122 TE-AWA-ITI. [PART i. 



these islands ; namely, Edwardsia, Carmicliaelia, 

 and Clianthus. There are two fuchsias here : one, 

 the Fuchsia excorticata, forms a moderate-sized tree, 

 and is very common ; the other, however, the Fuch- 

 sia procumbens, is very rare, and at present is met 

 with only in Wangaroa Bay, to the northward of 

 the Bay of Islands. 



From the top of the hills I had a fine view over 

 the whole sound. A deep inlet of the sea, looking 

 like a majestic river bordered by hills, leads to the 

 head of Queen Charlotte's Sound. In this fiord, as 

 the Norwegians would call it, is a small island, 

 bearing the traces of an ancient native fortification. 

 I was prevented from visiting the head of this inlet, 

 but ascertained that it is surrounded by a consider- 

 able extent of flat and well-timbered land, and that 

 a river of some size discharges itself into it. As I 

 descended, the view opened upon the southern en- 

 trance of Tory Channel and Cloudy Bay. 



This hill seems to have been the one which 

 Cook ascended to take his survey of the sound, and 

 on which he planted the union jack, and left some 

 coins. Some stones were heaped up and fenced in, 

 but I did not dare to disturb them, as my guide told 

 me it was the burial-place of a chief. 



I found Te-awa-iti very empty, as the whaling- 

 season was over, and the natives had followed 

 Etipi, their chief, to Waikanahi, to assist in the 

 war against the Nga-te-raukaua. Gardening had 

 made some progress ; and all the seeds brought by 



