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tack of paralysis, and of the arrival of 150 soldiers at 
the Bay of Islands. His Excellency was still there, 
and still undetermined as to the site of his future 
capital. The Port Nicholson people had, therefore, 
great hopes that he might arrive here within a short 
time, at least to judge of the fitness of this place. 
Brick- making had been commenced by two enter- 
prising colonists, one of whom was Mr. Dudley Sin- 
clair. The bricks brought out from England were so 
dear that there seemed every chance of success for 
these beginners. Firewood was abundant and close 
to the kiln, which was on the beach, under a cliff' said 
to consist of excellent clay for the purpose. 
An English boy had' died a few days after I left, of 
a wound given him with a spear a month before by a 
native. Some people reported that the boy and his 
brother had been stealing potatoes from the natives' 
gardens, and that the wound had been given in conse- 
quence by a native belonging to the place. On an 
inquest, however, which was held before the Police 
Magistrate, Major Baker, and a respectable jury, no 
evidence was brought forward to support this view ; 
and it seemed more probable that the outrage had 
been committed by some out-lying scout of a foraging 
party of the NgatikahuhunUy similar to that which 
had killed Puakawa. So excellent was, at this time, 
the good feeling existing between the two races, that 
the death of the lad, although involved in mystery, 
had not caused the slightest mistrust of the natives. 
I found them as comfortably domesticated as before 
in all the White peoples' houses, and as well con- 
tented with the brotherly treatment which they expe- 
rienced as on the former occasion. 
On the night of the 25th of May, the line of cot- 
