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 Anson. The PI RAK I LOG 
 
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 THE PIRAKI LOG 
 
 (e pirangi ahau koe) 
 
 OR 
 
 DIARY OF CAPTAIN HEMPLEMAN 
 
 WITH INTRODUCTION, GLOSSARY 
 ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAP 
 
 BY THE PRESENT OWNER 
 
 FOR SOME YEABS CHAIRMAN OF THE AKAROA COUNTY COUNCIL 
 
 M.A., F.R.CJ. 
 
 THE ORIGINAL MSS. DEPOSITED IN THE MUSEUM 
 AT CHRISTCHURCHj NEW ZEALAND 
 
 HENRY FROWDE 
 
 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 
 
 LONDON, NEW YORK, TORONTO AND MELBOURNE
 
 CONTENTS 
 
 Introduction 
 
 Vessels Mentioned . 
 
 List of * Hands ' on the Books 
 
 LOG : Provisions List . 
 Whales Caught . 
 Gear Lost . 
 
 December 4, 1835 — August 9, 1836 
 August 19, 1836— September 2, 1836 
 Samples of ' Slop Accounts ' 
 
 Gear Lost 
 
 March 20, 1837— June 7, 1837 . 
 
 Gear List 
 
 October 23, 1837— May 24, 1838 
 December 26, 1838— March 4, 1839 
 List of Stores .... 
 April 1, 1839— November 26, 1839 
 April 11, 1840— September 30, 1840 
 March 9, 1841— April 27, 1841 
 April 27, 1842— August 30, 1842 
 January 7, 1844— March 13, 1844 
 
 Glossary-Index 
 
 Supplement. Letter of Instruction. Governor 
 HoBSON TO Captain Stanley, R.N. 
 
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 LIST OF ILLUSTEATIOlSrS 
 
 Map . Frontispiece 
 
 PiRAKi Sands at low tide . . To face page 17 
 
 Akaroa. Greenes Point, and the site 
 
 OF THE Memorial .... „ 32 
 
 PiRAKi Valley, looking down to the 
 Cove, and the site of the old 
 whaling-station on the flat bor- 
 dered BY THE ' CREEK ■* AND BEACH . „ 58 
 
 PiRAKi Cove, whalebone in foreground . „ 70 
 
 PiRAKi Valley, whalebone in foreground „ 82 
 
 The Memorial on the spot where British 
 
 sovereignty was proclaimed in 1840 „ 106 
 
 Simpson's Look-out, on the north-west 
 
 SIDE OP PiRAKi Cove ... ,, 146
 
 INTRODUCTION 
 
 It must have been about two years after 1875, the year in 
 which I had gone to live at Piraki with my fellow traveller, 
 Mr. F. P. Snow, of Oare, North Devon, that I first heard 
 mention of any old Records in connexion with the Place; 
 and at once became bent on their acquisition, whatever they 
 might be, conceiving them to be in a certain measure part and 
 parcel of our recently purchased property. Upon further 
 inquiry I learned that old Captain Hempleman, who was 
 jealously guarding his treasured private papers from public 
 scrutiny in the interest of his ' claim \ had promised them to 
 Mr. Justin Aylmer, Resident Magistrate, Harbour-Master, 
 Coroner, &c., for the Akaroa District (in return for many 
 kindnesses), on his death; and when this took place in 
 February, 1880, my friend, Mr, Aylmer, very kindly made 
 the same promise to me. 
 
 I had, unfortunately, a very few years to wait before these 
 interesting documents, coming into my possession, were re- 
 stored once again to their place of origin; and though for 
 the last five-and-twenty years I have been contemplating their 
 publication, until quite recently both public and private calls 
 upon my attention have prevented me from doing so, at any 
 rate in such manner as might to some extent enhance the 
 value of their contents. 
 
 The ' Log ' and Diary will now be found printed in the 
 following pages, exactly as written in the Manuscript, with 
 all the mistakes in spelling or faulty expression (where 
 decipherable) retained, and without any alteration or re- 
 construction whatever in the text. The Glossary-Index, 
 which I have found it hard to keep within reasonable limits,
 
 Introduction 
 
 and the Map, on which are given the Place-names in use both 
 formerly and now, should serve as helpful Guides to the 
 History and Geography of that time ; while the Photographs 
 may reasonably be expected to bring the Natural features of 
 the localities themselves more vividly before the mind's eye. 
 A complete List of all Vessels mentioned in the Log has been 
 added to those entered up as having been 'spoken' by the 
 Bee before Febraary 17, 1836, and of the 'Hands' on the 
 Books ; but only a few sample pages are given of the volu- 
 minous ' Slop Accounts \ Lists of Stores in hand, Provisions 
 served out, Whales caught, Gear lost, &c., which are of no 
 present interest except as illustrating the old-time method of 
 book-keeping on a whaling-station. 
 
 There is, however, much more to be learned from a careful 
 perusal of these — quite the earliest — Canterbury (Middle 
 Island) Records than the mere insight into the life of hard- 
 ship, privation, and danger habitually endured by the ad- 
 venturous Whaler in the Southern Seas of the ironically 
 named ' Pacific ' Ocean ; for this particular ' Record ' has the 
 marked peculiarity of being at the same time a ' Diary ' of 
 events on shore, and a Master-whaler's ' Log '. 
 
 Thus, the sailor-like daily chronicle, during the winter 
 months of the Whaling-season, of the wind and weather 
 experienced some seventy years ago, should be of as much 
 interest to the twentieth-century Meteorologist, as the 
 man- on -shore's complaint (December 19, 1837) against the 
 Midsummer blizzards, so often experienced, will be cordially 
 endorsed by the Sheep-farmer of the present day. Owing, 
 also, to this quasi-amphibious nature of the Piraki Settlement, 
 we are enabled to fix the exact date of Bishop Selwyn's first 
 landing in the South Island, on a visit of inspection into the 
 Missionary progress and further needs of that part of his 
 Diocese; and the approximate dates of the Ngai Tahu re- 
 taliatory expeditions against Rauperaha in Cloudy Bay ; 
 besides being afforded evidence of the changing formation 
 of the coast-line along the Ninety-mile Beach, where the 
 * Mowry Harbour' of that time was.
 
 Introduction 
 
 The phonetic spelling of Maori names by the illiterate 
 scribe, who had not the benefit of the excellent Grammar and 
 Dictionary then in use among the Missionaries, and could not, 
 probably, have read it if he had, is more often than not an 
 accurate guide to correct pronunciation, e. g. ' Peracky ', 
 ' Ekollacky ' j and the quaint adaptation of words from one 
 language to the other, regardless of any change in their 
 meaning, as in the case of ' Tonguer ■* for Tonga, ' the river ' 
 for Wairewa, is worthy of a few moments' consideration. 
 
 But undoubtedly the special interest attaching to this 
 Manuscript lies in the Unique Period with which it deals; 
 beginning, as it does, in the wild cannibal days of 1835, 
 witnessing the birth in 1840 of another infant British 
 Daughter- State, and ending in 1844 with the peacefully- 
 established settlement of three rival Nationalities, under pro- 
 perly constituted Magisterial authority, in the now civilized 
 and prospering District of Akaroa. 
 
 It should be remembered that the North Island, whose 
 Natives belonged to distinctly different tribes to the Ngai 
 Tahus of the South, became a British Possession by ' Treaty ' 
 entered into at Waitangi in March, 1840, by the Government 
 of New South Wales; and that, although Hempleman may 
 have given formal notice of his land-purchase on Bankes 
 Peninsula to the new Authority in the April following, the 
 French — whose Captain L'Anglois professed to have made an 
 exactly similar purchase from the Ngai Tahu Chiefs — would 
 certainly not have admitted the inclusion of the South Island 
 in that Treaty, if Governor Hobson had not ' made assurance 
 doubly sure' by sending down H.M.S. Britomart to make 
 formal 'Proclamation' of British Sovereignty at Akaroa, 
 Piraki, and 'Price's Fishery ■* in August of that year (see 
 Supplement). Reading between the lines of this Diary, it is 
 evident that during the 'thirties Piraki Cove was the one 
 chief centre of interest alike to Native on shore and Whaler 
 off the coast. To the Native mind — especially while their 
 war against Rauperaha was going on — this White Settlement, 
 with Master- whaler Hempleman in occupation, and ready to
 
 Introduction 
 
 act genial host or domineering autocrat at will, was a power 
 to be humoured or frightened into giving practical assistance, 
 rather than an object for destruction, the very fear of which 
 only united the band more closely round their leader ; and to 
 the whaling fraternity it was an obvious advantage to keep 
 up friendly relations with such a conveniently situated 
 ' Station \ where whales were plentiful. 
 
 * Peracky ' was, indeed, the stage on which a German and 
 a French whaling captain were working out ambitious projects 
 for acquiring — each in his own interest — the land of the 
 Maori Chief, until in the year 1840 the British Lion — with 
 dramatic suddenness — woke up just in time to administer 
 even-handed justice, and secure for himself the future home 
 of the Canterbury Lamb. Ten years afterwards, Mr. John 
 Watson of Ballydarton, Co. Carlow, the second R.M. at 
 Akaroa, had purchased fifty acres (R.S. 253) of land, at one 
 end of which the whaling-station buildings stood; and 
 Mr. Walter Carew, his first cousin, from Co. Waterford, 
 was living there with his family. Twenty years afterwards, 
 Mr. Carew^s sheep were depasturing on an undefined 12,000 
 acres of Piraki ' Run \ and the breeding of race-horses — such 
 as ' Creepmouse ' — had been started by his son Ponsonby. By 
 1870 Mr. Watson had gone to live in England; misfortune 
 had attended the sporting proclivities of the young Irishman, 
 and the property was on the eve of being sold to Captain 
 Hawtrey, R.N., a son of the Reverend John Hawtrey, 
 formerly Head Master of Lower School at Eton. In 1874 
 this gentleman was unfortunately drowned with two com- 
 panions when sailing his own yacht round from Piraki to 
 French Farm (Akaroa Harbour), a place which he held on 
 lease from the Trustees of the Dicken family; and this 
 historic property was subsequently bought from his widow by 
 the present owner, in a partnership with Mr. F. P. Snow, 
 which was dissolved in 1891 when that very old friend bought 
 land and went to live at Hokowhitu, Manawatu. 
 
 In conclusion, let me add that — although in this one case 
 of my own property I have brought the history of Piraki, in
 
 Introduction 
 
 brief outline, up to date — in the Glossary I have aimed at 
 supplying- such information only as will serve to fix the 
 individuality of the Personages and Places actually mentioned 
 in the Diary, or suffice to bring out the incidents of the 
 Narrative into clearer light. 
 
 To the Many — most of them now dead — who have helped 
 me to this end, I acknowledge my gratitude. 
 
 F. A. ANSON. 
 
 September f 1910. 
 
 PS. The old eight-roomed Piraki House, built by the 
 CarewSj considerably enlarged and supplied with every modern 
 requirement by the present Owner, was completely destroyed 
 by fire, with all its contents, on September 3, 1910. 
 
 F. A. A. 
 
 November,
 
 10 
 
 VESSELS MENTIONED 
 
 1835. 
 
 March 17. Shore-Party landed ex ' Bee ', Brig. 
 
 (See Hannah, in Glossary.) 
 
 When 
 
 Dec. 16 
 
 1836. 
 
 Jany 2 
 
 — 10 
 
 — 21 
 
 — 24 
 Feby. 1 
 
 — 3 
 
 Vessel. 
 
 Sisters, (Barque) 
 
 Govn. Bourke (do) 
 Normuhul (do) 
 Jas. Colville (do) 
 Avon (do) 
 
 Columbus (Ship) 
 Sarah Lee (Bke.) 
 
 Master. 
 
 Out. 
 
 Barrels. 
 
 Norris 
 
 11 mo. 
 
 800 
 
 Powell 
 
 15 — 
 
 1200 
 
 Petrie 
 
 2 
 
 150 
 
 Maughan 
 
 42 — 
 
 1600 
 
 Cole. 
 
 13 — 
 
 1350 
 
 
 10 — 
 
 100 
 
 Wick. 
 
 H ~ 
 
 30 
 
 Kemarks. 
 
 Lost his main mast 
 
 Bound for Sydney. 
 
 Off the Three Kings 
 _ do. — — 
 _ do. — — 
 
 American. 
 
 Do. last from Sydney 
 
 Movements of Vessels, mentioned in Diary. 
 
 Feb. 17. Bee, Brig. Hempleman. 49 Barrels. Dropped 
 
 anchor in 4f fathoms, 
 Apr. 27. Nile, Ship. American. 
 
 — — Friendship, Ship. American. 
 May 20. Caroline, Capt. Cherry. 
 July 15. Australian. 
 
 — 24. Bee, Brig. Sailed for Sydney ; arriving there 
 
 Aug. 9. 
 1837. 
 Mar. 20. Dublin Packet, Schooner. With Shore-party and 
 
 Stores. 
 _ 27. — — — Sailed. 
 
 May 16. Alexander Henry, Ship. 
 Oct. 23. Ddblin Packet, Landed Mrs. H., Eight Men, 
 
 Stores ; and Sailed. 
 Oct. 24. Taiaroaf and other Otakau Chiefs. 
 Dec. 24. Taiaroaf, too sick to join expedition. 
 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 Movements of Vessels, inentio7ied in Diary 11 
 
 1838. 
 
 Jan. 9-12. * Boats ' going North to fight. 
 Feb. 12-15. 'Boats' and Canoes returning South. 
 Feb. 22. Rosalie, Ship. American. (At Wangooloar.) 
 March 9. 4 Canoes going North to check pursuit. 
 Apr. 1, Ajax. French Whaler. 
 
 — — Adele. — — 
 
 Apr. 13. Asia ; French Ship ; reported in Wangeroar. 
 May 1. Perseverance, Ship; French; at Wangaloa. 
 
 — — Samuel Robinson, Ship ; American ; do. do. 
 
 Dec. 26. Hannah,f Schooner; Sailed for Sydney, with Oil 
 and Bone. 
 1839. 
 Jan. 5. France, Ship; French whaler. 
 Feb. 6. Jaspar, Ship; American. 
 
 — 17. Frances Lueis, Ship; French. 
 
 — 19. Roland, Ship. 
 
 Apr. 1. Hannah,f Schooner; Arrived with Stores. — Saikd 
 Ap. 8. 
 
 — 29. Perseverance, Ship ; French. — Sailed July 27. 
 
 — — Samuel Robinson, Ship; American; Capt. Chase. 
 June 16. Atlantic; in Wangooloa; On 20th her men signed 
 
 Articles at Piraki. 
 July 27. Narwhale ; Capt. Duvol. — Sailed Aug. 26. 
 Aug. 13. SiRENE, Brig ; Capt. Hay. — Sailed Aug. 29. 
 Nov. 2. 15 Otakau 'Boats'*, going North. 
 Nov. 17. SiRENE, Brig; — Sailed Nov. 26. 
 
 1840. 
 
 Apr. 11. SiREXE, Brig; With men and Stores. 
 May 8. Adele, French Ship ; Got first Whale. Of Havre. 
 Sailed Aug. 21. 
 
 — 11. Cosmopolite, French Ship; From Havre. — Sailed 
 
 Aug. 11. 
 June 23. Heva, French Ship; Of Havre.— Sailed July 27. 
 
 — 26. Speculator, Brig ; With provisions from Port Nichol- 
 
 son. Sailed Aug. 10. 
 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 12 Movements of Vessels, mentioned in I>iary 
 
 1840 (coufintied) : — 
 July 3. Concordia, Dutch (Danish ?) Barque; from Copen- 
 hagen. Sailed Aug. 13. 
 
 — 27. Pauline, French Ship ; From Havre. — Sailed Aug. 10. 
 
 — 27. Hannah, Schooner ; Arrived, for Capt. Hempleman. 
 
 — Sailed Aug. 11. 
 Aug. 14. Man of war's boat, from H.M.S. Britoraart, 
 Capt. Stanley, R.N. 
 
 — 16. McGregor, Schooner. Sailed next day. 
 
 — 29. Success, of Sydney. Sailed Sept. 2. 
 
 Sep. 27. Essington, Schooner; of Launceston, Tasmania. 
 
 1841. 
 
 Apr. 3. Magnet, Brig. Capt. Brucef. — At the Heads. 
 
 1842. 
 
 May 5. Viaugh, Capt. Bourjoure; French Ship. Sailed 
 July 21. 
 
 — 25. Cornet, in Akaroa. 
 
 — 29. Bory O'More, Capt. Coles. Sailed June 28. 
 June 3. Scotia, Schooner. Sailed June 15. 
 
 — 10. Inglis, Sailed Aug. 3. 
 
 — 16. Bonbon, Capt. Maison. 
 
 July 7. Vanguard, Capt. Lovet; In Akaroa, with Stores 
 from Messrs. Wade. 
 
 — 8. Royal William. 
 
 — 16. Scotia, Schooner; From Akaroa, with men. 
 
 — 20. Rainbow. 
 
 — 21. Ellenor; Passed the Heads. 
 
 1844. 
 
 Jan. 9. Bishop Selwyn landed. 
 
 — 29. Pickwiss ; In Akaroa, with provisions for Piraki. 
 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 13 
 
 LIST OF 'HANDS' ON THE BOOKS 
 
 Names ' on the books ■" at the Piraki Whaling-Station, 
 
 1836-8. 
 
 Simeon Crawley. 
 William Kelly. 
 Jacky Walkabout, 
 Charles Porter. 
 William Feilder. 
 Isaac Fisher. 
 James Daniels. 
 William Simpson. 
 William Siddell. 
 Samuel Summers 
 John Bishop. 
 
 Peter Elder. 
 James Connal. 
 Thomas Condon. 
 William Park. 
 John Foster. 
 Denis Kelcher. 
 George Daxwell. 
 Robert Leech. 
 Thomas Chandler, 
 (drowned, May 4, 
 1837). 
 
 William Bears 
 
 (drowned, '39). 
 Richard Pugh. 
 Thomas Rodgers. 
 William Tindale. 
 John Jones. 
 Robinson Clough. 
 Thomas Burk. 
 Martin Frederick. 
 James Bosworth. 
 Thomas Hathaway. 
 
 Fresh Names, mentioned in 'Slop Accounts' for 1839. 
 
 John Turner. 
 Benjamin Bing. 
 Angus Daniel. 
 John Johnson. 
 J. Miller. 
 Philip Relow; 
 
 William Cranston. 
 — Sullivan. 
 David Williams. 
 Peter Higgins. 
 George Watson. 
 Alfred Roberts. 
 
 John Smith (drowned, July 7, '39). 
 Henry Rummidge. do. 
 
 Thomas Kain. do. 
 
 George Thoms. 
 — Dalton. 
 Samuel Colby. 
 Henry Ramsday. 
 Charles Bruce. 
 Wee Leveck. 
 La Marb. 
 Manuel.
 
 14 
 
 PROVISIONS LIST 
 
 Month. Day. 
 
 Beef. 
 
 Pork. 
 
 Bread. 
 1 Ton. 
 
 1 Ton. 
 
 1 „ 180. 
 ITon. 
 
 1 — 180 
 1—180. 
 
 1. 180. 
 1. 180. 
 1. 180. 
 
 Flour. 
 
 Pease. 
 
 Rice 
 
 Sugar. 
 
 1835. 
 
 Deer. 11 
 1, 12 
 1, 16 
 ,1 29 
 1836. 
 
 Jany. 16 
 1, 26 
 11 28 
 „ 31 
 
 Feby. 1 
 ,1 19 
 ,1 26 
 March 11 
 11 15 
 ,1 26 
 11 31 
 
 April 9 
 
 .1 12 
 
 21 
 
 May 5 
 
 11 
 
 .. 7 
 
 12 
 
 11 15 
 
 ,1 20 
 
 11 11 
 
 June 2 
 1, 8 
 11 9 
 1, 11 
 11 12 
 ,1 20 
 11 24 
 „ 30 
 
 July B 
 „ 6 
 ,1 10 
 11 16 
 11 23 
 
 lb. 
 1 Cask 336 
 
 1 Cask 336 
 
 1 Cask 336 
 
 lb. 
 
 1 Cask 386 „ 
 
 1 Cask 336. 
 
 1 Cask 3361b. 
 1 Cask 336 „ 
 
 1 Cask 836 „ 
 
 2 Cask 336 „e. 
 
 1 Cask 336. 
 
 1 Cask 336. 
 1 1, 
 
 1 Cask 336. 
 1 Cask 386 
 
 1 Cask 336 
 1 Cask 336. 
 
 lb. 
 
 1 Cask 200 
 
 1 Cask 200. 
 1 Cask 200 
 1 Cask 200 lb. 
 
 1 Cask 200. 
 
 1 Cask 200 
 1 Cask 200 
 
 1 Cask 200. 
 1 Cask 200. 
 
 1 Cask. 
 1 Cask 110. 
 
 I Cask. 
 1 Cask 100. 
 
 1 Cask 60. 
 
 1 Cask. 
 
 1 Cask. 
 1 Cask. 
 1 Cask. 
 
 1 Cask. 
 1 Cask. 
 
 1 Cask. 
 1 Cask. 
 
 
 
 1 Cask 60 
 1 Cask 60
 
 15 
 
 WHALES CAUGHT 
 
 Date. 
 
 Whaler. 
 
 By Whome 
 
 Got in. 
 
 1836. 
 
 
 
 
 May 2 
 
 1 — 
 
 Captain 
 
 8rd May. 
 
 „ 4 
 
 1 — 
 
 do. 
 
 5„ „ 
 
 „ 19 
 
 1 — 
 
 Crawley, 
 
 22nd „ 
 
 „ 20 
 
 1 — 
 
 do. 
 
 25 „ „ 
 
 „ 26 
 
 1 — 
 
 Captain 
 
 28,, ,, 
 
 „ 27 
 
 1 — 
 
 Crawl f^y 
 
 30 „ „ 
 
 „ 30 
 
 1 — 
 
 James, 
 
 2 June. 
 
 »' ?j 
 
 1 — 
 
 Coombs, 
 
 1 June 
 
 June 7 
 
 1 — 
 
 Crawley, 
 
 7 
 
 „ 19 
 
 1 — 
 
 Coombs. 
 
 lost „ 
 
 „ 23 
 
 1 — 
 
 do. 
 
 26 
 
 July 10 
 
 1 — 
 
 Do. — 
 
 
 7 Bears — 7 
 2 Craley — 2 
 
 [Recorded as caught 
 12 in 1837.— June 7. 
 
 2 in 1838.— May 22. 
 29 in 1839.— Full Season. 
 
 7 in 1840._July 11. 
 
 1 in 1842.] 
 
 GEAR LOST 
 
 Date. 
 
 What Boat. 
 
 Irons. 
 
 Lances. 
 
 St. Wharp. 
 
 Lance Do. 
 
 Line. 
 
 Anchor. 
 
 1836. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 May 4 
 
 4th 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 „ 14 
 
 3 „ 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10 fat'. 
 
 Lost 
 
 „ 26 
 
 1 ., 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 „ 
 
 
 „ 29 
 
 4 „ 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 June 20 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 180 „ 
 
 1 „ 
 
 
 2<J. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 April 9tli 
 
 Bent 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 Tuesd. 23 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SOfath: 
 
 
 May 1 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 2 Lines. 
 
 2 „ Tow by 
 Bopes.
 
 REMARKS ON BOARD THE BRIG 'BEE' 
 ON A WHALING VOYAGE 
 
 [First four pages missing.] 
 
 [December 4, 1835 to August 9, 1836.] 
 
 Friday, 4/k Deer. 1835. — p.m. Commenced with fine weather. 1835 
 
 All hands busily employed in fitting out the Boats, Cutting in 
 
 gear, &c. &c. 2.30 p.m. saw Spouts to leeward kept the Ship "^^'^<^- 
 away 2 or 3 miles and hove too but could see nothing more of ' 
 them. 3.40 hauled Ship to the wund and stood E.S.E. — at 
 8 P.M. thick weather enclining to squally, closed reefed the 
 Top Sails and furled the Main Sail and Jib — 10 Made what E. 
 Sail was necessary. 2 a.m. reef out the Top Sails and set the 
 Main Top Gallant Sail. — latter part same weather. Lat. obs. 
 
 32. 51. S. 
 
 Saturday/, 5th. — p.m. Commenced with light airs and calms, N.N.E. 
 people employed fitting Boats, Cutting in gear, &c. &c. 2 
 same weather 4 light winds 6 made more Sail and stood to 
 Eastward, a.m. fresh breezes and fine weather also latter part. 
 Lat. obs. 33. 5. S. 
 
 Sunday, 6th. — p.m. Strong Winds and inclined to squally. N.N.W. 
 4 increasing Gales with a heavy sea running, sent down Fore 
 and !Main Top Gallant Yards, 8 more moderate, a.m. more 
 moderate and less sea, day light set the Foresail and Fore Top 
 Sail, and Top Mast Stay Sail latter part fine pleasant weather. 
 People employed as most necessary. Pump ship every four 
 hours. Lat. obs. 32. 12. 
 
 Monday, 7th. — p.m. Strong Breezes and cloudy. People N.E. 
 employed as most necessary. 6 shortened sail. a.m. light 
 Breezes and pleasant weather, day light made all sail. People N.N.E. 
 employed as most necessary. Carpenter variously. Lat. Obs. 
 
 33. 37. S. 
 
 B
 
 18 Remarks on board the bi'ig 'Bee' 
 
 1835 Tuesday, 8th Deer. 1835. — p.m. fine pleasant weather made 
 
 all sail. 8 strong breezes took in sail as necessary, a.m. more 
 
 • moderate set the Fore Sail, day light 1 reef out Topsails and 
 
 E N E ' ^^* ^^^® main sail. People employed as most necessary, also 
 Carpenter. Pump Ship every 4 hours as usual, latter part 
 same weather. Lat. Obs. 33. 12. S. 
 
 N.E. JFedtiesdai/, 9th, — p.m. light winds and calms, people em- 
 
 ployed as most necessary, Carpenter making spade poles &c. 
 4 same weather, a.m. light winds and cloudy. 5 a.m. saw 
 whales to windward about 4 miles off, made all sail, continued 
 in chase the whole of this day but could not come up — latter 
 part same weather. Pump Ship as usual. Lat. Obs. 31. 
 32. S. 
 
 N.N.E. Thursday/, 10th. — p.m. Still in chase of Whales to windward, 
 
 but no success. 7.30 shortened sail. a.m. light winds tacked 
 ship to E. day light fine pleasant weather made sail, latter 
 part same weather. Pump Ship as usual. 
 
 N.E. Friday, 11th. — p.m. light winds and pleasant weather, people 
 
 employed in setting up lower and top mast rigging, &c., &c. 
 4.30 made Lord Hows Island bearing S.E. distand about 
 
 E.S.E. 30 miles sun set shortened sail. 10 tacked ship to N.W. 
 1.30 A.M. tacked Ship to S.E. by E. 4 light winds; day 
 light made sail latter part same weather — opened 1 Cask of 
 Beef and 1 Pork. 
 
 S.E. Saturday, 12th. — p.m. light winds and calms, 4 strong 
 
 breezes and cloudy, tacked ship to S. 7 shortened sail. 
 A. m. strong Winds and cloudy. 4 took in the Fore Top Sail 
 and hove ship too under 2 Reefd. Main Top Sail Fore sail 
 and Fore Top mast Stay Sail, 8 more moderate, set the Fore 
 top sail. Pump ship as usual, opened one cask Pease. 
 
 S.E. Sunday, 13th Deer., 1835. — Strong Breezes and cloudy with 
 
 rain at intervals, people employed as most necessary. 4 same 
 
 E.N.E. weather, 7 shortened sail. a. m. light winds tacked ship to N. 
 day light fresh Breezes made all sail, — latter part same 
 weather. Lat. Obs. 30. 43 S. 
 
 B. Monday, 14ih. — p.m. Strong Breezes, One tacked ship to 
 
 S.E. 4 same weather, 7 took in what sail was necessarv.
 
 on a IVhaling Voyage 19 
 
 A. M. Light Breezes, day light made sail Lord Hows Island 1835 
 
 bearing S.E. dist. about 35 miles, latter part same weather, 
 
 people employed making Boats gripes &c. Lat. Obs. 31. 26 S. 
 
 Tuesday, [i^ec] 15th. — p.m. fresh breezes and pleasant ^^^ E 
 weather. Lord Hows Island bearing E. distant by Chronometer 
 24 Miles. 8 strong Breezes, took in the main Top Gallant 
 Sail and stowed the Fore and Ai't Main Sail, a. m. light winds N.N.E. 
 day light made all possible sail Lord Hows Island bearing 
 N.E. 1 1 saw strange sail to windward bearing down. People 
 employed as yesterday. Lat. Ob. 32. 26. 
 
 Wednesday, 16th. — p.m. Light winds and calms. People N.N.E. 
 employed as most necessary. 4 spoke the 'Sisters^ Capt. 
 Norris, having lost her Main Mast, 11 months out 800 B. 
 A. M. same weather, 8 saw Whales, lowered all Boats but no E.N.E. 
 luck, 11.30 Boats retd. latter part Calms. Opened one Ton 
 of Bread. Lat. Obs. 31. 46. 
 
 Thursday, 17th Beer. 1835. — p.m. light airs and calms, E.N.E. 
 people employed as most necessary. 8 same weather, a.m. 
 ditto weather, a.m. light winds and pleasant weather, also 
 latter part. Lat. Obs. 30. 52 S. 
 
 Friday, 18th. — p. M. light airs and calms, people employed E.N.E. 
 painting ship making Boats Gripes, &c. &c. 8 same weather, 
 11 tackM ship to E. a.m. light winds set the Fore and Aft N.N.E. 
 Main Sail, day light pleasant weather. Blacked ship's N.E. 
 bends &c. Lat. Obs. 30. 15. 
 
 Saturday, 19th. — p.m. light winds and pleasant weather, E.N.E. 
 people employed as most necessary, sun down shortened sail. 
 A. M. same weather, also latter part, found a strong current 
 setting to the N.W. Pump Ship as usual. Lat. Obs. 31. 2. N.E. by N. 
 
 Sunday, 20th. — p.m. light winds, people employed as most N. by W. 
 necessary. 3 saw Whales, lowered all Boats at 5 returned 
 without success, had information from one of the boys that a 
 woman had stowed herself away in the forehold, about 10 the 
 Captain down the Forecastle and there found her in bed with N.W.byW. 
 the Steward, she was immediately brought down the Cabin, 
 she said it was through the persuasions of Mr Wright's 
 nephew, a.m. same weather day light Lord How's Island 
 
 B 2
 
 20 
 
 Remarks on board the brig 'Bee' 
 
 1835 a Head distant 20 Miles latter part same weather — Pump 
 
 Ship as usual. Lat. 31. 26. 
 
 '^^"^- 3Iondai/, 21st December, 1835.— tm. Lord How's Island 
 N N W 
 
 ahead about 15 Miles distant, the Capt. lowered his boat to 
 
 go on shore at 4 close to and stood off and on for the Capt. at 
 
 5 he came on board with a few Potatoes, Cabbage, &c, &c. 
 
 Variable. A.M. strong breezes and heavy squally with rain, standing off 
 and on the Island till morn^. 6 lowered two Boats and went 
 on shore at 10 one Boat returned loaded with potatoes, Pump- 
 
 N. by W. kins Cabbage, &c. 3 both boats returned with Potatoes, 
 Cabbage Pumpkins, 1 Pig, 1 Goat, &c. &c. Lat. Obs. 31. 24. 
 
 N. by E. Tuesday, 22nd. — p.m. Shore Boat went on Shore and stood 
 away to the Eastward, a.m. squally with rain at intervals 
 day light light winds and cloudy. 7.30. Pumped ship found 
 
 N.N.W. she made more water. 11.30 sounded the Pump and found 
 she made 4 inches p. hour — latter part same weather. Lat. 
 Obs. 31. 48. 
 
 Variable. Wednesday^ 23rd. — p.m. light winds and cloudy, people em- 
 ployed as most necessary, 7 shortened sail, a.m. light winds 
 
 N.N.E. and cloudy, day light made all sail latter part same weather, 
 found by sounding the Pumps that the Ship made the same 
 quantity of Water, and consequently pump her every 2 hours. 
 Lat. Obs. 32. 10. 
 
 W.N.W. Thursday, 24th December, 1835. — p.m. light winds and 
 pleasant weather people employed about sundry jobs, 8 
 
 W. by S. shortened sail. a.m. light winds and calms, day light made 
 
 S.E. all sail, 8 strong breezes and squally, shortened and made sail 
 
 as required, latter part same weather. Pump ship every two 
 hours. Lat. Obs. 32. 6 S. 
 
 S.E. Friday, 25th. — p.m. Strong breezes and cloudy weather, 
 
 people employed as most necessary, a.m. same weather, also 
 latter part. Pump Ship as yesterday. Lat. Obs. 31. 48 S. 
 
 S.E. Sattirday, 26tli. — p.m. Strong Gales and cloudy, people em- 
 
 ployed as required, a.m. same weather, day light more 
 moderate, set the Fore Sail and closed reef d fore Top Sail, 
 latter part same weather. Pump Ship as usual. Lat. Obs. 
 31. 3 S.
 
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 Sunday, \^Dec.'\ 27th. — p.m. Strong gales and a heavy cross 1835 
 
 sea running, sun set took in the Fore Sail, and Fore Top Sail, 
 
 and hove ship too under the closed reefd. Main Top Sail, and ^^'^^' 
 Fore Top INIast Stay Sail, day light made sail as necessary. 
 Pump Ship every two hours making same water as usual. 
 Lat. Obs. 31. 3. 
 
 Monday, 28th December, 1835. — p.m. Strong Gales and E.S.E. 
 cloudy with rain, people employed as most necessary, sun 
 down shortened sail, a.m. same weather, day light made all 
 sail, latter part more moderate. Pump ship as yesterday. 
 Lat. Obs. 32. 4 S. 
 
 Tuesday, 29th. — p.m. Strong Breezes and cloudy weather, E.S.E. 
 people employed as most necessary, a.m. light winds and 
 pleasant weather. Day light made what necessary sail and E. by S. 
 commenced breaking out the After hold to recooper the pro- 
 visions &c. opened one Cask of Beef and one Cask of Pork, 
 latter part same weather. Pump ship as usual. Lat. Obs. E. 
 32. 17 S. 
 
 Wednesday, 30th. — p.m. fresh breezes, people employed in E. 
 breaking out the after hold restowiug the provisions &c. &c. 
 8, light winds, a.m. same weather set the Main Sail and Jib. Variable. 
 4 squally, took in sail, 8 unbent the Jib to repair latter part E.S.E. 
 same weather. Pump Ship every 2 hours making the same 
 quantity of water Lat. Obs. 32. 29. S. 
 
 Thursday, 31st. — p.m. Strong breezes and squally, people E.S.E. 
 employed as most required. Carpenter fitting new David, &c. 
 Sun down shortened sail. a.m. same weather day light made 
 all sail also latter part. Pump Ship as usual. Lat. Obs. 32. 
 55 S. 
 
 Friday, 1st January, 1836. — p.m. Strong breezes and squally, w. by S. 
 people employed as most necessary, sun down shortened sail, 
 P.M. same weather. 4 a.m. made sail latter part same weather. 
 Pump Ship as usual. Lat. Obs. S3. 20 S. 
 
 Saturday, 2nd. — p.m. Strong Breezes and squally. 6 spoke W.S.W. 
 the Governor Bourke, Capt. Powell, 15 months, 1200 Barrels, 
 bound for Sydney. Sun 'down shortened sail. a.m. same 
 weather. Governor Bourke in company. 6 a.m. same weather,
 
 Wind. 
 
 22 Remarks on board the biig 'Bee' 
 
 1836 sent on board the above Barque and got a spare Top Mast, 
 David &c. &c. Procured a passage for the woman stowed 
 away in this Brig, and sent her up to Sydney — with a letter 
 to the Owners, latter part same weather. Pump ship as 
 usual. 
 
 W.S.W. Snmlai/, \JanJ\ 3rd. — P.M. Fresh breezes and pleasant weather, 
 
 5 stood away to the Eastward, a.m. same weather, 6 ditto 
 weather, people employed as most required, latter part less 
 wind and cloudy. Pump ship as usual. Lat. Obs. 32. 17 S. 
 
 W.S.W. Monday^ 4th. — p.m. Strong breezes and cloudy, 4 strong 
 
 Gales and a heavy cross sea, took in board the Waste Boat, 
 double reef^. the Top sails and stow'd the main sail and jib. 
 a.m. same weather closed reefed the Top Sails, day light more 
 moderate made all necessary sail, latter part same weather. 
 Pump Ship as usual. Lat. Obs. 31. 25 S. 
 
 S.S.W. Tuesday, 5th January, 1836. — p.m. Strong Breezes, people 
 
 employed as most necessary. Carpenter fitting new David for 
 the Waste Boat. a.m. Strong Gales and squally latter part 
 same weather, 11 a.m. discovered a Shoal in Lat. 30. 25". 30' S. 
 
 S. Longitude E. 171. 58". 30' Sent the Mate to sound but 
 
 could find no bottom in 45 fathoms, he saw a great number 
 of small Fish upon it — latter moderate and pleasant weather. 
 Pump ship every 2 hours. Lat. 30. 24 South. 
 
 S. by E. Wednesday, 6fh. — p.m. Fresh breezes, people empd. as most 
 
 necessary Carpenter as yesterday. Sun down shortened sail. 
 
 E.S.E. A.M. same weather, day light made all sail and tacked ship to 
 
 E. by N. S. latter part same weather. Pump Ship as yesterday. 
 
 E. Thursday, 7th. — p.m. light winds and calms, people evo.- 
 
 g^ ployed as required. Carpenter variously, a.m. same weather, 
 
 latter part also. Pump Ship as usual. Lat. 29. 40 S. 
 
 E.S.E. Friday, 8th. — P.M. light winds and calms. People em- 
 
 ployed as required also Carpenter, a.m. same weather, ditto 
 latter part. Pump ship as usual. Lat. 32. 0. S. 
 
 E. by S. Saturday, 9th. — p.m. light winds and pleasant weather, — 
 
 unbent the Fore Sail and Fore Top Sails and bent others. 
 a.m. same weather also latter part. Pump Ship as usual. 
 Lat. Obs. 31. 50 S.
 
 on a JVlialing Voyage 23 
 
 Sunday, 10th January, 1836. — p.m. Commences with light 1836 
 
 winds and pleasant weather, people employed as most necessary 
 
 daylight made all sail 11 a.m. saw Whales to leeward, stood W^^<J- 
 away for them. Pump ship as usual. 
 
 Spoke the Normuhul 150 Barrels. Lat 32. 15 S. 
 
 Monday, 11th. — p.m. light winds and pleasant weather, 1 E.N.E. 
 lowered all Boats, Second Mate got one whale 3 got it along- 
 side and 6 finished cutting in. a.m. same weather day light 
 commenced trying out latter part same weather. Lat. 32. 20 S. 
 
 Tuesday, 12th. — p.m. fresh breezes and cloudy, people em- E.N.E. 
 ployed in trying out &c. &c. a.m. strong breezes and squally 
 latter part same weather. Pump ship as usual. Lat. — 
 Obs.— 
 
 Wednesday, 13th. — p.m. Strong breezes and squally, people N.E. 
 employed trying out &c. a.m. same weather also latter part. 
 Pump Ship as usual. 
 
 Thursday, 14th. — p.m. Strong breezes and squally weather E.N.E. 
 with rain at intervals, people employed stowing down &c. 
 A.M. same weather also latter part. Stowed down 18 Barrels 
 Imp^. Pump ship as usual. 
 
 Friday, loth. — p.m. Fresh Gales and squally, people em- E.N.E. 
 ployed as most required, 7 stowed the Fore Top sail, a.m. same 
 weather day light more moderate also latter part. Pump 
 Ship as usual. 
 
 Saturday, 16th January, 1836. — p.m. Strong Breezes and E.N.E. 
 squally with rain, people employed about various jobs — sent 
 the Steward forward for neglect of duty. a.m. same weather, 
 also latter part. Opened one Cask Beef and one Cask of 
 Pork. — Pump ship every two hours making same water. Lat 
 Obs. 34. 35. 
 
 Sunday, 17th. — p.m. Fresh breezes and squally, people em- N.N.E. 
 ployed about sundry jobs. a.m. same weather also latter part. 
 Pump ship as usual. Sun. Obs. 
 
