Chap.v. bauperaha— uis appearance. lis 
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was, and as having inquired anxiously what natives we 
had on board. 
As we leaped from our boat he advanced to meet us, 
and, with looks of evident fear and distrust, eagerly 
sought our hands to exchange the missionary greeting. 
During the whole of the ensuing conversation he 
seemed uneasy and insecure in his own opinion ; and 
the whalers present described this behaviour as totally 
at variance with his usual boastfulness and arrogance. 
He made us a pious speech about the battle, saying 
that he had had no part in it, and that he was determined 
to give no encouragement to fighting. He agreed to 
come on board the next day ; and departed to one of the 
neighbouring islands. 
He is rather under the average height, and very digni- 
fied and stately in his manner, although on this occasion 
it was much affected by the wandering and watchful 
glances which he frequently threw around him, as 
though distrustful of every one. 
Although at least sixty years old, he might have 
passed for a much younger man, being hale and stout, 
and his hair but slightly grizzled. 
His features are aquiline and striking ; but an over- 
hanging upper lip, and a retreating forehead, on which 
his eyebrows wrinkled back when he lifted his deep- 
sunken eyelids and penetrating eyes, produced a fatal 
effect on the good prestige arising from his first ap- 
pearance. The great chieftain, the man able to lead 
others, and habituated to wield authority, was clear at 
first sight ; but the savage ferocity of the tiger, who 
would not scruple to use any means for the attainment 
of that power, the destructive ambition of a selfish 
despot, was plainly discernible on a nearer view. 
The life of this remarkable savage forms an sera 
in the history of New Zealand. 
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