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PART II. 



CHAPTER XII. 



Northern Island Northern Districts Pa-renga-renga, or Village 

 of the Lily Reinga North Cape. 



AFTER a lapse of several months, which were taken 

 up by a visit to the Chatham Islands, an interesting 

 little archipelago to the south of New Zealand, and 

 to New South Wales, but more especially to that dis- 

 trict of the latter country which lies on the Hunter's 

 River, I returned from Sidney to New Zealand in 

 the Cuba, arriving in the Bay of Islands in October, 

 1840, after a voyage of only eight days. I then ex- 

 plored the northern parts of the island, and after- 

 wards pushed my way to the interesting volcanic 

 districts in its centre. I had intended to have re- 

 turned to Cook's Straits, and explored in like man- 

 ner the middle and southern islands, but various 

 circumstances prevented my doing so. 



A great part of the district to the northward of 

 the Bay of Islands I explored in company with 

 Captain Bernard, an adventurous Frenchman, who, 



