42 ADVENTURE IN NEW ZEALAND. Chap. UI. 
CHAPTER III. 
Arrival of the Governor — Public Meeting — Undignified Landing — 
Empty Levee — Mr. George Clarke, Chief Protector of the Abo- 
rigines — Degradation of Chiefs — Mr. Clarke's unfounded charge 
against Colonel Wakefield — Countenanced by the Governor — 
Natives consent to leave their Pa — Sudden refusal — Perpetua- 
tion of the noxious Pas — Deputation to the Governor — His ab- 
ject appearance — His own description of it— Mr. Hanson and 
\ Mr. Earp — " Government Fever" — The Governor refuses to 
.. fulfil the Agreement of 1840— Mr. Clarke's Letter— Evil eflfects 
of Indulgence on Natives — Example — Mis-protection of the 
' Aborigines — lliko repudiates his bargain — I am requested to be- 
'^ come a Magistrate — "Nelson" Colony — Negotiations — The 
■ Governor goes to Akaroa — Dinner to Captain Arthur Wakefield 
: and Captain Liardet — Toasts — Dispute about the Site of Nelson 
— Proclamations — Appointments — Things left undone— Stifling 
of Native Reserves — The Colonists and the Governor — Lieu- 
' tenant Shortland and Mr. Clarke the real Governors — Their 
private interest at stake. 
Accordingly, on the 19th of August, a little vessel 
came round the point about four miles from the town. 
" Emigrant ship !" cried one of the loiterers on the 
beach. 
" Whaler !" shouted another. 
" No ! it's a large schooner or a brig," said some 
knowing hand, looking with a telescope from the coffee- 
room of Barrett's hotel. 
"Oh! a cattle-vessel from Sydney perhaps, — or a 
" Yankee full of notions" suggested some one in the 
gazing crowd which began to collect. 
" Too small," said the captains and other nautical 
oracles ; " no hay on the quarter for cattle ; — not 
" smart enough for a Yankee !" 