 Monday, 18th. — p.m. Fresh breezes and cloudy, people em- E.N.E. 
 ployed as most necessary, a.m. fine pleasant weather, day 
 light made all sail, latter part same weather. Pump as usual. 
 Lat. 35. 12.
 
 24 Remarks on board the brig 'Bee' 
 
 1836 Tuesday, [/a?i.] 19lh. — p.m. light winds and pleasant weather, 
 
 people employed as most required, a.m. fresh breezes and 
 
 °*^' cloudy. — daylig-ht made sail, latter part fine weather. Pump 
 ^ * Ship as usual. Lat. 34. 55 S. 
 
 N. by W. Wednesday, 20th. — p.m. Fresh breezes and cloudy weather, 
 people employed as most required. Sun down shortened sail. 
 A.M. same weather, day light made sail, saw strange sail to 
 windward, latter part same weather. Pump ship as usual. 
 Lat. 34. 30 S. 
 
 N.W. Thursday, 21st Jaimary, 1836. — p.m. light winds and pleasant 
 
 weather spoke the ' James Colville ' Capt. Maughan, 43 
 months out, 1600 Bar^^ through Mr Harper's own wish pro- 
 cured him a passage to the Bay of Islands consequently 
 supplied him with rations on Bread and Meat. a.m. pleasant 
 weather also latter part. Pump Ship every two hours making 
 more water. Lat. Obs. 34. 20 S. 
 
 S.W. Friday, 22nd. — p.m. fresh breezes and pleasant weather, 
 
 people employed as most necessary, a.m. same weather also 
 latter part. Pump ship as usual. Lat. Obs. 34. 2. 
 
 W.S.W. Saturday, 23rd. — p.m. Strong breezes and cloudy, people 
 
 employed as most necessary, a.m. more wind 2 Reef Top- 
 sails, latter part more moderate. Pump Ship as usual. Sun 
 Obs. 
 
 W.S.W. Sunday, 24th. — p.m. light winds and pleasant weather, 
 
 people variously employed, a.m. same weather day light saw 
 strange sail to windward the James Colville a head made all 
 possible sail. 11 Spoke the Barque Avon, Captain Cole, 
 11 months out, 1350 Barrels Sperm Oil, the Captain went 
 on board. Pump ship every two hours. Lat Obs. 34. 20 S. 
 
 N. W. Monday, 25th January, 1836. — p.m. Light winds and pleasant 
 
 weather 3 saw Sperm whales, 3.30 lowered all Boats, 4 mate 
 got one the scoole took to windward, 6 got it along side. 
 a.m. same weather day light commenced cutting in, 8 finished 
 do. and began to try out, fine weather. Pump ship as usual. 
 Lat. Obs. 33. 37 S. 
 
 W.N.W. Tuesday, 26th. — p.m. Strong Breezes and a heavy swell, 
 
 trying out &c. &c. a.m. same weather also latter part.
 
 on a Whaling Voyage 
 
 Pump ship as usual. Opened one Cask Flour. Lat. Obs. 1836 
 33. 48. 
 
 Wind 
 
 Wednesday, [/aw.] 27tJi. — p.jr. Strong Breezes and cloudy, ^„ ' 
 2 finished trying out ; people employed cleaning ship and other 
 necessary jobs a.m. same weather, latter part increasg. winds. 
 Pump ship as usual. Lat. Obs. 
 
 Thursdaij, 28th. — p.m. Fresh breezes and pleasant weather, s.W. 
 people employed as most necessary, a.m. same weather also 
 latter part. Pump ship as usual. Lat. Obs. 34a. 38. 
 
 Friday/, 29th. — p.m. Fresh breezes and fine weather, a.m. w.S.W. 
 same weather, also latter part, stowed down 31 Barrels Sperm 
 Oil. Pump Ship as usual. Lat. 35. 40 S. 
 
 Saturday, BOth January, 1836. — p.m. fresh breezes and N.E. 
 cloudy weather, people employed breaking out the run to find 
 the leak, 4 saw whales, 5 heavy squall from S.E. hove ship 
 too under close reefd. Main Top Sail. a.m. more moderate, s.E. 
 day light made sail, latter part pleasant weather. Lat. Obs. 
 35. 40. S. 
 
 Sunday, Slst. — p.m. Pleasant weather, broke out the main s.E. 
 Hatchway for Bread, a.m. same weather also latter part. 
 Pump ship as usual every two hours. Lat. Obs. 36. 1. S. 
 
 Monday, Id February, 1836. — p.m. Strong Breezes and s.E. 
 squally, 2 Reef the Top Sails and stowed the Fore sail. a.m. 
 increasing Gales stowed the Fore Top Sail, day light same 
 weather also latter part. Pump Ship as usual. Lat. Obs. 
 35. 58. 
 
 Tuesday, 2nd. — p.m. Hard Gales and squally, lying too s.E. 
 under 2 Reefed Main Top Sail and Fore Top Mast Stay 
 Sail. A.M. more moderate, day light set the Fore Sail, latter 
 part more moderate set the Fore Top Sail. Pump Ship as 
 usual. Lat. 36. 12 S. 
 
 Wednesday, 3rd. — p.m. Strong Breezes and cloudy, made s.E. 
 all necessary Sail, people employed as most required, a.m. N.N.E. 
 same weather, day light made Sail. Strange Sail to Leeward. Variable. 
 Pump ship as usual. Lat. 37. 12. 
 
 Thursday, 4th Felruary, 1836. — p.m. Strong breezes and E.S.E. 
 cloudy, people employed refitting Cutting in Penants &c. &c.
 
 26 Remarks on board the brig ^Bee' 
 
 1836 
 
 Wind. 
 N.N.W. 
 
 N.N.W. 
 
 Variable. 
 N.E. 
 
 N.W. 
 
 s.s.w. 
 
 S. by W. 
 S.S.E. 
 
 S.S.E. 
 
 E.S.E. 
 
 S.E. 
 S. by E. 
 
 made and shortened sail as required. Pump ship every two 
 hours making a little more water. Lat. Obs. 37a. 12. 
 
 Friday, [Feb.'] 5th. — p.m. Strong breezes and squally with 
 rain at intervals a.m. more moderate weather broke the Bread 
 to recooper, spoke the Sarah Lee 3-| months from Sydney, 
 30 Barrels. 11 made the East Cape, fine pleasant weather. 
 Pump ship as usual. Lat. Obs. 37. 37. 
 
 Saturday, 6th. — p.m. Made the East Cape, shortened sail and 
 hove the ship too for the Natives to come on board, 3 one 
 Cano came off with a few potatoes and a Pig 5 returned on 
 shore, a.m. pleasant weather standing off and on. Day light 
 more Canoes came off with Pigs &c. Pump ship as usual. 
 
 Sunday, 7th. — p.m. lying off and on the East Cape as yester- 
 day trading for Pigs, &c. &c. got several, but very few 
 Potatoes. A.M. pleasant weather, standing off and on. Pump 
 ship as usual. 
 
 Monday, 8th Felruary, 1836. — p.m. StrongBreezes and squally, 
 lying off and on as yesterday, got several Pigs &c. 7 stood away 
 to the Southward, a.m. same weather, day light less wind, 9 
 heavy squall from the S.S.W. hove ship too under close reefed 
 main Top Sail, latter part same weather. Pump Ship every 2 
 hours as usual. Sun Obs. 
 
 Tuesday, 9th. — p.m. hard Gales, lying too under close reefed 
 Main Top Sail, took in the Waste Boat. a.m. same weather, 
 latter part more moderate. Pump ship as usual. Sun Obs. 
 
 Wednesday, 10th. — Strong breezes and squally, people em- 
 ployed as most necessary, a.m. same weather, day light made 
 sail as required, latter part pleasant weather. Pump Ship as 
 usual. Lat Obs. 37. 27. 
 
 Thirsday, 11th. — p.m. Strong Breezes and cloudy. People 
 employed as necessary. Got out the Waste Boat. a.m. same 
 weather also latter part. Pump ship as usual. Lat. Obs. 
 38. 15. 
 
 Friday, 12th. — p.m. strong breezes and cloudy, people em- 
 ployed as most required, a.m. more moderate day light made 
 more sail. Sent down the Main Top Gallant Mast and Yard. 
 Pump Ship as usual. Lat. 39. 19.
 
 on a Whaling Voyage 27 
 
 Saturday, IBth Feb. — p.m. light winds and squally, people 1836 
 
 employed as most necessary, a.m. same weather also latter 
 
 part. Pump ship as usual. Lat. 39. 57 S. ^^"'^• 
 
 Sunday, 14th. — p.m. light winds and fine pleasant weather, g'^,' 
 people employed about sundry jobs. a.m. same weather also 
 latter part. Pump ship as usual. Lat. 41. J27 S. 
 
 Monday, loth. — p.m. fresh breezes and cloudy. People E.S.E. 
 variously employed, a.m. same weather also latter part. Pump 
 Ship as usual. Sun obs. 
 
 Tuesday, 16th. — p.m. fresh breezes and pleasant weather, S.S.E. 
 people employed about lashing the Heal of the Fore Top mast, 
 &c., &c. a.m. same weather — also latter part. Pump Ship as 
 usual. Lat. Obs. 
 
 Wednesday, 17th, — p.m. Strong Breezes and squally, made N.E. 
 and shortened sail as required and layed too till day light, 
 then stood in for the Harbor 10 come to an anchor in 4^ 
 fathoms water, clay bottom, here ends the Sea log to com- 
 mence the Harbor one.
 
 REMARKS ON BOARD THE BRIG *BEE' IN 
 
 HARBOR, AT BANK'S PENINSULA, 
 
 NEW ZEALAND 
 
 1836 Thursday, 18th Fehruary, 1836. — Commenced sounding the 
 
 Harbor and to find out a convenient place for hauling the Brig 
 on shore, if possible to ascertain where the leak is. Ship still 
 making the same water as when at sea. 
 
 Friday, 19th. — Strong breezes and fine weather, people em- 
 ployed unbending sails and other necessary jobs. Ship making 
 same water. 
 
 Saturday, 20th. — Light Winds and pleasant weather. Com- 
 menced discharging the Ship, landed 100 Cask and Shocks on 
 the beach — as the Ship lightened made less water. 
 
 Sunday, 21st. — Strong Breezes and pleasant weather. 
 
 Monday, 22nd. — Strong Breezes and pleasant weather, day 
 light weighed anchor and hauled the Brig on the Beach, 
 striped the Copper partly off the larboard Bow found several 
 bad places. 
 
 Tuesday, 23rd. — Strong Breezes and a heavy swell setting 
 in on the beach found the Carpenter could not work on the 
 Vessel therefore hauled her off to her Anchors, and listed her, 
 — found several other places where the Vessel must of made 
 much water. 
 
 Wednesday, 24th February, 1836. — Strong Breezes and 
 squally, Carpenter still at work on the larboard Bow. Crained 
 the Ship over as necessary — making but little water. 
 
 Thursday, 25th. — Strong Breezes and fine weather — sent 
 two Boats to recoitner &c. Cai*penter at work as yesterday 
 finding more places where the Vessel must have made much 
 water. 
 
 Friday, 26th. — Fine pleasant weather — sent out two Boats, 
 one in attempting to land got upset and lost a whole line &c.
 
 Remarks on board the biig 'Bee' 29 
 
 Carpenter at work on the larboard Bow — unrove the fore 1836 
 running- rigging and headed it up in a Cask. 
 
 Saturday, [Feb.'\ 27th. — Pleasant weather — all hands em- 
 ployed in Graining Ship more over to enable the Carpenter to 
 strip the Copper off and caulk her — Seems all open. 
 
 Sunday, 28th. — Pleasant weather — people employed about 
 trifling necessary jobs. 
 
 Monday, 29th. — Strong Gales and rain, sent out two Boats — 
 spare hands employed as most necessary, Carpenter about the 
 spare Boat not being able to work on the Vessel — making but 
 little water. 
 
 Tuesday, 1st March, 1836. — Strong winds, lowered the 
 Boats — people on board employed as most necessary. Car- 
 penter caulking the larboard side, Ship making about One 
 Spell in 3 hours. 
 
 Wednesday, 2nd. — Strong Breezes and Cloudy, people em- 
 ployed as most necessary, Carpenter caulking the Larboard 
 side found a leak under the Larboard Main Chains also one 
 abaft the Chains. 
 
 Thursday, 3rd. — Strong Breezes and pleasant weather — 2 
 Boats out. Carpenter employed as yesterday finding several 
 bad places. Spare hands employed Painting Boats, &c., &c. 
 
 Friday, 4th. — Pleasant weather throughout — 2 Boats out. 
 Carpenter emj)loyed as yesterday also spare hands. 
 
 Saturday, 5th. — Strong breezes and pleasant weather, 2 
 Boats out — Carpenter finished the larboard side and commenced 
 the Starboard one. 4 p.m. strong Winds ship brought home 
 her Anchor, let go the other one, 10.30 heavy swell touched 
 the ground but being soft mud did no injury, hauled her off 
 into deep water as quick as possible. Midnight less swell. 
 
 Sunday, 6th March, 1836. — Strong Breezes and cloudy 2 
 Boats out — spare hands employed in mooring Ship in 5 
 Fathoms water, — latter part Carpenter employed as yesterday. 
 
 Monday, 7th. — Fresh breezes and pleasant weather, 2 Boats 
 out. Carpenter as yesterday, listed the ship more over to 
 enable him to get at a very bad place on the Starboard bow, — 
 spare hands employed as most necessary.
 
 30 Remarks on board the brig 'Bee' 
 
 1836 Tuesday, [Mar.] 8th. — Strong breezes and a heavy swell2Boats 
 out. Carpenter as yesterday^ spare hands about necessary jobs. 
 
 Wednesdai/, 9th. — Light winds and cloudy. 2 Boats out — 
 spare hands employed about the Boats, &c., &c. Carpenter 
 stripping and caulking the bends, &c. 
 
 Thursday, 10th. — Light winds and cloudy. 2 Boats out 
 — Carpenter as yesterday. Spare hands Painting Boats, 
 &c., &c. 
 
 Friday, 11th. — Light winds and cloudy. 2 Boats out — 
 Carpenter employed as yesterday, also the spare hands. 
 
 Sattcrday, 12th March, 1836. — Light winds and cloudy, 2 
 Boats out. Carpenter finished caulking the bends &c. altogether 
 found a great number of very bad places — spare hands employed 
 as most necessary. 
 
 Sunday, 13th. — Light winds and pleasant weather. — Ship 
 making one spell in 12 hours. 
 
 Monday, 14th. — Light winds and hazey weather — 2 Boats 
 out. Carpenter employed as most necessary, spare hands 
 trimming wood in the hold, &c., &c. 
 
 Tuesday, 15th. — Fine pleasant weather — people on board as 
 most required lowered two Boats; Captain up the Harbor 
 cutting spars ; Ship making 3 Spells in 24 hours. 
 
 Wednesday, 16th. — Strong Breezes and hazey weather, 4 
 Boats out, the 4th headed by Crawley. Carpenter making 
 Boats mast and Yard. 
 
 Thursday, 17th. — First part pleasant weather — 4 Boats out. 
 Carpenter putting in a piece of Plank on the Larboard bow — 
 latter part heavy gale from S.S.E. 
 
 Friday, 18th. — Heavy Gales and a heavy cross sea, people 
 on the look out, other hands employed as most necessary. 
 Carpenter about sundry jobs, latter part more moderate. 
 
 Saturday, 19th March, 1836. — Light winds and pleasant 
 weather, 4 Boats out. Carpenter making Boats masts, 
 yards, &c. 
 
 Sunday, 20th. — Light winds and pleasant weather, 4 Boats 
 out. Carpenter making Long Top Gallant Mast — Repairing 
 Sails, &c., &c.
 
 in Harbor, at Bank's Peninsula, N.Z. 31 
 
 Monday, [J/ar.] 21sf. — Light winds and Eain — 4 Boats out, 1836 
 two Boats gone for Bone. Carpenter employed as yesterday. 
 
 Tuesday, 22nd. — Strong Breezes and Rain, lowered two 
 Boats — the other two over on the beach. Carpenter making 
 as most necessary. 
 
 Wednesday, 23rd. — Strong Gales and Much Rain, 2 Boats 
 out on the beach, lowered two more but were obliged to return 
 on acct. of there being so much sea. Carpenter about the 
 Captain's boat, &c., &c. 
 
 Thursday, 24th. — Fresh Breezes and a heavy swell, lowered 
 two Boats and landed three people to take provisions to the 
 Two Boats away. 2.30 the Boats returned. 
 
 Friday, 25ih. — Fresh breezes and a heavy swell — lowered 
 3 Boats, people on board employed as most necessary. 
 Mowriesf filling water, &c., &c. 
 
 Saturday, 26th March, 1836. — Cloudy weather and Calm, 
 
 3 Boats out. Carpenter employed as most necessary. 
 Sunday, 27th. — Light airs and pleasant weather, sent out 
 
 2 Boats also two Boats to Wangaloor.f Carpenter employed 
 repairing the Waste Boat. 
 
 Monday, 28th. — Light winds and pleasant weather, 2 Boats 
 out. Carpenter employed as yesterday. 
 
 Ttiesday, 29th. — Strong Breezes with much rain 2 Boats 
 out. Carpenter as yesterday. 
 
 Wednesday, 30th. — Fine Pleasant weather — 2 Boats out. 
 Carpenter as yesterday. 
 
 Thursday, 31st. — Fresh Breezes and rain, 2 Boats out. 
 Carpenter as yesterday. 
 
 Friday, 1st April, 1836. — Light winds and pleasant weather, 
 2 Boats out. Carpenter employed as most necessary — retd. 
 from Wangaloor.f 
 
 Saturday, 2nd. — Fresh breezes and fine pleasant weather, 
 
 4 Boats out. Carpenter about the Waste Boat. 
 
 Sunday, 3rd April, 1836. — Strong breezes and much rain 
 lowered 4 Boats. Carpenter employed as yesterday. 
 
 f Refer to Glossary.
 
 Wind. 
 
 32 Remarks on boa7'd the brig 'Bee' 
 
 1836 Mondai/, l^Ajyr.^ dth. — Light winds and rain — lowered 4 Boats 
 
 — Carpenter employed about the Waste Boat, latter part strong 
 
 winds this day saw several breaches supposed to be right 
 
 whales. 
 
 Tuesday, 5th. — Strong Winds and much rain. Carpenter 
 
 employed as yesterday — lowered two Boats, and had hands on 
 
 the look-out, spare hands employed as most necessary. 
 S.E. Wednesday, 6th. — Light winds and pleasant weather, lowered 
 
 4 Boats. Carpenter employed as yesterday, latter part strong 
 
 Breezes. 
 Variable. Thursday, 7th. — Light winds and pleasant weather, lowered 
 
 4 Boats. Captain gone round to Wangaloor.f Carpenter 
 
 employed Shifting the foremost Skid of Larboard Quarter 
 
 Boat also about the Waste Boat. 
 Variable. Friday^ 8th. — Light winds and pleasant weather, 4 Boats 
 
 out — Capt. returned from Wangaloor.f Carpenter employed 
 
 about the Waste Boat. 
 N.E. Sattmlay, 9th. — Fresh Gales, lowered 4 Boats. 10 — two 
 
 Boats returned and went up the Bay for Potatoes. Carpenter 
 
 employed as yesterday. Opened 1 Ton of Bread. 
 S.E. Sunday, 10th April, 1836. — Strong Gales and a heavy sea in 
 
 the Bay, people employed as most necessary. Carpenter 
 
 employed as yesterday. 
 Variable. Mo7ulay, lltli. — Light winds and pleasant weather, people 
 
 employed as most necessary — lowered 4 Boats. Carpenter as 
 
 yesterday. 
 Variable. Tuesday, 12th. — Light winds and Cloudy, lowered 4 Boats. 
 
 Carpenter employed as yesterday. Opened one Cask Beef. 
 Wednesday, 13th. — Light winds and pleasant weather. 
 
 3 Boats out in the Bay Captain up the Harbor. Carpenter 
 
 employed as yesterday one hand about the Fore Top mast 
 
 rigging, &c., &c. 
 
 Thursday, 14th. — Light winds and cloudy — 4 Boats out. 
 
 Carpenter employed as yesterday, one hand about the 
 
 rigging, &c. 
 
 Friday, 15th. — Light Winds and cloudy. 3 Boats out, one 
 f Refer to Glossary.
 
 in Harbor, at Bank's Peninsula, N.Z. 33 
 
 Boat in Pigeon Bayf — cutting spars for house, Carpenter 1836 
 employed as yesterday, ~ 
 
 Saturday, [^Apr.'] 16th. — Light winds and a heavy swell, 
 2 Boats out, 2 Boats getting Spars, flags,t &c. for a house. 
 Carpenter employed as yesterday. 
 
 Sunday, 17th April, 1836. — Light winds and a heavy swell 
 in the Bay 2 Boats out and 2 Boats fetching Spars Flags f 
 &c. for a house, Carpenter employed about the Waste Boat 
 &c. &c. 
 
 Monday, 18th. — Light winds and pleasant weather, 2 Boats 
 out, 2 getting Flags, f Spars &c. &c. for a house saw and was 
 in chase of a Right Whale but could not come up. Carpenter 
 employed as yesterday, some hands building a house &c. 
 
 Tuesday, 19th. — Light winds and pleasant weather, 3 Boats 
 out. Spare hands employed making a house &c. Carpenter 
 as yesterday. 
 
 Wednesday, 20th. — Fresh Breezes and fine weather, 4 Boats 
 out. Saw a spout. Carpenter employed as yesterday — spare 
 hands and Mouries f building a house. 
 
 Thursday, 21st. — Strong Gales. 2 Boats out. Spare hands 
 employed building house and other necessary jobs. Carpenter 
 employed as yesterday, opened two Casks Beef. 
 
 Friday, 22nd. — Fresh breezes, 4 Boats out. Carpenter 
 employed as yesterday. 
 
 Saturday, 23rd April, 1836. — Strong Gales, lowered 4 Boats S.E. 
 but were obliged to return, hands on the lookout. Carpenter 
 employed about the Boat, spare hands as most necessary. 
 
 Sunday, 24th. — Strong Gales and a heavy sea, all the Boats N.W. 
 out but were obliged to return, hands on the look out,f spare N.E. 
 hands employed as most necessary. Carpenter as yesterday. 
 
 Mowlay, 2oth. — Strong Gales, all hands employed pre- 
 paring for the tryworks on shore, &c. &c. Carpenter as 
 yesterday. — Saw a Whale off the lookout. f 
 
 Tuesday, 26th. — Strong Gales and a heavy sea, lowered two 
 Boats but were obliged to return, people employed as yesterday, 
 also Carpenter — hands on the look out.f 
 t Refer to Glossary. 
 C
 
 34 Remarhs on hoard the brig 'Bee' 
 
 1836 IVediiesdai/ , \j^pr.'\ 27 th. — Light winds and cloudy, 4 Boats 
 
 out. Carpenter as yesterday. Arrived the Friendship, and 
 Nile, American Ships. 
 
 Thursday, 28th. — Strong Gales and a heavy sea — people 
 employed as required — Carpenter as yesterday. 
 
 Friday, 29th. April, 1836. — Strong winds and a heavy swell, 
 4 Boats out. Carpenter employed about the boat. 
 
 Saturday, 30th. — Pleasant weather — 3 Boats one boat for 
 flags f &c. Carpenter employed as yesterday. 
 
 Sunday, 1st May, 1836. — Fine pleasant weather 3 Boats, 
 one Boat for flags t &c. Carpenter as yesterday. 
 
 Monday, 2nd. — Light winds and pleasant weather, got one 
 Whale (a Bull) saw several more 8 p.m. brought him along- 
 side. Carpenter employed as yesterday. 
 
 Tuesday, 3rd. — Light winds and fine weather — 3 Boats out, 
 one Boat^s crew cutting in &c. &c. Carpenter as yesterday. 
 
 Wednesday, Mh. — Light winds and pleasant weather — 
 4 Boats out got a Cow whale and anchored her by 2 anchors 
 about 10 miles distant. — Carpenter employed as yesterday 
 in the afternoon commenced trying out. — opened a Cask 
 of Pease. 
 
 Thursday, 5tk May, 1836. — Fine weather — lowered 4 Boats 
 to tow. 7 P.M. came along with the Whale, Carpenter 
 employed about the Boat. 
 
 Friday, 6th. — Fresh breezes and rain at intervals lowered 
 3 Boats one Boat's crew cutting in &c. &c. afternoon commenced 
 trying out. Carpenter variously employed. 
 
 Saturday, 7th. — Fresh breezes and cloudy. 3 Boats out — 
 trying out &c. afternoon finished trying out — Carpenter 
 about the Boat. 
 
 Sunday, 8th. — Cloudy weather — 4 Boats out. Carpenter 
 employed as yesterday. 
 
 Monday, 9th. — Fine pleasant weather — 4 Boats out, Captain 
 returned about noon very unwell. Carpenter employed as 
 yesterday. — Stowing down, &c. &c. 
 
 + Refer to Glossary.
 
 in Harbor, at Bank's Peninsula, N.Z, 35 
 
 Tuesday, [-3/fly] 10th, — Pleasant weather — 3 Boats out. 1836 
 5 hands off duty sick. Carpenter as yesterday. 
 
 Wednesday , 11th. — Fine weather — 3 Boats out. 5 hands '" * 
 and the Capt. off duty sick. Carpenter as yesterday. 
 
 Thursday, 12th May, 1836. — Pleasant weather, 3 Boats 
 out — same hands still laid up sick. Carpenter employed about 
 the Boat, other people as necessary. 
 
 Friday, 13th. — Fine pleasant weather, lowered three Boats. 
 Capt. and 5 hands laid up sick. Carpenter as yesterday. 
 
 Saturday, 14th. — Pleasant weather and light winds, lowered 
 3 Boats. Captain, Carpenter, and 5 hands laid up sick, — 
 opened a Cask of Beef, 2 mate got fast but was obliged to cut 
 in consequence of receiving a blow from the whales flukes ; 
 lost an Iron, and about 10 fathoms of line. 
 
 Sunday, loth. — Light winds and fine weather, lowered 3 
 Boats, the same hands laid up as yesterday. — Opened a Cask 
 of Bread. 
 
 Monday, 16th. — Fresh breezes and cloudy, lowered 3 Boats — N.W. 
 same hands laid up sick and in about the same state. 
 
 Tuesday, 17th. — Strong Gales and a heavy sea, people S.E. 
 employed landing Bread, shooks, «fee. &c. — the same hands 
 laid up as yesterday and no better. 
 
 Wednesday, 18th May, 1836. — Fresh breezes and less sea, 
 lowered 3 Boats. Four hands and the Captain sick, the 
 latter much better, the former much the same. 
 
 Thursday, 19th. — Fine pleasant weather, lowered 3 Boats — 
 got one whale and anchored her, with two Anchors, — the 
 same hands laid up as yesterday, all in an improving state 
 excepting the Carpenter. 
 
 Friday, 20th. — Light winds, lowered three Boats to tow, 
 day light took her in tow but was obliged to anchor 
 her again, the same hands laid up. Arri^* Caroline, Capt. 
 Cherry. 
 
 Saturday, 21st. — Strong Breezes off the land, towed the 
 Whale a short distance and Anchored her — the same hands 
 laid up. 
 
 Sunday, 22nd. — Light airs and pleasant weather, lowered 
 
 c a
 
 36 Remarks on boai'd the brig ^Bee' 
 
 1836 3 Boats, noon brought the whale alongside, and in the 
 afternoon cut her in. 4 hands laid up, the Capt. much 
 better, others improving but slowley. — p.m. two Boats in 
 the Bay. 
 
 Monday, 23rd. May, 1836. — Strong Breezes, sent three 
 boats out to tow but could do no good in consequence of their 
 being too much wind — scarfed her. 4 hands still laid up. 
 
 Tuesday, 34t/i. — Light winds and cloudy. 3 Boats out 
 towing. 11 P.M. returned having anchored the whale — the 
 same hands laid up sick. 
 
 Wednesday, 25th. — Fresh breezes and cloudy. Four Boats 
 out towing noon brought her alongside — afternoon cut her in 
 and commenced trying out. Same hands sick. 
 
 Thursday, 26th. — Fresh breezes with rain at intervals, 
 3 Boats out 10 one returned, trying out &c. &c. — Same hands 
 laid up sick. 
 
 Friday, 27th. — Calms and thick foggy weather, 3 Boats 
 out, got one whale which sunk, got one anchor down to her — 
 stowed down Four and a Quarter Tons Imp^ of Oil — the same 
 hands sick but all improving. 
 
 Saturday, 28th May, 1836. — Light winds and cloudy, 
 3 Boats out — towed two Whales alongside. 3 hands laid 
 up sick. 
 
 Sunday, 29th. — Light winds and foggy weather, sent out 
 
 2 Boats, cut in one whale and got two which were anchored 
 in the Bay. Same hands laid up sick. 
 
 Monday, 30th. — Fine pleasant weather. 3 Boats out to 
 tow, people on board trying out, &c. &c. 2 hands laid up 
 sick and one lame. 
 
 Tuesday, 31st. — Pleasant weather — got in two Whales, 
 trying out &c. &c. — the same hands laid up as yesterday. 
 
 Wednesday, 1st June, 1836. — Strong Winds and cloudy. 
 
 3 Boats out. Stowing down, &c. &c. 
 
 Thursday, 2nd. — Light winds and cloudy, 2 Boats out. 
 Cut in one whale, trying out &c. &c. 
 
 Friday, 3rd. — Pleasant weather but foggy. 2 Boats out. 
 Cutting in, trying out, &c. Same hands still laid up.
 
 in Harbor, at Bank's Peninsula, N.Z. 37 
 
 Saturday, 4th June, 1836. — Strong- winds and a heavy sea, 1836 
 
 sent two Boats out but were obliged to return again. — the 
 
 same hands laid up sick; trying out, &c. 
 
 Sunday, 5th. — Pleasant weather. Sent 3 Boats out, people 
 on board trying out &c. &c. 
 
 Monday, 6th. — Strong Gales and a heavy sea, people em- 
 ployed in trying out &e. &c. — same hands laid up sick. 
 
 Tuesday, 7th. — Light winds and thick weather, three Boats 
 out, got one Whale — people on board trying out &c. &c. — 
 the Carpenter and two hands still laid up. 
 
 Wednesday, 8th. — Light winds and foggy, two Boats out, 
 people on board employed trying out, &c. 
 
 Thursday, 9th. — Fine pleasant weather. 3 Boats out at dusk 
 came alongside with the Whale. Same hands still laid up. 
 
 Friday, 10th. — Fresh breezes and pleasant weather — 
 lowered two Boats, other hands employed cutting in. Trying 
 out, &c. &c. 
 
 Saturday, 11th June, 1836. — Fresh winds with rain at 
 intervals, lowered two Boats, trying out &c. &c. — same 
 hands laid up. 
 
 SuiuJay, 12th. — Strong Gales and much rain — people em- 
 ployed as most necessary, finished trying out. 
 
 Monday, 13th. — Fine weather — 3 Boats out, same hands 
 sick as yesterday. 
 
 Tuesday, Mth. — Light winds and cloudy — lowered 2 Boats, 
 other hands employed stowing down &c. 
 
 Wed^iesday, loth. — Fine pleasant weather, lowered 3 Boats, 
 spare hands cutting bone out &c. &c. 
 
 Thursday, 16th. — Fine pleasant weather — lowered 3 Boats, 
 other hands employed about necessary jobs. 
 
 Friday, 17th. — Light winds and pleasant weather — 3 Boats 
 out, other hands employed as most necessary. 
 
 Saturday, 18th. — Fresh breezes and cloudy. 3 Boats out. 
 Carpenter repairing old blubber boat. 
 
 Sunday, 19th. — Fine pleasant weather, lowered 3 Boats, 
 got a large cow whale and anchored her with two Anchors 
 and lines.
 
 38 Remarks on board the brig ^Bee ' 
 
 1836 Monday, [Jnne] 20th. — Strong breezes and a heavy sea in 
 
 the bay; lowered 3 Boats^ took the whale in tow and 
 
 anchored her again 11 p.m. the Boats returned. 
 
 Tuesday, 21st. — Strong Gales and constant heavy rain — all 
 hands employed as most necessary. 
 
 Wednesday, 22nd. — Variable weather and cloudy, lowered 
 3 Boats, blowing so fresh could not get out to the whale. 
 
 Thursday, 23rd. — Strong breezes and much rain, lowered 
 3 Boats, killed a cow whale and anchored her with two 
 anchors, she stove the 4 Boat which was anchored there being 
 too much wind to tow her in. 
 
 Friday, 24th. — Strong winds and much rain — lowered 2 
 Boats, sent out another to bring in the stove one but returned 
 blowing too fresh — went out to the whale and took her in 
 tow, cleaning bone &c. &c. 
 
 Saturday, 25th June, 1836. — Cloudy with rain at intervals, 
 lowered two Boats to tow, at night anchored the whale. 
 Carpenter about the new Boat. 
 
 Sunday, 26th. — Fresh breezes and cloudy. 5 p.m. came 
 along side with the whale. Carpenter as yesterday. 
 
 Monday, 27th. — Pleasant weather, two Boats out cut the 
 whale in, and at 5 p.m. commenced trying out. Carpenter as 
 yesterday. 
 
 Tuesday, 28th. — Fresh breezes and cloudy, lowered two Boats, 
 one Boat fetching stow wood, trying out &c. Carpenter as 
 yesterday. 
 
 Jfednesday, 29th. — Cloudy and rain at times 8 a.m. finished 
 trying out — lowered two Boats. — Carpenter as yesterday. 
 
 Thursday, 30th. — Fresh breezes and much rain at times; 
 lowered two Boats, stowed down 7^ Tons of Oil. Carpenter 
 employed as yesterday. 
 
 Friday, 1st July, 1836. — Strong Breezes and squally — two 
 Boats out, spare hands employed as most necessary. Carpenter 
 employed about the new Boat. 
 
 Saturday, 2nd. — Squally rainy weather, two Boats out but 
 soon returned in consequence of bad weather. Carpenter 
 finished the new Boat.
 
 in Harbor^ at Bank's Peninsula, N.Z, 39 
 
 Sunday, \Julif\ 3rd. — Heavy Gales with much rain and 1836 
 
 snow — people employed as most necessary. Carpenter making 
 
 a fore Top Mast, &c. &c. 
 
 Monday, 4th. — Heavy Gales and much snow — people em- 
 ployed as most useful. Carpenter variously. 
 
 Tuesday, 5th. — Heavy Gales with much snow and rain — 
 people employed as most necessary, Carpenter making Top 
 mast &c. — brought of the new Boat. 
 
 Wednesday, 6th. — More moderate weather, three Boats out 
 — spare hands variously employed. Carpenter as yesterday. 
 
 Thursday, 7th Jtdy, 1836. — Fresh breezes and a heavy swell in 
 the Bay, three Boats out. Carpenter making Fore Top Mast. 
 
 Friday, 8th July. — Strong Breezes and rain at times, 
 
 two Boats out — Carpenter as yesterday. 
 
 Saturday, 9th. — Strong Breezes and a heavy swell, two 
 Boats out but soon returned, sent three Boats to get wood. 
 Carpenter as yesterday. 
 
 Sunday, 10th. — Pleasant weather, three Boats out — got 
 a small whale and anchored it, Carpenter as yesterday. 
 
 Monday, 11th. — Fii'st part pleasant weather latter part 
 squally with rain — lowered three Boats, Carpenter repairing 
 the Waste Boat. 
 
 Tuesday, 12th. — Strong Gales and much rain — people 
 employed as most necessary, Cai"penter variously. 
 
 Wednesday, 13th July, 1836. — Strong Gales with much 
 rain, people employed as most required — Carpenter variously. 
 
 Thursday, Idth. — Light winds and cloudy — lowered two 
 Boats, other hands getting the Brig ready for sea. 12 came 
 along side with the whale 5 p.m. done cutting in and com- 
 menced trying out. 
 
 Friday, 15th. — Light winds and calms. 10 a.m. finished 
 trying out all hands getting Brig ready for sea. p.m. un- 
 moored and droped into the stream. Arrived the 'Australian ■'. 
 
 Satiirday, 16th. — Day Light light variable winds 8 a.m. 
 got the Anchor and stood out 1 p.m. saw a whale, lowered 
 three Boats. Mate got fast, but his Iron drew — latter part 
 light winds and calms. (Arrived the Australian)
 
 40 Remarks on hoard the brig *Bee' 
 
 1836 Stindai/, \Jul^'\ 17th. — Light winds and variable — noon 
 
 lowered two Boats and pulled in shore, saw several and got 
 
 Wind. Qj^g Qq^ whale. The second mate stove, sent another Boat 
 to their assistance, 5 secured the Whale alongside — latter 
 part light winds and cloudy. 
 
 Monday, 18th July, 1836. — Light winds and cloudy, day 
 light commenced cutting in, p.m. strong breezes 8 p.m. hove 
 the Brig too under double reefed Topsails. North Cape 
 bearing N.N.E. 
 
 Tuesday, 19th. — Fresh Gales, noon squared away for the 
 Harbor and commenced trying out 4 light winds and calms — 
 9.30 came to an anchor latter part trying out &c. 
 
 Wednesday, 20th. — Strong Gales with rain, trying out &c. 
 latter part same weather, took the stove Boat on shore &c. 
 two Boats' crews cutting stow wood. 
 
 Thursday, 21st. — Strong Breezes with rain at intervals 
 8 A.M. finished trying out, other hands employed as most 
 required. Carpenter repairing the stove Boat &c. 
 
 Friday, 22ml. — Fresh breezes and pleasant weather day 
 light commenced stowing down, some hands employed taking 
 sundry articles on Shore. Carpenter repairing the stove Boat. 
 Stowed down 6^ Tons Oil. 
 
 Saturday, 23rd July, 1836. — Fine pleasant weather. Sent 
 the Try Pots on Shore &c. &c. 7 p.m. the shore party left 
 the Brig. Carpenter employed as yesterday. 
 
 Sunday, 24th. — Commences with strong Breezes and cloudy 
 
 3.30 A.M. weighed Anchor and stood out to sea, noon light 
 
 winds and fine pleasant weather, here ends the harbor Log to 
 
 commence the sea one. 
 
 S.S.W. Monday, 25th. — Stowed the Chains down below and cleared 
 
 S. by W. the Decks ready for sea stearing N.E. by N. 12 same 
 
 weather kept her off to N.E. 6 stood N.N.W. light Breezes 
 
 with rain at intervals, bent the Main Sail and sent up the 
 
 S. Main Top Gallant Mast and Yard, noon Cape Campbell 
 
 bearing N.W. Cape Palliser N. by E. Pump ship every 
 
 12 hours making two spells. Lat. 42. 2. S. 
 
 S.S.E. Tuesday, 26th. — Strong Breezes and squally. 6 p.m. Cape
 
 Remarks on hoard the brig ^Bee' 41 
 
 Campbell bearing S. — increasing Wind, stowed the Main 1836 
 Top Gallant Sail, 10 Strong Gales and squally, 2 reefs in 
 Fore and 1 in Main Topsail, stowed the Jib. a.m. same ^ ^ ^"^ ' 
 weather, 6 Stephenson's Island bore S.S.E. — latter part more 
 moderate but squally. Lat. 39. 58. S. 
 
 Wednesday, \Jidy\ 27th. — Fresh breezes with rain to inter- S.E, 
 vals. Cape Egmont bearing N. by W. Course N.W. Noon 
 Light winds. Lat. 38. 86. 
 
 Tliursdai/, 28th. — Light winds with heavy squalls S.S.W. 
 and small rain. Course W. Lat. 37. 54 S. 
 
 Fridaij, 29th. — Light breezes and pleasant weather got the S.S.W. 
 Anchors on the rail and doubled the Stoppers. Course W. 
 9 light winds and Calms. Lat. 37. 18 S. 
 
 Saturday, 30th. — Light airs, calms and cloudy. Sent up S. 
 the Fore Top Gallant Mast and Yard. Winds variable later. 
 9 P.M. Set the Fore Top Gallant Sail, got the Boat in board to E. by N. 
 Paint &c. Lat. 37. 5 S. 
 
 Sunday, 31st. — Fresh breezes and cloudy. 6 a.m. Stowed E.N.E. 
 the Fore Top Gallant Sail, and Jib. 10 increasing 
 Gales with rain. 4 p.m. Squally with rain. 9 p.m. rove E.S.E. 
 preventer Main braces. Lat. 36. 43. 
 
