54 ADVENTURE IN NEW ZEALAND. Chap. III. 
the Governor thus to treat for the arrangement. On 
the day ^jefore the Government brig sailed away, and 
when all the suite were on board, this had been agreed 
upon. The new location had been pointed out to the 
head men of the village, and the advantages of building 
new and more wholesome residences in this more roomy 
situation had been explained to them, and fully acknow- 
ledged by themselves. The next morning all differ- 
ences were to be at an end, and a worthy example was to 
be set to all the natives in overcoming their prejudices 
to their own benefit, while they accommodated and 
conciliated their civilized neighbours. All parties were 
congratulating themselves on these happy results. In 
the afternoon, Mr. Clarke unexpectedly landed, and 
paid long farewell visits to the native villages. Mr. 
Aldred was observed to be in unusually close and con- 
fidential communication with the teachers and his 
leading catechumens on the same day. And in the 
morning they repudiated the agreement to a man, saying 
that they were not going to be driven from their paSy 
and that the Governor had told them it was not 
right. No persuasion, no reference to their former joyful 
assent had the least effect upon their sudden fit of 
obstinacy, and the whole affair had returned into its 
original difficulty. One or two efforts were subse- 
quently made at various times, by Colonel Wakefield, 
by Mr. Halswell, and several other worthy persons who 
felt interested in the fate of these unfortunate savages ; 
but without avail : — or if for a time attended with 
success, the most sanguine hopes were always, as before, 
suddenly and mysteriously overthrown. 
So the wretched inhabitants have remained ever 
since in a crowded, filthy, and unwholesome state; 
confirming each other in all their idle and baneful 
habits of life ; devoid of cleanliness in their dress and 
