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one of the principal chiefs at Entry Island " told him 
*' that they were of the worst tribe of persons in the 
" whole of New Zealand ; renegades and people that 
" had escaped from various tribes for thefts and every 
" crime that could possibly be thought of."* 
Striking across the wide entrance of Port Gore, we 
passed close under Point Lambert, and obtained a view 
of the Admiralty Islands stretching out to the west- 
ward. Following the narrow strait between the near- 
est of them, Motu Ngarara, or " Isle of Lizards," and 
the main, we entered a sheltered bay called Ikokoia, 
which stretches half a mile to the south-east, and pre- 
pared to encamp for the night on one of its beaches. 
The natives, directed by Rangiawa, or " Squeaker," as 
she was nicknamed among the whalers, cooked our 
dinner for us ; and we rolled ourselves in our blankets 
under an overhanging bank of gravel, which protected 
us from the heavy dew of a clear starlight night. 
7th September. — We were astir at early daylight, 
and the boat was stowed with the diligence of an old 
sealer. Passing the mouths of two bays (one called 
Titirangi, and the other, which appeared to extend 
seven or eight miles into the interior, Anakoa), we 
reached a boat-channel between the main and the 
largest of the Admiralty group, called Kakaho by the 
natives, and christened Guard's Island, after their pilot, 
by the officers of the Pelorus. This passage is narrow 
and very shallow. We had some trouble in getting 
through against a strong tide. Inclining a little to the 
north-west, we now perceived the entrance to the estu- 
ary of the Pelorus river. Half-way up the hill which 
forms the south head, we saw five head of wild cattle, 
* Evidence of Captain Lambert before Select Committee of 
House of Commons on Aborigines (British Settlements), in May, 
1836; q. 3848-9. 