 Monday, 1st August, 1836. — Strong Gales and squally with E.S.E. 
 rain. 6 a.m. double reeved the Fore and Main Top sails, 
 and stowed the Main and Main Top Gallant Sails. 6 p.m. E. by S. 
 set the Jib and out one reave of the Top Sails and set the 
 Fore and Main Top Gallant Sails. Lat. 36. 6. 
 
 Tuesday, 2nd. — Strong breezes and pleasant weather out 2 E.S.E. 
 reefs of the Top Sails and set the Main Sail. Pump ship 
 every two hours making more water. Noon. Light winds 
 from E.S.E. to E.N.E. and squally with small rain. Lat. 35. 
 55 S. 
 
 Wednesday, 3rd. — Light winds and pleasant weather — made N.E. by N. 
 all possible sail, got the Boat out having painted her &c. 
 increasing breezes. Pump Ship every hour making much 
 more water. Course W. by N. Noon. Fresh gales and 
 squally with rain. 3 Calms and much rain with a very heavy 
 swell. Lat. 35. 40 S.
 
 42 Remai'ks on board the hig 'Bee ' 
 
 1836 Thursday, \_Aug^ 4fh. — All these 24 hours light winds and 
 
 pleasant weather. Noon Course altered to N.W. Winds 
 
 eIe'- W.S.W.Lat. 
 
 W.N.W. Friday, 5th. — Fresh Gales and squally 2 reefs Fore and 1 
 
 Main Top Sails, increasing- gales, close reefed the Fore and 
 Main top Sails and Main Try Sail, stowed the Jib and Main 
 Sail. 10 A.M. increasing gales stowed the Fore sail and hove 
 the ship too under close reefed main Top Sail and Fore Top 
 Mast Stay Sail, used 7 Yds. Canvas for Tarpauling. Ship 
 drifting N.N.W. about 2 Knots. 
 
 W.N.W. Saturday, 6ih. — Severe gales and a heavy sea running lying 
 
 too under close reefed Main Top Sails. Ship laboring much 
 ar.d making considerably more water. Pump ship every half 
 hour. Ship drifting N.N.W. about 2 Knots. 7 p.m. more 
 moderate from W.S.W., set the Fore Top Sail and Top INIasfc 
 stay sail. Lat. 34. 33 S. 
 
 S.S.W. Sunday, 7lh. — Fresh Gales and squally, made what sail was 
 
 necessary. 11 a.m. made the land Hunter's river bearing 
 W.W. dist. 40 Miles. Lat. 33. 30. 
 
 S.W. Monday, 8th. — Light winds and pleasant weather. 10.30 
 
 tacked ship. a.m. Sydney light bearing S.W. by W. squally 
 and much rain. 
 
 Tuesday, 9th. — Light winds and ^^ariable. Sydney light 
 bearing W.S.W. 8.30 a.m. received the Pilot on board and at 
 2 p.m. came to an anchor in Darling Harbor [Sydney]. 
 Here ends this Log. 
 
 \^Log legins agahi. — Leaving Darling Harbour.] 
 
 Friday, 19th August, 1836. — Strong breezes and cloudy. 
 Course E.S.E. Strong Gales. N.E. by N. 2 reefs Fore 
 Top Sail 1 the main stowed the Main Sail and Jib. 
 
 N. by W. Saturday, 20th. — Light winds and pleasant weather, people 
 employed in securing the anchors, stowing the chains down, 
 &c. &c. Course E. by S. Calms. Lat. 35. 17 S. 
 
 N.N.E. Sunday, 21st. — Light winds and pleasant weather. Mount- 
 
 ing breezes. 10 a.m. Fresh gales 2 reefs in F. T. S. and 1 M.
 
 Wind. 
 
 N.N.E. 
 
 Rema7^ks on board the bng ' Bee ' 43 
 
 T. S. 9 P.M. out 1 reef Fore top Sail and set the fore and 1836 
 main Top Gallant Sails. Lat. 36. 8. 
 
 Monday, \_A.ug^ 22nil. — Fresh breezes and pleasant weather 
 throughout these 24 hours. Same Course E. by S. Lat. 
 
 Tuesday, 23rd. — Light winds and cloudy with much light- N, 
 ning. Strong Breezes and rain from N.E. by E. Noon. 
 Fresh Gales and a heavy sea. Lat. 38. 29 S. 
 
 Wednesday, 24th, — Fresh breezes with much thunder and 
 lightning. Wind N.N.E. Course E. Lat. 38. 44 S. 
 
 Thursday, 25th. — Fresh Breezes and pleasant weather. 
 4 A.M. Made the land Cape Farewell bearing S.E. by S. 
 distant 40 miles. 
 
 Friday, 26th August, 1836. — Light airs and calms, found 
 a strong Current setting the Brig towards the shore Cape 
 Egmont bearing W.N.W. 12.30 Came to an Anchor in 
 Entry Island [Kapiti].* 
 
 Saturday, 27th. — Pleasant weather all these 24 hours em- 
 ployed in trading for Potatoes, Pigs, &c. 
 
 Sunday, 28th. — Fresh breezes from N.W. 12 got under 
 weigh at 2.30. p.m. came to an anchor in Cloudy Bayf — 
 light winds and calms. 
 
 Monday, 29th. — Calms with small rain — people employed 
 as most necessary. 
 
 Tuesday, 30th. — Light wind and Calms with small rain. 
 10.30 got under weigh, 12 came to an Anchor again. — 
 People employed as most necessary. 
 
 Wednesday, 5i*^.— Light winds and thick hazy weather, 
 people employed in blacking the bends &c. 2.30 p.m. got 
 under weigh to proceed on our voyage to Port Cooper f — 
 10 P.M. Cape Campbell bearing S.S.E. distant about 8 Miles. 
 
 Thursday, 1st Seytemher, 1836. — Light winds and pleasant 
 weather throughout these 24 hours- 
 
 Friday, 2nd. — Light winds. 3. Came to an Anchor in 
 Port Cooper, f 
 
 \Ijogfor 1836 ends] 
 
 * Kapiti or Entry Islands. See Map. f Refer to Glossary.
 
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 £ s d. 
 
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 £ s d. 
 
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 Share of 
 
 Brot. up — 
 
 19 6 . 
 
 March 
 
 2 lbs. Tobbaeco — 
 
 . 9 . 
 
 Mess 
 
 
 
 to the 
 
 1 lb. Tobbaeco — 
 
 . 4 6 
 
 to 
 
 li lbs. Tea — 
 
 . 3 9 
 
 date 
 
 J Bar Soap — 
 
 . 1 6 
 
 11th Oct. 
 
 4 lbs. Sugar — 
 
 . 1 8 
 
 of 
 
 1 Pr. Drawers — 
 
 . 5 . 
 
 
 Share of cooking 
 
 
 
 1 Pr. Flushing 
 
 . 12 . 
 
 
 utensils — 
 
 . 9 2 
 
 
 Trowsers — 
 
 
 16 
 
 1 Gall. 1 Quart Beer — 
 
 
 
 1 lb. Tobbaeco — 
 
 . 4 6 
 
 
 2 Glasses rum — 
 
 . . 6 
 
 
 1 lb. Tobbaeco — 
 
 . 4 6 
 
 19th 
 
 3 Quarts 1 Pt. Beer — 
 
 
 
 1 Twilled Shirt — 
 
 . 7 6 
 
 
 4 Glasses rum — 
 
 . 1 . 
 
 
 1 Pr. of Boots — 
 
 . 15 . 
 
 
 i Galln. Beer — 
 
 
 
 1 Comforter — 
 
 . 2 6 
 
 20th 
 
 9i lbs. Pork - 
 
 . 4 9 
 
 
 Boat Bottles up to 7th 
 
 
 
 14 lbs. Flour — 
 
 . 4 2 
 
 
 June 7 Bottles — 
 
 . 15 9 
 
 
 1 Pt. Beer — 
 
 
 
 HalfPt. day from 7th \ 
 
 
 21st 
 
 1 Galln. Beer — 
 
 
 
 June till 14th ( 
 
 
 
 1 lb. Tobbaeco — 
 
 . 4 6 
 
 
 Septr. 99 days 
 
 
 
 Share of Geer lost 
 
 
 
 6 Galls. IJ J 
 
 3 14 3 
 
 
 1 share — 
 do. do. do. 
 
 2 5 9 
 . 3 8i 
 
 
 
 
 
 do. do. 
 
 2 8 
 
 IIh 
 
 59 lbs. Potatoes — 
 flour 128 lbs. — 
 
 . 2 Si 
 1 18 4i 
 
 
 do. do. 
 
 2 13 . 
 
 o © E: 
 
 95Hbs. Beeff — 
 
 2 7 9 
 
 
 
 
 o-o^ 
 
 
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 2 lbs. Tea — 
 
 . 6 . 
 
 
 Dr. — 
 
 
 
 Sugar 18 lb. i — 
 
 . 7 8i 
 
 
 £26 7i 
 
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 2 Quarts Rum extra — 
 
 123 lbs. Potatoes — 
 121 lbs. flour — 
 
 . 6 . 
 
 . 5 Si 
 1 16 7J 
 
 
 Share of Oil & Bones 
 Ballance D. — 
 
 36 1 5i 
 
 ^ = 1 
 
 £10 10 
 
 
 73 lbs. Beeff — 
 2i lbs. Tea — 
 
 1 16 6 
 
 
 
 
 . 7 6 
 
 
 Money Advanced — 
 
 £4 . . 
 
 
 28 lbs. Sugar — 
 4 Quarts of rum \ 
 
 . 11 8 
 
 
 Ballance Due — 
 
 
 
 
 
 £6 . 10 
 
 
 
 
 his share drawn y 
 
 . 12 . 
 
 
 Crd. — 
 
 . 12 . 
 
 
 in the Mess ' 
 1% lbs. flour — 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 . 5 . 
 . 7 . 
 
 
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 £6 12 10 
 
 
 14 lbs. Pork — 
 
 
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 Carried up — 
 
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 2 lbs. Tobbacco — 
 
 . 9 
 
 
 
 
 
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 . 1 
 
 3 
 
 121 lbs. Flour — 
 
 1 16 IJ 
 
 date 
 
 1 lb. Tobbacco — 
 
 . 4 
 
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 6 
 
 
 2* lbs. Tea — 
 
 . 7 6 
 
 
 1 lb. Tobbacco — 
 
 . 4 
 . 13 
 
 6 
 6 
 
 13 
 
 28 lb. Sugar — 
 
 . 11 8 
 
 
 3 lbs. Tobbacco — 
 
 
 4 Quarts Rum hisi 
 
 
 
 1 lb. Tobbacco — 
 
 . 4 
 
 6 
 
 
 share drawn in !• 
 
 . 12 . 
 
 
 Bought at the Sale — 
 
 . 4 
 . 4 
 
 9 
 6 
 
 
 the Mess — ■' 
 
 
 
 1 lb. Tobbacco — 
 
 c m 
 
 19i lbs. flour — 
 
 . 5 . 
 
 
 1 lb. do. 
 
 . 4 
 
 6 
 
 oSl 
 
 14 lbs. Pork 
 
 . 7 . 
 
 
 1 lb. do. — 
 
 . 4 
 
 6 
 
 « 2 
 
 li lbs. Tea — 
 
 . 3 9 
 
 
 1 lb. do. — 
 
 . 4 
 
 6 
 
 11th Oct. 
 
 4 lbs. Sugar — 
 
 . 1 8 
 
 
 1 Pr. Flushing 
 
 
 
 
 1 lb. Tobbacco — 
 4 lbs. Sugar 
 
 . 4 6 
 
 
 Trowsers — 
 
 . 12 
 
 
 13th 
 
 . 1 8 
 
 
 2 Twilled Shirts — 
 
 . 15 
 
 
 15th 
 
 8 lbs. Pork — 
 
 . 4 . 
 
 
 1 Pr. duck Trowsers — 
 
 . 5 
 
 
 16th 
 
 1 lbs. Tobbacco — 
 
 . 4 6 
 
 
 1 duck frock — 
 
 . 5 
 
 
 
 Share of Cooking 
 
 
 
 2 lbs. Tobbacco — 
 
 . 9 
 
 
 
 utensils — 
 
 . 9 2 
 
 
 Boat Bottles up to 7th 
 
 
 
 
 1 Galln. Beer — 
 
 
 
 June 10 Bottles — 
 
 1 2 
 
 6 
 
 17th 
 
 2 Glasses rum — 
 
 . . 6 
 
 
 HalfPint Per day 
 
 
 
 19th 
 
 1 Pt. Beer — 
 
 
 
 from 7th June till 
 
 
 
 
 J Galln. Beer — 
 
 
 
 14th Septr. 99 days 
 
 
 
 20th 
 
 1 Galln. 1 Qut. Beer — 
 
 
 
 6 Galls. 14 Pt. 
 
 3 14 
 
 3 
 
 21 
 
 1 lb. Tobbacco — 
 1 Pt. Beer — 
 
 . 4 6 
 
 
 
 ill 
 
 59 lbs. Potatoes — 
 
 . 2 
 
 8i 
 
 
 Share of geer lost — 
 
 2 5 9 
 
 128 lbs. Flour — 
 
 1 18 
 
 4i 
 
 
 do. do. 
 
 . 3 8i 
 
 
 9 lbs. Beeff — 
 2 lb. Tea — 
 
 2 7 
 . 6 
 
 9 
 
 
 do. do. 
 
 do. do. 
 
 . 2 8 
 2 13 . 
 
 ."5" 
 
 18i lbs. Sugar — 
 
 3 Quarts Rum extra — 
 
 . 7 
 . 9 
 
 8J 
 
 
 1 Qut. Beer — 
 
 . 1 . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 lb. Tobbacco — 
 123 lbs. Pottatoes — 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 
 
 . 5 
 
 8i 
 
 
 Dr. to 
 
 £22 2 li 
 
 
 Carried up — 
 
 
 
 
 Share of Oil & Bone — 
 
 36 1 5i 
 
 
 9 5 Hi 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Bailee. Due 
 
 £13 19 4 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Act. Bt. forward in 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 favour Cr. D. 
 
 £13 19 4 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Money Advanced 
 Ballance Due — 
 
 4 . , 
 
 
 £9 19 4 
 
 
 
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 Charles x Porter 
 mark. 
 Witness to Sign. R. Smith-
 
 46 
 
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 47 
 
 EOBiySON CXOUGH. Dr. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Articles. 
 
 £ s 
 
 d. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Articles. 
 
 £ 8 d. 
 
 17th 
 
 July 
 
 be 
 
 joined 
 
 the 
 
 Party. 
 
 6 Yds. Canvas — 
 
 4 Yds. Callico — 
 1 Baise Shirt — 
 
 1 Skain Twine — 
 1 Iron Pot 19 lbs. — 
 1 Twilled Shirt — 
 
 1 Baise Shirt — 
 
 2 Packs Cards — 
 2 doz. Pijes — 
 
 2 Bottles Kum — 
 
 2 lbs. Tobbacco — 
 
 28 lbs. Potatoes — 
 35 lbs. flour — 
 lOilbs. Beeff — 
 1} lbs. Tea — 
 
 5 lbs. Sugar — 
 
 20 lbs. Potatoes — 
 45i lbs. flour — 
 lljlbs. Beeff — 
 n lb. Tea — ' 
 4 lbs. Sugar — 
 
 3 Quts. 1 Pint ruml 
 his share drawn j- 
 in the Mess — ) 
 
 } Pt. Per day from 19 
 
 July tiU the 
 
 14th Septr. — I 
 
 3 Galls. 2 Qut. 
 
 1} Pt. rum — / 
 28 lbs. Potatoes — 
 28 lbs. Flour — 
 
 Carried up — 
 
 . 15 . 
 . 5 4 
 . 5 . 
 . 1 . 
 . 15 10 
 . 7 6 
 . 5 . 
 . 10 . 
 
 2 
 . 4 6 
 . 9 . 
 
 . 1 3 
 . 10 3 
 . 5 3 
 . 4 6 
 . 2 1 
 
 . . 9 
 . 13 6 
 . 5 6 
 . 4 G 
 . 1 8 
 
 . 10 6 
 
 2 4 3 
 . 1 3 
 
 . 8 ^ 
 
 Share 
 of Mess 
 
 till 
 11th Oct. 
 
 Brot up — 
 
 15} Iba Pork — 
 
 i ll\ Tea — 
 7} lbs. Sugar — 
 7 Yds. Print — 
 
 1 lbs. Tobbacco — 
 } doz. Pipes — 
 
 2 Galls. IPt. Beer — 
 
 2 Glasses rum — 
 
 3 Glasses nun — 
 
 3 Quts. 1 Pt. Beer — 
 2 Quarts Beer — 
 
 1 Quart Beer — 
 } lb. Thread — 
 
 2 Papers Needles — 
 1 Pr. Scissers — 
 
 14} lbs. Flour — 
 9} lbs. Pork — 
 3} lbs. Sugar — 
 } lb. Tea — 
 
 Loss of geer — 
 
 1 lbs. Tobbacco — 
 
 2 1b. Flour — 
 2 lbs. Pork — 
 1 lb. Sugar — 
 k 11<. Tea — 
 
 1 Pt. Beer — 
 
 to 
 Sharo of Oil Bone 
 
 In Debt — 
 
 9 13 9} 
 
 . 7 9 
 . 2 3 
 . 3 U 
 . 9 4 
 
 . 5 . 
 
 
 16th 
 17th 
 19th 
 
 20th 
 21st 
 
 . 8 6 
 . . 6 
 . . 9 
 . 3 6 
 
 G n — 
 
 o ^2. 
 
 2 
 . 1 . 
 . 3 6 
 . 3 . 
 . 3 6 
 
 
 
 © — 
 ■e to 
 
 Share 
 of Mess 
 up to 
 21st 
 Oct. 
 
 . 4 4 
 . 4 9 
 . 1 5} 
 . 1 6 
 
 er 
 
 
 2 13 . 
 . 5 . 
 . . 7i 
 . 1 . 
 . . 5 
 . . 9 
 . . 6 
 
 
 £16 . 9 
 
 
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 48 
 
 Samples of ^ Slop Accounts'' 
 
 WILLIAM SIDDLE. 
 
 Dr. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Articles. 
 
 £ s d. 
 
 Date. 
 
 Articles. 
 
 & s d 
 
 20th 
 March 
 
 1 lb. Tobbaceo — 
 
 . 4 6 
 
 
 Brot. up — 
 
 6 9 9 
 
 to the 
 
 date 
 
 of 
 
 1 Duck frock — 
 1 red Shirt — 
 
 1 Guernsey frock — 
 
 2 lbs. Tobbaceo — 
 1 Pr. Shoes — 
 
 . 5 . 
 . 5 . 
 . 5 , 
 . 9 . 
 
 . 9 . 
 
 
 Diet from 20th March 
 until the 16th Oc- 
 tober at 14/» Per 
 week 
 
 21 14 . 
 
 
 2 TwUled Shirts — 
 1 Scotch Cap — 
 
 . 15 . 
 . 2 6 
 
 
 Share of geer lost — 
 
 2 5 9 
 
 
 1 Pr. Drawers — 
 1 lb. Tobbaceo — 
 1 Pipe — 
 
 . 5 , 
 
 . 4 6 
 . . 6 
 
 
 do. do. — — 
 
 do. do. 
 
 do. do. 
 
 . 3 8} 
 . 2 8 
 2 13 . 
 
 
 1 Comforter — 
 
 . 4 . 
 . 10 . 
 . 5 . 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 red Shirts — 
 1 Duck frock — 
 
 
 
 £33 8 lOJ 
 
 
 1 Duck frock — 
 
 . 5 , 
 
 
 Share of Oil & Bone — 
 
 35 1 5i 
 
 
 1 red Shirt — 
 
 . 5 . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 red Cap — 
 
 1 pr. duck Trow- 
 
 . 2 6 
 . 5 . 
 
 
 BaUance Due — 
 
 £2 12 7 
 
 
 sers, — 
 Bt. at the Sale — 
 
 . 2 9 
 
 
 
 
 
 do. do. 
 
 1 lb. Tobacco — 
 
 . 9 6 
 . 4 6 
 
 
 his 
 WiUiam x Seddle 
 
 
 
 J doz. Pipes — 
 
 . . 6 
 
 
 mark. 
 
 
 
 1 Pocket Knife — 
 
 . 2 . 
 
 
 
 
 
 J doz. Pipes — 
 
 • . 6 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 doz. Pipes — 
 
 . 1 . 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 lb. Tobbaceo — 
 Carried up — 
 
 . 4 6 
 
 
 
 
 
 6 9 9 
 
 
 

 
 49 
 
 LIST OF GEAR LOST BY THE GANG. 
 
 [1837. Season] 
 
 
 4 double lines — 
 
 £7 ea. 
 
 28 . . 
 
 
 2 Single do. 
 
 5. ea. 
 
 10 . . 
 
 
 3 Boat Anchors 80 lbs. ea. 
 
 1/6 ea. 240 lbs. 
 
 18 . . 
 
 
 38 Irons — 
 
 8/- ea. 
 
 15 4 . 
 
 
 14 Lances — 
 
 8/- ea. 
 
 5 12 . 
 
 
 1 Cutting Spade — 
 
 8/- 
 
 . 8 . 
 
 
 • 2 Boat Spades — 
 
 
 . 16 . 
 
 
 1 Coil Buoy ropo — 
 
 
 2 . . 
 
 
 1 do. Lanco warp — 
 
 
 3 . . 
 
 
 1 Boat compas — 
 
 
 1 . . 
 
 
 4 Boat axes — 
 
 4/- ea. 
 
 . 16 . 
 
 
 5 Boat Knives — 
 
 2/- ea. 
 
 . 10 . 
 
 
 1 Set of oars — 
 
 2/- ea. foot 
 
 8 8 . 
 
 
 2 Steer oars — 
 
 2/G ea. 
 
 6 18 . 
 
 
 2 Boat sails — 
 
 
 5 10 . 
 
 
 3 Pughs — 
 
 
 . 9 . 
 
 
 2 Gaffs — 
 
 
 
 8 . 
 
 
 2 Blubber Knives — 
 
 
 
 . 8 . 
 
 
 4 Steels — 
 
 2/6 ea. 
 
 
 10 . 
 
 
 4 Rag Stones — 
 
 
 
 . 8 . 
 
 
 4 Shoe Makers Stones — 
 
 
 
 6 . 
 
 
 1 Boat — 
 
 
 30 . . 
 
 
 1 do. Traveller — 
 
 
 . 4 . 
 
 
 3 Sheets Copper — 
 
 
 1 16 . 
 
 
 .£14] 
 
 11 .
 
 REMARKES IN NEW ZELAND, MARCH 1837. 
 
 [March 20— June 7, 1837.] 
 
 1837 Mondai/,\]\[ar.'\20th. — This day begins fine wather. Landed 
 
 from the Dublin Packet. The Peple Employed in Bilding 
 A House for the Stors. 
 
 Tuesday, 21st. — This begins with Rain the Peple Employed 
 in Bilding A House for For the Stors. 
 
 Wednesday, 22nd. — The Peple Employed in Building Thar 
 House the Newzelanders Emloyed In Bilding the Captaing 
 Hampelman^s f House for the Stores and the Carpenter Ling 
 it with Bords in Side. 
 
 Thursday, 23rd. — This Day begins with Havey Rain — the 
 Peple Employed in Bilding Thar House. 
 
 Friday, 24th. — This Day begins with fine wather. The 
 Tow [2] Boats after Whales the Remainder of the Peple 
 Employed in Bilding Thar House. 
 
 Sat2crday, 25th. — This Day begins fine Wather. The Peple 
 Employed in Bilding Thar House. Sent on Bord of the 
 Dubling Packet 85 lbs. of Whal Boon Peter Elder Left the 
 ship joined The Whaling Party. 
 
 Sunday^ 26th. — This Day begins with fine wather. The 
 Peple Employed in Bilding thar House. 
 
 Monday, 27th. — This Day begins with Light Rain. At 
 2 P.M. the Dublin Packet Sailed from the Port the Peple 
 Employed in Bilding thar House. 
 
 Tuesday, 28th. — This Day begins with fine wather. All 
 the Peple Employed in Bulding Thar House. 
 
 Wednesday, 29th. — This Day begins with fine wather. 
 The Headsman begins to Build thar House the Peple 
 Employed in Bilding thar House. 
 
 ■\ Refer to Glossary.
 
 Rcmarkes in New Zeland, March 1837 51 
 
 Thursday, [3/ar.] SOth. — This Day begins Stroing Breezes 1837 
 and Rain they be^-an to Bild the try Works and Newzlandrs 
 Bilding- the Captain House. 
 
 Friday^ Sid. — This Day begins with stroing Breezes. 
 The People Employed in Bilding Up the try workes the 
 Newzeland Employed in Building the Captain House. 
 
 Saturday, \^Ajjr.^ Id. — This Day begins Hevy Breezes — the 
 Peple Employed in Hacking the Blubber Rum And finished 
 the try workes. 
 
 Sunday, 2nd. — This Day begins with fine wather. Tow 
 Boats went out But saw Nothing, the Carpenter Employed 
 In Reparing the Captains Boat Panting the fourt Boat the 
 Blak Pant Kig Not feul [The Black paint Keg not full.] 
 the Winds South. 
 
 Monday, 3rd. — This begins with fine wather. At Day 
 Light the Boats went out And saw AVhals the Carpinter 
 Employed In Repairing the Captains Boot. 
 
 Tuesday, 4tJi. — This Day begins with fine wather the Boats 
 out and saw Nothing. Brotched A Cask of Powder And 
 Halffurl of Kanves [half a roll of Canvas]. The Winds S.E. 
 
 Wednesday, 5f/i. — This begins with Modret Breezes and Thos. 
 fine wather the Bots out But saw Nothing the Carpinter 
 Employed In Repairing the Boats the Cooper Employed 
 in making the Bots geear. 
 
 Thursday, 6. — This Day begins with stroing from The 
 N.E. the Boats Not out the. — This Day one of the New- 
 zeland Whoman got young Boay the Peple Employed in 
 Bilding the Boat Shad the Latter Part stroing Breezes the 
 Carpenter Employed at (?) (undecipherable). 
 
 Friday, 7. — This Day begins with Stroing Breezes From 
 the N.E. All the Peple Emplo3'^ed In Making A warp the 
 Latter Part Stroing Breezes. 
 
 (? undecipherable word here) 
 
 Saturday, 8th. — This Day begins with fine wather, the " . 
 Boats out and saw Nothing — the Winds from the N.N.W. f^ 
 The Latter Part fine wather. ^ 
 
 Sunday, 9. — This begins Modret Breezes And fine wather. 
 
 D 2
 
 52 Remarkes in Newzeland, April 1837 
 
 1837 Mr Crley and Peter out Saw A Whale And Craley got fast 
 and the Aims Brok the Letter Part Stroing- Breezes Lost 
 A Short Warp. 
 
 Monday, [//;;r.] 10th. — This Day begins with Modret Breezes 
 and Rain Tow Botes owt And saw Nothing the Letter Part 
 Light wind and Clouday Wather Havey sea Ruining. 
 
 Tuesday^ lllh. — This Day begins with fine Wather and 
 Havey. The Captain Craley and Elder was out With thar 
 Boats and saw Whals. The Letter Part fine wather. 
 
 Wednesday, 12. — This Day begins with Hazey wather. 
 The Peple Employed in making geating [grating] for the 
 Bluber. No Botes out the Day the winds from the N.E. 
 the Letter Part stroing Breezes. 
 
 [Pencil Note on Diary here] : — Shore Party landed 
 ex Schooner Hannah f March 17th, 1835. Pages of Diary 
 lost for March 17 — Ap. 13. 
 
 Thursday, 13. — This Day begins with fine wather. The 
 Bots out and saw Nothing and Tow Cannusf Cam in the 
 Harber. 
 
 Friday^ IMh. — This Day begins with fine wather. The 
 Bots Not out for the Nativs going to Rob the Captain Hous 
 and the Peples Tow Captain Harled the Canous f up to 
 House Nativs went to the Bush again. 
 
 Saturday, 15. — This Day begins with Hazey wather. One 
 Bot out But saw Nothing the Captain Let the Nativs one 
 Canou f To go A way with the Peple Employd In fiting the 
 geear for the Whaling. 
 
 Sunday, 16th. — This Day begins with fine wather Tow 
 
 Boats out Saw Nothing the Remaind. of the Peple Employed 
 
 Bring Spars To the Beach. Winds N.N.W. 
 
 Craley Monday, 17. — This Day begins with fine wather. Tow 
 
 Whals Bots out And got tow Whals, one Ankered in the Harber 
 
 One Ech. with one Anker and the other Sunk in 12 fathoms of Wather 
 
 with one Anker and one Line — Winds South. 
 
 Tuesday, 18. — This Day begins with fine wather — Cut in 
 
 + Refer to Glossarj'. 
 
 J
 
 Ttemarkes in Ncwzeland, Apiil 1837 53 
 
 Craley Whale — the Tow Bots Out and saw Nothing the 1837 
 Letter Part — 
 
 Wednesdai/, \_Apr.'\ 19th. — Fine wather and Clear Tow Bots 
 out Lucking after Beears Whale and Could not sea Her the 
 Latter Part Fine wather and Clear. 
 
 Thursday, 20. — This Day begins Modret Breezes Found 
 Mr Beers Whale End on the Bech Lost Tow [2] Short Warp 
 and Tow Lance Warps. 
 
 Friday, 21st. — This fine wather Tow Botes out and saw 
 Nothing began to Cut in Mr Bers Whale. The Letter Part 
 Stroing Breezes And Squalley wather. 
 
 Saturday, 22nd. — This Day begins with stroing Gales of 
 Wind. Stil trying out No Bots out This Day the Letter 
 Part the Breezes Stil increasing. 
 
 Sunday, 23. — This Day begins with fine wather and 
 Clear Tow Bots out and saw Nothing. The Carpinters 
 Working bout the Captains House — the Letter Part Stroing 
 Breezes. 
 
 Monday, 24. — This Day begins with fine Cler wather — 
 the Tow Bots out and saw Nothing — the Captain went to 
 Wanggoloui'f for To get Sum Men — the Letter Part fine 
 Wather. 
 
 Tuesday, 25. — This Day begins with Modret Breezes 
 And Clear wather — the Tow Bots Out and saw a Whals the 
 Letter Stroing Breezes and Squalley Wather the Employed 
 in Bilding The Captains House. 
 
 Wednesd., 26. — This Day begins with fine wather Tow 
 Bots out and saw Nothing — the Letter Part fine wather the 
 Carpnter Employed in Building the Captains House. 
 
 Thursd., 27. — This Day begins with fine wather the 
 tow Bots out and got A Larg one Whale the Letter Part 
 fine Wather. Cralley. 
 
 Friday, 28. — This Day begins with fine Wather the 
 Latter Part Stroing Breezes and Clouday. 
 
 Saturday, 29. — This Day begins with fine wather the Tow 
 
 + Refer to Glossary.
 
 54 Remarkes in Nexvzeland, Apiil 1837 
 
 1837 Bots out Looking for the Whale, found Her and toock her In 
 towe, the Letter Part stroing Breezes and Squalley wather. 
 
 Sunday , [AprJ] 30. — This Day begins with Stroing Winds the 
 Bots out But could Not tack the whal in towe the Letter 
 Part stil increasing. 
 
 Monday^ 1st May. — This Day begins with Modret wather 
 Tow Bots to the Southward and one to Northward Lucking 
 for the Bots Ankers and Lines But Could Not sea tham. 
 
 Tuesday, 2. — This Day begins with fine wather. Three 
 Bots out But got Nothing Saw Whals the Letter Part fine 
 wather And Clear. 
 
 Wednesday, 3. — This Day begins with Modret Breezes 
 And Clear wather the Bots out And saw Whales — the Letter 
 Part Stroing Breezes and Clouday wather. 
 
 Thursday, 4. — This Day begins with fine wather. Three 
 Bots out and got Tow Whals Mr Craley and Mr Beers the 
 Other Bot Peter Elder. Peter Elder and Mr Craley Bots 
 Toock the Whale in tow and Eight p.m. the Whale went 
 Down and Craley Bot Turnd over and Man got Drund. 
 Saumel Summers. 
 
 Friday, 5. — This Day begins with Fine Wather. Tow 
 Bots owt and got one Wahale, Mr Beers the Whale Bun 
 him so f ran [so far on ?] That he was forced to Cut. 
 
 Saturday, 6. — This Day begins with Stroing Breezes and 
 squaley wather. Tow Bots out And saw Nothing. 
 
 Sunday, 7. — This Day begins with fine wather. Tow 
 Bots out and saw W^hales the Letter Part Stroing Breezes 
 And Squalley wather. 
 
 Monday, 8. — This Day begins with fine wather. Tow 
 Bots out and saw Whales the Letter Part fine wather. 
 
 Tuesday, 9. — This Day begins with fine wather — the 
 Letter Part Nothing Par Ticklar. 
 
 Wednesday, 10. — This Day begins Modret Breezes. Mr 
 Beers got A Whale the Letter Part Modret Breezes. 
 
 Thursday, 11. — This Day begins with Hazey wather. 
 Craley fasned to W^ahale and the Aims Drawed the Letter 
 Hazey Wather.
 
 Remarkes in Newzeland, May 1837 55 
 
 i^r?V%,[il/«j/]i^;!/^— This Day begins with fine wather. Tow 1837 
 Bots out and got A Whale. The Letter Part fine wather. 
 
 Saturday, 13th. — This Day begins with line wather — the 
 Bots out and got Nothing — the Letter Part Do. Do. 
 
 Sunday, 14th. — Stroing Breezes and squalley Wather — the 
 Bots Not out the Part Do. Do. Do. Do. 
 
 Monday, 15th. — This Day begins with fine wather — the 
 Bots out and saw Nothing — the Letter Part Do. Do. 
 
 Tuesday, 16. — This Day begins with fine wather. The 
 ship Elxander Henry Cam in To the Bay and Ankered. 
 
 Wednesday, 17th. — This Day begins with fine wather — 
 Tow Bots out and got a Whale — the Letter Part fine 
 Wather. 
 
 Thursday, ISth. — The Bots out and got Nothing — the 
 Latter Part fine wather. 
 
 Friday, 19th. — This Day fine wather the tow Bots And 
 got Nothing the Letter Part fine Wather. 
 
 Saturday, 20th. — Stroing Breezes and squalley wather — the 
 Bots Not out the Letter Part. Do. Do, Do. 
 
 Sunday, 21st. — This Day begins with fine wather. The 
 tow Bots out and got Nothing. 
 
 Monday, 22d. — fine wather and Modret Breezes the Tow 
 Bots out and got A Whale — the Letter Part Do. Do. 
 
 Tuesday, 23rd. — This Day begins with fine wather the Tow 
 Bots out and got Whale. The Letter Part Do. Do. 
 
 Wednesday, 24. — Stroing Breezes and Clouday wather — 
 the Letter Part Do. Do. 
 
 Thursday, 2o. — This Day Stroing Breezes and squalls. 
 Wather Do. Do. Do. 
 
 Friday, 26fh. — This Day Stroing Breezes the Bots Not out 
 the Letter Part Stroing Breezes and Clouday wather. 
 
 Saturday, 27. — This Day Modret Breezes and Clear. 
 The tow Bot out and saw Nothing. 
 
 Sunday, 28th. — This Day Modret Breezes and Clear — the 
 Bots out and got Nothing. 
 
 Monday, 29. — This Day stroing Breezes Clouday Wather 
 the Letter Part Do. Do.
 
 56 Remarkes in Newzeland, May 1837 
 
 1837 Tuesday, [-^^^^'^1 50/!/^. — This Day begins fine wather — the 
 
 Tow Bots out and saw Nothing — the Letter Part Do. Do. 
 
 Wednesday, 31st. — This Day begins with stroing Breezes 
 the Bots Not out the Peple Employed In Shiften the try 
 Workes the Letter Stroing Breezes. 
 
 Thursday^ \June'\ 1st. — This Day begins with fine wather. 
 Tow Bots out and saw Whale finished The try Workes the 
 Latter Part Do. 
 
 Friday, 2nd. — This Day Modret Breezes and Clear Wather 
 the Bots out and got Nothing. 
 
 Satiirdayy 3th. — This Day Stroing Breezes and squally 
 Wather the Letter Part Do. Do. 
 
 Sunday, 4. — This Day begins with fine wath. Tow Bots 
 out and got fast and Lost the Whale the Letter part D. 
 
 Monday, 5th. — This stroing Breezes from the Southward 
 and Havey sea Buning the Letter Part Do. Do. 
 
 Tuesday, 6th. — This Day begins with Stroing gales of Wind 
 from the S.E. the Letter Part Do. Do. Do. 
 
 Wednesday, 7th. — This Day begins with fine wather — the 
 Peple Employed in Cuting Spars For A Brack wind of the 
 try Works And sum Cuting up Bluber the Letter Part fine 
 wather. 
 
 [Here this literary effort ends.] 
 
 to be continued on Oct: 23. 
 
 by Capt: Hempleman.
 
 57 
 
 LIST OF GEAR LEFT. 
 
 [by Schooner Oct. 23, 1837] 
 
 2 Shimmers 
 2 Forks 
 
 2 Boats Spades 
 17 Irons — 
 
 14 long lances — 
 
 10 Short do. 
 
 6 Boat Knives — 
 
 1 Boarding Knife — 
 4 Gaflfs — 
 
 3 Pughs — 
 
 4 Cutting spades — 
 
 3 Ladles — 
 
 4 Broken Irons — 
 3 Boat Axes — 
 
 3 Lantherns — 
 
 4 Blubber Knives — 
 
 2 Steels — 
 
 2 Rag stones — 
 
 3 Mincing Knives — 
 3 Boats Travellers 
 
 3 Boat Sails 
 
 4 Sets of Oars 
 3 Steer Oars 
 
 3 Boat Anchors 
 
 2 Kedg Anchors 
 
 3 Boats — 
 
 4 double Blocks 
 2 Single do. 
 1 Euroap Pennont — 
 1 Coir do. 
 
 (This part of page cut away)
 
 DAILY JOUKNAL OF EMPLOYMENT AND 
 EEMAEKS AT PERACKA 
 
 from the 23rd October 1837 to the Present date. 
 [May 24, 1838.] 
 
 1837 Monday, Oct. 23. — This day the schooner Sailed leaving 
 
 behind Capt. Hampelmanf and wife and Eight Europeans 
 and one Newzealander, in the afternoon after the departure of 
 the Schooner Articles was drawn up for the Men mentioned 
 in the Articles at the wages of five Pounds Per Month they 
 finding themselves in Provisions, after which Articles was 
 drawn uj) for sawing and signed by two Men at the rate 
 mentioned in the said Articles. 
 
 Tuesday, 24th. — This day the Men were employed in Pulling 
 down a House to get Grass to cover the Boat Shed, when two 
 Boats appeared entering the Harbour — one of the Boats 
 a large one contained the Cheift of Otagaf Tyroarf and his 
 crew the Other to other Men of Note amongst the Otagaf 
 tribe. 
 
 Wednesday, 25th. — This day Tyroarf agreed to take his 
 Boat with one of mine to the Native Settlement to fetch some 
 Whalebone and returned with the Bone the same day for 
 which he received one Keg of Powder one Pr. of Blankets and 
 one Boats Sail has Payment for his Boat and services. 
 
 Thursday, 26ih. — This day was employed in getting grass for 
 thatching the Boats shed nothing Particular this day. 
 
 Friday, 27th. — Men employed about the Boat shed Sawyers 
 clearing the Bush for their Work and carpenter repairing 
 Tyroar's Boat. 
 
 Saturday, 28th. — This day very much Wind and rain no 
 work done. 
 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 Pirnki Valli-y. Luoking down to the cove, and the site of the old 
 whaling-station on the flat bordered by the 'creek 'and beach. Look- 
 out Point on right.
 
 Daily Journal of Employment at Peracka 59 
 
 Simdai/, \^Ocf.'\ 20th. — Painted Tyroars Boat — some of the 1837 
 
 Natives walked over the Ilill to Tommathsf the two Sawyers 
 
 shifted to their House in the Bush, 
 
 Monday, 30th. — This day the Men employed carrying 
 Stones and sand to level the yard round the Captain's House. 
 
