CHAPTER XXI. 
HONGI. 
One of the most celebrated of the New Zealand Chiefs, who 
has lived since we became acquainted with the country, was 
Hongi, a principal man of the Nga-puhi tribe. Mr. Marsden 
met with him during his first visit to the Bay of Islands, in 
1814; he described him then as a warrior, but of a very mild 
disposition, and with very little appearance of the savage about 
him. He was the Chief of seventeen places, but chiefly re¬ 
siding at the Keri Keri. He was of an ingenious turn of mind, 
extremely anxious to learn European arts, and, at Mr. Mars- 
den’s request, made a bust of himself, with a piece of an old 
iron hoop, his only implement ; on this he delineated his ow r n 
