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good friends, though they were much concerned to see that I would not 

 return to Houa-Houa. 



I observed that the term " New-Zealander " is already employed in this 

 district ; only, in lieu of " Noui-Tireni," as the Natives of the Bay of Islands 

 pronounce it, they say " Noui-Tirangui " [Nui Tirangi], which gives the 

 word more of an indigenous sound. The word pakeha serves them to 

 signify all whites, whom they also call " louropi " (European). I did not 

 observe that they had any special name for the English. They use ariki 

 for a principal chief, and tohunga (prophet [sic]) appears unknown to them. 



We had nothing but feeble breezes from the north to north-east, with 

 calms, which did not allow us to make much way. At about 3 p.m. a large 

 canoe, which had for a long time been approaching us, came alongside. 

 The principal person came on board, and accosted me with an ease and 

 grace which proved that he was accustomed to deal with Europeans. He 

 told me his name was Oroua [Te Rere-horua, in reality], and that he was 

 the principal chief of the pa at Toko-Malou [Toko-maru], probably the 

 Tegadou of Cook. This chief conserved the knowledge by tradition of the 

 visit of that navigator to Houa-Houa and Taone-Roa [Te One-roa — Poverty 

 Bay]. . 



I had Oroua to dinner with me, who appeared much flattered with that 

 favour, and comported himself with perfect propriety. At my demand he 

 recited very correctly the last part of the Pihc ; we spoke much of the different 

 chiefs of the Bay of Islands, and he appeared well acquainted with the wars 

 that di\"ided the northern people. After the repast he conjured me to 

 anchor for at least twenty-four hours near his home. To induce me to do 

 so he offered me gratuitously two fine pigs. I thanked him politely, and 

 bought them for the ship. His canoe contained more than twenty of these 

 animals, but as we had bought at Houa-Houa all that we could accommo- 

 date no one wanted to buy there. Notwithstanding, the companions of 

 Oroua were very desirous of selling, so as not to have to take them back, 

 and therefore parted with them in exchange for knives. . . . 



[From Toko-maru the " Astrolabe " continued her voyage round the 

 East Cape and to Whangarei without communicating with the shore. At 

 the latter place we propose to take up D'Urville's narrative, and allow him 

 to describe his visit to Wai-te-mata, the present site of Auckland. With 

 regard to the two Natives, Te Hi-nui and Kiore, whom D'Urville landed 

 at Tologa Bav, inquiries instituted in 1896 show that they finally made 

 their way overland to their homes ; biit they must have run great risk, 

 for at that time the devastating incursions of Waikato, Taupo, and Kgati- 

 Rau-kawa had commenced and the Hawke's Bay country was not a safe 

 one for strangers to travel in.] 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES XIII AND XIV. 

 Plate XIII. 



Fig. 1. Village in Astrolabe Bay, Tasman Bay. 



Fig. 2. '■ L'Astrolabe" in the French Pass, 1827. 

 Fig. o. Te Hiuui (on the left), Kiore (on the right). 



Pl.\te XIV. 



Fig. I. Cook's Cove and Sporing Islands, Tologa Bay. 1827. 

 Fig. 2. Captain Cook's watering-place, Cook's Cove, Tologa Bay. 

 Fig. 3. War-dance on board " L'Astrolabe," Tologa Bay, 1827. 



