For a while he was the only missionary remaining in the Windward Islands of the Society Islands group, but he had to follow King Pomare II when the king fled to the nearby island of Moorea.
शेवटी, मुलकी युद्धे सतत चालू असल्यामुळे दृढनिश्‍चयी नॉटला सोडून बाकी सर्व मिशनऱ्‍यांनी ऑस्ट्रेलियाला पलायन केले.