CHAPTER XII. 



CONTENTS. 



DEPARTURE FROM SYDNEY— PASSAGE TO NEW ZEALAND— ARRIVAL AT THE BAY OF 

 ISLANDS— MEETING WITH THE SCIENTIFIC CORPS— THEIR PASSAGE FROM SYDNEY- 

 BAY OF ISLANDS— RIVERS WHICH FALL INTO IT— FACE OF THE COUNTRY— ACTIVE VOL- 

 CANO—HOT SPRING OF TAIAIMI — CRATER OF POERUA — DR. PICKERING'S VISIT TO 

 HOKIANGA— MISSIONARY ESTABLISHMENT AT PAHIA— KORORARIKA— ENGLISH POLICE 

 MAGISTRATE AND ACTING GOVERNOR— TREATY OF CESSION TO ENGLAND— CONDUCT 

 OF THE AMERICAN CONSUL-INSTALLATION OF THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR— OPINION 

 OF THE CHIEFS IN RELATION TO THE TREATY— ARRIVAL OF ENGLISH REVENUE OFFI- 

 CERS—LAND CLAIMS— BURTHENSOME TAXES AND TARIFF— THEIR EFFECT ON AMERICAN 

 COMMERCE— EXPENSE OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT— CASE OF JOHN SAC— HIS LETTER TO 

 MR. WALDRON— FURTHER REMARKS ON THE TREATY OF CESSION— VIOLENT GALE— ITS 

 EXTENT AND ROTARY CHARACTER— FOREIGN RESIDENTS— HIGH PRICE OF LAND— MIS- 

 SIONS— TABOO— PAS, OR FORTIFIED TOWNS— DWELLINGS— TOMB— DRESS OF THE NATIVES 

 —THEIR STOREHOUSES— THEIR FOOD— THEIR ARMS AND ORNAMENTS— KING POMARE— 

 MAUPARAWA— CHARLEY POMARE— POMARE'S WARS— CEREMONY OF HIS RETURN— HIS 

 MEANNESS— POPULATION OF NEW ZEALAND— VISIT TO WANGARARA— POLITENESS OF 

 KO-TOWATOWA — WANGARARA BAY— CHARACTER OF THE NEW ZEA LANDERS— THEIR 

 PERSONAL APPEARANCE— TRADITION IN RELATION TO THEIR ORIGIN— TATTOOED HEADS 

 —CANNIBALISM-CONDITION AND PROSPECTS OF THE NATIVES— NATIVE DANCES— MUSIC 

 —CHATHAM ISLAND— CHART OF THE BAY OF ISLANDS— MR. COUTHOUY'S PASSAGE FROM 

 SYDNEY— HIS ACCOUNT OF MOUNT EGMONT— OF PORT COOPER— WARS OF ROBOLUA— 

 PORT LEVY — KORAKIBARURU — PIGEON BAY — CAPE CAMPBELL AND SNOWY PEAKS- 

 CLOUDY BAY— ROBOLUA— HABITS OF THE NATIVES, AND PREVAILING WINDS AT CLOUDY 

 BAY— CLIMATE OF NEW ZEALAND— DISEASES— SOIL— CULTIVATION— VEGETABLE PRODUC- 

 TIONS— TIMBER— CANOES— QUADRUPEDS-BIRDS— COMMERCE. 



