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that Te Pahi's people participated in the plunder of the ship, for some was 

 found in his pa ; earrings were made of dollars captured in the "Boyd," 

 and being worn far and wide among the natives served for years after as 

 memorials of the catastrophe. 



The destruction of Te Pahi's people was not the only retribution received 

 by the natives, as twenty-one were blown up by the explosion of a quantity 

 of gunpowder, which, having been accidentally wetted, they were drying on 

 one of the ship's sails. The only survivor of that party narrated that, whilst 

 they were all sitting round the powder, one stated that it was dry enough, 

 another contradicted him, and, after a few words more, threw the ashes out 

 of his pipe into the powder, and thus put the dispute to the proof ; the sur- 

 vivor, though blown up, escaped by falling into the water. 



A figtree on the bank of the Kaeo, near Mr. Nisbet's house, used, in my 

 time, to mark the site of the hangi in which Captain Thompson and his 

 boats' crews were cooked. A fragment of the " Boyd " and one of her guns 

 are in our Museum. Another gun is in the crater of a volcano at Pakaraka. 

 I have seen at low water some of her timbers in Whangaroa Harbour, though 

 the upper works of the ship were accidentally burned. 



Of course this sad business entirely disconcerted all Mr. Marsden's 

 plans. Tuatara he took to his own house, keeping him there some nine 

 months, (as at first a Maori was hardly safe in Sydney streets), when he 

 left, pledging himself to come and fetch Mr. Marsden and party whenever 

 it should be safe for them to live in New Zealand. Messrs. Hall and King 

 went to work at their trades, and did well. Mr. Kendall's departure 

 from England was countermanded for a time. Matters continued in 

 abeyance for a couple of years, when, the excitement provoked by these 

 unfortunate incidents having been allayed, Tuatara, who had succeeded to 

 Te Pahi's authority, thought the white men would be safe, and shortly 

 afterwards came over himself to escort the party. By this time Mr. Kendall 

 and family had arrived at Sydney, and after a consultation it was deter- 

 mined that a small vessel should be chartered, in which Messrs. Kendall 

 and Hall could make a voyage to New Zealand with Tuatara, ostensibly 

 upon a trading speculation, but with instructions to carefully observe the 

 disposition of the people, and also to induce a few leading natives to return 

 to Sydney with them. The voyage was prosperous, and a favourable report 

 of the Maori disposition towards their ]jafek visitors put fresh life into 

 their projects. Tuatara and two companions gladly availed themselves of 

 this chance, and as in his several voyages Tuatara had now learned a good 

 deal of English, he was employed in teaching the future missionaries some- 

 thing of his language. One of Tuatara' s comrades on this voyage was 