 Tuesday, 31st. — This day the ^len employed has } esterday, 
 Tyroarf with his train took his leave for Port Cooperf leaving 
 one of his Principle men the Name of Jackey Tarf with me 
 for protection till his return but he would not go till I lent 
 him one of My Boats for which he left me one of his in Place 
 she being rather leaky and I believe he is going to collect 
 Whalebone. This afternoon two Natives came over land with 
 News to the Natives to Proceed to Cloudy Bayf to fight 
 the Roebulleaf . — 
 
 Wednesday, Kovr. 1st. — This day the Men all employed in 
 the Bush cutting wood for Building houses, &c. — the Natives 
 returned to Wangeroaf . — 
 
 Thursday, 2nd. — This day the Men employed some in the 
 Bush cutting spars for building and some Building a House 
 and cooperage. — 
 
 Friday, 3rd. — The Men all employed has yesterday. — 
 
 Saturday, 4th. — This day the men employed has yesterday 
 the Native Jackey Tarf walked over to Wangeroaf. — 
 
 Sunday, 5th. — This day Kept has Saboath. 
 
 Monday, 6th. — The men employed this day Thatching the 
 cooperage. — 
 
 Tuesday, 7th. — This day the men employed thatching and 
 fencing. — 
 
 Wednesday, 8th. — The men employed has yesterday. 
 
 Thursday, 9th. — Jackey Tarf and women arrived from 
 Wangeroaf brings the News of a Schooner being in Port 
 Cooperf Bound to Otagof last night one of the Men Jas. 
 Danniels ran away and is not yet returned the Men employed 
 has yesterday. 
 
 Friday, 10th. — The Cooper moved this day to the new 
 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 60 Daihj Journal of Emploijment at Peracka 
 
 1837 Cooperage. Fisher started to walk to Otagof the men 
 
 employed in the Bush cutting wood for Building. 
 
 Saturday, [iVor.] 11th. — Danniels that ran away returned 
 this day and set too to work the Men commenced building 
 another House. — 
 
 Sunday, 12th. — Kept has the Sabaoth. 
 
 Monday, 13th. — This day one Boat out and one Canoe 
 arrived from Port Cooper the Principle Native Tommyf — 
 owner of the Boat — the Men employed House Building. — 
 
 Tuesday, 14th. — This day a Boat and Crew of white People 
 arrived from Queen Charlotte Soundf Jones the Propritor of 
 the Boat — the Men employed has yesterday. — 
 
 Wednesday, 15th. — Jones and his Boats crew started this 
 day but was forced to return on account of the weather tm-n- 
 ing bad — the Men employed has yesterda}-. — 
 
 Thursday, 16th. — This day Jones and his crew started but 
 they committed a shabby action for the goodness they received 
 from us whilst here his Boats crew taken away with them the 
 whole of the mens flour that they could lay their hands on 
 from the house they where entertained in, likewise two Boat 
 Knives the Natives and one Man started a Pig hunting the 
 remainder employed grass cutting. 
 
 Friday, 17th. — Fisher the Man that started for Otagof 
 returned this day after being robbed by the Tarmaf Tribe of 
 Natives of a Musket and other things but the Musket he got 
 back the Pig hunters returned but with no luck the Men 
 employed Thatching &c. 
 
 Saturday, 18th. — Tyroaf arrived this day bringing back my 
 Boat but instead of a load of Whale Bone they brought 
 a Cargo of Barakutaf. I fortunately fell in with a Wild 
 Boar in the Bush which I got the Men employed has 
 yesterday. 
 
 Sunday, 10th. — This day Tyroaf started with three Boats 
 for Otagof and taken Fisher with them this his the fust 
 day wc have been without Natives the Saboath no work done. 
 
 Carried over — 
 + Refer to Glossary.
 
 Daily Journal of Eviployment at Peracka 61 
 
 Monday ^ Nov. 20th. — This day the men employed thatching 1837 
 &c. — 
 
 Tuesday, 21st. — Men employed has yesterday. 
 
 Wednesday, 22nd. — This day we had heavy rain the Men 
 employed making Flax Sinnet for House Building. 
 
 TJmrsday, 23rd. — The jNIen finished the Second House this 
 day. 
 
 Friday, 2MJi. — Part of this day the men employed fencing 
 the garden in the afternoon began the House for the Captain. 
 
 Saturday, 25th. — The men employed this day fencing &c. — 
 
 Sunday, 26th. — Kept has Sabbaoth. — 
 
 Monday, 27th. — This day the Men employed fencing and 
 clearing ground for a Garden. 
 
 Tuesday, 28th. — The men finished the Garden fence &c. — 
 
 Wednesday, 29th. — The Men employed building a Shed for 
 Boat Building two Natives arrived over the Hill from 
 Wangeroaf . — 
 
 Thursday, 30th. — The two Natives returned to Wangaroaf 
 the Men employed has yesterday. 
 
 Friday, 1st Deem. — A Boat arrived from Tarmatf to day 
 bringing the old Man and Tommyf — the men employed has 
 yesterday. 
 
 Saturday, 2nd. — This day the Captn. caught a Wild Boar 
 the Men employed in the Bush cutting rafters &c for building 
 the House for the Captn. 
 
 Sunday, 3rd. — Kept has Saboath. 
 
 Monday, 4th. — This day the Captn. got another wild Boar 
 the Men employed earring timber for Building the Captn's 
 house. — 
 
 Tuesday, 5th. — The Men all employed has yesterday the 
 Tea and Sugar all out. 
 
 Wednesday, 6th. — Men employed has yesterday. 
 
 Thursday, 7th. — This day we caught another wild Boar the 
 Men employed cutting grass for Thatching the Captns House. 
 
 Friday, Sth. — The Men all employed Building the Captns. 
 House. 
 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 62 Daily Journal of Employment at Peracka 
 
 1837 Saturday, \Bec?\^ 9th. — The day the ]Men employed has 
 
 ■ yesterday the Sawyers cutting Boat Plank at the House. 
 
 Siinday^ 10th. — Kept has Sabboath. 
 
 Monday, lltli. — The Men employed building the Captns 
 House this day the Carpenter finished a Natives Boat after 
 going through a throuer repair. Tommy'sf Boat from Port 
 Cooperf . — 
 
 Tuesday, 12th. — The men employed one part Building the 
 Captns House the other Part getting clay for Plastering. 
 
 Wednesday, IBth. — This day Tommyf the Native started 
 with his Boat that was repaired for Wangeroaf . Turoowaf 
 taken ill at Wangeroaf sent for the Captn. but was prevented 
 going on account of King George and three other Natives 
 coming from Tarmatf he borrowed a Boat from the Capt. to 
 go to Wangeroaf and from there to Port Cooperf after Whale 
 bone they started this day the Men employed has yesterday. 
 
 Thursday, 14th Beer. — This day the Men employed building 
 the Captns. House. 
 
 Friday, 15th. — The men employed has yesterday the Car- 
 penter bagan to Build a large Boat. — 
 
 Saturday, 16th. — The men employed has yesterday the 
 Sawyers shifted their Hut in the Bush. 
 
 Sunday, 17th. — Sabboath. — 
 
 Monday, 18th. — Getting short of Provisions the Captn. 
 and two Men started upon the Mountains to get a wild Pig 
 but returned with no success — the Men employed building the 
 Captains House the Carpenter and one Man at work at the 
 New Boat. — 
 
 Tuesday, 19th. — I must here make a remark about the 
 weather one day it is very hot with Hot winds when on 
 a Suden it will change to cold and that cold that thei'e is no 
 difference between Summer and winter this very day the Oil 
 in the Lamps frozed in the Houses, the Weather in general 
 so far advanced in the Summer has been very bad, the Men 
 at work about the Captn. House but so very cold with 
 Missling Snow and rain that very little work was done, 
 f Refer to Glossary.
 
 Daily Journal of Employment at Peracka 63 
 
 iVednesda?/, \Dec.^ 20fk. — This day began and ended with 1837 
 
 very Cold and rainy weathei- blowing a gale of wind from the 
 
 S.E. no work of any sort done. 
 
 Thursday, 21st. — This day the weather turned out a little 
 favourable the Men employed Putting Bark on the Capt's 
 House and other necessary things. 
 
 Friday, 22nd. — The men employed in barking the Capt. 
 House and carrying clay. 
 
 Saturday, 23rd. — This day the Captn. took a Boat and 
 crew and went to Wangeroaf to try to Purchase Pigs and 
 Potatoes. — 
 
 Sunday, 2ifh. — The Captn. returned from Wangeroaf with 
 no success but brought the old Cheif t Tuwawaf very sick and 
 his two wives the day the last of the flour served out. — 
 
 Monday, 25th. — Christmas day blowing hard from S.E. and 
 very cold with neither grog Tea sugar and nothing but the 
 remainds of the flour to celebrate the day — in the afternoon it 
 turned out fine weather. 
 
 Tuesday, 26(k. — Two Natives came over the hill from 
 "Wangeroaf to vissit the old Chieft — the men employed in the 
 morning carrying Plank from the Sawyers the remainder 
 of the day at the Capt^s House. 
 
 Wednesday, 27th. — The Captn. and two Men went upon the 
 Mountains this day to hunt for Pigs but returned with no 
 success the remainder of the men carrying Clay for Plastering 
 the Captns. House. — 
 
 Thursday, 28th. — The men carrying Clay the fore Part of 
 the day in the afternoon they commenced thatching the 
 Captn's House, this day Chandler the Cooper left off work. 
 
 Friday, 29th. — This day the Men employed thatching the 
 Captns House. 
 
 Saturday, 30th. — The Captn. started to Wangeroaf to hunt 
 wild Pigs the men employed cutting logs in the Bush for 
 Building Chimney. 
 
 Sunday, 31st. — Kept has Saboath. 
 
 Motulay, J any. 1st. — The Men employed carry logs out 1838 
 f Eefer to Glossary.
 
 64 Daily Journal of Employment at Peracka 
 
 1838 of the Bush the fore Part of the day in the afternoon com- 
 meneed Plaistering the Capt's House. 
 
 Tuesday, [Jaw.] 2ncl. — The Captn, returned from Wangeroaf 
 bringing four Wild Pigs the Men employed Plaistering the 
 Capt's House. 
 
 Wednesday, 3rd. — The men employed has yesterday this day 
 Chandler the Cooper returned to his work. 
 
 Thursday, 4th. — The men employed has yesterday. 
 
 Friday, 5th. — Employment has yesterday — three Men Sick. 
 
 Saturday, 6th, — Men employed at the Captn. House. 
 
 Sunday, 7th. — Saboath. 
 
 Monday, 8th. — Men employed making the Chimney Car- 
 penter and his mate begin again at the large Boat a party 
 of Natives from Wangeroaf on a Vissit to the old Cheift. 
 
 Tuesday, 9th. — Men employed has yesterday this day we 
 was put in suspense at dusk in the evening five Boats came 
 into the heads three of them large Boats we first took them 
 for the fight coming from Cloudy Bayf but they proved to be 
 Boats from Otagof going to the Northward with all the 
 young Men of Note on a party of Bravo to distinguish 
 themselves. — 
 
 Wednesday, 10th. — This day the Men was forced to quit 
 work to look out for Provisions being unable to work for the 
 want of them, every Man now must look out for selves for 
 the Produce of the Bush and Bay. 
 
 Thursday, 11th. — The Natives and Boats still here nothing 
 being done no provisions amongst the Men dare not venture 
 out to look for any on account of the Natives being here — in 
 the afternoon One Boat and crew started. 
 
 Friday, 12th. — This day the Natives left in four Boats for 
 the Northward and three Canoes for the Southward — no work 
 the Men Hunting for subsistence. — 
 
 Saturday, 13th. — No work all hands fishing or Shooting to 
 lay in a Store. 
 
 Sunday, lith. — Sabboath but obligated to look out for 
 Provisions. 
 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 Daily Journal of Employment at Peracka 65 
 
 Monday, [Jan.] 16th. — A Boat and crew out fishing and Shag 1838 
 shooting to get in a stock to set to work again. 
 
 Tuesday, 16th. — The men commenced work again about 
 the Captns Chimney at day wages has they cannot work con- 
 stant by the INIonth being obhged to spend Part of their time 
 looking out for Provisions. 
 
 Wednesday, 17th. — The Men at work has yesterday. 
 Thursday, 18th. — Employed about the Chimney. 
 Friday, 19th. — Has yesterday, one man sick. 
 Saturday, 20th. — Employed has yesterday. 
 Sunday, 21st. — Sabbaoth. 
 
 Monday, 22nd. — No work — the Men started with a Boat 
 to the riverf to try to get some Eels or any thing for sub- 
 sistence being entirely without. 
 
 Tuesday, 23rd. — Boat and crew away. 
 Wednesday, 24th. — Boat and crew still away. 
 Thursday, 25th. — This day the Boat and crew arrived but 
 with very little Provisions has it is hard w^ork to get any 
 before hand at this Place. 
 
 Monday, 29th. — Nothing done more since the 25th only 
 looking out for subsistence has it is hard work now to get any 
 thing from hand to mouth. 
 
 Saturday, Feby. 3rd. — Nobody but now and then the Cooper 
 and Sawyers does a very little work being mostly employed 
 looking out for something to eat the rest of the Men does 
 nothing else. 
 
 Sunday, 4th. — Sabbaoth — very rainy. — 
 Sunday, 11th. — Sabboath — nothing done the last week but 
 trying to catch fish both day and night. 
 
 Monday, 12th. — This day the Men returned to their work 
 about the Capt's Chimney about Noon 3 Boats and one 
 Canoe hove in sight which Proved to be the Southern Natives 
 returning to Otagof . 
 
 Tuesday, 13th. — The Men employed has yesterday the 
 Natives still here. 
 
