268 ADVENTURE IN NEW ZEALAND. Chap. VIII. 
of Kapiti. There a projecting tongue of flat land 
forms an anchorage well sheltered from all winds but 
south-east. Two stations were established on the 
beach ; and two of the vessels were schooners from 
Sydney, with stores, boats, and men for them. A 
third was the William Wallace, a Sydney whaling- 
barque ; and the fourth, a French barque from Sydney, 
the Justine of Bordeaux, with a heterogeneous cargo 
of goods and passengers. Among the latter were — 
our former companion Mr. Wynen, who had been to 
New South Wales since I last saw him; and a Mr. 
Scott, who told me that he had. in 1831, had a flax- 
trading station at Ff^anganm ; and that, at that time, 
the entrance over the bar was so shallow that even a 
whale-boat could not get in at low-water. He also 
said that he had traded at Port Nicholson when the 
N gatimutunga tribe, who have since removed to the 
Chatham Islands, were residing there. 
On the 28th, (Captain Lewis having arrived, I sent for 
E Kuru, and we started in a whale-boat for Port Ni- 
cholson. Lewis's brother accompanied us in another 
boat. Both boats were deep-laden with potatoes. Our 
crews consisted chiefly of natives. That night, after 
visiting Mana, we slept at a settlement on the main- 
land opposite; where a chief related to the native 
girl who travelled with Lewis did the honours of his 
village. 
On Mana I saw Ranscihaeata ; who said that Tf^a- 
nganui and all that country belonged to him and 
Rauporaha, and seemed to be very jealous lest the 
resident natives should get paid for the land there. 
He had a magnificent ware puni in the pa on Mana. 
The ridge-pole of the roof was at least twelve feet 
from the ground, and the front of the veranda was 
covered with most elaborate carving. On the apex of 
