1796.] OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 341 



Before the arrival of the two New Zealanders, in May 1 793> no ef- 

 fectual -progrefs. had been made in its manufa&ure ; nor was it without 

 much entreaty that our vifitors were induced to furnifh the informa- 

 tion required of them. And indeed, as this work is principally per- 

 formed by the women in New Zealand, our friends were by no means 

 competent to give us the full-eft in ft ructions ; fufticient, however,, was 

 obtained from them to improve upon. 



Account of the New Z^alanders* 



The New Zealanders mentioned in the preceding account of the 

 Flax Manufactory, at Norfolk Ifland, remained, as has been already 

 fhewn, fix months at that fettlement. As they redded at the Lieute- 

 nant-Governor's, and under his conftant attention, fome information 

 refpeCting New Zealand and its inhabitants was procured, which 

 was obligingly communicated by Governor King, in fubftance as 

 follows : 



Hoo doo Co-co-ly To-wa - ma-how- ey was, at the time of his cap- 

 ture, about twenty-four years of age ; five feet eight inches high ; of 

 an athletic make ; his features like thofe of an European, and very in- 

 terefting. He is of the diftrid of Teer a-witte, which, by the chart 

 of Too-gee,. the other New Zealander, is a diftrid of the fame name, 

 but does not lie fo far to the fouthward as the part of Ea-hei-no-mawe, 

 Called Teer- a witte by Captain Cooke ; for we are certain that Too- 

 gee's refidence is about the Bay of Illand's ; and they both agreed that 

 the diftance between their dwellings is only two days* journey by 

 land, and one day by water. Hoo-doo is nearly related to Po-vo*reek, 

 who is the principal chief of Teer-a- witte. He had two wives and one 

 child, about whofe fafety he feemed very apprehend ve ; and 1 almoft 

 every evening, at the clofe of the day, he, as well as Too-gee^ lament- 

 ed their feparation in a fort of half-crying and half-finging, expreffive 

 of grief and which was at times very affe&ing. 



Too *gee 