 Wednesday, 14th. — This Morning the Boats and Natives 
 
 t Refer to Glossary. 
 E
 
 66 Daily Journal of Employment at Pei^acka 
 
 1838 left for Otago a happy deliverance. Jones one of the Sawyers 
 
 ~~~ joined this day at day work. All employed Pulling down the 
 
 Old Try works and making a Platform for New Ones. 
 
 Tlmrsday, \Feh?^ 15th. — This day the Men employed about the 
 Platform &c. for Boat arrived from Port Cooperf Bringing my 
 Boat back I lent them. 
 
 Friday, 16th. — This day the fore part very much rain 
 the Boats and Natives still here. 
 
 Saturday, 17th. — The Natives still here. People cannot 
 stir away from their houses to look for any thing. 
 
 Sunday, 18th. — The Natives left for the river — Sabbaoth. 
 
 Monday, 19th. — The Men commenced work building the 
 try works. 
 
 Tuesday, 20th. — The Natives returned from the river with 
 News of a Vessel being in Wageroaf and very much alarmed 
 of the Natives from the Northard being in Coya Pouf having 
 information they had killd. some of their People. 
 
 Wednesday, 21st. — The Captn. and Natives went to Wan- 
 geroaf to see what Vessel was there. 
 
 Thursday, 22nd. — The Captn. returned from Wangeroaf 
 bringing a Capt. of American Ship with him the Ship named 
 Rosalie bound to Sydney for Provisions the Try Pots finished 
 Putting up. 
 
 Friday, 23rd. — A Boat from the Ship at Wangeroaf arrived 
 to take the Captn. back — the Men done no work this day. 
 
 Saturday, 24th. — The Capt. and a Crew started with the 
 American Captn. of the Ship to Wangeroaf and received 
 from him Provisions to the Amount of 200 lbs. flour 200 lbs. 
 Pork 447 lbs. Bread, a happy deliverance for all hands has 
 they had nothing but what Providence sent. 
 
 Sunday, 25th. — This day Crawley went with a Crew to 
 Wangeroaf to receive the Bread — the Natives started for 
 Otagof frighen"^. at the E-owbulesf coming, 
 
 Monday, 26th. — Crawley came from Wangeroaf bringing 
 the Bread and one spare Man with him. 
 
 Tuesday, 27th. — The Men employed cutting wood in the 
 •\ Refer to Glossary.
 
 Daily Journal of Employment at Peracka 67 
 
 Bush for building- a Break wind round the Try work. This 1838 
 
 day we shiped the spare hand at the same rate has the other 
 
 Men, Willm. Ward his name. 
 
 Wednesday, [Febl] 28th. — The Men employed some at the 
 Break wind and Others clearing- away for Boat ways. — 
 
 Thursday, March 1. — The men employed making the Boat 
 way weighing an Anchor and two men repairing the Whale 
 Boat. 
 
 Friday^ 2nd. — Men employed has yesterday this day Crawley 
 left off work at Middle day. 
 
 Saturday, 3rd. — Men employed has yesterday. Much rain 
 in the Afternoon. 
 
 Sunday, 4th. — Sabbaoth. 
 
 Monday, 5th. — The Men employed carrying Bark to make 
 the Break wind around the Try works. — 
 
 Tuesday, 6th. — The men employed has yesterday. 
 
 Wednesday, 7th. — The men employed carrying Wattlesf for 
 the Break wind. 
 
 Thursday, 8th. — The men employed at varies work. 
 
 Friday, 9th. — The men employed felling timber for the 
 Sawyers this day the Natives with four Canoes on their way 
 to Wangeroaf reporting their enemy is gone Back. 
 
 Saturday, 10th. — Men employed making a Saw Pit and 
 other necessary work. 
 
 Sunday, 11th. — Sabbaoth. 
 
 Monday^ 12th. — Men employed Building a Chimney to the 
 Cooperage and other work this day a Ship crossed the 
 harbour Mouth bound to the S. but could not make her out. 
 
 Tuesday, 13th. — Men employed has necessary. 
 
 Wednesday, 14th. — Men employed as yesterday. 
 
 Thursday, 15th. — Kelcher not at work. Men employed has 
 yesterday. 
 
 Friday, 16th. — Kelcher not at work. Men employed has 
 necessary. 
 
 Saturday, 17th. Kelcher not at work. Work the same has 
 yesterday. AVard not at work. 
 
 t Refer to Glossary. 
 E a
 
 68 Daily Journal of Employment at Peracka 
 
 1838 Sundai/, [i)/ar.] i8^/^.— Sabaoth.— 
 
 Monday, 19th. — Men employed making the Blubber way. 
 Ward not at work. 
 
 Tuesday, 20. — Men employed has yesterday. Ward not 
 at work. 
 
 Wednesday, 21st. — Employed has yesterday the Natives 
 came from Wangeroaf with my Boat and returned the same 
 day. Ward not at work. 
 
 Thursday, 22nd. — Men employed has yesterday. Ward not 
 at work. 
 
 Friday, 23. — Men employed has yesterday. Ward not 
 at work. 
 
 Saturday, 24th. — This day Ward commenced work again — 
 the Men employed Pulling down and repairing the Captain's 
 old House. — 
 
 Sunday, 25th. — Bad weather from the S.E. with rain. 
 Sabaoth. — 
 
 Monday, 26th. — Men employed has Saturday. Walkabout 
 not at work. 
 
 Tuesday, 27th. — Men employed has yesterday. Walkabout 
 not at work. 
 
 Wednesday, 28th. — Men employed carrying Clay and 
 Cutting Vines for Plaistering the Capt''s old House. Walk- 
 about at work. 
 
 Thursday, 29th. — The Men employed has yesterday fore part 
 afterwards clearing the cave. 
 
 Friday, 30th. — Men employed has yesterday finished the 
 cave for cutting in. 
 
 Saturday, 31st. — This day a Boat arrived from Wangeroaf 
 with news of two French being there the Captn. went to 
 Wangeroa with them to assertain what Ships they where. 
 
 Sunday, 1st April. — Sabbaoth. One of the Vessels arrived 
 here with the Captn. on Board the Name ' Adelle '' the other 
 outside with an intention of coming in here. 
 
 Monday, 2nd. — Men employed at various work the other 
 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 Daily Journal of Employment at Peracka 69 
 
 French Ship anchored in the evening. {Pencil note :) — (the 1838 
 Ajax) (2 whaling vessels.) 
 
 Ttiesday, \Apr?^ 3rd. — The ^len left off work until the 
 Whaling commences. 
 
 Wednesday, 4th. — No remarks this day. 
 
 Thursday, 5th. — The Men beginning to get out the Boats 
 for Whaling the Capt. received one Case of Brandy about 
 30 Galls, from the Adele. 
 
 Friday, 6th. — No remarks. 
 
 Saturday, 7th. — This day the Men signed Articles to com- 
 mence Whaling with two Boats until the Arival of the 
 Schooner or other Vessel from the Owners. 
 
 Sunday, 8th. — Sabboath — no remarks. 
 
 Monday, 9th. — This is the finish of the Summers Log 
 we now commence upon the Whaling Log.
 
 A DAILY JOURNAL OF WHALING AND 
 REMARKS AT PERACKA 
 
 From the 9th April 1838 untill the Present date. 
 
 IgQg Monday, 9th April. — This day we commence upon the 
 
 Whaling system the fore Part of the day the Men employed 
 
 carrying Plank out of the Bush to make ways for the Blubber 
 — in the afternoon the Captn. went on Board the French Ship 
 Adele and received 72 lbs. of Bread 3^ Gallns. of Molasses and a 
 Keg of Tea likwise one Keg of Coffee — to commence whaling. 
 
 Tuesday, 10th. — This day two Boats went out a Whaling 
 but saw nothing in the Evening the Captn. received from the 
 French Ship Adele 1 Cask of Beef one Cask of Pork and one 
 Cask of Flour 292 lbs. A Boat from Port Cooperf arrived 
 with Natives Jackey Lyncxf and Tommyf the Principle Men. 
 
 Wednesday, 11th. — Two Boats out a Whaling returned and 
 saw nothing — the Carpenter repairing the Natives Boat. 
 
 Thursday, 12th. — Two Boats went out but was forced to 
 return before reaching the Heads a strong Breeze from the 
 Eastward the Natives from Port Cooperf still here. 
 
 Friday, 13th. — This day three Boats arrived from Wangeroaf 
 with news of a French Ship being there name the Asia — two 
 Boats of ours went out but returned without seeing any thing. 
 
 Saturday, 14th. — This day two Boats went out but returned 
 without seeing any thing. 
 
 Sunday, 15th. — Two Boats out but soon returned without 
 seeing any thing the weather turning out very foggy. 
 
 Monday, 16th. — Two Boats out saw a Whale but no chance 
 of fastening — very wet obliged to return home turned out 
 very bad weather the remainder of the day. 
 
 Tuesday, 17th. — Foggy weather with a Heavy Sea — no 
 Boats out. — 
 
 f Refer to Glossary.
 
 Piraki Cove. Whalebone in foreground. Shipping wool, Dee. 18, 1895. 
 
 70
 
 Daily Journal of Wlialing at Peracka 71 
 
 Wednesday, [A/jr.] 18th. — Two Boats out met with two 1838 
 
 strange Boats from Wangeroaf which proved to be another 
 
 frenchman — nothing seen like a Whale this day. — 
 
 Thursday, 19th. — Two Boats out this day returned without 
 seeing any thing. Blowing hard off the land in the Evening. 
 
 Friday, 20th. — Blowing hard off the land no Boats out in 
 the afternoon 5 Natives walked over the hill from Wangeroaf , 
 with news of the above mentioned Ship being there. 
 
 Saturday, 21st. — Blowing very hard off the land no Boats 
 out — the Natives still here. 
 
 Sunday, 22nd. — Fine weather two Boats out returned with- 
 out seeing any thing the Natives started to Port Cooperf and 
 took there Boat after going through repair. — 
 
 Monday, 23d. — Fine weather two Boats out — saw Whales, 
 Crawley got fast and Killed the Whale but the whale sunk. 
 
 Tuesday, 24th. — Blowing hard from the S.E. no Boats 
 out. 
 
 JFednesday, 25th. — Fine weather this day we got the Whale 
 home in towing we saw plenty of Whales but having only 
 two Boats we could not cast a Boat off to fasten — two Boats 
 came here from Wangeroaf from the french Ship Asia they 
 cam in chase of Whales and was forced to stay the night. 
 
 Thursday, 26th. — No Boats out, employed cutting in the 
 Whale in the afternoon set the Try Works on. 
 
 Friday, 27th. — Two Boats out returned without seeing any 
 thing three Boats here from Wangeroaf wind Bound sta,id 
 all night. 
 
 Saturday, 28fh. — Two Boats out fastened to a Whale the 
 Iron drew and we lost her finished trying out the last Whale. 
 
 Sunday, 29th. — Two Boats out — saw a Whale but no chance 
 of fastening in the Evening a Ship crossed the Heads several 
 times seemingly wanting to come in the Captn. made two 
 atempts to go out to her but could not on account of Strong 
 Breezes coming from the S.E, 
 
 Monday, 30th. — This day two Boats out returned without 
 
 f Refer to Glossary.
 
 72 Daily Journal of Whaling at Peracka 
 
 1838 seeing any thing-, the day turned out foggy with a Heavy sea 
 setting: in from the S.E. — 
 
 Tuesday, 1st May. — Two Boats out saw one "Whale but 
 returned without doing any thing a Boat from Wangeroaf 
 with news of two more ships being there one an American the 
 other a frenchman. 
 
 Wednesday, 2nd. — Two Boats out saw nothing but Plenty 
 of Boats from Wangeroaf cruising off the Heads. — 
 
 Thursday, 3rd. — This day two Boats went to Wangeroaf 
 to see what strange Ship was there — returned in the evening 
 saw no Whales. 
 
 Friday, 4th. — This day began with heavy rain and com- 
 menced blowing hard from the S.E. no Boats out. 
 
 Saturday, 5th. — Heavy rain and Blowing hard from the S.E. 
 no Boats out. 
 
 Sunday, 6th. — Still Blowing from the S.E. no Boats out. 
 
 Monday, 7th. — Two Boats out saw one Whale, no chance 
 of fastening. 
 
 Tuesday, 8th. — This day turned out very Bad Strong Breeze 
 from the S. — no Boats out. — 
 
 Wednesday, 9th. — This day two Boats out and Killed a 
 Whale but it sunk — we anchored her and returned home, 
 
 Thursday, 10th. — Two Boats out and in rising the Whale 
 Crawley unfortunately run a lance through his rist he returned 
 in immediately to one of the freneh doctors and got it dressed 
 the Boat returned to the Whale and with the Captn. Brought 
 her in. 
 
 Friday, 11th. — This day employed cutting in the Whale at 
 night set the Try Pots on. 
 
 Saturday, 12th. — Trying out and cutting in Blubber no 
 Boats out. 
 
 Sunday, 13th. — No Boats out two Men sick Crawley still 
 lame with his harm bad. 
 
 Monday, 14th. — This day the Captn. went to Wangeroaf 
 to get Provisions and did not return. 
 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 Daily Journal of Whaling at Peracka 73 
 
 Tuesday, \}lay'\ 15th. — This day the Captn. returned from 1838 
 Wangeroaf with Provisions. 
 
 Wednesday, 16th. — Two Boats with the Captn. went to 
 Wangeroaf for more Provisions returned in the Evening 
 with Provisions. 
 
 Thursday, 17th. — Two Boats out saw nothing but a Hump 
 Back the weather turned out foggy obliged to return home 
 early. 
 
 Friday, 18th. — Two Boats out returned through the weather 
 being foggy. 
 
 Saturday, 19th. — This day a Strong Breeze from the South- 
 ward a Heavy swell no Boats out. 
 
 Sunday, 20th. — Two Boats out saw Whales but no chance 
 of fastening a Heavy swell. 
 
 Monday, 21st. — Two Boats out saw a large Whale was in 
 chase best part of the day but she was so Galeyed we had no 
 chance of fastening. 
 
 Tuesday, 22nd. — Two Boats out fastened to a large Whale 
 stove the Boat had to cut and lost 16 fathom of line and one 
 Iron. — 
 
 Wednesday, 23. — No Boats out repaired the Stove Boat, 
 very squally weather. 
 
 Thursday, 24th. — Two Boats out saw a Whale, was in 
 chase, no chance of fastening — very squally weather. 
 
 [Ends abruptly, for no apparent reason, but is continued on 
 same page. Dec. 26.] 
 
 [Dec. 26, 1838— March 4, 1839.] 
 
 Wednesday, Deer. 26th. — a.m. fresh breezes and clear — 
 at 3 A.M. the Hannah weighed under all sail Captn. Hamp. 
 And his crew assisted towing the vessel out Midle and letter 
 parts D.W. winds N.W. This day no duty don on shore. 
 
 Thursday, 27th. — This day strong Breezes from the East- 
 ward and Cloudy Carpenter employed Belding A W. [Whale.] 
 
 f Refer to Glossary.
 
 74 Daily Journal of Whaling at Peracka 
 
 1838 boat People at sundries middle and letter parts D.W. [Dull 
 Weather.] 
 
 Friday, [Dec.'] 38fk. — This day strong breezes with heavy- 
 rain. People employed as yesterday at noon more modreat 
 weather at 8 p.m. D.W. 
 
 Saturday, 29th. — This day strong- gails and cloudy pople 
 employed As necessary midle and letter parts more modret. 
 
 Sunday, 30th. — This day begins with fine pleasant weather. 
 At noon frequent showrs of rain letter parts Strong breezes 
 from N.W. at 8 p.m. D.W. This day being sunday no duty 
 done. 
 
 Monday, 31st Deer., 1838. — This day begins with fine 
 pleasent weather. Middle and latter parts D.W. 
 
 Tuesday, 1st Janiiray, 1839. — This day strong gails from 
 N.W. at noon D.W. Letter parts heavy rain. 
 
 Wednesday, 2th. — Fresh breezes and cloudy carpenter em- 
 ployed Belding A W. boat people at sundries jobs. 
 
 Thursday, 3th. — This day strong gails from N.W. people 
 employed as duty requires at noon D.W. Latter part more 
 modreat weather. 
 
 Friday, 4th. — Strong breezes from N.W. employed as neces- 
 sary. Letter parts of this day more modreat. 
 
 Saturday, 5th. — This day light breezes and varebell at noon 
 the captn. Of A french ship came on shore to captn. Hampel- 
 man House at 3 p.m. the captn. left the beach Accompnd. 
 With captn. Hampelman to wangeloarf at 7 p.m. Arived 
 onbord the ship france Whaler. 
 
 Sunday, 6th. — This day light airs and Var". at 10 a.m. Captn. 
 Hampelman left the ship at 1 p.m. Arived at Perackyf, 
 letter parts D.W. 
 
 Monday, 7th. — This day fine pleasent weather employed in 
 the Garden hilling the potatoes the carpenter at the Boat. 
 
 Tuesday, 8th. — This day very hoot weather employed as 
 yesterday. 
 
 Wednesday, 9th. — This day fine pleasent weather seut A 
 boat to Wangeloarf horded A Ship bound to Wangelaor. 
 f Refer to Glossary.
 
 Daily Journal of Whaling at Peracka 75 
 
 Tuesday [Thursdai/], [Jan.']10th. — This day light airs and Vea. 1839 
 
 [vearing] at noon the boat Arived from Wangeloarf at 4 p.ir. 
 
 went out A Fishing and had good success salted them down. 
 
 Friday, 11th. — This day light winds and Vear°. with the 
 weather very hot employed fishing Do. luck and salted them 
 Carpenter at the boat. 
 
 Saturday, 12th. — This day fine pleasant weather employed 
 As yesterday. 
 
 Sunday, 13th. — This day strong breezes V. & clear weather. 
 This day being sunday no duty don. 
 
 Monday, 14th. — a.m. strong breezes from the Eastward first 
 part Employed in the garden letter part P. Took down the 
 Captn. old house and Beilding Boats sheads this day ends 
 blowg. Strong gails from N.W. 
 
 Tuesday, loth. — a.m. light breezes and fine plesant weather. 
 Employed puling down and rebeilding — Carpenter as yester- 
 day midle and letter Parts D.W. 
 
 Wednesday , 16th. — a.m. strong breezes with heavy rain fre- 
 quent Claps of thunder. Employed must necessary Letter 
 part more modreat — winds N.W. 
 
 Thursday, 17th. — A.M. light breezes and pleasent sent A boat 
 To Wangeloarf to cut spars for shears. D.W. throughout. 
 
 Friday, 18th. — a.m. light breezes and Vear°. at 11 a.m. A 
 Boat from Wangeloarf arrived at Peyrakyf With 200 lbs. 
 of W^bone letter parts D.W. 
 
 Saturday, 19th. — a,m. strong breezes With frequent showrs 
 Of rain cut three spars and left them In the bush at 4 p.m. 
 left Wangeloarf At 8.30 p.m. the boat arived strong gails 
 And heavy rain Atainded with lightning Winds S.W. 
 
 Sunday, 20th. — a.m. strong gails from S.E. with heavy Rain 
 midle & letter parts of this day D.W. 
 
 Monday, 21st. — a.m. fresh gails Easterly Employed puting 
 In posts in the ground to make shads For the boats letter 
 parts fine. 
 
 Tuesday, 22th. — a.m. fine pleasent weather Employed Cuting 
 Posts and rafters for the shads letter parts fine, 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 76 Daily Journal of Whaling at Pej-acka 
 
 1839 Wednesday , \Jan.'\ 23tk. — a.m. fine weather and very hot 
 
 Employed as Yesterday. C. Carpenter at the Boat. 
 
 Thirsday, 24tk. — a.m. light breezes and clear weather. 
 People Employed most necessary Letter Parts D.W. Easterly. 
 
 Friday, 25th. — a.m. strong breezes and cloudy weather S.E. 
 People Employed cuting rafters in The bushf and earring them 
 do\\Ti Letter Parts D.W. [Dull Weather]. 
 
 Saturday, 26th. — a.m. strong breezes from the S.E. with 
 Heavy rain no duty don Letter Parts D.W. 
 
 Sunday, 27th. — a.m. light winds and rainess at Noon more 
 modreat weather letter pr. D.W. 
 
 Monday, 28th. — a.m. light breezes and cloudy Employed 
 most Necessary letter parts rainey. 
 
 Tuesday, 29th. — a.m. strong breezes easterly with heavy rain 
 Letter parts D.W. no duty done. 
 
 Wednesday, 30fh. — a.m. fresh breezes and cloudy weather 
 Easterly. Saw two sails one appeared to be under dury [jury] 
 Masts standing in for wangeloarf letter parts modreat but 
 very cloudy Employed beilding A House for the ging. 
 
 Thursday, 31th. — a.m. fresh breezes and cloudy Easterly 
 Employed Taking down the old boat shead and other jobs 
 To nuness [too numerous] to mention. 
 
 Febry. 1th, Friday. — a.m. strong breezes and cloudy with 
 heavy Rain no work done. 
 
 Saturday, 2th. — a.m. light breezes and v. fine weather. 
 Easterly D.W. throughout. 
 
 Sunday, 3th. — a.m. light breezes and cloudy weather Winds 
 N.W. Kept the sabbath. Charless A Native left for Wange- 
 loarf with his boat. 
 
 Monday, 4th. — a.m. fine pleasent weather Employed puting 
 The rafters on the new Boat shead and wootlingf It down. 
 
 Tuesday, 5th, — a.m. light breezes and clear Easterly em- 
 ployed S. [same] As yesterday at 5 p.m. went out Fishing 
 saw two ships of the heads one Trying out. 
 
 Wednesday, 6th. — a.m. fine weather and hot Employed in 
 the Bush cuting rafters and wootlesf at noon the E. Captn. 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 Daily Journal of Whaling at Peracka 77 
 
 of the Jasper Americian ship came on shore To Captn. Hampel- 1839 
 
 manf at 6 p.m. the Captn Left the beach accomponed with 
 
 Captn. Hampel. For Wangeloarf . 
 
 Thursday, \Feh?^ 7th. — a.m. light winds and cloudy the ship 
 weighed Under all sail went out side with her. Left the 
 ship with A strong Breeze from W.S.W. It came on so ^j. g p^ 
 very hard was forced to Beach the Boat and walk over the got home, 
 hills heavy rain, 
 
 Friday, 8th. — a.m. fresh breezes from S.E. the Carpenter 
 Employed At the new boat, &c. A job at the old boat. At 
 noon inclining to modreat. Letter Parts fine. 
 
 Saturday, 9th. — a.m. tine weather day light went and brought 
 The Boat home that we beached the other day At 10 a.m. 
 returned Employed earring wootlesf and rafters Out of the 
 bushf. 
 
 Sic?iday, 10th. — a.m. fine pleasant weather. Kept the 
 sabbath. 
 
 Monday, 11th. — A.M. pleasant weather. Employed wootlingf 
 and Rafting the boats sheads and the new house. Natives 
 earring grass &c. 
 
 Tuesday, 12th. — a.m. fresh breezes Easterly Employed as 
 Yesterday. 
 
 Wednesday, 13th. — a.m. strong gails with heavy rain &c. 
 A Shower of hail stons At noon fine Employed As Yesterday. 
 
 Thirsday, 14th. — A.M. light breezes and fine weather 
 Employed Thatching the boats sheads and new house. 
 
 Friday, 15th. — a.m. fine weather and very hot Employed 
 As Yesterday. 
 
 Saturday, IGfh. — A.M. light breezes and fine Employed As 
 Yesterday Carpenter at the new boat at noon went Out 
 fishing luck at 5 p.m. Americian Boat came on the beach 
 ship in Wangeloarf , 
 
 Sunday, 17th. — a.m. fine weather and clear at noon the 
 Boat left with A few Potatoes Ship frances Lueis. 
 
 Monday, 18th. — a.m. fresh breezes and cloudy wind Var. 
 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 78 Daily Journal of Whaling at Peracka 
 
 1839 Employed must necessary at noon A french boat came in 
 brought with her one Cask of Beef. 
 
 Tuesday, [Feh.'\ 19th. — a.m. 1 fine pleasant weather at 4 left 
 the Beach with the french boat for wangeloarf Went onboard 
 of the ship Roland at 4 p.m. left the ship with two of her 
 boats. At 5.30 p.m. came on very thick Foggy weather 
 at 7 two boats got in. Light winds. 
 
 Wednesday, 20th. — a.m. day light the other Boat Came in 
 — natives putting potatoes up For the ship. Letter parts 
 D.W. 
 
 Thursday, 21th. — a.m. fine weather Employed thatching 
 The new house and boats shads &c. Diging Potatoes up 
 the two boats Left for wangeloarf with A load of 
 Potatoes. 
 
 Friday, 22th. — a.m. fine plasent weather and is very Hot 
 the boats returned for more Potatoes Employed puting 
 Potatoes up Letter Parts heavy rain, on S.E. the boats 
 could not E. Get home. 
 
 Saturday, 23th. — a.m. strong gails with frequent Showrs of 
 rain &c hail, letter parts D.W. 
 
 Sunday, 24th. — a.m. fine the boats left lo'ded with Potatoes 
 for the vessel. People very Bad with the scurvie. Letter 
 Parts D.W. 
 
 Monday, 25th. — a.m. light breezes and cloudy two hands 
 Employed in the bush cuting spars for blouber Ways &c. 
 boats — two earring stons for the yard. E. Carpenter at 
 the boat. 
 
 Tuesday, 26th. — a.m. fine pleasant weather Employed as 
 yesterday. 
 
 Wednesday, 27th. — a.m. fine weather as yesterday. 
 
 Thursday, 28th. — a.m. light breezes and foggy as yesterday. 
 
 Friday, March 1th. — a.m. fine weather Employed about the 
 Try works & other jobs to numers to mention. 
 
 Saturday, 2th. — a.m. strong breezes with frequent rain 
 Employed cleaning irons and lances at Noon about the 
 tryworks. 
 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 Daily Journal of Wkalbig at Pcracka 79 
 
 Sunday, [J/ar.] 3lh. — a.m. light winds and cloudy no Duty 1839 
 done. 
 
 Monday, 4th. — A.M. light breezes and cloudy went to 
 Wangeloarf To get the spars out of the bush got 
 two out. 
 
 (Note : — Several pages cut out here) 
 f Refer to Glossary.
 
 80 
 
 CAPTAIN HAMPLEMAN^S STOCK IN HAND. 
 APRIL 1839. 
 
 1839 3rd April. 18 pairs of 2 Boots^ 30 Monkey Jackets. 7 pea 
 
 Coats. 
 
 — — 2 Bundles of Stockings and 77 pairs, 2 Bundles 
 G. . . Frocks. 
 
 — 1 Dozen of South Westers, 3 Bundles of Mitts. 300 
 Bottles of Ale. 
 
 — 4 Kegs of Powder, 1 2/3 full 27 Common Shirts 5 
 Twill — ditto 
 
 — 52 pairs of Duck Trowsers 10 pairs of Draws 28 Duck 
 Frocks 1 pair flushing Trowsers 2 pairs of Cordroy 21 Com- 
 forters. 24 pairs of Blankets. 4 pieces of Handkerchief & Print 
 22 Cannisters of Powder. 1 Roll Ribbon 12 Blubber Knives. 
 12 Boat Knives 12 Spoons 9 Chissels 12 Black's files 21 Small 
 ditto 3 Long Combs 9 awls 4 papers of Needles 7 Small Tooth 
 Combs 9 Plane Irons 6 Steel 47 Skeins of Twine 8 half Round 
 files. 
 
 Ma^ 2nd 4 Ripping Chissells — 6 Tea Spoons — 1 lb Thread 
 — 6 Combs 
 
 — From James Robinson 3 pairs of Drawes. 9 fur Caps — 
 paid for Mate of French Ship — 1 Cap — paid for — ditto 4 doz 
 of pipes 
 
 6tk—2ndi Mate. 2 dozin of Pipes, 16fh 6 lb N Hd (Nigger 
 Head) 6 lb Cavendish (tobacco) 1 doz Pipes 5 pairs Duck 
 Trowsers — 
 
 June 4 lb Thread. Mate Perseverance 1 Pr Blankets 
 
 4th Narwhale 2 lb Tobacco 
 
 11th Narwhale 5 pairs of Stockings — Narwhale 
 
 20th Mate Perseverance 1 lb Tobacco. 21st 4th Mate 
 2 G. Frocks Narwhale 21 lb Tobacco. 3 pairs Stockings 
 
 26th 2 doz pipes
 
 REMARKS IN PERACKY BAY, 1839 
 
 [New Log Book. April 1 to Nov. 26.] 
 
 April. Monday, 1st. — Fine weather throughout. At 2 p.m. 1839 
 there arrived 2 Boats, from the I[annah\ Schooner, having left 
 her on account of light winds. At 7 p.m. went in search of her, 
 but being too dark could not perceive her. At 9 p.m. return^. 
 At 10 P.M. heard the report of guns, when the Captain put off, 
 and saw the Schooner had brought up. At 11 the Capf re- 
 turned with the Capt"* of the Schooner. 
 
 Tuesday, 2nd. — Fine weather throughout. People employed 
 discharging the Schooner. The Capt° of the Schooner ashore. 
 
 Wednesday , 3rd. — Strong winds from the S. throughout. 
 People employed fitting Boats. 11 a.m. read the Articles over, 
 and at 2 p.m. pickM Boats' crews. 
 
 Thursday, 4tli. — Strong winds from the South throughout. 
 People employM in the Bushf, cutting ways. Capt: ashore. 
 
 Friday, 5th. — Strong winds throughout, from the South. 
 Fore part, mizling rain. People employ M, part in the Bush 
 and part repairing their Houses. Capt: ashore. 
 
 Saturday, 6th. — Strong winds throughout. At 11 a.m. the 
 Schooner parted her cable. At 12 a.m. the Capt° Hemplemanf 
 sent Mr. Crawley and a Boat's crew to render assistance, but 
 found they had got the cable to the Boat, when Mr. Crawley 
 went on board, and assisted in getting her secur'd. At 1 p.m. 
 return'd ashore. People employed as yesterday. Capt° ashore. 
 
 Sunday, 7th. — Fine weather throughout. At 6 a.m. the 
 Capt" went on board with Mr. Crawley, when Mr. Crawley 
 and Boat's crew assisted in getting her imder weigh. At 
 9 a.m. return'd ashore. This day kept as Sabbath. 
 
 Monday, 8th. — Fine weather throughout. People employ 'd, 
 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 82 Remarks April 1839 
 
 1839 part building- a chimney, part laying Blubber- ways^ and the 
 remainder fitting Boats. 
 
 Tuesday, \Apr.^ 9th. — Fine weather throughout. People 
 employM, part painting Boats, the remainder as yesterday. 
 
 Wednesday, 10th. — Fine weather throughout. People em- 
 ploy'd as yesterday. At 2 p.m. the Capt'' set off for Wongooloaf , 
 when, having seen a sail outside, he put off to meet her, and 
 found it to be James Robinson f, the Tonguer'\ from Won- 
 gooloaf . The two boats returned, when the Capf heard of 
 two boats passing the Heads bound to the riverf , when Mr. 
 Crawley went off and brought Tuwoowof ashore — a chief ; 
 and after giving him powder, shot, musket, and balls, he started 
 for the riverf to fight Bloody Jackf . At 4 p.m. the Captain 
 and J. Robinsonf started for Wongooloaf . 
 
 Thursday, 11th. — Strong winds throughout from the S.E., 
 with heavy rain. Boat-steerers employed fitting Boats. Capt" 
 at Wongooloaf. 
 
 Friday, 12th. — Strong winds throughout from the S.E. 
 Boat-steerers employed fitting Boats the fore part, latter part 
 building a chimney. At 5 p.m. the Capt° arrived from Won- 
 gooloaf with the 2 Natives he took with him. 
 
 Saturday, 13th. — Fine weather throughout. At 10 a.m. the 
 Captain of a French Ship laying at Wongooloaf arrived, 
 making a short stay. Capt° Hempelmanf giving him 3 cwt. 
 3 qrs. of potatoes, he then started for Wongooloaf. People 
 employ^ as yesterday. 
 
 Sunday, 14th. — Fore part hazy, with mizling rain. At 8 a.m. 
 sent Mr. Crawley and Angus out for the first time the Season. 
 At 11 a.m. return^, bad weather coming on. The remainder 
 of the people employ^ in the Bush cutting Boats' ways. At 
 3 P.M. was greatly surprised at hearing some one call out, but 
 found it to be a mowryf from Wongooloaf. 
 
 Monday, loth. — Fine weather throughout. At 10 a.m. the 
 
 Capt: of an American Ship laying at Wongooloaf arrived, 
 
 and at 4 p.m. the 2nd Master of the French Ship, for potatoes ; 
 
 but the wind, shifting to the E, prevented them from return- 
 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 I'iniki Valley. WhaKli.riR. in inivgnuiu.l. I».c.:;i. 1 s'.t'). Tlir Fiviich 
 Hill, at head of valley, looks down upon the Okuti Valloy Little River) 
 on left; over the Waiuui Valley on right; and across the Harbour to 
 Akaroa town. 
 
 83
 
 Remarks April 1839 83 
 
 ing. 2 Boats out, but returnM at 2 p.m., there being nothing 1839 
 in sight. 
 
 Tuesday ^ \Ajjr.'\ IGtIi. — Light winds from the westward. At 
 9 A.M. 3 Boats out and saw a scrag : pursued her, but did not 
 succeed. At 11 a.m. finished weighing the potatoes for the 2 
 Ships in Wongooloaf . At 1 p.m. launch^ the Big Boat with 
 three tons of potatoes, which the Capt"^ Chase and the 2nd Mate 
 toVd to Wongooloaf, having sent off Simpsonf to take care 
 of her. At 2 p.m. 2 Natives from the riverf , the Capt: giving 
 Tuwoowo one musket and tobacco. 
 
 Wednesday, 17th. — Fine weather throughout. At 3 p.m. 
 
 2 Boats from "Wongooloaf, with the Big Boat, 2nd Mate of 
 the American Ship, and 2nd ]\Iate of the French Ship. At 
 6 P.M. the two Boats started, likewise the Capt" and Mr. 
 Williams, to Wongooloaf ; two Boats having gone out in the 
 Morning, but returned at 5 p.m., there being nothing in sight. 
 
 Thursday, 18fh. — Strong winds from the S.W. Part em- 
 ployM laying Boats' ways, the remainder cutting firewood. 
 The 2 Boats at Wongooloaf. 
 
 Friday, 19th. — Light winds with a heavy swell. 2 Boats 
 out, but returned in a short time. At 11 a.m. 2 boats 
 from a French Ship at Wongooloaf, who made a short stay. 
 At 4 P.M. set off for Wongooloaf, but the weather being un- 
 favourable was compell'd to put back. People employed at 
 necessary jobs. 
 
 Saturday, 20th. — Thick weather, with mizling rain through- 
 out. People employ'd at necessary jobs. Capt° and Mate 
 ashore. 
 
 . Sunday, 21st. — Fore part, thick weather. 3 Boats out, but 
 returned in a short time. At 9 a.m. the Capt'' and Mate of 
 the French Ship set off for Wongooloaf. At 11 a.m. People 
 out a-fishing. Towards 12 it cleared away. The Capt° sent 
 
 3 Boats out : at ^ 4 P.M. return^, there being nothing in 
 sight. 
 
 Monday, 22m}. — Fore part, foggy weather. 4 Boats out. 
 At half -past 7 a.m. the Capt° returnM. At 11 a.m. the others 
 t Refer to Glossary. 
 F 2
 
 84 Remarks April 1839 
 
 1839 returnM, the weather being too thick. People employed fitting 
 blocks and other necessary jobs. 
 
 Tuesday, \^Apr.^ 23rd. — Foggy weather throughout. 3 Boats 
 out, but returned at 1 p.m., the weather being too thick. People 
 employed bringing spars down for Blubber- ways. 
 
 Wednesday, 2Mh. — Strong winds throughout from the S.W. 
 No Boats out. People employed in laying Blubber-ways. 
 
 Thursday, 25th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 At 11 A.M. Mr. Crawley succeeded in capturing the 1st Whale, 
 and brought her to Bay at 3 p.m. The remainder of the people 
 employed as yesterday. 
 
 Friday, 26th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 At 1 P.M. J. Robinsonf from Wongooloaf . At 3 p.m. the 
 capf^ started for Wongooloa with J. Robinson, having taken 
 a Coil of Line and Cutting fall. At 5 p.m. the Boats returned : 
 nothing in sight this day. 
 
 Saturday, 27th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 Mr. Crawley stop^d in, to cut his Whale in. At 5 p.m. the 
 Boats return'd, there being nothing in sight. 
 
 Sionday^ 28th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 Mr. Crawley in, clearing away the head. At -^ past 2 p.m. a 
 boat from Otagaf to see Mr. Angus. At 5 p.m. the Boats re- 
 turnM, and at ^ 5 commenced trying out. 
 
 Monday, 29th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 At 10 A.M. the Capt** from Wongooloaf, with the French ship 
 Perseverance, he having piloted her in. At 11 a.m. came ashore 
 with the Mate of the Samuel Robmson. At 1 p.m. went on 
 board and moor'd her. People employed trying out; at 7 
 finishM. 
 
 Tuesday, 30th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out, 
 when, after a short time, Mr. Williams came in by orders, to 
 get merchandise from the ship Perseverance, which she brought 
 from Wongooloaf. People employed variously. Boats re- 
 turned at 4 P.M., nothing in sight. 
 
 May. Wednesday, 1st. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats 
 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 Remarks May 1839 
 
 out. People employed as yesterday. At ^ 4 p.m. the Shear- 1839 
 Spars came ashore. 
 
 Thursday, \^Iay\ 2tu1. — Fore part, strong winds from the S. 
 People employed about the Sheers. At 4 p.m. the Big Boat from 
 Wongooloaf . At ^ 4 p.m. Jim Robinson f from Wongooloa, 
 with four New Hands, which the Captain employM : at 5 p.m. 
 signed Articles. 2 American Boats ashore. 
 
 Friday, 3rd. — Strong winds from the E. 3 Boats out ; the 
 remainder of the people employed at necessary jobs. Boats 
 return^ at 1 p.m. Jim Robinson f ashore. 
 
 Saturday, 4lh. — Strong winds from the W. 4 Boats out ; 
 at ^ 1 P.M. return^. At 2 p.m. Jim Robinsonf started for 
 Wongooloaf. 
 
 Sunday, 5th. — Fine weather throughout. 4 Boats out ; 
 there being nothing in sight, return^l at 1 p.m. The remainder 
 of the day kept as Sabbath. At 3 p.m. a Boat from Otagaf . 
 
 Monday, 6th. — Thick weather, with mizling rain. 4 Boats 
 out, but return'd at 2 p.m. The remainder of the day employed 
 at the Sheers. At 10 a.m. shipped a Headman and signed 
 Articles— J. Miller. 
 
 Tuesday J 7 th. — Fore part, fine weather. 2 Boats out ; the 
 remainder of the people employed at the Sheers. 
 
 Wednesday, 8th. — Fore part, fine weather. 4 Boats out. 
 About 12 o^clock foggy weather, which compelFd the Boats to 
 return. Remainder of the day, people employ'd in the Bushf , 
 cutting Boats' ways. 
 
 Thursday, 9th. — Strong winds throughout. 4 Boats out, 
 when at 11 a.m. Miller succeeded in capturing a Whale, and, 
 with the assistance of the French boats, brought her to Bay at 
 5 P.M. The remainder of the people employed as yesterday. 
 
 Friday, 10th. — Strong winds throngliout. No Boats out. 
 People employM cutting Mr. Miller's Whale in, and continued 
 until 7 P.M., when they commenced trying out. 
 
 Saturday, 11th. — Fine weather throughout. 4 Boats out ; 
 the remainder of the people employ'd cutting in ; still trying 
 out. 
 
 t Refer to Glossaiy.
 
 86 Remarks May 1839 
 
 1839 Sunday, \Moy\ 12th. — Fine weather throughout. 4 Boats out, 
 
 ■ when Mr. Miller succeeded in capturing" a Large Whale from 
 
 the French ships. People employed trying out, and finish^ at 
 11 P.M. The Whale at Bay. 
 
 Monday, IBth. — Light winds, with mizling rain throughout. 
 3 Boats out, and the remainder of the people employed fitting 
 the Sheers. At 3 p.m. lifted her anchors, and took her under 
 the Sheers for cutting. 
 
 Tuesday, 14th. — Mizling rain throughout. 4 Boats out. 
 People employed cutting Mr. Miller's Whale in. At ^ 4 p.m. 
 the Boats return'd, there being nothing in sight. At 6 p.m. 
 commenced trying out. 
 
 Wednesday, 15lh. — Thick weather throughout. 3 Boats 
 out. People employ 'd turning out the whale, and clearing 
 away the Head. 
 
 Thursday, 16th. — Fore part, fine weather ; latter part, strong 
 winds from the Northward. 3 Boats out. People employ'd 
 trying out. At 6 p.m. cool'd down. 
 
 Friday, 17th. — Strong winds throughout from the North- 
 ward, which kept the Boats in. People employM clearing away 
 the Head, and rolling off the oil. No trying out. 
 
 Saturday, 18th. — Fore part, fine weather ; latter part, strong 
 winds from the Southward. 4 Boats out. At 8 a.m. com- 
 mence trying out. At 11 a.m. Mr. Crawley got a large 
 whale, but was compelled to Anchor her, the wind being 
 strong. At 6 p.m. finish^ trying out. 
 
 Sunday, 19th. — Fine weather throughout. 5 Boats out, 
 towing Mr. Crawley^s Whale in. At 8 a.m. brought her under 
 the Shears and commence cutting in, but not being a sufii- 
 ciency of water was compell'd to leave her. At 1 p.m. brought 
 the blubber ashore and commenc'd trying out. At 4 p.m. 
 very heavy rain, which compell'd us to cool down. Two Men 
 run away. 
 
 Monday, 20th. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out. 
 At 7 A.M. set the works on. At 12 o'clock cool'd down, there 
 being no blubber ashore. 
 
 Tuesday, 21st. — Strong winds from the Southward. No
 
 RemarJxS May 1830 87 
 
 Boats out. At 10 a.m. pull'd the works down on account of a 1839 
 
 Pot being- split. At 1 p.m. works refitted, and commencM 
 
 trying out. 
 
 Wednesday, [May] 22nd. — Strong winds from the Southward. 
 No Boats out ; people employed trying out and refitting-. 
 
 Thursday, 23rd. — Strong winds throughout. No Boats out ; 
 people employed clearing away the Head and Small. 
 
 Friday, 24t/i. — Fine weather throug-hout. 2 Boats out, 
 when Mr. Miller having gone out, found his boat in a leaky 
 condition, and forced to put back. The remainder of the 
 people employ 'd variously. At 2 p.m. James Robinsonf from 
 Wongooloaf, 
 
 Saturday, 25th. — Strong- winds throughout from the South- 
 ward. No Boats out ; People employM cutting firewood, and 
 necessary jobs. 
 
 Sunday, 26th. — Fine weather throughout. 4 Boats out. At 
 10 A.M. James Robinson started for Wongooloa. 
 
 Monday, 27th. — Thick weather, with mizling rain through- 
 out. 4 Boats out : Return'd at 5 p.m. 
 
 Tuesday, 28th. — Fine weather throughout. 4 Boats out. 
 At 11 A.M. Mr. Miller captured a large whale, and sunk. At 
 12 o'clock returnM with Mr. Crawley, and at 3 p.m. went out 
 again. 
 
 Wednesday, 20th. — Fine weather throughout. 4 Boats out. 
 At 1 P.M. Mr. Miller struck a large whale. Shortly afterwards 
 Mr. Williams struck her, and got stove. Mr. Miller then cut 
 and pickM up Mr. Williams's crew, and sent Mr. Crawley to 
 the whale, and Mr. Angus in with the stoven boat, and then 
 return'd to assist Mr. Crawley. At 2 p.m. turn'd her up, and 
 took her in towe. At 5 p.m. two more boats came out, and 
 brought her in Bay at 7 p.m. 
 
 Thursday, 30th. — Fore part, fine weather ; latter part, strong 
 winds from the Southward. 4 Boats out, when having reached 
 the Buoys found the Irons had broken. At 5 p.m. returnd 
 with the anchor and line. 
 
 Friday, 31st. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out; 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 88 Remarks May 1839 
 
 1839 the remaiuder of the people employ'd with the Whale. The 
 water being too low, caus'd a great deal of trouble, not being 
 able to take her under the Shears. People knocked ofP. 
 
 June. Saturday, 1st. — Fine weather throughout. No Boats 
 out, through a disagreement with the people. At 9 a.m. com- 
 menced cutting in, and at 4 p.m. finished and set the works on. 
 
 Sunday, 2nd. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out ; the 
 remainder of the people employed clearing away the Head and 
 trying out. 
 
 Monday, 3rd. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out; the 
 remainder of the people employ'd finishing trying out. At 
 ^ 4 P.M. Mr. Williams struck a Large Whale, but was forcM to 
 cut, it being so late. 
 
 Tuesday, dth. — Foggy weather throughout. 4 Boats out, 
 but returnd in a short time. 
 
 Wednesday, 5th. — Fine weather throughout. 4 Boats out. 
 Nothing in sight, boats returned at 2 p.m. 
 
 Thursday, 6th. — Fine weather throughout. 4 Boats out, 
 when Mr. Crawley succeeded in capturing a large Whale. At 
 2 P.M. Mr. Miller captured a Large Whale, and took her in 
 towe till ^ 6 P.M. 
 
 Friday, 7th. — Fore part, fine weather ; latter part, Strong 
 winds from the Northward. 4 Boats out, and took Mr. 
 Miller's whale in towe : at 1 p.m. anchor'd her, when 
 Mr. Crawley went in search of his Whale, but found the 
 Buoy had sunk. At 9 p.m. the boats returnd. The Doctorf 
 from Wongooloaf. 
 
 Saturday, 8th. — Hazy weather throughout. 4 Boats out, 2 
 taking Mr. Miller's Whale in towe, and 2 Mr. Crawley's ; 
 when, having taken her in the Bay, the other Boats came out, 
 and brought Mr. Crawley's Whale in at 10 a.m. At 4 p.m. 
 finished cutting in. 
 
 Sunday, 9th. — Thick weather throughout, with plenty of 
 rain. 2 Boats out, but return'd in a short time through foggy 
 weather. The remainder trying out. Mr. Miller and Crawley 
 knockd off. 
 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 Remarks June 1839 89 
 
 Monday, \June\ 10th. — Thick weather throughout, with 1839 
 
 mizling- rain. No Boats out ; people employ'd cutting in and 
 
 trying out. 
 
 Tuesday, lltli. — Thick weather, with mizling rain through- 
 out. No Boats out ; people employed cutting up Blubber and 
 trying out. Mr. Crawley and Miller turnd to. 
 
 Wednesday, 12th. — Strong winds throughout from the 
 Southward, with plenty of rain. No Boats out ; people em- 
 ployd clearing away the Heads and trying out. 
 
 Thursday^ loth. — Fore part, fine weather ; latter part. Strong 
 winds from the Southward. At 10 a.m. Mr. Williams and 
 Mr. Miller succeeded in capturing 2 Large Whales, and brought 
 Mr. Williams's Whale in Bay at i 5 p.m. The remainder of 
 the people clearing away the drift blubber. 
 
 Friday, 14th. — Fine weather throughout. 4 Boats out, 
 towing Mr. Miller's Whale in. The remainder of the people 
 employed trying out. 
 
 Saturday, 15th. — Fine weather throughout. 4 Boats out, 
 and tow'd Mr. Miller's Whale in the Bay at 4 p.m. 
 
 &iinday, 16th. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out ; 
 People employd cutting in. At 11 a.m. the Doctorf and Jim 
 Robinsonf from Wongooloaf , with a Crew of the Atlantic's 
 People. At 4 p.m. commenced trying out. 
 
