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unsuccessful whaling voyage, and was lying deserted 
at Paroa, or " Long Fort " Bay, six miles from Koro- 
rareka. Mr. Blackett had given his assistance in 
collecting a crew. On publishing at the grog-shops 
that hands were wanted he received numerous appli- 
cations ; but as those engaged showed some intention 
to pocket the advance and then disappear, it was 
necessary to get them on board to be paid, then hoist 
up the boats, and set a watch to see that no one swam 
ashore, till they had left the harbour. It was not 
till the evening of the 3rd of January that this was 
effected, and even then in great measure by a strictly- 
enforced prohibition against spirits on board. 
, They encountered a violent tempest off the North 
Cape, and passed Kaipara on the 7th ; when Mr. 
Blackett discovered the only compass on board to be 
defective. This fact, and the skipper's surprising 
skill in navigation, caused him to make Cape Farewell 
instead of Cape Stephen ; and then to run down into 
Blind Bay by mistake. A gale from north-west 
threatened to drive them on the lee-shore at the head 
of the gulf; but they at length conquered their diffi- 
culties, and anchored in Port Hardy on the 11th. 
No signs of any emigrant ships were to be seen ; 
and no answer was returned to a fire lighted by 
Colonel Wakefield on the top of one of the highest 
hills whither he had clambered to look out. He dis- 
covered, however, from thence, a small native village 
on the south-east side of D'Urville's Island, which he 
determined to visit the next day. 
In the morning, he and Mr. Blackett walked over 
the hill, and descended into Oterawa, as the village is 
called. Here were living the family and followers of 
Te TVetu, our old visitor at Ship Cove, to the number 
of about two hundred. Colonel Wakefield had at first 
