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" accompany me. I then proposed going first to Mana, 
" near to which island is the pa of Porirua ; there 
" to see Te Rauperaha, to tell him all that was said 
" of him, and to require him to explain himself the 
" circumstances, and to see how things were ; how far 
" fortifications had been carried, the number of people 
" assembled, and the number of canoes collected. The 
" Major then proposed, that the boat taken after the un- 
" fortunate affair at TVmrau, and hauled on the beach 
" near Porirua, should be recovered. He sent Mr. 
" Clarke on foot to let the tribe know that a ship was 
" coming, and to prevent, if possible, the departure of 
" the chiefs Te Rauperaha and Rangihaeata. 
" We sailed next morning, the 5th October, and 
" anchored the same afternoon under Mana. Shortly 
" after rounding the point and opening the island, a 
" canoe passed from Mana to Porirua with three per- 
" sons in her ; one of them we heard afterwards was 
" Rangihaeata. As soon as the ship anchored, I 
" landed, attended by Major Richmond, and Captain 
" Best in command of the detachment on board the 
" North Star. We first went to the whaling-station, 
" or great pa, where we found Mr. Chetham, who 
'' had been sent on to join us. We also soon after met 
" Mr. Clarke. He informed us that 7V Rauperaha 
" had left that morning at daylight for TVaikanae ; 
" which must have been a voluntary movement, as no 
" person knew our intentions till the Strait was 
" entered. We immediately went round to the pa 
" at which the tribe was established. Here we found 
" no one on the beach to receive us ; and having 
" landed, walked to the huts, where we found a few 
" persons sitting together. Rangihaeata, they said, 
'* had fled to the bush. Te Rauperaha was at ff^ai- 
'" hanae ; and, finding nothing could be done, we re- 
" turned on board." 