 Monday, 17th. — Strong winds from the N.W. 2 Boats out ; 
 people employ'd cutting in and trying out. At 10 a.m. 
 Robertsf went with the Big Boat to W^ongooloa, having a 
 crew of the Perseverance. At 1 p.m. the Capt°, with Jim 
 Robinsonf ; and when at Wongooloaf Heads with the Big 
 Boat was compell'd to Anchor her, the breeze being too strong 
 to get up. At 7 P.M. the wind moderated, and brought the 
 Big Boat to an Anchor in Harbour at 1 1 p.m. 
 
 Tuesday, 18th. — Fore part, light winds from the N.W. 2 
 Boats out ; people employd cutting in and trying out. At 
 11 a.m. Mr. Angus fastend to a Large Whale and got stove. 
 At 9 A.M. Roberts left Wongooloa with the Big Boat, and 
 shortly after leaving was compelld to put up in Island Bayf , 
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 90 Remarks June 1839 
 
 1839 on account of foul winds and no assistance. The crew of the 
 
 Atlantic walkd over the Hill with Roberts, having left one 
 
 hand in the Boat. At 11 p.m. Roberts and Smith returnd to 
 Island Bayt in one of the Perseverance's boats, and was com- 
 pelld to stop the night, the wind being too strong from the 
 S.W. Capt° at Wongooloaf. 
 
 Wednesday \June\ 19th. — Strong winds from the S.W. ; latter 
 part from the S.E. No Boats out : people employd cutting in 
 and trying out. The Big Boat at Island Bayf . Capt"* at 
 Wongooloaf. 
 
 Thursday, 20th. — Light winds throughout. 2 Boats out. 
 At 10 A.M. Mr. Williams capturd a Large Whale, and an- 
 chord her on account of the weather looking unfavourable. At 
 5 A.M. the Big Boat left Island Bayf, in company with the 
 Frenchf Ship's Boat, and brought up in Perackyf Bay at 
 
 11 A.M. At 4 P.M. the Capt" and Jim Robinsonf from 
 Wongooloaf, when the Atlantic's People signed articles ; like- 
 wise the Doctorf . 
 
 Friday, 21st. — Strong winds from the S.W. 4 Boats out. 
 At 10 A.M. Mr. Miller got a Large Whale. At 1 p.m. Mr. 
 Williams got a Large Whale. At 6 p.m. brought Mr. Miller's 
 whale in the Bay, and Mr. Williams's off the Heads. Jim 
 Robinsonf ashore. 
 
 Saturday, 22nd. — Fine weather throughout. 4 Boats out, 
 and brought Mr. Williams's Whale in. At 9 a.m. Robertsf 
 went with the Big Boat to Wongooloaf. People employd 
 cutting in and trying out. Jim Robinsonf ashore. 
 
 Sunday, 23rd. — Fine weather throughout. No boats. At 
 
 12 o'clock Roberts with the Big Boat from Wongooloa. 
 People employed cutting in and trying out. J. Robinsonf 
 ashore. 
 
 Monday, 24th. — Strong winds from the S.E. throughout. 
 No Boats out ; people employd cutting in and trying out. At 
 6 p.m. the mouryf House, by accident, took fire, and with great 
 difficulty the flames were extinguished. J. Robinsonf ashore. 
 
 Tuesday, 25th. — Strong winds from the N.W. No Boats 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 Remarks June 1839 91 
 
 out; people employd clearing away the Bone and trying out. 1839 
 At 10 A.M. J. Robinsonf started over the hills for Wongooloaf . 
 At 11 P.M. finishd trying out. 
 
 Wednesday, [June] 26tk. — Strong winds from the westward. 
 No Boats out. This day kept as Holiday. 
 
 Thursday, 27th. — Strong winds from the Southward. No 
 Boats out. Fore part, people employd rolling the oil off; 
 Latter part, kept as Holiday. 
 
 Friday, 28tk. — Strong winds from the Southward. No 
 Boats out ; people employ'd cleaning Bone. 
 
 Saturday, 29th. — Strong winds throughout. No Boats out. 
 Fore part, people employd cleaning Bone ; latter part, kept as 
 holiday. 
 
 Sunday, 30th. — Strong winds throughout, with a heavy 
 swell. No Boats out ; People employd cleaning Bone. 
 
 July. Monday, 1st. — Strong winds throughout. No Boats 
 out ; People employ'd as yesterday. 
 
 Tuesday, 2nd. — Strong winds throughout. This day kept 
 as Hohday. 
 
 Wednesday, 3rd. — Strong winds from the South-West. 
 People employ'd in the Bushf, cutting ways for the Boats. 
 
 Thursday, 4th. — Light winds, with a heavy swell. No Boats 
 out. People employd cleaning the Big Boat : the Latter part 
 of the day kept as Holiday. 
 
 Friday, 5th. — Fine weather throughout. 5 Boats out. At 
 \ 10 A.M. Mr. Miller captur'd a Large Whale, and brought 
 her in Bay at ^ 11 a.m. ; and at 1 P.M. Mr. Smith got a Large 
 [Whale] and anchored her. 
 
 Saturday, 6th. — Fine weather throughout. 4 Boats out, and 
 towM Mr. Smith's whale in, and cut both along side the ship 
 Perseverance of Binnie. At 7 p.m. com.menc'd trying out. 
 
 Sunday, 7th. — Light winds from the N.W., with a very 
 heavy surf, when, having launchd the Boats, a melancholy 
 accident befell ; Mr. Miller his Boat getting capsiz'd, and lost 
 3 men, viz. John Smith, Henry Rmnmidge, and Thomas Kaiu, 
 and the remainder of the Boat's crew in a state of insensibility ; 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 92 Remarks July 1830 
 
 1839 and after having applied all the remedies for drownded men, 
 we succeeded in bringing them too. 
 
 [Blondai/, \Jnl/\ dfh.'] — Fine weather fore part. 2 Boats 
 out, when Mr. Miller captured a Large Whale and anchor'd 
 her. At 10 a.m. the Big Boat from Wongooloaf. 
 
 Tuesday^ 9th. — Light winds from the E. 4 Boats out, but 
 returnd shortly, there being too heavy a swell. 
 
 Wednesday, 10th. — Strong winds throughout from the S.W. 
 No Boats out ; People employd in search of the Body's. 
 
 Thirsday, 11th. — Fine weather throughout, with a heavy 
 swell. 4 Boats out. At 4 p.m. returnd, having found the 
 whale cut adrift. At 6 p.m. found the body of poor Smith, 
 which was brought in the Caj^tain^s House, the body being 
 washed and lay'd out in the best manner the Place afforded. 
 At 8 P.M. calld all Hands to see the corpse. This night 
 Mr. Miller and Mr. Crawley set up all night with him. 
 
 Friday, 12th. — Strong winds from the Southward. No 
 boats out. At 1 P.M. followed poor Smith to the grave, with 
 the greatest respect possible, when, having returnd, we fir'd 
 a salute of 3 Guns : when all returned in peace to their 
 Habitations. 
 
 Saturday, 13th. — Fine weather throughout. 4 Boats out. 
 Plenty of whales in the Bay, but going too fast. At 5 p.m. 
 returned. 
 
 Sunday, 14th. — Strong winds from the S.E. No Boats 
 out ; people employd rolling off oil. 
 
 Monday, 15th. — Strong winds from the S.E, No Boats 
 out ; people employd in the Bush, cutting way's for the Boats. 
 
 Tuesday, 16th. — Fine weather throughout. 4 Boats out. 
 At 11 A.M. Mr. Angus capturd a L(arge Whale, but being too 
 late and too far off was compell'd to anchor her. 
 
 Wednesday, 17th. — Fine weather throughout. 5 Boats out, 
 and tow'd Mr. Angus' Whale in the Bay at 4 p.m. 
 
 Thursday, 18th. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out. 
 At 11 A.M. Mr. Miller capturd a Large Whale, and anchord 
 
 + Refer to Glossary.
 
 Remarks July 1839 93 
 
 her, on account of his Boat being stove. Remainder of the 1839 
 people employed cutting in, along side the Perseverance. 
 
 Fridai/, [JuIi/'\ 19th. — Fine weather throughout. 5 Boats 
 out, and tow'd Mr. Miller's whale in the Bay at 10 a.m., then 
 took her along side the Perseverance and cut her in. The 
 remainder of the people employd getting the Blubber of 
 Mr. Augusts whale up. At 8 p.m. set the works on. 
 
 Saturday, 20th. — Strong winds from the N.W. 2 Boats 
 out ; people employed cutting up Blubber and trying out. 
 
 Sunday, 21st. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out ; 
 the people left, employed cutting up Blubber and trying out. 
 
 Moiulay, 22nd. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 At 7 A.M. the Big Boat went to Wongooloaf. At 11 a.m. 
 Mr. Miller captu/d a Large Whale and brought her in the 
 Bay 2 p.m. At 12 o'clock Mr. Smith got fast to a Large 
 Whale, and after spouting thick Blood, lost his Line, 2 Irons, 
 and 1 Lance. 
 
 Tuesday, 23rd. — Strong winds from the N.W. No boats 
 out. People employ 'd cutting Mr. Miller's whale in along 
 side the Perseverance. Big Boat at Wongooloaf. 
 
 Wednesday, 24.th. — Strong winds throughout. No Boats 
 out; people employd cutting up Blubber. At 10 a.m. light 
 the works. 
 
 Thursday^ 25th. — Strong winds from the S.W. No Boats 
 out ; people employ'd as yesterday. At 11 a.m. Jim Robinsonf 
 from Wongooloaf. The Big Boat at Wongooloa. 
 
 Friday, 26th. — Strong winds throughout from the S.E. 
 No Boats out. At 10 a.m. cool'd down. Having found the 
 body of poor Henry Rummidge, greatly disfigured, having 
 washed him, he was interred with the greatest respect possible. 
 J. Robinson ashore. The Big Boat at Wongooloa. 
 
 Saturday, 27th. — Light winds from the N.E. with a heavy 
 swell. No Boats out; people employ'd trying out. At 3 p.m. 
 Robertsf with the Big Boat from Wongooloaf. Having 
 got her discharg'd, took her along side the Perseverance, and 
 loaded her with 3 Pots, Try work. Gear, &c. At ^ 7 p.m. 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 94 Remarks July 1839 
 
 1839 the Capt: went off and got the Perseverance under weigh, 
 with Mr. Miller and Williams; and after return went on 
 board the Narwhale and spent the evening. At 8 p.m. 
 J. Robinson t went out with the Perseverance. At 11 p.m. 
 the Capt" came ashore. 
 
 Sunday, \July\ 28tk. — Strong winds from the S.E. No 
 Boats out. This day kept as Holiday. 
 
 Monday, 29th. — Fine weather throughout. 4 Boats out ; the 
 remainder of the people employ'd discharging the Big Boat. 
 
 Tuesday, SOth. — Fine weather throughout. 4 Boats out, 
 and returnd at 4 p.m. 
 
 Wednesday, 31st. — Fine weather throughout. 5 Boats out : 
 nothing in the Bay. 
 
 August. Thursday, 1st. — Fine weather throughout. 5 Boats 
 out. At 3 P.M. Mr. Miller got a Large Whale, a long distance 
 off the land, the 5 boats towing her until 7 p.m., and returnd 
 home at ^ 9 p.m. 
 
 Friday^ 2nd. — Fine weather throughout. 5 Boats out, 
 when having got to Mr. Miller^s whale, saw Mr. Angus 
 had got a Large Whale ; 3 Boats having tow'd Mr. Miller's 
 whale in the Bay at 6 p.m. : — the other two Boats towing 
 Mr. Augusts whale in shore, at 6 p.m. returnd, having 
 anchor'd the whale. 
 
 Saturday, 3rd. — Strong winds throughout from the N.W. 
 4 Boats out and towed Mr. Angus's whale in the Bay at 
 9 P.M. This day McKalister knocked off. 
 
 Sunday, 4th. — Strong winds from the N.W. throughout. 
 No Boats out. People employ'd cutting 1 whale at the 
 Shears and 1 on the Beach. This day 3 Hands run away. 
 
 Monday, 5th. — Strong winds from the North. No Boats 
 out ; people employ'd cutting up Blubber. At 9 a.m. lighted 
 the Works. 
 
 Tuesday, 6th. — Fore part, light winds from the S.E. with 
 a heavy swell ; latter part, light winds from the N.W. 
 People employ'd cutting up Blubber. At 5 p.m. cooFd down 
 on account of heavy rain. M'^Kalister turned to. 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 Remarks August 1839 95 
 
 Wednesday/, \Aug.'\ 7th. — Fore part, fine weather ; latter part, 1839 
 strong winds from the N.W. 3 Boats out ; people employ'd 
 as yesterday. 
 
 Thursday, 8th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 At 6 A.M. Robertsf went to Wongooloaf with the Big Boat. 
 
 Friday, 9th. — Strong winds from the North. 3 Boats out. 
 At 1 1 A.M. the Doctorf walk'd over the land to Wongooloa. 
 At 3 P.M. Robertsf from Wongooloaf with the Big Boat. 
 
 Saturday, 10th. — Fine weather throughout. 4 Boats out, 
 but nothing in sight retum'd at 4 p.m. The Doctorf at 
 Wongooloaf. 
 
 Sunday, 11th. — Strong winds from the N.W. 2 Boats 
 out. At 10 A.M. Mr. Williams went out in search of 
 provender. 1 whale in sight. At 4 p.m. the Doctorf and 
 Captain of the Perseverance walked overland from Wongooloaf. 
 Mated with the Narwale. 
 
 Monday, 12th. — Fine weather throughout. 4 Boats out. 
 At 11 A.M. towed a Large Whale to the Narvale, when 
 Mr. Crawley went off with Mr. Williams and at ^ 4 p.m. 
 got a Large Whale, but was compell'd to anchor her on 
 account of strong winds from the Westward. At 10 a.m. 
 settled with 2 Frenchmen for their Season, when they and 
 Capt° Duvol walk'd over the Hill to Wongooloaf. 
 
 Tuesday, 13th. — Strong winds from the NNW. 4 Boats 
 out, towing the Frenchman's whale in. When towing, 
 sighted a Brig off shore, when Mr. Miller and Angus put off' 
 to her, and found her to be a Vessel for Capt° Hempelman. 
 The remainder of the people employ'd cutting in and trying 
 out. At 4 P.M. the Brig came to anchor, when Capf* Hay 
 and Capt° Bradley came ashore and stopp'd the evening. 
 
 Wednesday, 14fh. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats 
 out; the remainder of the people employd discharging the 
 Brig of potatoes. At 4 p.m. the Boats returned with the 
 loss of 3 whales through broken Irons. 
 
 Thursday, 15th. — Light winds throughout. No boats out; 
 people employ'd discharging the Brig. 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 96 Remarks August 1839 
 
 1839 Friday, \Aug^^ 16th. — Light winds with a heavy swell from 
 
 the S.W. 3 Boats out, but was compelFd to put back on 
 account of the swell. People employed as yesterday. 
 
 Saturday, 17tJi. — Light winds from the N.W., with a heavy 
 swell. No Boats out ; people employed cleaning bone and 
 rafting oil. At 2 p.m. 2 Men from Wongooloaf Bay. 
 
 Sunday, 18th. — Light winds, with a heavy swell. No 
 Boats out ; people employ'd as yesterday. 
 
 Monday, 19th. — Light winds from the N.W., with a heavy 
 swell. No Boats out; people employ^ as yesterday. 
 
 Tuesday, 20th. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out ; 
 people employ'd cleaning bone. 
 
 Wednesday, 21st. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out ; 
 people employ'd rafting oil. 
 
 Thursday, 22nd. — Fine weather throughout. No Boats 
 out ; people employ'd cleaning bone and rafting oil. 
 
 Friday, 23rd. — Fine weather throughout. No Boats out; 
 people employ'd as yesterday. 
 
 Saturday, 24th. — Light winds from the eastward, with 
 mizling rain. People employ'd rafting oil. 
 
 Sunday, 26th. — Thick weather, with mizling rain. People 
 employed as yesterday. 
 
 Monday, 26th. — Fine weather throughout. People employ'd 
 rafting oil and packing Bone. At 5 p.m. the Captain went 
 off, with 2 Boats' Crews, to pilot the Narwale out, and at 
 8 P.M. returned ashore. 
 
 Tuesday, 27th. — Fine weather throughout. People em- 
 ploy'd cleaning bone and fitting Boats. 
 
 Wednesday, 28th. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats 
 out ; spare Hands employ'd cleaning and packing Bone. 
 
 Thursday, 29th. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out ; 
 the spare Hands employ'd coopering oil. At 6 p.m. Capt° 
 Hay went on board, with 2 Boats' Crews, to get the Brig 
 under weigh, and at -I 8 p.m. the Capt"^ went off ; but the 
 Brig was too far off shore, when the Capt'' return'd with the 
 other Boats. 
 
 + Refer to Glossary.
 
 Remarks Angust 1839 97 
 
 Friday, [Auff.] 50^.— Strong winds from the N.W. 3 Boats 1839 
 out, but was compelFd to return on account of strong winds. ~~' 
 The Spare Hands employed rolling off oil. 
 
 Saturday, 31d. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 At ^ 11 A.M. Mr. ^liller got a Large Whale, and brought her 
 in the Bay at ^ 12 p.m. The spare hands rolling off oil. 
 
 September. Sunday, 1st. — Fine weather throughout. 3 
 Boats out. At 11 P.M. Mr. Miller got a Large Whale, and 
 towed her in the Bay at ^ 3 p.m. 
 
 Monday^ 2nd. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 At ^ 11 A.M. Mr. Miller got a whale, and at ^ 1 p.m. Mr. 
 Crawley got a whale, and towed Mr. Crawley's whale in the 
 Bay. At 3 p.sr. the Boats went out and towed Mr. Miller's 
 whale in the Bay at 8 p.m. The Spare Hands cutting in 
 Mr. Miller's 1st whale. 
 
 Tuesday, 3rd. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out ; 
 the spare hands employed cutting Mr. Miller's whale in. At 
 3 P.M. the Boats returned and got the Blubber up off the 1st 
 whale. 
 
 Wednesday, 4th. — Strong winds from the Southward. No 
 Boats out ; people employ 'd cutting up Blubber. At 8 p.m. 
 lighted the try works. 
 
 Thursday, 5th. — Strong winds from the Southward. No 
 Boats out ; people employ'd cutting in and trying out. 
 
 Friday, Gfh. — Fine weather throughout. No Boats out; 
 people employ'd as yesterday. 
 
 Saturday, 7th. — Light winds from the North. 2 Boats 
 out ; people employ'd as yesterday. 
 
 Sunday, 8th. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out ; 
 people employ'd as yesterday. At 2 p.m. J. Robinsonf from 
 Wongooloaf. 
 
 Monday, 9th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out; 
 spare hands employ'd trying out. At 8 J. Robinsonf walk'd 
 overland to Wongooloaf. At 4 p.m. finish'd trying out. 
 
 Tuesday J 10th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out; 
 
 f Refer to Glossary. 
 G
 
 Remarks September 1839 
 
 1839 the spare hands employ 'd cleaning Bone. At ^ 4 p.m. the 
 Boats returned, when the Capt"^ g-ave a jubilee, being the 
 Anniversary of his Birthday. 
 
 Wednesday, \8eptS\ 11th. — Thick weather throughout. No 
 Boats out. This day, another jubilee. 
 
 Thursday, 12th. — Fore part thick weather, with light winds 
 from the S.E. 3 Boats out ; the spare hands employ'd 
 cleaning bone and the Captain's Boat. 
 
 Friday, 13th. — Thick weather throughout. 3 Boats out, 
 but returnd shortly, the fog being too thick. People employ'd 
 cleaning bone. 
 
 Saturday, 14th. — Thick weather throughout. No Boats 
 out. Fore part, people employ M cleaning bone ; the remainder 
 of the day kept as Holiday. 
 
 Sunday, 15th. — Thick weather throughout. 3 Boats out, 
 but returnd shortly. The remainder of the day people 
 employ'd in the Bush, cutting posts, for fencing the grave. 
 
 Monday, 16th. — Fine weather throughout. 4 Boats out, 
 when at 2 p.m. B/obertsf captur'd a Large Whale, when Mr. 
 Miller and him towed her untill \ 7 p.m., then anchored her, 
 the other 2 Boats being to the North. 
 
 Tuesday, 17th. — Thick weather throughout. 4 Boats out, 
 and towed Roberts'sf whale to the Heads, when the 3 Boats 
 went in chase, and Robertsf brought the whale to an anchor 
 at 9 A.M. At 11 A.M. the other Boats returnd, the weather 
 being too thick. 
 
 Wednesday, 18th. — Fine weather throughout. 4 Boats out. 
 This day nothing in sight. 
 
 Thursday, 19th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 Miller having stop't in, to cut the whale in. At 1 p.m. 
 Roberts came in, and assisted in getting the Blubber ashore. 
 At a ^ 4 P.M. the other 2 Boats returnd, and got part of the 
 Blubber up. At 6 p.m. commenc'd trying out. 
 
 Friday, 20th. — Fine weather throughout. No Boats out ; 
 people employ'd cutting up Blubber and trying out. 
 
 f Refer to Glossary.
 
 Remarks September 1839 99 
 
 Saturday, [Sept.] 21sL — Fine weather throughout. No Boats 1839 
 out ; people eraploy'd trying out ; at 4 p.m. finished. 
 
 Sunday, 22nd. — Fine weather throughout. No Boats out. 
 This day kept the Sabbath. 
 
 Monday, 23rd. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out ; 
 Spare Hands employ'd rolling off the oil. 
 
 Tuesday, 2Mh. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out; 
 Spare Hands employd clearing away the Head and cleaning 
 Bone. 
 
 Wednesday, 25th. — Fine weather throughout. No Boats 
 out ; people employM cutting posts for fencing the Grave. 
 
 Thursday, 26th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out ; 
 Spare Hands employ'd making a breakwind to shade the oil. 
 
 Friday, 27th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out; 
 Spare Hands employed as yesterday. 
 
 Saturday 28th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out ; 
 Spare Hands employ'd in the garden. 
 
 Sunday, 29th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out, 
 but returned shortly. Fore part, Spare Hands employ'd in 
 the garden ; latter part, kept the Sabbath. 
 
 Monday, 30th. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out, 
 but returnd shortly. Spare Hands employed variously. 
 
 October. Tuesday, 1st. — This day the Whaling Season ends, 
 when the Boats were cleared out, washM, oiFd, and taken on 
 the Flat; likewise the Whaling Gear put up, Falls coiled 
 away, &c. Carpenters employ'd in the Bush getting a spar 
 out for a windlass. 
 
 Wednesday , 2nd. — Fine weather throughout. Fore part, 
 people employ'd getting a spar out of the Creek for a wind- 
 lass, and one for the Sheer legs. At 11 a.m. took the 
 Sheers down, and brought tv/o legs ashore to put the cross- 
 piece on. 
 
 Thursday, 3rd. — Fore part, mizling rain. People employ'd 
 at the Sheers. At 10 a.m. returnd, the weather coming on 
 so bad could do nothing. The remainder of the day as 
 Holiday. 
 
 Friday, 4th. — Thick weather, with rain throughout, accom- 
 
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 100 Remarks October 1839 
 
 1839 panied with strong winds from the Northward. At 5 p.m. 
 sent a Boat off a-fishing, the provisions being short, but was 
 compelled to return again, the wind being too strong. 
 
 Saturday, \Oct.'\ 5th. — Fine weather throughout. At 6 a.m. 
 commenced at the Sheers, and got them up at 11 a.m. The 
 remainder of the day, part employ'd getting crosspieces for 
 the Sheer legs, the remainder trimming the Grave fence. 
 Carpenter employ'd at the To7iguer's^ boat. 
 
 Sunday, 6th. — This day kept the Sabbath. 
 
 Monday, 7th. — Fine weather throughout. Fore part, people 
 employ^ bringing the crosspieces out of the Bushf ; Middle 
 and latter part, fencing the Grave in. Carpenter employ^ 
 at the Tonguer's boat. 
 
 Tuesday, 8th. — Mizling rain throughout. Fore part, people 
 employ'd getting the old Boats under the Shed ; latter part, 
 no work done — too much rain. Carpenter employ'd as 
 yesterday. 
 
 Wednesday, 9th. — Strong winds, with rain throughout. 
 This day no work done by the people. The Carpenter as 
 yesterday. 
 
 Thursday, 10th. — Strong winds throughout from the North- 
 ward. This day finishd the Graveyard and Sheers. Car- 
 penter employ'd as yesterday. 
 
 Friday, 11th. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out 
 fishing, provisions being short. Spare hands employ'd 
 variously. At ^ 12 p.m. Jim Robinsonf from Wongooloaf . 
 
 Saturday, 12th. — Light winds from the E. by S., with 
 mizling rain, the fore part. Latter part, people employ'd 
 bringing down the windlass ; when, having finish'd, perceiv'd 
 a Large Whale close to the sheers. We fitted 3 Boats in the 
 best manner we could, and captur'd her at ^ 4 p.m. ; when 
 Mr. Crawley returnd for a couple of anchors, to try and warp 
 her off, she having gone between two rocks. At 5 p.m. 
 Angus returnd with Robinson's Boat in a stoven condition. 
 At 7 p.m. the other 2 Boats retum'd, not being able to get 
 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 Remarks October 1839 101 
 
 her off. Fore part, carpenter employed in the Bush ; latter 1839 
 
 part, at the Tonguers^ boat. Robinsonf ashore. 
 
 Sunday, [ Oct?^ 13th. — Fine weather throughout. At 6 a.m. 2 
 Boats went to the whale to see what could be done ; at 9 a.m. 
 returned, the tide being too high. At 2 p.m. the Captain 
 went off and returnd at 4 p.m. At 7 p.m. sent a Boat off 
 fishing. Robinsonf ashore. 
 
 Monday, 14th. — Strong winds throughout from the N.W. 
 At 9 A.M. 2 Boats went out to cut the whale in ; at 1 p.m. 
 returnd with a raft of Blubber. At 2 p.m. went out and 
 clearM the head away; at 5 p.m. returnd. At 9 a.m. started 
 for Wongooloaf in one of the Captain's Boats. Carpenters 
 employed mending the Tonguet-'sf and Jim Bobinson'sf 
 Boats. 
 
 Tuesday, 15th. — Strong winds throughout from the NNW. 
 At 8 a.m. 2 Boats went off [to] the whale, but the tide being 
 so high could do nothing. At 10 a.m. returnd and cut the 
 Blubber up, and set the Works on. At 2 p.m. went again and 
 towed another raft in the Bay ; then was compell'd to anchor 
 it, the wind being too strong. Carpenters employ'd as yester- 
 day. At 9 P.M. cool'd down, not having more Blubber ashore. 
 
 Wednesday, 16th. — Fine weather throughout. At 6 a.m. 
 2 Boats went off to tow the Blubber ashore, and 1 fishing, 
 provisions being very short. At 7 a.m. light the works. At 
 10 A.M. sent a Boat off again fishing ; and at 2 p.m. 3 Boats 
 went out and brought the remainder of the Blubber ashore. 
 Carpenters employ'd as yesterday. This day Robinson'sf 
 Boat was finish'd. 
 
 Thursday, 17th. — Fine weather throughout. One Boat out 
 all the day fishing. People employ^ trying out. Carpenter 
 employ^ as yesterday. At 6 p.m. finish'd trying out. 
 
 Friday, 18th. — Thick weather, with a strong breeze from 
 the S.E., and rain throughout. Fore part, 1 Boat out fishing, 
 there being no meat ashore. No work done this day. 
 
 Saturday, 19th. — Fine weather throughout. People em- 
 
 + Refer to Glossary.
 
 102 Remarks October 1839 
 
 1839 ploy'd cleaning" and packing Bone. Carpenter employed at the 
 
 Tongtier's] boat. 1 Boat out fishing'. 
 
 Sunday, [Oct:\ ^0^/?.— Kept the Sabbath. 
 Monday^ 21st. — Fine weather throughout. People employed 
 rolling off, and coopering the oil. Carpenter employ 'd at the 
 Tonguer^s boat. 
 
 Tuesday, 22nd. — Fine weather throughout. 1 Boat out 
 fishing. Carpenter employed as yesterday. 
 
 Wednesday, 23rd. — Strong winds throughout from the N.W. 
 MiUer and Crawley putting the Head-boards up, in the Grave- 
 yard. Carpenter employ M as yesterday. 
 
 Thursday, 24tk. — Strong winds throughout from the S.E. 
 This day finish'd the Graveyard. Carpenter employ'd as 
 yesterday. 
 
 Friday, 25th. — Fore part, light winds from the S.E. ; latter 
 part, strong from the N.W. 1 Boat out fishing. Carpenter 
 employed as yesterday. 
 
 Saturday, 26th. — Fine weather throughout. At 10 a.m. 1 
 Boat's crew to the riverf , in search of provisions ; at 2 p.m. 
 1 out fishing. Carpenter employ'd as yesterday. 
 
 Sunday, 27th. — Fine weather throughout. People employ'd 
 shooting in the Bush. 1 Boat's crew at the riverf . 
 
 Monday, 28th. — Fine weather throughout. At 9 a.m. the 
 Captain went out fishing, and retumd at 6 p.m. with the Boat's 
 Crew from the riverf, who brought a good supply of pigeons. 
 Carpenter employ'd as yesterday. 
 
 Tuesday, 29th. — Fine weather throughout. One boat out 
 fishing, but returnd shortly, the wind being too strong. Car- 
 penter employ'd as yesterday. 
 
 Wednesday, 30th. — Strong winds throughout from the S.W. 
 At 10 A.M. one Boat's crew went to the riverf. Carpenter 
 employ'd as yesterday. 
 
 Thursday, 31st. — Fine weather throughout. At 10 a.m. the 
 
 Boat's Crew heard the report of guns up the riverf, and 
 
 found it to be 2 Mowriesf from Bloody Jackf , who was in 
 
 Oashoref Bay with fifteen boats. At 11 a.m. walk'd up the 
 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 Remarks October 1839 103 
 
 hill to Mowry Harbourf, where the boat was hauPd up, 1839 
 
 when were greatly surprised at seeing about one hundred 
 
 natives, who came with the intention of killing the boy Jackyf , 
 which they did in a most barbarous manner. When having 
 got to Mowry Harbourf , they refused us our Boat ; we then 
 walk'd over the hill to the next Bay, where they kept us as 
 prisoners. Carpenter employed as yesterday. 
 
 November. Friday/, 1st. — Fine weather throughout. The 
 riverf party still as prisoners, being kept in great suspense, 
 not knowing whether they were to live or die — still kept as 
 prisoners. Carpenter employ 'd as yesterday. 
 
 Saturday, 2iul. — Fine weather throughout. This day the 
 riverf party were escorted to Peracky Bay by fifteen Bloody 
 Jack^sf boats, who came ashore at 10 a.m. and hauFd their 
 boats up. On their first landing they discovered the other boy, 
 Tommyf . When in the act of killing him, a chief — by name 
 Tyroaf prevented them by claiming the Boy, and shortly 
 after came ^upon the Captain for payment for the Boy, which 
 was a new six-oared boat, which the Captain consented to, 
 knowing it to be the only way of saving the Boy^s life. Car- 
 penter stow'd away in the Bushf. 
 
 Sunday, 3rd. — Fine weather throughout. Bloody Jackf 
 and his crew still ashore, who ask'd the Big Boat as payment 
 for the Place, which the Captain gave, with 3 New Sails. 
 Carpenter still in the Bush. 
 
 Monday, 4th. — Fine weather throughout. At 10 a.m. Bloody 
 Jackf and his gang started for Wongooloaf . At 11 a.m. one 
 boat out fishing. At \ 10 a.m. the carpenter came out of the 
 Bushf. This day took 2 white men on, who came with the 
 gang from Otagaf . 
 
 Tuesday, 5th. Fine weather throughout. 1 Boat out fish- 
 ing. Carpenter employ^ at the Tonguers\ boat. 
 
 Wednesday, 6th. — Fine weather throughout. 1 Boat out all 
 the day fishing. Carpenter employ'd as yesterday. 
 
 Thursday, 7th. — Strong winds from the N. 1 Boat out 
 fishing. At 8 a.m. saw 5 of Bloody Jack'sf Boats pass the 
 + Refer to Glossary.
 
 104 Remarks November 1839 
 
 1839 Heads, bound to the Southward. Carpenter and Sawyers at 
 work. 
 
 Friday, [iVov.] 8tTi. — Strong winds throughout from the N. 
 People employ 'd coopering the oil. 1 Boat out fishing. Car- 
 penter and Sawyers employ'd as yesterday. 
 
 Saturday, 9th. — Strong winds throughout from the N. 
 Cai-penter and Sawyers employed as yesterday. 
 
 Sunday, 10th. — Fine weather throughout. At 10 a.m. Jim 
 Robinson f and the chief Tuwoowof from Wongooloaf. At 11 
 A.M. 1 Boat from Oashaw Bayf , with 2 White men, having 
 left 2 Natives at the Point, who walked over the hill. 1 Boat 
 out fishing. 
 
 Monday, 11th. — Fine weather throughout. At 10 a.m. the 
 two Boats left the Bay. People employ'd coopering the oil. 
 1 Boat out fishing. Carpenter employ'd as usual. This day 
 the Sawyers broke the saw. 
 
 Tuesday, 12th. — Fine weather throughout. At 9 a.m. 
 J. Robinsonf from Wongooloaf, with news of a Vessell in 
 There. At 10 a.m. J. Robinson, The Captain, with a Boat's 
 Crew, went round. 1 Boat out fishing. Carpenter employ'd 
 as yesterday. 
 
 Wednesday, 13th. — Fine weather throughout. Finished 
 coopering and rolling off the oil. 1 Boat out fishing. Car- 
 penter employ'd as yesterday. The Captain and Boat's Crew 
 at Wongooloaf. 
 
 Thursday, 14th. — Thick weather throughout. 1 Boat out 
 fishing. Cap** and Boat's Crew at Wongooloa. Carpenter 
 employ'd as yesterday. 
 
 Friday, 15th. — Fine weather throughout. At 11 a.m. the 
 Captain and Boat's Crew from Wongooloa f . Carpenter em- 
 ploy'd as yesterday. 
 
 Saturday, 16th. — Fine weather throughout. At 5 p.m. the 
 Captain and 2 Boats' Crews went to Wongooloa. This day 
 the Carpenter finish'd the Tongiiers^ Boat. 
 
 Sunday, 17th. — Fine weather throughout. At 6 a.m. the 
 Capf and Boats' Crews left Wongooloaf, and when clear of 
 f Refer to Glossary.
 
 Remarks November 1839 105 
 
 the Heads observed a Sail standing- to the West, which proved 1839 
 to be the Sirene Brig, which came to an anchor in Peracky 
 Bayf at 3 p.m. 
 
 Monday^ \Nov^ 18th. — Fine weather throughout. At 7 a.m. 
 commenced guaging and rafting the oil off to the Brig. At 
 11 A.M. Jacky Whitef, with 4 of his Boats, came in and landed, 
 when Captain Hay compell'd one of the Chiefs to deliver either 
 himself or the man Tomahawk, who shot the boy Jackyf ; when 
 all hands got in readiness, with the first weapon that came to 
 hand. After a long debate, thought it the best to discharge 
 him, other White Men being so near hand. 
 
 Tuesday, 19th. — Strong winds from the N.W. People em- 
 ployed rafting oil, &c., &c. 
 
 Wednesday, 20th. — People employ 'd as yesterday. 
 
 Thursday, 21st. — Fine weather throughout. People em- 
 ploy 'd as yesterday. 
 
 Friday, 22nd. — People employ'd as yesterday. 
 
 Saturday, 23rd. — People employ^ as yesterday. 
 
 Sttnday, 24th. — Fine weather throughout. This day kept 
 the Sabbath. 
 
 Monday^ 25th. — Fine weather throughout. This day the 
 people got the last of the Oil and Bone off. 
 
 Tuesday, 26th. — Fine weather throughout. This day the 
 Brig left us for Sydney. 
 
 + Refer to Glossary.
 
 JOURNAL OF REMARKS, PERACKY BAY, 
 
 1840. 
 
 [Same Log Book. April 11 to Sept. 30, 1840.] 
 
 1840 April. Saturday, 11th. — Fine weather throughout. At 3 p.m. 
 
 tacked ship and stood in, when Capt^i Hempelman came off 
 
 and brought the ship to an anchor at ^ 4 p.m. and moored her. 
 
 Sunday, 12th. — Fine weather throughout. This day the 
 ship's company refused to work, being Sunday; when the 
 Capt"^ of the Brig was compell'd to employ Capt'' Hempel- 
 man's crew, after the rate of five shillings per day. At 9 a.m. 
 commenced discharging and continued until 6 p.m. 
 
 Monday, 13th. — Thick weather throughout, with mizling 
 rain. At 9 a.m. commenced discharging. At 3 p.m. cleared 
 Ship and sent the people on shore. 
 
 Tuesday, IMh. — Thick weather throughout, with heavy rain. 
 People employ 'd cleaning the Boats and various jobs that were 
 requisite. 
 
 Wednesday, 15th. — Thick weather throughout. People em- 
 ployed fitting the Boats : Carpenter employed repairing ditto. 
 
 Thursday, 16th. — Thick weather throughout. People em- 
 ployed variously. 
 
 Friday, 17th. — People employed as yesterday. 
 
 Saturday, 18th. — People employ'd as yesterday. This day 
 3 Hands run away, viz. William Taunt, Joseph Thomas, and 
 Daniel M^Nelty. 
 
 Sunday, 19th. — Fore part, thick weather ; latter part, people 
 employed fitting the Boats. This day Hodge went to Won- 
 gooloaf. 
 
 Monday, 20th. — Fine weather throughout. People em- 
 ploy'd backing the try-works and painting boats. 
 
 f Eefer to Glossary.
 
 Remarks April I84.O 107 
 
 Tuesday, \A'pr?[ 21st. — Fine weather throughout. People em- 1840 
 ployed as yesterday. At 4 p.m. Hodge returnd with 2 Hands. 
 
 Wednesday, 22nd. — Strong winds from the S.E., with heavy 
 rain throughout. Fore part^ people employM variously ; latter 
 part, shifted the Boats in case of getting blown away. 
 
 Thursday, 23rd. — Fine weather throughout. People em- 
 ployed stropping cutting-blocks and laying Blubber-ways. 
 
 Friday, 24th. — Fine weather throughout. People employ^ 
 fixing the crab and laying blubber-ways. 
 
 Saturday, 25th. — Fine weather throughout. People em- 
 ployed part in the Bushf and part laying the Blubber-ways. 
 
 Sunday, 26th. — Fine weather throughout. This day kept 
 the Sabbath. 
 
 Monday, 27th. — Fine weather throughout. This day sent 
 two Boats out for the first time. At 4 p.ir. J. Robinsonf from 
 Price^s fisheryf and shipped two Hands. 
 
 Tuesday, 28th. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out; 
 the remainder fitting another. 
 
 Wednesday, 29th. — Fine weather throughout. This day 3 
 Boats out: Nothing in sight. 
 
 Thursday, 30th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out : 
 Nothing in sight. 
 
 May. Friday, 1st. — Fine weather throughout. No Boats 
 out on account of a heavy swell. People employed laying the 
 Blubber-ways and rigging the sheers. 
 
 Saturday, 2nd. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out ; 
 the remainder at the Blubber-ways. 
 
 Sunday, 3rd. — Strong gale from the SSW. This day kept 
 the Sabbath. 
 
 Monday, 4th. — Fine weather throughout; with a heavy 
 swell. No Boats out ; people em})loyed repairing their Houses. 
 
 Tuesday, 5th. — Strong winds from the S.E. No Boats out ; 
 people employed variously. 
 
 Wednesday, 6th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out ; 
 the remainder of the people employed in the garden. 
 
 f Refer to Glossary.
 
 108 Remarks May 1840 
 
 1840 Thursdmj, \}Iay\ 7th. — Strong winds from the S.E. No 
 Boats out ; people employ 'd as yesterday. 
 
 Friday, 8th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out, when 
 the French '^\\\^ Adele got the 1st Whale. 
 
 Saturday, 9th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 At 8 A.M. 6 Boats from Wongooloaf , going to Price's Fisheryf , 
 to make good the loss of 1 Boat and 2 Men, when Hodge went 
 with them. At 3 p.m. returnd, bringing one of our men back. 
 
 Sunday, 10th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 At 7 A.M. Joe went over the Hill to Price''s fisheryf. 
 
 Monday, 11th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 At 3 P.M. the Ship Cosmopolite came to an anchor. 
 
 Tuesday, 12th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out; 
 the remainder fitting whaling gear. 
 
 Wednesday, 13th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out ; 
 spare hands employed at the blubber-ways. 
 
 Thursday, 14th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out ; 
 spare hands making Lance warp. 
 
 Friday, 15th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out ; 
 spare hands employ 'd as yesterday. 
 
 Saturday, 16th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out : 
 nothing in sight. 
 
 Sunday, 17th. — Fore part, fine weather; middle and latter 
 part, strong gale from the S.E. 3 Boats out, and returnd at 
 
 9 A.M. 
 
 Monday, 18th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 
 Tuesday, 19th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out ; 
 spare hands completing the Sheers for cutting in. 
 
 Wednesday, 20th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 At 8 A.M. a man from Wongooloaf, but refused to sign 
 articles. 
 
 Thursday, 21st. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out, 
 when Miller and Collier got a Large Whale each, but being 
 lat« anchor'd her. 
 
 Friday, 22nd. — Fine weather throughout, 4 Boats out, and 
 by 7 P.M. the two whales were to an anchor in the Bay. 
 t Kefer to Glossary.
 
 Bemarks May 1840 109 
 
 Saturday/, [Mai/] 23rd. — Strong* winds throughout from the 1840 
 N.W. 2 Boats out ; the remainder cutting* in. 
 
 Sunday, 24th. — Thick weather throughout. No Boats out ; 
 people employ^ cutting* in. At 8 p.m. light the works. 
 
 Monday^ 25th. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out; 
 the remainder cutting in and trying out. 
 
 Tuesday, 26th. — Strong winds throughout. No Boats out ; 
 people employ'd cutting in and trying out. 
 
 Wednesday, 27th. — Fine weather throughout. No Boats 
 out ; people employed cutting up Blubber and trying out. 
 
 Thursday, 28th. — Fine weather throughout. No Boats out ; 
 people employ'd cutting up Blubber and trying out. At 3 p.m. 
 finished. 
 
 Friday, 29th. — Strong winds throughout from the S.E. No 
 Boats out ; people employ'd variously. 
 
 Saturday^ 30th. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out, 
 but returned shortly, on account of 1 Headsman being taken 
 bad. 
 
 Sunday, 31st. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out : 
 Nothing in sight. 
 
 June. Moyulay, 1st. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats 
 out : Nothing in sight. 
 
 Tuesday, 2nd. — Strong winds throughout from the S.E. with 
 a thick fog No Boats out. 
 
 Wednesday, 3rd. — Thick weather, with mizling rain. This 
 day shipped a Portuguese. 
 
 Thursday, 4th. — Thick weather throughout. No Boats out. 
 At 1 P.M. 3 Men went to Wongooloaf . 
 
 Friday, 5th. — Thick weather throughout. 2 Boats out. 
 At 3 P.M. a mowry Boatf from the riverf , but the Captain 
 being displeased made them go= 
 
 Saturday, 6th. — Thick weather, with mizling rain through- 
 out, 3 Boats out, but returned shortly, there being too much 
 sea. At 10 a.m. the 3 Men arrived. 
 
 Sutulay, 7th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 
 Monday, 8th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 •f" Refer to Glossary.
 
 110 Remarks June ISJ^O 
 
 1840 Tuesday, [June] 9th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats 
 
 out, and continually chasing whales. 
 
 Wednesday, 10th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 
 Thursday, 11th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out : 
 nothing in sight. 
 
 Friday, 12th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 
 Saturday, 13th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 
 Sunday, 14th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 
 Monday^ 15th. — Thick weather throughout, with mizling 
 rain. No Boats out. At 4 p.m. James Robinsonf from 
 Wongooloaf, when the Capt'' gave orders to haul his Boat 
 up, which was done. 
 
 Tuesday, 16th. — Thick weather throughout, with mizKng 
 rain. No Boats out. At 10 a.m. Robinson and his crew 
 walked over the hill to Wongooloaf. 
 
 Wednesday, 17th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 
 Thursday, 18th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 
 Friday, 19th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 
 Saturday, 20th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 
 Sunday, 21st. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 
 Monday, 22nd. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 At 2 P.M. Mr. Collier captured a Large Bull- whale, and an- 
 chor'd her in the Bay at 9 p.m. 
 
 Tuesday, 23rd. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out ; 
 the remainder employ'd cutting the whale in alongside the 
 Ship Heva of Havre. At 12 finished, and brought the Blubber 
 ashore. 
 
 Wednesday, 24th. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out; 
 spare hands employ'd in getting the Blubber up. At 4 p.m. 
 light the works. 
 
 Thursday, 25th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out ; 
 spare [hands] employ'd trying out. 
 
 Friday, 26th. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out ; 
 people employ^ trying out. At 2 p.m. the Brig Speculator 
 from Port Nicholsonf with provisions for Capt"^ Hempelman. 
 At 12 P.M. finish'd trying. 
 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 Remarhs June 18J^0 111 
 
 Saturday, \June\ 27th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats 1840 
 out ; spare hands employM variously. 
 
 Sunday, 28th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out ; 
 spare hands getting the lips up. 
 
 Monday 29th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 At 4 P.M. Miller struck a Large whale, but being by himself 
 was compelled to give one of Priee'sf Boats half. This day 
 Davis run away. 
 
 Tuesday, 30th. — Thick weather throughout. 3 Boats out, 
