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" Perhaps only pigs and potatoes from Hawke's Bay 
*' or TVanganui, after all," said a passer-by, who had 
been attracted by the numerous levelled telescopes and 
the crowd of conjecturing gossips ; — and he walked on. 
" Now, she's in irons !" cried some sailor, as the 
vessel missed stays and drifted astern near the mouth 
of Evans's Bay ; " What a lubberly craft !" 
At length the unknown vessel approached the inner 
harbour, and the red ensign was made out at the peak, 
and the union-jack at the mainmast-head. It be- 
came evident that she must be the Government brig ! 
She anchored off the hotel ; union-jacks were hoisted at 
Colonel Wakefield's house, and at the straw hut in the 
Pipitea pa which served as a police-office and govern- 
ment-house. Boats put off from all parts of the bay, 
including the police-boat with the whole resident staff, 
namely, the Police Magistrate, the Health Officer, and 
the Postmaster ; and a return boat soon brought word 
that it was positively the Governor. 
The natives who heard of it laughed at the report. 
They said the ship was not half so big as the ships in 
which " Wide-awake's" tutua (common) white people 
came, and it could not be the Kawana. They pointed 
to the diminutive size and slovenly appearance of the 
craft ; which certainly did look small among the two 
large emigrant barques, an American whaler, and two 
or three fine brigs and schooners, lying near her, and 
only deserved to be ranked as leader of the mosquito 
fleet of coasters which lay near the shore. They were 
sure we were telling them tito, " lies ;" or hangareka, 
" making fun of them." " We had said so often that 
" the Governor was coming ; they would wait till they 
" saw the Great Chief themselves." 
That same evening a meeting took place at Barrett's 
hotel, which 400 persons attended. The discussions 
