship working into the bay; he no sooner got alongside than the rippling capsized the canoe, and he being obliged to let go the tow-rope to get her righted, went astern, and was picked up the next tack and taken on board the _Pandora_, he being the first person.

I, along with my messmate Stewart, was then standing upon the beach with a double canoe, manned with twelve paddles ready for launching; and just as she made her last tack into her berth (for we did not think it requisite to go off sooner), we put off and got alongside just as they streamed the buoy; and being dressed in the country manner, tanned as brown as themselves, and I _tattooed_ like them in the most curious manner, I do not in the least wonder at their taking us for natives.

I was tattooed, not to gratify my own desire, but theirs; for it was my constant endeavour to acquiesce in any little custom which I thought would be agreeable to them, though painful in the process, provided I gained by it their friendship and esteem, which you may suppose is no inconsiderable object in an island where the natives are so numerous.

The more a man or woman there is tattooed, the more they are respected; and a person having none of these marks is looked upon as bearing an unworthy badge of disgrace, and considered as a mere outcast of society.' Among the many anxious friends and family connexions of the Heywoods, was Commodore Pasley, to whom this affectionate young lady addressed herself on the melancholy occasion; and the following is the reply she received from this officer.
'_Sheerness, June 8th_, 1792.
'Would to God, my dearest Nessy, that I could rejoice with you on the early prospect of your brother's arrival in England.
One division of the _Pandora's_ people has arrived, and now on board the _Vengeance_ (my ship).

Captain Edwards with the remainder, and all the prisoners late of the _Bounty_, in number ten (four having been drowned on the loss of that ship), are daily expected.