 and towed the whale, until a strong breeze came from the 
 S.E., when they were compelFd to anchor her. 
 
 July, Wednesday , 1st. — Thick weather throughout, with a 
 strong breeze from the S.E. 3 Boats out to try and to we the 
 whale, but was forced to quit her, the breeze and swell being 
 too strong. Miller went into Price^s fisheryf and got a Boat's 
 crew, who left a fishery at Timoroof. At 11 a.m. sent his own 
 crew over the hill and brought the strangers round with him. 
 
 Thursday, 2nd. — Strong winds from the S.E. No Boats 
 out. This day the Boat's crew signed articles. 
 
 Friday, 3rd. — Strong winds throughout from the S.E. At 
 6 A.M. a Boat from the Dutch Barque brought us the news of 
 our whale having broken loose and drifted in the Bay. At 
 9 A.M. one Boat's crew went off and towed her in ; and at 
 4 P.M. hove her up, as far as the tide would admit of, for the 
 night. 
 
 Saturday, 4th. — Light winds throughout, with a heavy 
 swell. No Boats out ; people employed cutting in. At 3 p.m. 
 set the works on. 
 
 Sunday, 5th. — Light winds throughout, with a heavy swell. 
 3 Boats out ', spare hands employed trying out. 
 
 Monday, 6th. — Light winds, with a heavy swell. 3 Boats 
 out, but returned shortly, the swell being too great. People 
 employed trying out. At 6 p.m. cooPd down. 
 
 Tuesday, 7th. — Light winds, with a heavy swell. No Boats 
 out ; people employed rolling off the oil. 
 
 Wednesday i 8th. — Fine weather throughout. 4 Boats out. 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 112 Remarks July 1840 
 
 1840 Thursday, \JuJy\ 9th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats 
 
 out. This day 3 hands run away. 
 
 Friday, 10th. — Strong winds from the N.W. 3 Boats out, 
 but returned shortly, the wind and sea being too strong. 
 
 Saturday, 11th. — Strong winds throughout from the N.W. 
 No Boats out ; people employed in the Bushf . 
 
 Sunday, 12th. — Strong winds throughout from the N.W. 
 No Boats out; people employed variously. 
 
 Monday, 13th. — Strong winds throughout from the N.W. 
 No Boats out. 
 
 Tuesday, 14th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 Carpenter employed repairing Boats. 
 
 Wednesday, 15th. — Light winds throughout, with a heavy 
 swell. No Boats out; people employ 'd cutting wood for 
 the cookf. 
 
 Thursday, 16th. — Strong winds throughout from the N.W. 
 3 Boats out. 
 
 Friday, 17th. — Fine weather throughout. Early in the 
 morning Mr. Mill erf heard of a whale being in the next Bay. 
 He sent two Boats out to take the chance of the day; he 
 then went in search of the whale, and discovered her in the 
 next Bay. Shortly after cutting the Bone out it came on to 
 blow from the N.W. The other two Boats returned, and 
 the Captain sent them off to assist in cutting the whale. At 
 5 P.M. Boat returned with the Bone, and the other two with 
 a raft of Blubber. 
 
 Saturday, 18th. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out; 
 Millerf stopped in to finish the whale. At 4 p.m. light the 
 works. 
 
 Sunday^ 19th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out; 
 spare hands employ'd trying out. 
 
 Monday, 20th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out, 
 when Crawly got a large whale, but being too far to the W. 
 was compelled to anchor her. At 4 p.m. returned. 
 
 Tuesday, 21st. — Fine weather throughout. 4 Boats out. 
 At 4 P.M. brought the whale in. 
 
 f Refer to Glossary.
 
 Remarks July 1840 113 
 
 Wednesday, \Julf/'\ 22nd. — Strong winds from the N.W. No 1840 
 Boats out. People employM cutting in alongside the ship 
 Heva of Havre. At 2 p.m. finished, and at 5 p.m. got the 
 blubber ashore and commenced heaving up. 
 
 Thursday, 23rd. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out ; 
 spare hands employ'd cutting up blubber. At 9 a.m. com- 
 menced trying out. 
 
 Friday, 24th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out; 
 spare hands employ'd trying out. 
 
 Saturday, 25th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 At 11 A.M. finished trying. 
 
 Sunday, 26th. — Fine w^eather throughout. 3 Boats out; 
 the remainder employ'd cleaning bone. 
 
 Monday, 27th. — Thick weather, with mizling rain through- 
 out. At 3 p.m. Mr. Crawley got half a whale from the ship 
 Paulme of Havre, for picking up one of her Boats that was 
 capsized. At 1 p.m. the Hannah^ Schooner came to an anchor. 
 At ^ 4 p.m. the Heva put to sea. 
 
 Tuesday, 28th. — Fine weather throughout. People employ'd 
 discharging the Schooner and cutting the whale in. 
 
 Wednesday, 29th. — Thick weather throughout. No Boats 
 out ; people employ'd rolling off the oil. 
 
 Thursday, 30th. — Thick weather throughout, with mizling 
 rain. People employ'd as yesterday. 
 
 Friday, 31st. — Fine weather throughout. No Boats out; 
 people employ'd as yesterday. 
 
 August. Saturday, 1st. — Fine weather throughout. No 
 Boats out; people employ'd as yesterday. 
 
 Sunday, 2nd. — Fine weather throughout. No Boats out; 
 people employ'd as yesterday. 
 
 Monday, 3rd. — Strong winds from the S. 2 Boats out, 
 but returned shortly. 
 
 Tuesday, 4th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out; 
 spare hands employ'd cutting out Bone. 
 
 Wednesday, 5th. — Strong winds throughout from the S.E. 
 People employ'd as yesterday. 
 
 t Refer to Glossary. 
 H
 
 114 Remarks August 1840 
 
 1840 Thursday, \Ang?\^ 6th. — Strong winds throughout from the 
 
 S.E. People employed as yesterday. 
 
 Friday, 7th. — Strong winds from the S.E. People employ^ 
 as yesterday. 
 
 Saturday, 8th. — Light winds from the S.E. with mizling 
 rain. No Boats out. 
 
 Sunday, 9th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out. 
 
 ^Monday^ 10th. — Fine weather throughout. 3 Boats out, 
 when Crawley struck a large whale : the line getting foul, 
 was compelled to cut. This day the Pauline of Havre, and 
 the Brig Speculator, Sailed. At 4 p.m. the Captain of the 
 Heva came ashore, his ship being outside. 
 
 \Tuesday'\, 11th, — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out. 
 At 9 A.M. Miller went off and towed the Schooner out. At 
 4 P.M. the Cosmopolite of Havre Sailed. 
 
 Wednesday, 12th. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out. 
 This day 4 Hands run away. 
 
 Thursday, 13th. — Fine weather throughout. No Boats out 
 on account of being short-handed. At 5 p.m. the Barque 
 Concordia of Copenhagen sailed. 
 
 Friday, 14th. — Fine weather throughout. No Boats out. 
 At ^ 12 P.M. a Boat from Wongooloaf, belonging to the 
 Brittimart] man-of-war, to issue out proclamations respecting 
 the land of New Zealand. At 3 p.m. left with the intention 
 of visiting Price's fisheryf, with the promise of calling 
 to-morrow. 
 
 Saturday, 15th. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out : 
 nothing in sight. 
 
 Sunday, 16th. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out. 
 At 9 A.M. the man-of-war Boat came ashore, and after a short 
 stay went to Wongooloaf. At 10 a.m. saw a schooner off 
 the Heads, and found her to be McGregor, who anchored at 
 10 a.m. 
 
 Monday, 17th. — Strong winds throughout from the S.E., 
 with mizling rain. This day nothing done. 
 
 Tuesday^ 18th. — Light winds from the S.W. No Boats 
 f Refer to Glossary.
 
 Remarks August 18^0 115 
 
 out. At 3 P.M. the schooner got under weigh, having left 1840 
 Angus behind. 
 
 Wednesday, \Aug^ 19th. — Strong winds from the S.W. 
 No Boats out. 
 
 Thursday, 20th. — Light winds from the S.W. No Boats 
 out ; people employ^ variously. 
 
 Friday, 21st. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out. 
 This day the Adele of Havre sailed. 
 
 Saturday, 22nd. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out. 
 
 Sunday, 23rd. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out. 
 At 4 A.M. the Capf^ went to Wongooloaf. 
 
 Monday, 24th. — Strong winds throughout from the S.E. 
 The Capt° at Wongooloaf. 
 
 Tuesday, 25th. — Strong winds from the S.E. The Capt° 
 at Wongooloa. 
 
 Wednesday, 26th. — Strong winds from the S.E. The Capf* 
 at Wongooloa. 
 
 Thursday, 27th. — Fine weather throughout. No Boats out. 
 At 2 P.M. two of the Boat's crew from Wongooloaf, with the 
 news of the boat having got stove, and to send one in the 
 morning for the Captain. 
 
 Friday, 28th. — Fine weather throughout. At 6 a.m. a Boat 
 went round to Wongooloa to fetch the Captain and stoven boat. 
 At 9 A.M. the Capf* returned with 4 Hands, the others having 
 deserted the Boat. 
 
 Saturday, 29th. — Strong winds throughout from the NNW. 
 No Boats out. At 8 a.m. discovered a schooner off the Heads, 
 when the Captain went off and brought her to an anchor. 
 She proved to be the Success, of Sydney, on a trading voyage. 
 
 Sunday, 30th. — Strong winds from the S.W. This day the 
 Boat's crew returned overland. 
 
 Monday, 31st. — Strong winds from the S.E., with mizling 
 rain at intervals. 
 
 September. Tuesday, 1st. — Strong winds throughout from 
 the S.E. This da^' nothing done. 
 
 Wednesday, 2nd. — Light winds, with a heavy swell. No 
 f Refer to Glossary. 
 H 2
 
 116 Remarks September 18 40 
 
 1840 Boats out. At 3 p.m. 2 Boats from Price^s Fisheryf. This 
 day the Success Schooner sailed. 
 
 Thursday, [Sept.l 3rd. — Strong winds throughout from the 
 N.W. 2 Boats out, but was compell'd to return shortly. 
 
 Friday, Mh. — Fore part, light winds from the N.W. ; latter 
 part, strong winds from the S.E. Spare hands cutting 
 firewood. 
 
 Saturday, 5th. — Strong winds throughout from the S.E. 
 with constant rain. No Boats out. 
 
 Sunday, 6tk. — Light winds throughout from the N.W. 
 2 Boats out. 
 
 Monday, 7th. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out; 
 spare hands employ'd variously. 
 
 Tuesday, 8th. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out : 
 nothing in sight. 
 
 Wednesday, 9th. — Fore part, light winds from the S.E. : 
 2 Boats out. Latter part, from the N.W., with a heavy 
 swell : 2 Boats out, when having gone on the look-outf the 
 swell set in so fast, that it was impossible for the officers to 
 get to the Boat. They then sent the Boat home, and walked 
 over the Hill : at 6 p.m. arrived. 
 
 Thursday, 10th. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out. 
 This day the Captain's birthday. 
 
 Friday, 11th. — Strong winds throughout from the N.W. 
 No Boats out. This day the 3 men agreed to do garden 
 work for the Captain. 
 
 Saturday, 12th. — Strong winds throughout from the [N.W.]. 
 No Boats out ; Gardeners at work. 
 
 Sunday, 13th. — Fine weather throughout from the N.W. 
 2 Boats out. 
 
 Monday, lith. — Fine weather throughout from the N.W. 
 2 Boats out ; spare hands in the garden at work. 
 
 Tuesday, 15th. — Fore part, thick weather ; latter part, fine 
 weather from the N.W. 2 Boats out ; gardeners at work. 
 
 Wednesday, 16th. — Thick weather throughout. 2 Boats 
 
 f Refer to Glossary.
 
 Remarks September I84O 117 
 
 out : at 2 p.m. returned, the fog being too thick to discern 1840 
 anything. 
 
 Thursday, \Sept^ 17th. — Strong winds throughout from the 
 S.E. No Boats out ; gardeners at work. 
 
 Friday, 18th. — Strong winds throughout from the N.W. 
 2 Boats out, but returned shortly. 
 
 Saturday^ 19th. — Fore part, light winds from the N.W. : 
 2 Boats out. Latter part, a heavy gale from the S.E. At 
 5 P.M. one of Wood'sf Boats put in. 
 
 Sunday, 20th, — Light winds throughout from the S.E. 
 No Boats out. This day kept the Sabbath. At 3 p.m. 
 Wood's Boat left us. 
 
 Monday, 21st. — Light winds throughout from the N.W. 
 2 Boats out : nothing in sight. Gardeners at work. 
 
 Tuesday, 22nd. — Strong winds throughout from the S.E. 
 No Boats out. At 9 a.m. a Portuguese set fire to the Bushf 
 in the garden, which caused great alarm. At 12 increased 
 so rapidly we were compelled to meet it the reverse way to 
 save the houses. 
 
 Wednesday, 23rd. — Strong winds throughout from the S.E. 
 No Boats out ; gardeners at work. 
 
 Thursday, 2Ath. — Fine weather throughout from the N.W. 
 2 Boats out; one ditto fishing. At 11 a.m. two Boats from 
 Price's fisheryf , who made a short stay. 
 
 Friday, 25th. — Thick weather throughout, with mizling 
 rain. 2 Boats out and one fishing. The Boats returned 
 shortly. 
 
 Saturday, 26th. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out 
 and 1 fishing. Gardeners at work. 
 
 Sunday, 27th. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out and 
 1 fishing. At 11 A.M. saw a Schooner cross the Heads, which 
 proved to be the Essington of Launceston. 
 
 Monday, 28th. — Fine weather throughout. 2 Boats out 
 and 1 fishing. Gardeners at work. 
 
 Tuesday, 29th. — Strong winds throughout from the S.E. 
 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 118 Remarks September 18 40 
 
 1840 This day the season expires. People employed clearing up the 
 
 gear and various jobs. Gardeners at work. 
 
 Wednesday^ [Sept.^ 30th. — Strong winds throughout from 
 the S.E. Gardeners at work. At 9 a.m. 3 men left us and 
 went to Wongooloaf . At 6 p.m. 5 men from Price's fisheryf 
 
 for Wongooloa. 
 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 REMARKS, 1841. 
 
 [March 9 to April 27, 1841. — Same Log book.] 
 
 March, Tuesday, 9th. — Strong breeze from the westward 1841 
 in the morning ; very warm at mid-day. Men employed in 
 the bushf felling timber; Sawyers and Carpenters at their 
 trades. A Mowerief boat left for Wongooloaf . 
 
 Wednesday^ 10th. — Strong breeze all day, and warm. Men 
 employed in the bushf ; Sawyers and Carpenter at their 
 trades. Blowing very hard towards night from the Southward, 
 with rain. 
 
 Thursday, 11th. — Wind from the Southward, with rain in 
 the morning ; cloudy all day. Men employed carrying plank 
 from the bushf; Sawyers and carpenter as usual. Wet 
 towards night. 
 
 Friday, 12th. — Wind from the westward in the morning; 
 warm at mid-day. Men employed bringing plank from the 
 bushf ; Sawyers and carpenter as usual. Strong breeze, with 
 rain, from the South^'ard towards night. George came from 
 Oashoref. 
 
 Saturday, 13th. — Wind from the Southward, with rain, in 
 the morning. Men employed in the garden; Sawyers and 
 carpenter as usual. A Mowerief boat came and left. Wind 
 from the west in the evening. 
 
 Sunday, 14th. — Wind from the South'ard, with rain 
 towards night. Nothing of any consequence occurred. 
 
 Monday, loth. — Strong breeze from South- West, with rain 
 in the morning. Carpenter at work ; men employed shifting 
 plank in the boat-shed. Blowing hard, with rain towards 
 night, from the same quarter. 
 
 Tuesday, 16th. — Less wind, and no rain. Men employed 
 
 + Refer to Glossary.
 
 120 Remarks March 1841 
 
 1841 carrying plank out of the bushf ; Sawyers and Carpenter 
 
 at their trades. Wind the same, with fine weather towards 
 
 night. 
 
 Wednesday, \_3Iar.'\ 17th. — Wind the same ; steady breeze all 
 day, and fine. Men employed bringing stuff from the bushf 
 and repairing big house; Sawyers and Carpenter at their 
 trades. George left for Wongalooaf. A very heavy swell from 
 the South-west for the last three days. 
 
 Thursday, 18th. — Wind the same, with fine weather. Men 
 employed repairing the big house; Sawyers and Carpenter 
 at their trades. Moles and another man stopped here a short 
 time on their way from Wongalooa to Oashoref , across the 
 hills. 
 
 Friday, 19th. — No wind and fine weather. Men em- 
 ployed carrying posts for the big house, and for the fence 
 round the Capt"^ house ; Sawyers and Carpenter at their 
 trades. The Capt° started to walk to Wongalooaf. 
 
 Saturday, 20th. — Wind N.E., with fine weather. Men em- 
 ployed repairing the big house and carrying posts out of the 
 bush for the fence round the house ; Sawyers and carpenter 
 as usual. 
 
 Sictulay, 21st. — Foggy in the morning ; very warm at mid- 
 day; foggy in the evening. 
 
 Monday, 22nd. — The Captain returned late last night. 
 Foggy, with rain, in the morning ; fine in the after-part of 
 the day ; wind from the Southward. Men employed thatching 
 the big house and fencing. Killed a small pig. Sawyers 
 and carpenter at work. Mr. Hernott came from Price's 
 fisheryf early in the morning, having slept on top of the hill 
 all night. 
 
 Tuesday, 23rd. — Wind N.E., with cloudy weather. Mr. 
 Hernott and the Mowerief that came with the Capt"^ started 
 to walk to Wongalooaf. The Capt° went to Price'sf and 
 Wood'sf fishery in the boat. Carpenter at work. Saw the 
 Magnet off the Heads this morning and again in the evening. 
 
 + Refer to Glossary.
 
 Remarhs March 1841 121 
 
 Finished thatching the' big house. Phil Ryan and a boat's 1841 
 crew anchored off the shears late at night. 
 
 Wednesday, [J/ar.] 24th. — Phil and Yankee Bill came ashore 
 early in the morning. Wind easterly all day. Men employed 
 fencing ; Carpenter at work. The Cap*° went to Wongaloaf 
 in the boat in the afternoon. Very warm at mid-day ; cloudy 
 towards night. 
 
 Thursday, 25th. — Phil sailed in the morning. Wind from 
 the S. by W. ; cloudy weather. Carpenter at work. 
 
 Friday, 26th. — Blowing hard from the S.W. all day. Car- 
 penter at work. Cloudy towards night, and blowing a gale 
 of wind. 
 
 Saturday, 27th. — Wind the same in the morning, but less 
 cloudy weather. Carpenter at work. Rain in the evening, 
 and less wind. 
 
 Sunday, 28th. — Rain all last night, and blowing hard from 
 the S.W. Light winds, and fine weather all day. 
 
 Monday, 29th. — Wind from the S.W., with fine weather. 
 The Cap*" returned with the boat early in the morning. All 
 hands up in the bushf in the middle of the day after pigs, 
 but saw none. Two men in the garden. 
 
 Tuesday, 30th. — Light wind from the S.; fine weather. 
 Carpenter at work. The Captain very ill : kept his bed all 
 day. Two men in the garden. 
 
 Wed^iesday, 31st. — Light wind from the N.E. in the 
 morning. The Captain worse to-day. Carpenter at work; 
 two men employed in the garden. Fine weather all day. 
 
 April. Thursday, 1st. — Light wind from the N., with 
 fine weather. Two men employed in the garden ; Carpenter 
 at work. Caught a few fish with seine. The Captain very 
 ill all day : not out of bed. 
 
 Friday, 2nd. — Light winds from the East'ard; cloudy in 
 the morning, fine towards mid-day. Carpenter at work ; two 
 men employed cutting grass to thatch the boat-shed. The 
 Captain better to-day, but still very ill. Discharged the 
 Sawyers. 
 
 + Eefer to Glossary.
 
 122 Remarks April 1841 
 
 1841 Saturday, [Jpr."] 3rd. — Wind N.E.^ with fine weather in the 
 
 early part of the day. Carpenter at work ; the two men cutting 
 grass. The Captain very unwell : got up towards mid-day. 
 Saw a sail ofB the heads : supposed her to be the Magnet. 
 
 Sunday, 4th. — Light wind from E., with fine weather. 
 The Captain much better to-day : got up shortly after break- 
 fast. Hauled the seine at night. Shaw, one [of] the men, 
 very ill. 
 
 Monday y 5th. — Wind from the S.W. A boat out fishing 
 in the morning saw a sail to the S.E., but could not make 
 her out. The Captain rather worse, but not in bed. Dis- 
 charged one of the men. 
 
 Tuesday, 6th. — Wind the same. A boat out fishing spoke 
 to Charley Brown (off the heads) one of the Go'ashoref 
 headsmen. Saw two other boats at sea. Carpenter at work. 
 James Fernis, Bill the sawyer, Phillips, and the Doctorf left 
 the beach (having been discharged) for Wongalooaf . The 
 Captain much the same. Whaling, a constable, came from 
 Wongalooaf in the afternoon. Hauled the seine at night. 
 Fine weather all day; strong breeze from the Northward 
 towards night. 
 
 Wednesday, 7th. — Blowing very hard all night and this 
 day from the same quarter. Carpenter at work; men em- 
 ployed bringing vines from the bushf . The Captain no better 
 to-day J Shaw very ill. Blowing a gale of wind towards 
 night from the Northward. Whaling, the man that came 
 yesterday, is not a constable, but is going to Price'sf for 
 employment. Heard several guns fired in the direction of 
 Woongalooaf. 
 
 Thursday, 8th. — Wind the same last night and all to-day, 
 but more moderate. A boat out fishing, but caught nothing. 
 Carpenter at work ; men employed bringing vines from the 
 bushf for the fence round the house. The Captain better 
 to-day ; Shaw much the same. 
 
 Friday, 9th. — Wind from the Southward, with fine and 
 warm weather. Men employed bringing vines from the bushf 
 f Refer to Glossary.
 
 Remarks April 18 U 123 
 
 for the fence; carpenter at work. Whaling- left to walk to 1841 
 Price's fisheryf . Wind from the Eastward in the evening. 
 The Captain much the same ; Shaw better. 
 
 Saturday/, [^i/?r.] 10th. — Light wind from the N.E. in the 
 morning. A boat out fishing, but returned without catching 
 anything. Saw two sails in the offing, and boats in shore 
 whaling. Carpenter at work. Captain much the same ; Shaw 
 worse. Wind S.W., with fine weather in the after-part of 
 the day. 
 
 Sunday, 11th. — Wind N.W., with cloudy weather all day. 
 A boat from Price's fisheryf landed in the morning, and went 
 shortly after. Capt: better ; Shaw much worse. 
 
 Moiulay, 12th. — Light wind from the N.E., with fine 
 weather. Mr. Woodsf came here in a boat early in the 
 morning, and went away about mid-day. Men employed 
 bringing vines from the bush in the morning ; in the after- 
 noon went to Go'ashoref in the boat. Captain much better ; 
 Shaw better. Carpenter at work. 
 
 Tuesday, 13th. — Light wind from the N.E. all day, with 
 fine weather. Men employed bringing vines from the bush ; 
 Carpenter at work. Captain better; Shaw much the same. 
 
 Wednesday, 14th. — Strong wind from the N.E. all day, 
 with fine weather. Men employed bringing posts from the 
 bushf for the fence ; Carpenter at work. Shaw better. 
 
 Thursday, 15th. — Strong wind from the N.E. all last night 
 and this day, with fine weather. Men employed bringing 
 posts from the bush for the fence ; Carpenter at work. Shaw 
 much the same. 
 
 Friday, 16th. — Light wind from the N.E., with fine 
 weather throughout the day. Men employed bringing flagsf 
 from the creek and thatching the boat-shed. Shaw better, 
 and at work in the garden. 
 
 Saturday, 17th. — Light wind from the N., with rain, last 
 night; wind the same this day, with rain in the afternoon. 
 Men employed bringing grass and flags from the creek ; 
 Carpenter at work. Shaw worse. 
 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 124 Remarks April I84I 
 
 1841 Sunday, [Apr.'\ 18th. — Light air from the N., with fine 
 
 weather all the day. Shaw much the same. Hauled the 
 
 seine in the evening. 
 
 Monday, 19th. — Wind S.W., blowing hard all day, with 
 showers of rain and hail. Denis and Jack refused to work 
 any longer ; Carpenter at work ; one man employed thatching. 
 Shaw no better. Blowing very hard towards night. 
 
 Tuesday, 20th. — Wind N.E. till evenings when it shifted 
 to the S"*; fine weather all day. Carpenter in the bushf 
 after knees ; one man thatching. Shaw no better. Hauled 
 the seine. 
 
 Wednesday, 21st. — Wind N., blowing very hard all day, 
 with heavy squalls. Carpenter at work ; Mic cutting grass ; 
 Shaw mending the seine. Wind shifted to S.W., with rain, 
 after nightfall. 
 
 Thursday, 22nd. — Wind S.W., with rain, last night and 
 this morning; blowing strong, but no rain all day. Shaw 
 and Mic thatching ; Carpenter at work. John Hursts started 
 to walk to Woongalooaf in the early part of the day, being 
 discharged for refusing to work. Hauled the seine. 
 
 Friday^ 23rd. — Wind S.W., with fine weather. Shaw and 
 Mic thatching; Carpenter at work. Hauled the seine at 
 night. 
 
 Saturday, 24th. — Light wind from the Eastward, with fine 
 weather. Shaw and Mic thatching ; Carpenter at work. A 
 sail off the heads. 
 
 Sunday, 25th. — Light wind from the N.E. Went round 
 to Horse Shoe Bayf with the boat. Saw a schooner at 
 anchor at Price'sf , and a sail to the N"*. Hauled the seine at 
 night. 
 
 Monday, 26th. — Rain all last night and to-day ; wind from 
 the Westward. A boat out fishing. Saw the schooner under 
 weigh for Woongaloaf, and two sails to the N**. Carpenter 
 at work. 
 
 Tuesday, 27th. — Rain all last night ; wind from the S.E. 
 all day, with cloudy Weather. Mr. Woodsf came in with 
 f Refer to Glossary.
 
 Remarks April 1841 125 
 
 a boat's crew from Woongalooaf , and shortly after Mr. Brown 1841 
 from the same place ; Mr. McGillvray and John Hursts came 
 in. The boats started again in about two hours for Go'- 
 ashoref . Carpenter at work ; Shaw and Mic in the garden. 
 
 [This ends the bound Log Book.] 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 REMAEKS, APEIL 1842. 
 
 [April 27 to Aug. 30, 1842.] 
 
 1843 Wednesday, [^AprJ] 27th. — Wind W. ; light airs, and fine 
 
 clear weather. 3 boats out ; saw five Whales, and gave chase 
 to them. The Captain returned from Akaroaf accomp"* by 
 the Maori boats with casks, &c. 
 
 Thursday, 28th. — Wind W. ; moderate breeze, and fine 
 clear weather. Capt: went to Akaroaf, with the French 
 capt: in company. 3 boats out. The French Doctor came 
 ashore with medicine to Siddles and the blacksmith. Boats 
 returned. 
 
 Friday, 29th. — Wind S.W. j light breeze and foggy 
 weather. 3 Boats out. The capt: returned in the French 
 boat ; brought with him some shirts, &c. The Doctorf and 
 Mate spent the day on shore. 4 p.m. boats returned. Clear 
 weather. 
 
 Saturday, 30th. — Light breeze and foggy weather. 3 boats 
 out; 2 P.M. returned. Brown, from Orshaf came, and took 
 off his bellows, nail-mould, and a loan of an anvil. Capt: 
 brought ashore from the Frenchman 2 casks of biscuit in tub, 
 600 lb. each. 
 
 May. 
 
 Sunday, 1st. — Wind E. ; light airs, and foggy. Four boats 
 out. Carpenter repairing C. Brown's boat. Pinney, cookf , 
 signed articles; also William Brown and three Mawrief 
 boys. Boats returned. The men came to the captain to 
 complain of want of grog. He told them, as he could not at 
 present procure them tea, that he would allow them an extra 
 glass of grog each per day, but that none of them should take 
 their grog away in any measure from the door, but drink it on 
 the spot : to which arrangement they unanimously agreed. 
 f Refer to Glossary.
 
 Remarks May 1842 127 
 
 Monday, [Maif] 2nd. — "Wind S.E. ; fresh breeze, and cloudy. 1842 
 4 boats out ; chased 2 whales — not successful ; returned 4 p.m. 
 Siddles at repairs of Brown's boat ; carpenter laid up with a 
 sore thumb. 
 
 Tuesday, 3rd. — "Wind S. ; moderate breeze, and fine. Boats 
 out; returned 4 p.m. The French Doctor came on shore to 
 attend Captain Hempelman, who was much better shortly 
 after. 
 
 Wednesday, 4ik. — "Wind E. ; moderate breeze, and foggy, 
 with mizling rain. Four boats out. The men returned the 
 biscuit again — not without having used a quantity of them — 
 and said they could not use them. Carpenter Brown spoke 
 the Captain, and said he'd leave the station. He was 
 cautioned not to leave and to return to his work. 4 p.m. 
 heavy rain. The Boats returned : saw nothing. Brown 
 started for Akaroa, accompanied by Phillips. 
 
 Thursday i 5th. — "Wind E. by S. ; moderate breeze, and hazy 
 weather. 4 Boats out. In the morning Captain went on 
 board the French ship fiaugh and got one cask of beef and 
 one of pork. Siddles putting the lining in Brown's boat, 
 noon ; Mould returned to stanch his boat — got the French 
 Carpenter to repair her. 3 Boats in chase ; returned. 
 
 Friday, 61 h. — Wind E. ; moderate breeze, and fine weather. 
 4 boats out. Captain Hempelman went to Akaroaf ; arrived 
 there, and sent back his boat. Delivered to Capt: Bourjoure 
 4 sacks of potatoes — weight each 116 lb. The boats ret** 
 from being in chase. Phil Cooper visited in the long boat ; 
 also Brown, from Price'sf , in his seven-oared boat ; Viley, on 
 his way to Akaroa. 
 
 Saturday, 7th. — "Wind N.W. ; light breeze, and fine clear 
 weather. 4 Boats out. Delivered to the French vessel 
 2 sacks of potatoes — weight 113 lb., and one basket — weight 
 80 lb. = 30G lb. Phil the Cooper and Viley took their 
 departure — evening, past four. Boats returned. 
 
 Su7iday, 8th. — "Wind S. ; moderate breeze, and fine weather. 
 Sent a Boat to the captain at Akaroa. Siddles repairing the 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 128 Remarks May 1842 
 
 1842 Six-oared boat. Past noon, the captain arrived from Akaroaf 
 
 ' across the hills — the boat not returned. The whaling boats 
 
 ret^ without success. Captain Hempelman went on board 
 the Frenchman to get some things, which were put off till 
 to-morrow. Lent Richards about 12 lb. of pork, 14 lb. of 
 biscuit. Mr. Jones visited from Icollackeyf . 
 
 31ondai/, \Maf\ 9th. — Wind S. ; moderate breeze ; overcast. 
 Four boats out. In the morning the Captain went on board the 
 Frenchman and borrowed one cask of flour : said to be 600 lb. 
 Boats ret*. 
 
 Tuesday, 10th. — Wind S.E. ; strong breeze, and clear 
 weather. 5 Boats out. Went with Captain Bourjoure across 
 the hills to Akaroaf : slept on the hills — or beach. Captain 
 Bourjoure left an order with Capt H. to get a cask of beef 
 and one of pork, which were got on shore in the evening. 
 
 Wednesday, 11th. — Wind S. ; moderate breeze, and fine 
 weather. 4 Boats out. Got across in a Mawrief Boat : had 
 a long chat with all friends there, and spent the evening at 
 Devauchallsf. 
 
 Thursday, 12th. — Wind S.E. ; moderate breeze, and clear 
 weather. Got Mr. Robinson' sf boat to put me across the 
 Bay. Started from the beach at half-past 12, and arrived 
 here at 31 p.m. Whalers in statu quo. 
 
 Friday, 13th. — Wind S. ; moderate breeze, and fine clear 
 weather. Captain Hempelman started for Akaroaf by boat, 
 accompanied by Moles and his crew. 4 boats out. Fittis 
 returned at 4 p.m. : saw a whale. Boats ret*. Capt H. 
 returned from Akaroaf, and arrived here past 11 oc'k. 
 
 Saturday, 14th. — Wind S.E.; squally, and clear. 4 Boats 
 out. Fittis painting his boat ; SuUivan made a hand in 
 Brown's boat. The French capt: not ret* from Akaroaf. 
 
 Evening, past 3 o'c'k. — Capt Bourjoure called, having just 
 come from Akaroa. Brown's boat came in at 2 o'ck. The 
 boats ret* ; six-oared boat in chase. 
 
 Sunday, 15th. — Wind E.; moderate breeze, and clear 
 weather. 4 Boats out. Captain Bourjoure came on shore at 
 f Refer to Glossary.
 
 Remarks May 1842 129 
 
 7 o'c'k, and took with him the organ, and also got his seine to 1842 
 fish. The boats returned — nothing seen. Went on board to 
 Captain Bourjoure for a loan of provisions : he declined, until 
 
 Mr. Devaushalle'sf arrival. 
 
 Monday, [31ay\ 16th. — Wind S. W. ; a gale. All hands under 
 cover. Carpenter at Brown's boat. Gave the hands some 
 extra grog to make up a promise. 
 
 Tuesday, 17th. — Wind S.W. ; continual gale. Richards 
 and Mould went to Tumbledownf to bring his traps. Maorif 
 women bolted. Brown's boat repairing. Short of flour. 
 
 Wednesday, 18th. — Wind S.W. ; strong breeze, and over- 
 cast. Too rough to launch : painting Brown's boat. Richards 
 and Mould returned yesterday evening with some traps, his 
 woman, and the Picaninnies. Captain Hempelman sent Fittis 
 on board the Frenchman for a loan of some provisions, which 
 he refused. The men sent a letter to Captain Hempelman 
 stating a want of provisions, and saying if provisions were 
 not forthcoming that they would not continue 2 hours on the 
 beach; that the reason they sent the letter was, because 
 they could not see him personally — although he was up at 
 
 8 o'clock and to be seen all day. I can prove that the men 
 have had their rations of meal up to breakfast-time this day — 
 as much potatoes as they could use, and biscuits enough ready 
 at a call. 
 
 Evening, past 6. — One of the hands refused to obey any 
 further orders. Captain Hempelman called on him before 
 witnesses, and asked him if he would continue to work. He 
 said he would not. Captain Hempelman then put him under 
 arrest. Shortly after he was told to leave the room, when he 
 went off. 
 
 Thursday, 19th. — Wind S.W. ; moderate breeze; overcast 
 and hazy. All hands at a stand. One of the hands (Hicks) 
 bolted. Richards and Sullivan crossed the hills to Akaroa 
 with a letter to Mr. Duvochellef . 
 
 Friday, 20th. — Wind W. ; moderate, and fine weather. 
 Started with 2 Boats to Akaroa. Got a quantity of things 
 + Refer to Glossary. 
 I
 
 130 Remarks May 184-2 
 
 1842 from Mr. Duvochellef, and an order to Captain Bourjoure to 
 furnish provisions. 
 
 Evening, past 9. — Arrived here, and presented the order. 
 Capt. B. refused the supplies. The two boats (one from 
 Mr. Duvachellef) stopped at the Mawrief Kipef. The 
 3 whaling boats ret*^ — nothing- seen. 
 
 Saturday, [J/fl'^] 31st. — Wind S. ; moderate breeze, and fine 
 weather. Went on board again to try Capt. B. : he sternly 
 refused. Anxiously on the look out for Mr. Duvachellef, 
 with whom I left a guide — Sullivan. Brown called on his 
 way from Akaroaf , and signed the whaling agreement ; also 
 Capt. H. Our 2 Boats arrived. Gave the Mawriesf boys 
 3 pairs of shoes and 2 red flannel jackets. The boats arriv"^ 
 from Akaroaf . 
 
 Sunday, 22nd. — Wind E. ; moderate breeze, and clear 
 weather. At 7 a.m. started with two boats to Akaroaf. Over- 
 took Mr. Duvachellef as he landed to cross the hills. He 
 gave a note to his brother for 2 casks of flour and one of 
 pork, and continued on his way to Pirackyf, guided by 
 Sullivan. I got the provisions and started for here im- 
 mediately after; A conversation with the commandant and 
 Mr. Robinsonf . 
 
 Monday, 23rd. — Wind S.W. ; blowing hard. Mr. 
 Duvochellef came up shore from the French vessel — dis- 
 appointed. He spoke the hands : said he was very sorj^ that 
 they were so inconvenienced, contrary to the arrangements he 
 had made, but that in three days' time he would be able to 
 continue regular supplies. All hands seemed satisfied. The 
 Boats went out, but were obliged to put back immediately 
 after. 
 
 Tuesday, 24:th. — Wind S.; light airs; overcast, but fine. 
 Started by boat with Mr. Duvochellef to Akaroa. 
 
 Wednesday, 25th. — Wind S.W. ; moderate breeze, and clear 
 
 weather. Mr. Duvochellef got from the Cornet 6 casks of 
 
 pork, 6 of flour, and 3 of biscuit. I brought by boat one cask 
 
 of pork, and one of flour ; also a cask of Brandy, and 25 lb. 
 
 + Befer to Glossary.
 
 Remarks May 1843 131 
 
 of coffee. Left the remainder to be brought round in the 1842 
 Roty O'More. 
 
 Thursday, \l!^Iay\ 26th. — Wind S.W. ; strong breeze, and 
 rainy. No boats out. Carpenter put a lock to the store-room. 
 Drew off by supposed measure fifteen gallons Brandy : got it 
 put in the store-room, with the tobacco, and had the key given 
 me for proper protection. 
 
 Friday, 27th. — Wind S. ; squally, with rain. Boats all up. 
 Carpenter put boards over the store-room, A Mawrief came 
 from Orsho'f on his way to Akaroaf, with news of more 
 hands bolting from thence. Wrote letters to Port Nicholsonf 
 and Akaroaf. 
 
 Saturday^ 28th. — Wind S. ; light air, and fine weather. 
 4 boats out. Richardson went by boat to Akaroa and carried 
 the letters. Balanced accounts with Dennis Kelcher : total 
 amount £13 18^. \d., leaving him in debt 18*. \d. 
 
 Sunday, 29th. — Wind S.E. ; moderate breeze, and clear 
 weather. 4 Boats out ; Captain Hempelman headed Fittis^s 
 boat ; all in chase. Bill Brown fastened to a whale — his iron 
 drew. All returned. The Bory O'More came to anchor. 
 Mr. Woodsf came on shore in Capt. H.^s boat, and spent the 
 evening with us. Got one cask of pork on shore. 
 
 Monday^ 30th. — Wind S. ; a heavy sea on, owing to a strong 
 breeze during the night. Boats up. Captain Hempelman 
 accompanied Mr. Woods on board the French ships. Got 
 ashore from the Bory O'More 5 casks of pork and 5 casks of 
 flour. 
 
 Tuesday, 31st. — Wind E. ; calm, with heavy rain. 4 boats 
 down. Mr. Duvachellef, Mr. Hoat, and a friend — Mr. 
 Bruicef — arrived yesterday evening, past 6, across the hills 
 from Akaroaf. Boats ret*. 
 
 June. 
 
 Wednesday , 1st. — Wind S. ; moderate breeze ; overcast, but 
 fine. Went in company with the above gentlemen to 
 Akaroaf, being called on by Mr. Robinsonf , in the case of 
 
 t Refer to Glossary. 
 I 3
 
 132 Eemarks June 1848 
 
 1842 James Hicks, deserter. Evening, past 4, arrived at Akaroaf. 
 Mr. Robinsonf called a court and liberated Hicks — to 
 return to his duty. First whale taken ; pulled alongside 
 of her. 
 
 Thursdai/ \June\ 2nd. — Wind S.W. ; blowing hard. Obliged 
 to stop at the Mawrief Kipef — at M'^Kennin^sf. 
 
 Friday, 3rd. — Wind S.W. ; blowing fresh, with a heavy 
 sea on. Still at the Mawrie Kipef. Doing justice to M°'s 
 fish and potatoes. 5 p.m. the Scotia Schooner passed, and 
 taking her for a vessel from Wade put off to her — no news. 
 
 Saturday, 4fJi. — Wind S.E. ; moderate breeze, with a heavy 
 sea. Started from here, and arrived at half -past 2 p.m. 
 Found four boats out, and hands busy trying out. Complaints. 
 
 Sunday, 5th. — Wind S. ; moderate breeze; overcast, but 
 fine. 4 Boats down. Brown returned with Fittis's boat to 
 stanch a leak; the other 3 boats ret*^ at 3 p.m. Captain 
 Bourjoure on shore ; good terms. 
 
 Monday, 6th. — Wind W. ; moderate breeze ; overcast, but 
 fine. 5 boats down ; Fittis in — unwell. Trying in the 
 throat, and other pieces. Yesterday settled accounts with 
 Ferrens and CoflBn. 
 
 Their sawing bill amounted to — — — £21. 13 
 The rations, &c., &c., came to — — — 20 5 10 
 
 Leaving a balance in their favour — — £17 2 
 
 Potatoes unaccounted for. Boats returned. Frenchmen 
 caught a whale. 
 
 Tuesday, 7th. — Wind S.W. ; moderate breeze; overcast, 
 but fine. 4 boats down. Capt. H. went by boat to Akaroaf 
 with Mould. Carpenter stanching six-oared boat. Hicks 
 drawing water, &c. Boats returned. 
 
 Wednesday, 8th. — Wind E. ; moderate breeze, and fine clear 
 weather. 4 Boats down. Captain Bourjoure came on shore 
 to ask for the carpenter to repair his long boat : agreed. 
 Captain Hempelman returned from Akaroaf : brought a coil 
 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 Remarks June 1842 133 
 
 of whale-line, eig-ht pairs shoes, six lances, a box of soap 1842 
 
 (17 bars soap, 3 lb. each), some raisins, pickles, seven trousers, ^ 
 
 &c. The boats ret''. 
 
 Thursday, \Jnne\ 9t7i. — Wind N.E. ; strong breeze ; overcast, 
 and mizling- rain. 5 Boats out : Richai'ds in. Glen from Orshof 
 returned this morning in company with our boats. Captain 
 Bourjoure borrowed the old French boat this morning to 
 whale with. Capt. H. rather unwell, having been very ill 
 during last night. O71 hoard to try strength ! Bravo. Blowing 
 hard, the boats returned. 
 
 Friday, 10th. — Wind W. ; squally. 4 Boats down. Fittis 
 clearing the try-works of oil, &c. Boats returned. The 
 mate of V laugh's gun burst — he was not hurt. The I)iglis 
 arrived in harbour. 
 
 Saturday, 11th. — Wind S.E. ; moderate breeze, and fine 
 weather. 4 boats down. Richards on shore. Boats returned 
 — nothing seen. 
 
 Sunday, 12th. — Wind W. ; moderate breeze, and fine. 
 Nothing seen by the boats. Capt. H. taken suddenly ill at 
 11 P.M., went on Board for the Doctorf, who gave him 
 immediate relief. 
 
 Monday, 13th. — Wind S.W. ; strong breeze; cloudy, with 
 rain. 5 boats down: returned. The capt. 'up and at it^ 
 Mr. Palmer called on shore from the Scotia. Boats returned 
 early. A boat from Orshof : news of six hands having 
 deserted from thence. 
 
 Tuesday, 14th. — Wind S. ; moderate, and fine. The heads- 
 men, from some inconsiderate expressions between them and 
 Capt. Hempelman, stopped in for an explanation. After 
 a few words matters were amicably arranged, but it was then 
 considered too late to go afloat. 
 
 Wednesday , 15th. — AVind S.E. ; light airs, and fine clear 
 weather. 4 Boats down. Two of the hands — ' Jem ' and 
 Ray — bolted this morning. Boats ret^. In the morning the 
 Scotia sailed. Got some molasses from the Scotia. 
 
 Thursday, 16th. — Wind S. ; light airs, and fine clear 
 + Refer to Glossary.
 
 134 Remarks June 18J,.2 
 
 1842 weather. 4 boats out. Fittis to Akaroaf, concerning the 
 
 deserters. Captain Hempelman went on board the Bonhon, 
 
 to measure some timber for the sawyers. Richards making 
 lance line ; carpenter making a table ; cooper half idle ; black- 
 smith lounging. 
 
 Friday, [June] 17th. — Wind S. ; moderate, and fine. 4 boats 
 down. Fittis ret"^ from Akaroaf : brought Ray, and left Jem 
 in prison for three months. Recv^ a quantity of slops. The 
 Mawriesf brought from Akaroaf 47 baskets potatoes ; Fittis 
 3 D°. In chase of two whales. 
 
 Saturday, 18th. — Wind W. ; light airs, and fine weather. 
 5 boats out. The Mawriesf started for Akaroaf : gave 
 them a letter for Mr. Duvachellef, stating want of pro- 
 visions. The Boats in chase. 
 
 A compHcation of wants. Our spirits quite gone — not 
 even the auxiliary power of mixing sweets with the bitters. 
 But Hope still tells the flattering tale, that Joy will come 
 again. 
 
 Sunday, 19th. — Wind S.W. ; light breeze, with a heavy 
 sea on. The Boats up, not being practicable to whale outside. 
 
 Monday, 20th. — Wind W. ; moderate breeze ; overcast, but 
 fine. 5 boats out. Cousin Richard called on his way to 
 Akaroaf. I was shooting on top of the hill : got 2 pigeons 
 and a ' Kau Kau 'f . Saw 5 boats towing towards Icallackeyf . 
 Mr. Devaushallef and Mr. Woodsf came round in the 
 magistrate's boat. The Bory O'More came to anchor. With 
 Shooks and Co. (?) 
 
 Tuesday, 21st. — Wind W. ; moderate breeze ; rather squally, 
 and overcast. Two boats went to ' Orsho •'f with Mr. Woodsf 
 and Devaushallf for a loan of provisions. No whaling this 
 day. Boats returned with Mr. D. from Orshof . He brought 
 with him 2 casks of beef, one cask of flour, and some sugar, 
 with hard ware. 
 
 Wednesday, 22nd. — Wind S.W. ; moderate, and fine. 4 
