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it, and the natives came round him afterwards. 

 Rauparaha's brother, Norua, is the chief of Kakapo. 

 A daughter of Tupahi also lives here. 



Next to Kakapo is Tom King's Bay, also the 

 station of a whaling-party ; another stands opposite 

 to it, and is managed by an American. 



The geological formation, which I have already 

 mentioned, can be well observed on an island which 

 lies nearly abreast of Kakapo. The direction of the 

 clay-slate is here from north-north-west to south- 

 south-east, with a south-west dip at an angle of 

 less than forty-five degrees. In Kakapo the same 

 slate is traversed by dikes of bluish Lydian stone, 

 with veins of quartz. On the coast opposite to 

 Kakapo the slate is harder, and of a black colour, 

 but not fit for the purposes of roofing. 



Whaling alone has attracted the Europeans to 

 Cloudy Bay. The different bays look indeed like 

 the Golgotha of the whale, so many remains of that 

 animal are lying on the beach. But whaling is not 

 carried on from the shore alone : ships anchoring 

 during the season in Port Underwood engage with 

 their boats in the pursuit; and the port is better 

 adapted for the whale-ships than Te-awa-iti, as the 

 anchorage is less distant from the entrance, and the 

 rush of the tide not so strong as into the narrow 

 southern entrance of Tory Channel. Besides, Port 

 Underwood is ill adapted for any other purpose : 

 not even the outer harbour, the only one yet visited, 

 is a first-rate one, as the prevalent gales those 



