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generally receive 20/. in payment from the party which 
profits by their exertions. The natives in these two 
pas amounted to about two hundred, and received us 
very civilly, being well accustomed to trade with the 
whaling-town. We again observed the wretched ap- 
pearance of the houses and food of the natives. Much 
of the latter consisted of dried whale's flesh, of which 
we saw large quantities hung on racks about the vil- 
lage. They were somewhat better clothed than the 
natives at Ship Cove, having, probably, greater oppor- 
tunities of trading with the whaling station. The 
village of Hokikare is prettily situated in a grassy 
valley, about half a mile wide and nearly a mile in 
depth. It faces the entrance of the Sound, which 
is about a mile to the east. 
September 6th. — Mr. Guard having arrived from 
Cloudy Bay in a strong sailing-boat, I determined to 
accompany my uncle, and we started for the Ohiere or 
Pelorus river. Besides Guard and ourselves, we were 
accompanied by a gentleman named Wynen, who had 
lately arrived from Sydney, commissioned by an associa- 
tion of persons there to purchase land in the best situa- 
tions. He had with him his native wife, named Rangi- 
awa. Her brother Hetigia, or Charley, a young chief- 
tain of influence in the Kmvia tribe, accompanied us as 
one of the owners of the district, and in order to obtain 
respect from the few members of the conquered tribe 
who had been allowed to remain, as tributaries, on the 
spot. Our crew consisted of four natives, also of the 
Kawia tribe, and one White man. We had provided 
ourselves with provisions for a few days, and a few 
blankets. 
Retracing our voyage through the Tory Channel 
and Queen Charlotte's Sound, a distance of about 
thirty miles, we looked anxiously into Ship Cove as we 
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