.Chap. V. WHALING-STATIONS. 107 
Dicky Barrett left us at this place, proceeding to 
Te-awa-iti in a sealing-boat with all his family and 
train. He agreed to return to us here in order to pro- 
ceed to Taranaki. 
The harbour of Port Underwood we found much 
exposed to the southerly gales, which send a rolling 
swell right in. Two bays at the head of the harbour 
are more sheltered ; but in no part is there any extent 
of flat land. 
We found several whaling-parties on the different 
beaches ; which are separated from each other by such 
steep ridges that boats are the more common means 
of communication. In Ocean Bay, in which the swell 
causes a good deal of surf, we saw the timbers of some 
small vessels which were being built there, and found 
an old trader named Ferguson who had the reputation 
of never being sober. On the sides of the impending 
hills are the remains of some clearings made by the 
crew of a whaler under the direction of a Captain Blen- 
kinsopp, who purchased this bay from the natives, and 
was also said to have bought the plains of Wairau, 
a few miles further south, from Raiiperaha and Ran- 
gihaeata, his fighting general, for a ship gun, some 
years since. 
In Kakapo Bay, we found Jacky Guard and all his 
family, including his wife, a fine buxom- looking Eng- 
lishwoman, and the children who were with her 
prisoners among the natives. They all looked healthy 
and rosy. 
Still further north on the west side was another bay, 
also inhabited by White people. These two bays are 
much better sheltered than Ocean Bay. 
One party, conducted by a Portuguese, were esta- 
blished in a cove just inside the eastern head, and en- 
