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two young men came down the coast with a party, examining the country /.— 
as they came, to Castle Point, to Palliser Bay, and to Port Nicholson. / 
They camped for some time at Para-ngarehu (Pencarrow Head), then/ 
moved on to Porirua, to Rangitikei, and so returned home by way of 
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as preserved in tradition, is highly interesting, but too long to be given 
here. Of special interest are two remarks concerning Miramar, or Hataitai, 
for they show clearly that it was an island at that time. Inasmuch as 
Later on we come to this statement: “ Then they went to examine the 
entrance of the ocean, and the big island between those two channels, after 
which they returned to Matiu (Somes Island): 
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nameless at that time, and camped on Somes Island ; and the lone shores 
of this harbour Were never again to know primeval solitude, for man 
the rover had arrived. So it was that, seven hundred years ago, à 
named *'Haere moana,” * Ао " and o te tonga," were 
erected. Е of the brothers had a following of one hundred, so that. 
these first settlers of We n were two hundre all. * 
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remained here until the autumn, when he returned to his northern home. 
Prior to his departure he advised his sons to settle permanently on the 
largest of the three islands- the one we may now call Miramar Island, 
for it has not yet been named. The old sea-rover accompanied his sons 
to build the pa, and also much advice as to their future activities. А 
this has been preserved in tradition, and is of much interest. Having seen - 
his sons settled at Port Nicholson, Whatonga returned to his home at ; 
Nukutaurua, and so passes out of the story. | 
The first band of Wellington settlers now set to work to erect the pa 
on the Seatoun heights. The necessary timbers were procured up the 
for earthwork defences were almost unknown in this district, there being x 
too much rock for the wooden implements of the Maori. One of the lines 
