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cannibalism and the reign of terror of the “New Zealand Napoleon” 
Hongi; and Maketu is the very place famous for native wars of the 
most cruel and barbarous kind. There is a stone in the yard of 
the Roman Catholic church, on which is inscribed the date at which 
hostilities ceased, xiz. 16 th September 1845. With what soothing 
contemplations such men can look back to their noble and eventful 
life , on comparing the Past and the Present ! 
The Pah of Maketu is situated upon an eminence on the South- 
east-side of the Kaituna river , close by its mouth. The dwelling 
houses and granaries (Pataka) are carved in the most elaborate and 
grotesque manner. The estuary of the river extending to a great 
distance inside of the bar is accessible only for the smallest coast- 
ing vessels. A stone-block on the beach is designated by the natives 
as the anchor of the canoe Arawa, in which, as the story goes, 
their ancestors had immigrated. Kumaras, maize, potatoes, taro 
and tobacco thrive splendidly in the fertile alluvial soil of the country 
and peaches are very plentiful. In the Pah I had the pleasure of 
meeting Hori te Haupapa, the celebrated chief from Rotorua. He 
told me, that in Auckland he had been on board the Novara, and 
that there the colossal dimensions of his body had been measured. 
He was of opinion, that, if the people in Europe were to judge 
by that measure, they would surely take all the Maoris to be giants. 
The headland of Maketu consists of alternating layers of trachytic 
tuff, sandstone and pumicestone. From the heights near the Pah 
towards N. E. , the island Whakari (White Island), a distance of 
about 35 seamiles, can be distinctly seen, with its crater continu- 
ally puffing powerful clouds of white steam. The island rises 863 feet 
above the sea. Towards North , at a distance of 6 miles from the 
coast , is the island Motiti , a low island , — its highest point being 
only 190 feet high, — which, however, is said to be very fertile 
and therefore inhabited. 
On the 9. May we set out towards Tauranga. After several 
stormy and rainy days this was again the first pleasant day. At 
sunrise the thermometer stood at the freezing-point, and the puddles 
of rainwater in front of the house were frozen; but the sun soon 
