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excellent, and far above my humble praise. At our 

 departure from England, Nayti, the New Zealander, 

 who had come in the Tory, had also pointed out 

 this passage, which he said was the route commonly 

 used by his people. But it was not known in Eng- 

 land that there was a whaling establishment there, 

 and still less that the passage was navigable for the 

 largest vessels. 



Another of our visitors was Te Wetu (the Star), 

 the principal chief from Rangitoto (Red Sky), or 

 D'Urville's Island. He was a New Zealander of 

 the old school, who took much pains to render 

 himself agreeable. He was rather fond of the 

 pleasures of our table, and stayed several days on 

 board, where he at once conformed to all the rules 

 of European etiquette, and evinced the utmost good 

 humour. Joy and mirth, I have found from expe- 

 rience, are always sure to find an echo in the sus- 

 ceptible heart of the New Zealander, and are also 

 the best means to secure his good will and con- 

 fidence. When "the Star of Rangitoto" left us, 

 he expressed himself delighted with the good treat- 

 ment he had experienced on board the Tory, and 

 invited us to come and pay him a visit. 



Captain Chaffers found the latitude of Ship Cove, 

 at the end of the rocks on the south side of the 

 beach, to be 41 5' 45' South, and the longi- 

 tude, by means of chronometers from England, 

 174 20' 15" East, only differing three-quarters of 



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