loo ADVENTURE IN NEW ZEALAND. Cbj^. IV- 
soon as this was drawn, Colonel Wakefield proceeded 
to name the various points and bays. The south-west- 
ern bay, where the most' secure anchorage exists, and 
where the town was to be built, was named Lambton 
Harbour, in honour of the Earl of Durham, who was 
Governor of the Company, and had been a warm patron 
of the project in England. A piece of level ground, 
over which the town was to extend, was named Thorn- 
don Flat, from Thorndon Hall in Essex, the residence 
of Lord Petre, who had also forwarded with his un- 
ceasing support the intended colony. The river Here- 
taonga received the name of Mr. William Hutt, another 
of the most energetic friends of the undertaking. The 
large island Matiu was christened Somes's Island, 
after Mr. Joseph Somes, the then Deputy-Governor of 
the Company. The most remarkable headlands at the 
entrance were named after Mr. Francis Baring, Sir 
George Sinclair, and Pencarrow, the residence of Sir 
William Molesworth; and the names of other places 
were selected from among those likely to be respected 
and honoured by the future inhabitants as memorials 
of the disinterested founders of the colony. Barrett's 
Reef must not be omitted in this list, as commemo- 
rating our worthy and honest co-operator. 
The utmost satisfaction prevailed among all on l)oard, 
at the conclusion of all the arrangements, as well as 
among the natives. We felt that we had secured, by 
an honourable bona fide transaction with the natives, 
an unexceptionable harbour and site for a town ; and 
although the neighbouring land, with the exception of 
the valley of the Hutt, was rather rugged, we consi- 
dered this as no lasting obstacle to the fitness of 
the place for a colony. Indeed, compared with the 
land on the Middle Island, the hills here appeared both 
low and easy of cultivation. We were moreover con- 
