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headed the malcontents ; but Bell had made a friend 
of another, by judicious presents and attentions, and 
obtained some protection from him whenever the per- 
secution became a little too serious. The friend was 
^iri karamuy the chief who had signed the deed at 
Kapiti, and afterwards accompanied E Kuru and 
myself hither to the grand sale. He was a repudiator 
of the bargain generally ; but had appreciated the 
advantages of having a good pakeha to live near him, 
and teach him how to plant potatoes and grow wheat. 
He never did more than remonstrate with E TVaha^ 
the troublesome neighbour ; apparently conniving at 
extortion, though he would not allow violence to 
be used. 
During the progress of the ploughing, E TVaka 
used to come and watch, and keep walking by the side 
of the old farmer, telling him he should plough no 
more. But Bell pretended not to understand him, and 
smiled at him, and geed the bullocks, and warned E 
TVaka to get out of the way of them when they 
turned, and ploughed on. E Waka got furious ; but 
Bell wouldn't look a bit frightened, and told him he 
didn't understand him ; " He must go to the boys," 
meaning his own sons ; " they'd talk Maori to him :" 
and he geed the bullocks, and ploughed on. The 
patience of E TVaka soon got exhausted, and he 
retired sulkily towards the house, after putting in some 
pegs a few yards beyond where Bell had got to, pointing 
to that as his ultimatum. And while the good- wife gave 
him a large mess of bread and milk, or a smoking dish 
of pork and potatoes, and the sons and daughters chatted 
good-humouredly to him while they built a pigsty or 
put up a stock-yard, old Bell was ploughing on. And 
E TVaka ate and smoked, and basked in the sun, 
wondering at the industry of the pakeha, till he got 
sleepy, and crept back to his village for the day. 
