y6 ADVENTURE IN NEW ZEALAND. Chap. IV. 
TVare^or'i and the other chiefs who had slept on board 
went on shore early to make the necessary preparations, 
accompanied by our carpenter, who was to su})erintend 
the erection of a small tree which the natives had pro- 
cured for the purpose, as a flag-staff, close to the Pitone 
pa. In the afternoon, on a signal from the shore, we 
landed in our boats with all the cabin party, and all 
the sailors that could be spared, to take part in the 
rejoicings. We were joyfully received by the assem- 
blage, which consisted of about three hundred men, 
women, and children. Of these, two hundred were 
men, and had armed themselves with the hundred and 
twenty muskets they had received from us, spears, 
tomahawks, pointed sticks, stone and wooden clubs, 
&c. Even a dozen umbrellas, which had formed part 
of the payment, figured in the ranks as conspicuously 
as the Emperor of Marocco's son's parasol has figured 
in more recent battalions. Every one was dressed in 
some of the new clothes ; their heads were neatly 
arranged, and ornamented with feathers of the alba- 
tross or hida ; handsome mats hung in unison with 
the gay petticoats of the women and the new blankets 
of the warriors ; the latter were bedizened with waist- 
coats and shirts, and belted with cartouch-boxes and 
shot-belts. It was high holiday with everybody ; and 
a universal spirit of hilarity prevailed among the excited 
multitude. 
As we landed Colonel Wakefield ordered the New 
Zealand flag to be hoisted at the staff ; and the same 
was done at the main of the Tory, which saluted it 
with twenty-one guns, to the great delight of the 
natives at the noise and smoke. 
TVarepori then asked if we were ready ; and told us 
that many men were absent, some at their distant 
gardens, some oq an expedition to the westward, and 
