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CHAP. II. 



A DESCRIPTION OF POVERTY BAY, AND THE FACE OF THE 

 ADJACENT COUNTRY. THE RANGE FROM THENCE TO CAPE 

 TURNAGAIN, AND BACK TO TOLAGA, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF 

 THE PEOPLE AND THE COUNTRY, AND SEVERAL INCIDENTS 

 THAT HAPPENED ON THAT PART OF THE COAST. 



1 HE next morning, at six o'clock, we weighed, and 

 stood away from this unfortunate and inhospitable 

 place, to which I gave the name of Poverty Bay, 

 and which by the natives is called Taoneroa, or 

 Long Sand, as it did not afford us a single article 

 that we wanted, except a little wood. It lies in lati- 

 tude 38^ 42' S. and longitude 181° 3& W. ; it is in 

 the form of an horse-shoe, and is known by an island 

 lying close under tlie north-east point: the two points 

 which form the entrance are high, with steep white 

 cliffs, and lie a league and a half, or two leagues 

 from each other, N. E. by E. and S. W. by W. ; the 

 depth of water in the bay is from twelve to five fa- 

 thom, with a sandy bottom and good anchorage ; but 

 the situation is open to the wind between the south 

 and east: boats can go in and out of the liveratany 

 time of the tide in fine weatlier ; but as there is a 

 bar at the entrance, no boat can go either in or out 

 when the sea runs high : tlie best place to attempt it, 

 is on the north-east side, and it is there practicable 

 when it is not so in any other part. The shore of the 

 bay, a little within its entrance, is a low flat sand ; 

 behind which, at a small distance, the face of the 

 country is finely diversified by hills and valleys, all 

 clothed with wood, and covered with verdure. The 

 country also appears to be well inhabited, especially 

 in the valleys leading up from the bay, where we 



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