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the sea-coast, to reap the advantages of trade with the 
White man, by burning down the villages of Taupo. 
I found him very fond of his rank and conscious of 
his authority as a great chief; but he had acquired 
many repulsive qualities as a cruel and merciless war- 
rior, and a considerable share of arrogance and inso- 
lence from his early dealings with the rude traders 
and visitors of the time before us. His character and 
that of his family is best expressed by the names 
given to them by those of that rough class who were 
most acquainted with them. They called E Ahu " The 
"Badger," and^ TVara and Te JVmnuku, his two near- 
est male relations, *' The Bully" and ** The Sneak." 
He was easily impressed, however, with the be- 
haviour which he must adopt in order to make him- 
self agreeable to gentlemen. Whether by his conci- 
liating manner towards them, or by the mere fact of 
his having bought the land and held out hopes that 
they should have White men amongst them, " Wide- 
** awake" had become a great favourite with the chiefs 
of the Ngatiraukawa during his negotiation with them 
at Otakt. E Ahu, who had received ample payment 
for his men employed in " Wide-awake's " service, and 
who had enjoyed the unlimited hospitality of his 
house at Wellington, seemed determined to show me 
his gratitude, and always behaved to me as one chief 
to another. 
1 was witness to a curious scene on the way. Having 
walked much faster than the natives, I got a boat at 
the end of the road, and arrived by myself at Toms* 
inn at Parramatta. Rangihaeata was there, very 
noisy, asking for spirits as usual ; and he requested me 
to buy him a large quantity, in so arrogant a tone that 
1 refused in rather a decided manner. 
- He then went on storming about the land ; saying 
