48 ADVENTURE IN NEW ZEALAND. Chap. III. 
Another man, heading a whaling-party here, was 
nicknamed " Geordie Bolts." His real name was 
Joseph Toms ; but being crippled in an encounter with 
a whale, he had the fame of never having been able to 
face one since ; and hence the nom de guerre. His ap- 
pearance was by no means so attractive as that of Bar- 
rett. Independently of the deformity arising from his 
unfortunate accident, he was of small stature and repul- 
sive features. Nor had he acquired the same character 
for hospitality and kindness to either natives or fellow- 
countrymen, which we found universally accorded to 
Dicky. He was married to a near relation of Rau- 
perahtty and by means of this alliance maintained an- 
other whaling station at a harbour called Porirua, on 
the main between the islands of Kapiti and Mana. 
In a bay separated by a low tongue of land 
from the main valley of Te-awa-iti, we found an- 
other whaler named Jimmy Jackson, who had a snug 
little cove to himself. He was positively equal in di- 
mensions to Williams and Barrett both together. He 
gave us a hearty welcome; and never ceased talking 
from the moment we entered his house until we re- 
turned on board. We found him quite an original 
character, who had something to say on every subject. 
He was a great admirer of Bonaparte, whose battles 
adorned his walls in gaudy colours and tinselled frames, 
as bought from some French whale-ship. He sup- 
ported his superficial view of almost everything that 
could be mentioned, by quotations from the Scriptures 
and Guthrie's Geography, which seemed his favourite 
books of reference. He had been, we found, ten years 
here, being one of the first settlers. He declared the 
Pelorus river to be an excellent place for a settlement; 
and oflfered to introduce my uncle to an old friend of 
his in Cloudy Bay, Jack Guard, who knew the native 
