tff9, ADVENTURE IN NEW ZEALAND. Chap. XII. 
consist of Mr. Robert Park and Mr. Robert Stokes, 
two of the Company's Assistant Surveyors ; and Mr. 
Charles Heaphy, the draughtsman. Mr. Deans, an 
enterprising young Scotch settler, who had already 
been employed in superintending a party of labourers 
while cutting surveyor's lines through the valley of 
the ■ Hutt, volunteered to accompany the expedition ; 
and I also offered my services as far as Pf^anganui, 
whither I was desirous of returning. Six labourers 
were selected from the surveying-staff' to carry the 
requisite supply of instruments, blankets, and pro- 
visions; and I engaged a native lad to carry my 
kawenga, or load, as far as Tf^aikanae. 