 boats out : nothing seen. Capt. H., Mr. D. and Cousin 
 
 f Refer to Glossary.
 
 Remarks June 184^ 135 
 
 Richard went to dine on board the Inglis. Richard remained 1842 
 for the night, to start in the morning" for Oishof . 
 
 Thursday, \Juue] 23rcL — Wind W. ; strong breeze, and clear 
 weather. 4 Boats out. Mr. Duvaushallef started over the 
 hills for Akaroaf . I accompanied him in sight of the Bay, 
 and made 2 fires, lost my cane. On my return I found the 
 melancholy news of William Brown's boat having been 
 capsized by sea, and without any fault to be attributed to 
 him or his crew, by which we were deprived of one of our 
 hands — poor Charles Arnold. 
 
 Friday, 24ih. — Wind S.W. ; moderate, and clear weather. 
 4 boats down. Fittis got a note to ' Oisho ' on the heat of 
 the weather. Capt. H. having arranged with Mr. Palmer 
 yesterday evening for some provisions, got them on shore this 
 day, viz. 2 casks of meat (beef), 1 of hard a toeather ; for 
 which he gave him in return 3 casks of oil, amounting to 
 more than 2 Tuns. Fittis arrived E. P. 5 [5 p.m.] : got from 
 Cousin Richard the loan. Palmer got also in barter 3 casks 
 more of oil, making in all 4 Tuns 257 galls. Got a cask beef 
 more from him. 
 
 Saturday, 25ih. — Wind W. ; blowing hard. Boats not 
 out. The men, getting some of their past and promised pay, 
 all quiet. Evening, past 7, a row with Davis : Brown also 
 drunk. 
 
 Sunday, 26th. — Wind S.W. ; heavy squalls, with rain. 
 Fittis on board the Frenchman since last night. No boats 
 out. Too much grog in circulation — up and at it ! ! E. P. 5, 
 Mould came for some extra grog to celebrate a birthday. 
 Fittis yet on board. The Boat which he had off got loose, 
 and was washed in on the Beach : got some hands to save her. 
 
 Monday, 27th. — Wind S.W. ; blowing hard; a heavy sea 
 on. Boats all up. Fittis and Richards still on board the 
 Frenchman. A row with little Allen. Sullivan drunk, but 
 obliging. Denny began to stir. 
 
 Tuesday, 28th. — Wind S.W. ; moderate breeze ; overcast, 
 and mizling rain. Sent a boat off for Fittis and Richards, 
 ■\ Befer to Glossary.
 
 136 Remarks June 18^2 
 
 1842 '^vbo came on shore immediately after, accompanied by the 
 
 master of the Scotia, to settle accounts concerning- the oil, &c. 
 
 Gave Mr. Palmer an account of the oil delivered him as per 
 Capt. Hempelman's account. Bory CyMore sailed. 
 
 Evening, past 5 o'clock : From continual remarks, and a 
 want of that confidence which is necessary for me to discharge 
 the duties of my office, I was compelled to make my observa- 
 tions in writing to Capt. H., and to ask for an explanation, 
 and an arrangement for the period which I have agreed for, 
 and called for an examination of the accounts. 
 
 Wednesday, \June'] 29th. — Wind N.W. ; blowing hard. No 
 boats out. All hands steady.' Agreeably to my note to Capt. H. 
 yesterday evening, I had an explanation, which is satisfactory 
 for the present, and a strict promise to make alterations in the 
 household affairs. Also a promise to give me a Bill on 
 Mr. Duvaushallef (when the Vanguard arrives) for the amount 
 of wages due to me, and the loan. 
 
 Thursday, 30th. — Wind W. ; moderate ; overcast, but fine. 
 Sea too rough to launch the boats for whaling. Fittis called 
 on the men to collect the whalebone from the head : they 
 refused, and subsequently refused going off in a boat with 
 Capt. Hempelman, assigning as a reason want of provisions, 
 which is not a fact. 
 
 July. 
 
 Friday, 1st. — Wind S. ; moderate; overcast, and hazy. 
 The following men went off bag and baggage for Akaroaf, 
 falsely representing a want of provisions — John Allen, 
 Thomas Riddell, James Hicks, Richard Lloyd, James Miller, 
 James Jackson, William Davis, M<=Laughlin, Alexander 
 Kingston, Joseph Ball, William White wood, William Hill 
 {alias Baines). 
 
 Saturday, 2nd. — Wind N. ; strong breeze, and clear weather. 
 Captain Hempelman called all the hands that remained and 
 offered to give the boatmen the forty-fifth lay, and the boat- 
 steerers the thirtieth lay, to form a 3 boat party. They 
 
 ■\ Refer to Glossary.
 
 Remarks July 1842 137 
 
 refused, stating that they saw no probability of keeping the 1842 
 
 station in provisions. Could not muster hands for a boat to 
 
 Akaroaf. 
 
 Sunday, \3uhj\ 3rd. — Wind N.W. ; fresh breeze^ and cloudy. 
 More of the hands left for Akaroaf. The headsmen offered to 
 pull the capt. to Akaroa^ but refused on any other occasion. The 
 cooper started for Akaroa with a letter to Mr. Robinsonf. 
 Capt. Hempelman gave Capt. Bourjoure a receipt for 4 barrels 
 of beef, 2 of Pork, and one of flour. Got from him an 
 acknowledgement for having received — 
 
 1^ tons of potatoes 
 A whale-boat 
 Boat-plank 
 A steer oar 
 Globe lamp 
 
 Monday, 4t7i. — Wind W. ; strong wind, and clear weather. 
 Could not get hands for a boat to Akaroaf. The headsmen 
 came and told Capt. H. that their intention was to leave the 
 station on the morrow, as they saw no probability of getting 
 more hands, and the provisions being almost exhausted. 
 
 Tuesday, 5th. — Wind W. ; moderate, and fine. The heads- 
 men — John Mould, Morrison, and Brown — went off in their 
 boat, accompanied by the Mawrief boat; Fittis and Lloyd 
 in their own boat, with a letter, and the articles, to Mr. Robin- 
 sonf . The few hands still remaining agreeable to work and 
 stop to the last. Capt. Maison came on shore past 2 p.m. and 
 reported that the headsmen called on board his ship, and that 
 one of them — W. Brown — took his watch from the binnacle, 
 which being immediately missed as they were putting off, he 
 called them on board again, when he saw Brown take the 
 watch from his pocket and drop it into the water. Conveyed 
 on the loft — 16 lances, 23 irons, 4 boat-hooks, 3 boat-spades, 
 and 2 mutes, 1 lance of J. C. L.'s ; in addition 2 irons, 3 lances, 
 t Kefer to Glossary. 
 
 £ s. 
 
 d. 
 
 12 . 0. 
 
 , 
 
 16 
 
 
 
 1.16 
 
 
 
 1 7 
 
 6 
 
 1 15 
 
 
 
 £32.18 
 
 .6
 
 138 Remarks July 1842 
 
 1842 2 boat-spades, and 4 whifts, 1 boat-hook, 16 oars, 2 steer-oars, 
 5 oars, and 1 steer-oar. In all, 20 lances, 25 irons, 5 boat- 
 hooks, 5 boat-spades, 6 mutes, 21 oars, 3 steer-oars. A very- 
 particular report from Thompson, the blacksmith. 
 
 Wednesday, \Julf\ 6th. — Wind W. ; moderate, and fine 
 weather. Scotia in harbour from Akaroaf . Nothing decisive in 
 the way of news from thence. All quiet here. Blacksmith 
 on the look out. French ship Viaugh got a whale alongside. 
 Poor Jones from Icollackey. 
 
 Thursday/, 7th. — Wind S. ; moderate, and fine weather. 
 Captain Maison returned from Akaroaf. News that W. 
 Brown was in gaol for the watch. Vanguard arrived in 
 Akaroa. In company with Thompson, blacksmith, and Capt- 
 H., found the cooper's clothes. 
 
 Friday^ 8th. — Wind W. ; light airs, and fine clear weather. 
 Capt. H. to Akaroa in six-oared boat. Poor Mr. Jones accom- 
 panied Appleby, and Harley came to acquaint me that they 
 were leaving the station. I cautioned them not to leave. 
 Capt. returned from Akaroa. Royal William arrived. 
 
 Saturday, 9th. — Wind S.W. ; moderate, and overcast. The 
 Royal William came to anchor. Got on shore. Goods as per 
 invoice from Messrs. Wade. Mr. Ogilvief came on shore. 
 
 Sunday, 10th. — Wind W. ; moderate, and fine. Evening, 
 past 6, drew up new articles, in Mr. Wade's name. Had a 
 most precious blow-up with Capt. H.,in presence of Mr.Ogilvie. 
 Called on him for a settlement and wished to leave him. 
 
 Monday^ 11th. — Wind S. ; modei'ate, and overcast. Capt. H. 
 refused to let Mr. Ogilvie take the oil and whalebone now on 
 the beach, stating that he had given it to Mr. Duvachellef . 
 
 Tuesday, 12th. — Wind W. ; light airs, and fine. Mr. Ogilvief 
 came on shore and served Mr. Devaushallef, Captain Hempel- 
 man, and James Barry, clerk of the station, with orders not to 
 deliver the oil or whalebone to any other person than Messrs. 
 John and George Wade of Port Nicholsonf . I presented my 
 instructions, which were read by Mr. Duvachellef, who still 
 persisted in taking the oil and whalebone away. 
 + Refer to Glossary.
 
 Remarks July 18^2 139 
 
 Weight of whalebone 700 lb. = 6 cwt. 2 qr. 1842 
 
 @ £70 _ — _ — — — — £22 . 17 . 6 
 
 2 Tuns 116 galls, oil, @ £12 per ton — 29 . 10 . 6 
 
 £52 . 8.0 
 
 Fittis went by boat to Akaroaf to muster hands for a three- 
 boat party. Mr. D., Mr. Og^, and the French officer started 
 over the hills for Akaroa. Capt. Lovet got an order from 
 Capt. H. on the bank, Port Nicholson f, for the formers passage 
 money. 
 
 WedneMlay, \July'\ 13th. — Wind W. ; moderate breeze ; over- 
 cast, and mizling rain. Opened a box of soap — eighteen bars, 
 2 lb. each. 
 
 Thursday^ 14th. — Wind S.W. ; moderate, and fine. Noon, 
 shooting on top of the hill with Nonpareil — a good walker. 
 No news yet from Fittis. Gave to Richards Whaheenf 10 
 regatta shirts, 4 pairs cotton socks, 1 white trousers, and 5 
 pairs lambs-wool hose to get daubed. 
 
 Friday^ 15th. — Wind N.W.; moderate, and fine clear weather. 
 During the night heavy rain ; snow on the mountains. Some 
 men pig-hunting. The French ashore hooping casks. A 
 promise for me. 
 
 Saturday, 16th. — Wind W. ; moderate, and fine. Pig-hunt- 
 ing ; killed 3, yesterday 2. Fittis and Mr. Ogilvief returned 
 from Akaroa. The men came round in the Scotia. 
 
 Sxinday, 17th. — Wind S. ; light airs, and overcast. The men 
 came on shore from the Scotia. Baird went off with Pricef. 
 Fittis went on board and brought off his clothes, which be- 
 longed to this station. The men signed articles. 
 
 Monday, 18th. — ^\vA W.; moderate, and fine frosty weather. 
 2 boats out ; returned early. Pig-hunting ; caught two, and 
 brought one home. 
 
 Tuesday, 19th. — WindS.; moderate, and fine clear weather. 
 2 boats out ; returned early in the evening ; saw nothing in 
 the shape of whales. 
 
 Wednesday^ 20th. — Wind S. ; light airs, and fine clear 
 + Refer to Glossary.
 
 140 Remarks July 18J,.2 
 
 1842 weather. 2 boats down. Went with a party to Home Shore 
 
 Bayf. Poor Edward fired at a pigeon and kept the pistol 
 
 close to his eye to take perfect aim : it kicked and cut his 
 forehead. Spent the evening on board the Rainhow. The 
 Capt. came on shore with us : stopped for the night, and had 
 a charge preferred of committing somnambulism. 
 
 Tlmrsdayy \July\ 21st. — Wind S.; moderate breeze; overcast. 
 Made out the Tonguer^sf accounts. The boats returned 
 early : saw no whales. Blacksmith went off. The Tiaugh 
 sailed this morning. A boat came round from Price'sf for 
 Harry Baird^s clothes : they were refused him. The Ellenor 
 passed. 
 
 Friday^ 22nd. — Wind W. ; moderate, and overcast. Two 
 boats out. Fittis went to Akaroaf . Cutting firewood. 
 
 Saturday, 23rd. — Wind W. ; light airs, and foggy. The 
 boats returned early. Thatched the fowl-house. Fittis re- 
 turned — no news. Ellis^s woman bolted. 
 
 Sunday, 24th. — Wind S. ; moderate, and foggy. Boats not 
 out. 
 
 Monday, 25th. — ^Wind S. ; calm, and foggy. Boats up. 
 Fittis preparing to visit Oishof . A party of the French pig- 
 hunting and pigeon-shooting. Our party beginning to show 
 symptoms of uneasiness at the prospect of affairs — no grog ! 
 Bill HalFs boat nearly finished by old curmudgeon. A 
 Frenchman repairing the net. Noon, fog dispersing. The 
 cask of flour expended yesterday : extra consumption attributed 
 to expansion of stomach after gaol allowances. 
 
 Tuesday, 26th. — Wind S.W. ; calm, and overcast. Went to 
 look out pointf in Richards' boat, and walked from thence to 
 Oishof. Richards called in evening for a loan of tobacco : got 
 half mops, half brooms. It commenced blowing, and he put 
 in to Icollackeyf . — Cousin Dick quite well. Fittis started 
 for Port Levief . 
 
 Wednesday, 27th. — Wind S.W. ; blowing a gale of wind. 
 Boats all in. We were prepared for a shooting expedition, 
 
 •j- Refer to Glossary.
 
 Remarks July 184-2 141 
 
 but the weather was too severe. Spent the evening very 1842 
 pleasantly. 
 
 Thursday, {July'] 28th. — Wind S.W. ; moderate, and over- 
 cast. Oishof boats out and in chase. Cousin Richard and I 
 went shooting up the little riverf : good sport ; returned early. 
 
 Friday, 29th. — Wind W. ; moderate, and overcast. Oishof 
 boats all out and in chase ; they spoke Peracky boat?, which I 
 could also discern in the chase. Richards, from being much 
 exhausted, could not call for me. Highly amused with ducks. 
 
 Saturday, 30th. — Wind S.W. ; moderate breeze, and hazy. 
 Started from Oishof in John Carey's boat, to Look-out 
 Pointf ; then struck across the hills, and arrived here at 
 9 o^clock, being three hours precisely on the way from Oisho f . 
 Found all well here. Boats in, and Fittis not returned from 
 Port Levief . Opened a box of soap — 18 bars, 2 lb. each. 
 
 Sunday, 31st. — Wind S.E. ; fresh breeze; foggy, with rain. 
 The boats up. 
 
 August. 
 
 Monday, Ist. — Wind S.E. ; moderate breeze ; hazy with 
 rain. Boats not out. 
 
 Tuesday, 2nd. — Wind S.E. ; moderate breeze, and hazy ; a 
 heavy sea on. Boats up. 
 
 Wednesday , 3rd. — Wind E. ;" variable light breeze. Boats 
 out. Inglis sailed. 
 
 Thursday, 4lh. — Wind S.E.; strong breeze; overcast, and 
 showery. Boats up. Capt. H. and Mr. Ogilvief in readiness 
 to go by boat to Akaroaf — weather unfavourable. 
 
 Friday, 5th. — Wind S.E. ; moderate breeze, with a heavy 
 sea on. The boats up. No news of Fittis. 
 
 Saturday, 6th. — Wind S. ; light airs ; overcast, but fine. 
 Boats up. Capt. Hempelman, accompanied by Mr. Ogilvie, 
 went by boat to Akaroa. Fittis, after twelve days' spell, re- 
 turned with two fresh hands : he was eight days at Akaroa 
 windbound. 
 
 Sunday ,7th. — WindS. ; moderate, and fine. Fittis, with 2 
 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 142 Remarks August 184.2 
 
 1842 Boats, whaling. Capt. H. returned from Akaroaf, aceom- 
 panied by Mr. Ogilvief — a screw loose. 
 
 Mojulay, [AuffJ] 8th. — Wind S.W. ; moderate, and fine. 
 Boats in : men refractory — want of slops, and grog. 
 
 Tuesday, 9th. — Wind W. ; moderate breeze; overcast, but 
 fine. Men preparing to be off. On the look out for Mr. 
 Duvachellef, who promised to visit to-day. 
 
 With whalers, and whaling, there 's always complaining, 
 
 Like a boat or a mill out of tune ; 
 While the whales are in Bay the men run away — 
 
 And we'll have a clear stage of it soon. 
 
 Thus when the lamp that lighteth 
 
 The traveller at first goes out. 
 He feels awhile benighted, 
 
 And looks around in fear and doubt. 
 But soon, the prospect clearing. 
 
 By cloudless starlight on he treads, 
 And thinks no lamp so cheering 
 
 As that light which Heaven sheds ! 
 
 Mr. Devaushallef arrived 4 p.m. No news. 
 
 Wednesday, 10th. — Wind S. ; moderate breeze ; foggy, and 
 mizling rain. Nothing in the way of arrangement with the 
 men — all on the qui vive. Danced heartily last night. 
 
 Thursday, 11th. — Wind W. ; moderate, and fine. Accom- 
 panied Mr. Hempelman to Akaroaf to get my traps round by 
 the first opportunity — as he promises. Farewell ! and if for 
 ever — still for ever fare thee well I 
 
 Friday, 12th. — Wind S.W. ; moderate, and fine. Arrived 
 at Akaroa yesterday past noon — found all well. No interview 
 between Capt. H. and Mr. Bel[lign]yt. Spent the evening 
 very happily with my friends for ' auld lang syne ''. 
 
 Saturday, 13th. — Wind W. At Akaroa : a tete-a-tete with 
 Mr. Robinsonf — introduced to Mrs. Woods. 
 
 Sunday, lilh. — Wind S.W. ; moderate, and fine. At Mass 
 
 t Eefer to Glossary.
 
 Remarks August 184-2 143 
 
 with Williams. Mrs. Woods spent the day with us. Capt. 1842 
 H. bad. 
 
 ]\f 071(1 ay, \^A7ig.'\ 15fJi. — Wind S.W.; strong- breeze, and cloudy. 
 Ascension Day : holiday with the French. Put off for Peracky : 
 came to the Heads : blowing too fresh, put'back. Stopped at 
 * Tommy's ^f . Kikiedf the ' tiners 'f and the fish. Slept on 
 a Maorif mat, wrapped in a blanket : 4 in a bed-place — heads 
 and tails. 
 
 Tuesday, 16th. — Wind S.W. Blowing too hard to start. 
 Walked from ' Tommy's 'f to the next Mawrief settlement. 
 Edward and I came over the hills and left Capt. H. to come 
 by Boat. Arrived here past 5 o'c'k all well and merry. 
 
 Wednesday, 17th. — Wind S.E., moderate, and fine. Mrs. 
 Wright took her departure for Oishof : Annie went on a visit 
 with her. Capt. H. came over the hills and was here at 
 8^ P.M. Making up the Books. 
 
 Thursday, 18th. — Wind S.W. ; moderate, and fine. Fittis 
 started ; Boneing. Received provisions, boat-mast, and sails, 
 to return in good condition, or pay for damaged ; also to pay 
 for the provisions furnished. At the books : gave out 
 provisions. 
 
 Friday, 19th. — Wind W. ; strong breeze ; cloudy, with rain. 
 ' Bloody Jack 'f came into the Bay in his boat ; could not 
 get ashore. Neddy pig-hunting : he killed one, and brought 
 half of it home. 
 
 Saturday, 20th. — Wind S.; strong breeze; overcast, and 
 rainy. Expecting a visit from the celebrated Jackf. He 
 came on shore to breakfast — hauled up his boat. 
 
 Sunday, 21st. — Wind W. ; moderate, and fine. The chief 
 on shore. 
 
 Monday, 22nd. — Wind S. ; moderate, and fine. Carj^enter 
 repairing Bloody Jack^sf boat. Making out the accounts, 
 
 Tuesday, 23rd. — Wind W. ; blowing hard ; evening, hazy 
 weather. John Tooawockf highly amusing. 
 
 Wednesday, 2Ath. — Wind S. ; moderate, and fine. John's 
 boat repairing. 
 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 144 Remarks August 1842 
 
 1842 Thirsday, \Atig?\ 25th. — "Wind S.W. ; moderate, and fine. 
 
 John Tooawockf took his departure for home (' Roobooko 'f), 
 aeep"^ by two hands from here. 
 
 Friday, 26th. — Wind W. ; moderate, and fine weather. 
 Carpenter making stuff for sashes (?). The Tonguers\ pig- 
 hunting : killed two pigs. 
 
 Saturday^ 27th, — Wind S. ; moderate, and fine clear weather. 
 Pig-hunting with Capt. H., accompanied by Mr. Ogilvief, 
 who got an overwest on the hill, and returned in the evening 
 with a great loss of appetite and a shocking bad shirt. 
 
 Sunday, 28th. — Wind W. ; light airs, and fine sultry 
 weather. Disappointed in going to Oishof . 
 
 Monday, 29th. — Wind N. ; fresh breeze, and fine clear 
 weather. Planted, with the assistance of Edward and Mr. 
 Ogilvief, a quantity of Kidney donovans. 
 
 Tuesday, 30th. — Wind S. ; strong breeze ; overcast, and 
 showery. Assisted in getting a temporary Bridge put across 
 the rivulet. 
 
 Wednesday, 31st. — Wind south ; strong breeze ; overcast, 
 and showery. Helped Capt. H. in cutting seed potatoes. 
 Received my release in writing — to arrange with me at Akaroa 
 first opportunity. 
 
 This evening we saw the Sun setting, 
 
 The waters beneath him were bright: 
 Oh, trust me ! our farewell at parting 
 Should be like the farewell of light. 
 You saw how he parted by darting 
 
 His beam o'er a deep billow's brim : 
 Then fill up ! let 's shine at our parting 
 
 In true liquid glory like him ! 
 Ah, may our life's happy measure 
 
 Of moments like this be made up ; 
 They're born on the bosom of pleasure. 
 They die 'midst the tears of the cup ! 
 
 [The remainder of the Log is in a different handwriting.] 
 + Refer to Glossary.
 
 REMARKS, JANUARY 1844. 
 
 [Jan. 7 to March 13, 1844] 
 
 Jan. 7. — Mr. Hempelman gone to the Chattomsf after 1844 
 whaling gear and provisions. Mr. H. gave Simsonf and 
 Dene and Sam Williams, Joseph Johnson, [and] William 
 Siddles notice not to fence, or break up ground, or cut wood, 
 or build from high-water mark, to the centre of the range of 
 Akaroa, the centre of each side of Perackyf Hills — not with- 
 out his leave. 
 
 Ja7i. 8. — Strong breeze from the southward. Killed a pig, 
 and it turned out better than I expected. We all went to 
 the Bushf for wood ; Simsonf still fencing his garden ; 
 Mr. Biorns went over to Akaroat- 
 
 [Jan. 9.] — On the 9th of this month the Bishopf made us 
 a visit and took breakfast : he walk over the hills with nine 
 M[aoris]. 
 
 Jan. 11. — ^Wind S. ; moderate, and fine weather. Henry 
 and Tom went to Ekelackef over the Hill. Very busy wash- 
 ing; been up in the garden for some new potatoes. I was 
 obliged to give Ann a good thrashing to-day. 
 
 Jan. 12. — Wind W. ; moderate, and fine weather. Henry 
 and Tom returned from Ekelackef, heavy-loaded. Likewise 
 Mr. Biorns came from Akaroaf . The men still in the garden 
 at fencing, and very sulky with me. 
 
 t/aw. 13. — Winds.; moderate weather. Henry and Biorns 
 made a beginning to rebuild the shed. Went up in the Garden 
 to cut mustard for the seeds. A boat came from Ekelackef 
 with a bag of flour, and I paid Siddles what I borrowed : out 
 of debt out of trouble. I was very much obliged to Mr. 
 Sagors for his kindness. I had a few words with Simson, 
 
 t Eefer to Glossary.
 
 146 Remarks January 1844- 
 
 1844 for he does not care what stories he tells to make mischief. 
 Simson and Denne^ Tom and Joe went a-fishing but caught 
 nothing. Poor Siddles has lost all his Chickens through some 
 mischief. 
 
 Sunday, Jan. 14. — Wind W. ; moderate weather. I begin 
 this day very dull : nothing but eating, drinking, and sleep- 
 ing. Henry, to make up the day, must needs go a-shooting, 
 but came home as he went. 
 
 Jan. 15. — Wind N. ; stiff breeze. Mr. Biorns and Henry 
 making a shed ; Simson went a-fishing, but had no luck. 
 The pig in the Garden again to-day destroying the potatoes. 
 I wish this was the last day I was going to stay in Peracky. 
 A vessel went by the Heads to-day : I hope it will bring us 
 some news from Port Nicholsonf. 
 
 Jan. 16. — Wind N. ; weather fine. Biorns still working at 
 shed. Simsonf and men out fishing : got 11 Gropers. Not 
 kind enough to give me anything, yet can do without. 
 
 Jan. 17. — Strong breeze. Still working at shed ; Tom 
 hilling up the potatoes. Received from Mr. Bowen, Bathurst, 
 proper balance of account of Whaling Season 1839, including 
 orders paid £1557 . . . . 0. 
 
 Jan. 18. — Strong breeze from the Xorth. Still working at 
 the shed and hilling potatoes. Men out fishing. Siddles — 
 Plague his Pig ! 
 
 Jan. 19. — Strong breeze from the North. Still working 
 at the shed. Two men — Mat Numletton (?) and Coffin from 
 Oishoref. Men cutting wood for fence. Pigs in the garden 
 again. 
 
 Ja?i. 20. — Weather very fine. Mr. Rhodesf from Akaroaf : 
 met with a very poor reception from me, till we had a fair 
 understanding, and then we were quite friends. Men at work 
 at the shed. Simsonf wanted three Pounds to take the oil 
 round to Akaroaf : Mr. Rhodesf would not give it. 
 
 Sunday, Jan. 21. — Weather very wet. Mr. Rhodesf went 
 over the hills to Akaroa : must have a very wet journey. 
 Good wind for Mr. Hempelman to come home, 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 Simpson's Lo(jk-out, on north-west side of Pimki Cove. 
 The ' Frenchman's Whale ' Eoek, off the Point. 
 
 £4=
 
 Remarks January 1844^ 147 
 
 Jan. 22. — Wind S. ; weather very windy. Biorns and 1844 
 Henry in the bushf cutting- supple-jacks to fence the shed. 
 Simson fishing : caught 18 horbockersf — gave me one. They 
 are still very much out of temper, and so am I : quite tired 
 of this place. Pigs in the garden destroying my potatoes. 
 
 Jan. 23. — Weather very fine. Simsonf boat to Akaroaf . 
 Men still in the bush cutting supple-jacks for fencing shed. 
 Up in the Garden planting cabbages : I am very tired. 
 
 Jan. 24. — Fencing shed. Men returned from Akaroa. 
 Will Shaw, Henry, and Biorns went on the hills to see if they 
 could see the schooner, but without success. I am weary in 
 looking out for it. 
 
 Jail. 25. — Weather fine, with strong winds. Men out fish- 
 ing : caught thirty, but gave me none. Horpockerf . 
 
 Jan. 26. — Wind S.; weather fine. Simsonf to Akaroa 
 with Boat passengers. Henry and Shaw went up in the 
 garden : hilled potatoes. Biorns and Tom went get fencing. 
 
 Jan. 27. — Wind E. ; weather very foggy. Biorns and 
 Tom went at break of day for pigeons : found none. Saw 
 a ship pass the Heads : was in hopes that it was for us — was 
 sadly disappointed. Went up in the garden to hill potatoes ; 
 Biorns mended the fence. And so we ended the day and 
 went to bed. 
 
 \8unday\ Jan. 28. — Wind E, ; weather fine. No signs of 
 any one coming. Biorns went in the Bushf : got five 
 pigeons. We ended the day with reading the Scriptures, 
 singing of hymns, and talking to Siddles. 
 
 Jan. 29. — Weather very fine. Boat arrived from Akaroa 
 with Tom, Simsonf, Joe, and Dene, accompanied with Mr. 
 Henry Whelchf . Bad news and bad times, and we are all in 
 the dumps. The Pickiciss (?) is in Akaroa, loaded with lots 
 of provisions. I hope to see Mr. Hempelman very soon. 
 
 Jan. 30. — Weather very dull. Mr. Samuel Brown and Mr. 
 Thomas Brown from Port Levi arrived here from over the 
 hills, with the expectation of seeing Mr. Hempelman. But 
 no such luck for them nor me. 
 
 f Refer to Glossary. 
 K2
 
 148 Remarks January 1844- 
 
 1844 Jan. 31. — Weather very fine. Mr. Henry went a-shooting: 
 
 got eight pigeons. Mr. Brown still with us to keep up our 
 spirits, for we have no news yet. Oh, dear, what can the 
 matter be! 
 
 February. 
 
 Feb. 1. — "Weather fine. Mr. Brown started to go to Akaroa 
 over the hills. Mr. Biorns still fencing the shed ; Henry is 
 idle. 
 
 Feb. 2. — Mr. Biorns and Henry pig-hunting. Strong 
 South-Easter. 
 
 Feb. 3. — Weather very fine. Mr. Biorns and Tom [and] 
 Henry returned after about sixty miles^ walk from pig- 
 hunting, and returned like a bad penny, with nothing to eat 
 and sad scratched legs — God bless them. 
 
 Feb. 4. — Weather wet; and in sad spirits to-day, the whole 
 of us. 
 
 Feb. 5. — Weather wet. Killed a pig of Siddles'; and all 
 uneasy in mind — God help us. 
 
 Feb. 6. — Weather very rough ; strong South caster. Biorns 
 and Henry in the Bushf cutting battens and fencing the 
 shed. Still no news, which makes everyone upside down. 
 
 Feb. 7. — Weather very fine. Men in the Bush cutting 
 supple-jacks to fence the shed. Constantly walking out up 
 the Hd^ 
 
 Feb. 8. — Weather very fine. Got a horbockerf off the 
 beach. Mr. Price's boat passed by the Heads this afternoon. 
 
 Feb. 9. — Weather very foggy. Tom returned from Oashoref , 
 with good news that Mr. Hempelman is in Port Victoriaf . 
 Biorns putting battens on the shed; Henry and myself 
 working in the garden ; Tom fetching wood. 
 
 Feb. 10. — Weather foggy. Biorns went to Akaroa and we 
 are very dull. 
 
 Feb. 11. — Weather very wet, and all very dull, and all ill- 
 tempered. 
 
 Feb. 12. — Weather very wet and rough. A man came 
 over from Eckelackyf . 
 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 Remarks February 1844 149 
 
 Feb. 13. — Weather very rough and stormy. Stranger gone 1844 
 to Port Levif. I sent a letter to Brown concerning Mr. Hem- 
 pelman. 
 
 Feb. 14. — Weather still roughs and no news. Mr. Biorns 
 still at Akaroa. 
 
 Feb. 15. — Weather very fine. Killed a pig, and I hope 
 Mr. Hempelman will soon come home. 
 
 Feb. 16. — Weather very fine. Jack returned from Akaroa. 
 No news from Port Victoriaf . 
 
 Feb. 17. — Weather stormy. Henry went in the bushf : 
 shot one. Some luck (?). 
 
 Sunday, Feb. 18. — Weather stormy. Biorns returned from 
 Akaroa with good news. 
 
 Feb. 19. — Strong breeze off the land. A vessel went past 
 the Heads. Mr. Price''sf Big Boat went by, being wind- 
 bound for three weeks in Akaroa. Biorns and Henry cleared 
 up the yard ready for Mr. Hempelman^s return. 
 
 Feb. 20. — Moderate breeze off the land. Mr. Biorns and 
 Simsonf went to Eckelacke to fetch a bag of flour that 
 Mr. Rhodesf sent over. Henry w^ent up in the bushf : shot 
 four birds — thank God for that. 
 
 Feb. 21. — Strong breeze off the land. Boat went a-fishing : 
 caught fifteen horbockersf : gave me three. Pigs destroyed 
 my garden. 
 
 Feb. 22. — Strong breeze from the land. Nothing doing 
 or any good news. 
 
 Feb. 23. — Strong breeze from the Southward, and all in the 
 dumps. 
 
 Feb. 24. — Moderate breeze from the North. Biorns went 
 shooting : caught a hawk. The dogs got one of Siddles's 
 pigs and broke its legs. 
 
 Sunday, Feb. 25. — Fine weather. Simson's boat went 
 a-fishing : caught five horbockersf : gave us one, and am 
 sorry to see so much sin committed on the Sabbath. 
 
 Feb. 26. — Strong breeze from the Southward and nothing 
 doing, but very ill-tempered. 
 
 t Refer to Glossary.
 
 150 Remarks February 184J(. 
 
 1844 Feb. 27. — Fine weather. Henry went in the bush : shot 
 
 two Birds and two toesf . 
 
 Feb. 28. — Strong- breeze off the land. Men fencing and 
 clearing ground. 
 
 Feb. 29. — Weather very fine : strong wind from the North- 
 west. Henry and Tom went to Akaroa — no news there : 
 then bound for Port Levyf . 
 
 Marc/i. 
 
 Mar. 1. — Biorns and Simson out a-fishing : caught one 
 horbockerf . Fine weather, but nothing to be seen or heard 
 from Port Victoriaf . 
 
 Mar. 2. — Biorns and Simson went a-fishing : caught forty- 
 one horbockers. A boat came from Akaroaf for Mr. Rhodes'sf 
 oil, with three men. 
 
 Sunday, Mar. 3. — Weather fine. Nothing but eating and 
 drinking this day. A boat went from here with oil for 
 Mr. Rhodesf, Akaroa. 
 
 Mar. 4. — Strong breeze off the land, and we are all miserable 
 on the beach. 
 
 31ar. 5. — Strong breeze from the Southward. Biorns in 
 the garden digging. 
 
 3Iar. 6. — Strong breeze off the land. Henry and Tom 
 returned from Akaroa with news that Mr. Pricef was arrived, 
 and that Mr. Hempelman was on his return for Peracky. 
 
 Mar. 7. — Weather very fine. Good news : Jack went over 
 to Mr. Price, to let his men know he was returned, when he 
 heard Mr. Woodsf had got a large sperm whale : that is a 
 Providence for him. 
 
 3Iar. 8. — Weather very fine. Henry started for Ecke- 
 lackef and Oashoref to see Woods's whale. Mr. Biorns 
 gone in the bush for pigeons. 
 
 Mar. 9. — Weather very fine. Boat went to fishing-. Two 
 boats came in, and when they cried ' Sail O ! ' Eliza in her 
 fright tumbled over the stile, but to her and my disappoint- 
 
 f Refer to Glossary.
 
 'Remarks March ISJ^Jf. 151 
 
 ment it contained a lot of Maorisf bound to the Southward, 1844 
 and stayed on the beach. 
 
 Sunday, Mar. 10. — "Weather very fine. The Maoris still 
 here and very agreeable. The boat gone to fishing — more to 
 their shame, for the Maorisf set them a good pattern, for 
 they keep this day sacred. 
 
 Mar. 11. — Weather very foggy. The boat of Maoris went 
 away. I exchanged with them a pair of trousers for a pig. 
 Henry returned from Oashoref with the news that Brown 
 and Mr. Hempelman were in Port Levyf. 
 
 Mar. 12. — Weather foggy. Mr. Price's vessel came in 
 here, but no news. 
 
 Mar. 13. — Fine weather. Mr. Price'sf vessel came in 
 again. Mr. Hort, Mr. Price, and the Captain all paid me a 
 visit, and gave me three bottles of wine. 
 
 [The remainder of the MS. is torn away.] 
 
 + Refer to Glossary.
 
 GLOSSARY-INDEX 
 
 CONTENTS 
 
 Akaroa. 
 
 Banks Peninsula. 
 
 Barakuta. 
 
 Bel y. 
 
 Bistop, The. 
 
 Bloody Jack. 
 
 Brittimart. 
 
 Bruice, Mr. 
 
 Bush. 
 
 Canew. 
 
 Chattoms. 
 
 Cloudy Bay. 
 
 Clough. 
 
 Cook. 
 
 Cooper, Port. 
 
 Coya Pou. 
 
 Coyk. 
 
 Doctor. 
 
 Devaushalle. 
 
 Ekelacke. 
 
 Entry Island. 
 
 Flags. 
 
 French. 
 
 Go ashore. 
 
 Hannah Schooner. 
 
 Hempleman. 
 
 Horbockers. 
 
 Home Shore Bay. 
 
 Icollacky. 
 
 Island Bay. 
 
 Jacky Tar. 
 
 Jacky White. 
 
 Kaukau. 
 
 Kikied. 
 
 Kipe. 
 
 Kumaras. 
 
 Levi, Port. 
 
 Little River. 
 
 Look Out, The. 
 
 Look-Out Point. 
 
 MacKennin. 
 
 Mawrie. 
 
 Miller. 
 
 Mowry Harbour. 
 
 Nicholson, Port. 
 
 Oashore. 
 
 Ogiivie. 
 
 Otaga. 
 
 Peracky. 
 
 Pigeon Bay. 
 
 Port Cooper. 
 
 — Levi. 
 
 ■ — Nicholson. 
 
 — Victoria. 
 Price's Fishery. 
 QueenCharlotte Sound. 
 Rhodes, Mr. 
 
 River, The. 
 
 Roberts. 
 
 Robinson, Mr, 
 
 Robinson Clough. 
 
 Roebullea. 
 
 Roobooko. 
 
 Simson. 
 
 Tarma Tribe. 
 
 Tarmat. 
 
 Timoroo. 
 
 Tiners. 
 
 Toes. 
 
 Tommaths. 
 
 Tommy. 
 
 Tonguer. 
 
 Tooawock. 
 
 Tumbledown. 
 
 Turoowa. 
 
 Tuwawa. 
 
 Tuwoowo. 
 
 Tyroar. 
 
 Victoria, Port. 
 
 Wangooloar. 
 
 Whaheen. 
 
 Whelch. 
 
 White. 
 
 Woods, Mr. 
 
 Wootles. 
 
 Wright, Mrs. 
 
 Supplement : Letter of secret instruction, July 22, '40.
 
 GLOSSARY-INDEX 
 
 AKAROA. — Harbour and Town. See Map. Known as 'Wangaloa' 
 until Europeanised in 1840, when N.Z. became a British Possession. 
 
 BANKS or BANKES PENINSULA —the ' Hikurangi ' of the Maori, 
 is believed to have been first peopled by that Race in the early 
 years of the sixteenth century. The Waitaha tribe, or hapu, which 
 had first landed at Maketu in the Bay of Plenty on their arrival 
 from Hawaiiki in the canoe Arawa, soon migrated South, and took 
 possession of this (to them) rich territory. They held it (according 
 to the Ven. Archdeacon J. W. Stack) for about eighty years; and 
 then, with the exception of a few escapees to the Chatham Islands, 
 were exterminated by their kinsmen, the Ngatimamoe, who had 
 been living in Poverty Bay since the arrival there of their ancestors 
 in the 'Tokomaru' canoe. Towards the close of the 17th cen- 
 tury, the Ngatimamoe were, in their turn, exterminated by the 
 Ngai Tahu tribe, whose prosperity — after a peaceful (?) enjoyment 
 of all the country south of the Kaikoura Mountains for some 120 
 years — had just received the rudest of shocks at the hands of the 
 Northern warrior Rauperaha, when Hempleman started his whaling- 
 station at Piraki Cove. The retaliatory expeditions of the Ngai 
 Tahu ' to fight the RoebuUea ' in February '38 and December '39, — 
 with the first of which the Chief Taiaroa, being ill at Piraki (Dec. 
 24, '37), could not go, — were completely successful ; but the direst 
 vengeance would most probably have been taken on them after- 
 wards, if a British gunboat had not supplemented Missionary 
 efi'ort, by quietly taking possession (in 1840) of the Lands so much 
 coveted, alike by the French, and the warring Maori tribes. 
 
 BARAKUTA. — Barracoota. Fish, met with in shoals on Australasian 
 coasts. 
 
 BEL????Y.— M. St. Croix de Belligny was Agent for the French 
 Nanto-Bordelaise Company, and an intimate friend of Capt. L'An- 
 glois, the old Whaler, who professed to have made exactly the same 
 purchase of land— and fishing rights — from the Natives, in 1838, as 
 Hempelman claimed to have formally completed on Nov. 2, 1839. 
 M. Belligny, though disappointed in his national anticipations, did 
 much useful work for the French Settlers by importing a bull, 
 several cows, and an entire horse, from Sydney. To him also we 
 are indebted for the Walnut and Weeping Willow trees, which now 
 abound throughout Australasia, and can trace their parentage to the 
 nuts that he brought out with him from France, and to the ' slips ' 
 from Napoleon's grave at St. Helena. He left the Colony in 1845. 
 
 BISHOP, THE.— Selwyn, first Bishop of Melanesia, landed in Piraki 
 Cove, Jan. 9, 1844, on the occasion of his earliest visit to the 
 Southern portion of his Diocese. It is said that one of the natives 
 accompanying him on his Mission was a son of the famous Warrior- 
 cannibal Rauperaha. Reference to the last entry for Jan. 11 
 suggests the idea that his short stay with the rough-and-ready 
 whalers had a good effect.
 
 Glossai'y-Indeoo 155 
 
 BLOODY JACK. — John Tuhawaike, a mighty Warrior, Leader, and 
 Chief of that portion of the Ngai Tahu tribe living in the district to 
 the South near Mount Otakou. Cruel and unscrupulous, he was a 
 constant menace to Hempleman's whaling-station in the early days, 
 with his war-canoes continually calling in at Piraki Cove, on their 
 way north to fight against the great Rauperaha ; or even when 
 merely passing up or down the coast, ' policing ' the district in 
 customary Maori style. See Tooawock. 
 
 BRITTIMART.— H.M.S. BritomaH, Capt. Stanley, R.N., whose memor- 
 able race with the French gunboat, in August, 1840 — to establish 
 British possession of the South Island, by a formal hoisting of the 
 Flag, before the arrival of the French emigrant ships in Akaroa 
 Harbour — is now doubly commemorated : By a brass tablet in 
 Christchurch Cathedral to his memory, set up by his illustrious 
 brother the Dean of Westminster ; and By an obelisk, erected on 
 the exact spot where the Union Jack was first ' run up ', subscribed 
 for by locally resident British, French, and Maori fellow-subjects in 
 honour of Queen Victoria's Jubilee, and unveiled with all ceremony 
 in 1898. 'Proclamation 'of the British Sovereignty was duly made 
 at Piraki on Aug. 14, and at Ikoraki (Price's Fishery) next day ; 
 these being the only other existing European 'Settlements ' in the 
 South Island besides the one at Cloudy Bay. 
 
 BRUICE.— The Mr. Bruce who walked over the hills from Akaroa on 
 May 31, 1842, with his friend Duvauchelle, was the genial captain of 
 the Brig Magnet, and had done a good deal of ' trading ' with the 
 Natives along the coast, as her Owner, before settling down as pilot 
 and hotel-keeper in what is now Akaroa Town. The Hotel, which 
 still bears his name, was built on the site of one of the two French 
 ' Block-houses ' erected as refuges in case of an attack by the 
 Natives. 
 
 BUSH.— Thick Bush, in the early days, clothed the entire Piraki 
 Valley, in some places almost to the summits of the surrounding 
 hills. It came to within a few hundred yards of the sea-beach, 
 close to which were the houses and gardens of the whaling-station. 
 In it every variety of useful timber was to be found, besides ' supple- 
 jacks ' and vines (for thatching or fencing) in the dense under- 
 growth. Wild Pigs— a legacy from Captain Cook— Pigeons, and 
 other birds abounded in its food-supplying cover ; while the ' creek ', 
 which drained the watershed, brought down logs and sticks in 
 quantities (for firewood) after every heavy rain, to be washed up by 
 the sea and deposited in long heaps upon the beach above high- 
 water mark. It was this driftwood ' Bush ' that caught fire on 
 Sept. 22, 1840, and endangered the safety of the houses, all the 
 open ground surrounding the settlement, and stretching over the 
 slopes and summits of the hills, being covered with tussac-grass, 
 raupo, or tohitohi (N.Z. pampas-grass). 
 
 C ANEW.— Canoes, or ' dug-outs ', fashioned out of a single tree- 
 trunk, and of varying size, were the only sea-going craft in the 
 possession of the Natives at that time. In the Log they are called 
 ' boats ', apparently in order to avoid a spelling difiiculty. 
 
 CHATTOMS.— The Chatham Islands ; some 400 miles due East ot 
 Akaroa, and formerly included in that Parliamentary Electorate.
 
 156 Glossary-Index 
 
 CLOUDY BAY.— In S. Island, facing Wellington, on Cook Straits. 
 A 'Station' started there (ex Hannah?), Sept. 28, 1836 :— The ap- 
 pointed rendezvous (see Oct. 31, '37) for the Ngai Tahu Warriors, 
 when making their attacks on Rauperaha in Feb. '38 and Dec. '39 : — 
 Scene, also, of the so-called ' Wairau massacre ' of the ' pakehas ' 
 by him. 
 
 CLOUGH.— James Robinson Clough, the Tonguer. See Tonguer. 
 
 COOK, THE.— See Doctor. 
 
 COOPER, PORT.— Now Port Lyttelton. See Map. 
 
 COYA POU.— Kaiapoi, a strongly fortified Ngai Tahu Pa, at the mouth 
 of the Waimakiriri River (see Map). It was here that Te Pehi, a 
 Ngatiawa Chief, who had come down from the North Island on a 
 friendly mission (but in Rauperaha's company), was treacherously 
 put to death with many of his friends by his Ngai Tahu entertainers, 
 who on their part feared treachery, upon hearing how their friends 
 and relatives at Omihi had been slaughtered, or made prisoners and 
 sent to Kapiti, by Rauperaha on the way down, and therefore 
 thought it best to strike the first blow. This unfortunate occur- 
 rence necessitated the capture, torture, and death of the most 
 notable Chief of the Ngai Tahu tribe, which was effected by Rau- 
 peraha at Akaroa, on his seizure of the Upoko Ariki, Te Mai hara 
 nui, with the cowardly assistance of Capt. Stewart, of the Brig 
 Elizabeth, in 1832. The siege of Eaiapoi and of the stronghold on 
 the Onawe peninsula (Akaroa Harbour), by the combined forces of 
 the Ngatiawa and Ngatitoa warriors, was an act of vengeance post- 
 poned to the following year, when the downfall of both of them, 
 succeeded by a massacre of the old and the removal of the young 
 as prisoners to Kapiti, more than decimated the Ngai Tahus, 
 and left Bankes Peninsula in an unquiet state for the arrival of 
 the European whalers, with provisions more difficult to obtain. 
 Dec. 23-24, '37. 
 
 COYK.— Kainga (N. Island); Kaik (S. Island); a Maori village, as 
 
 opposed to Pa, a stronghold or fortified town. 
 DOCTOR.— The context alone must guide the reader as to whether 
 
 a medical man is being referred to, or only (in familiar parlance) 
 
 the cook. 
 DEVAUSHALLE.— MM. Duvauchelle. Two brothers of this name held 
 
 Sections of land under the Nanto-Bordelaise Company in the Bay 
 
 which is still called after them, though they never lived there, but 
 
 carried on a rather unsuccessful Agency business from Akaroa. 
 
 See May 22, and July 12, '42. 
 
 EKELACKE.— Ikoraki. See Icollacky. 
 
 ENTRY ISLAND,— known to the Maori as Kapiti, lies off the S.W. 
 coast of the North Island (Mua upoko), commanding the entrance 
 to Cook Straits (Rau Kawa) from the North, This Island fortress 
 was the home of the celebrated Ngatiawa Warrior, Rauperaha, 
 who had taken possession of Queen Charlotte Sound and the Cloudy 
 Bay country in the South Island (Muri hiku) across the Straits, 
 and was waging a relentless war of extermination against the Ngai 
 Tahu to the South of the Kaikoura Range. Captain Hempleman 
 anchored off Kapiti Aug. 26, '36 (see Map), when on his way to
 
 Glossary- Index 157 
 
 Port Cooper from Sydney, and having to land a Shore-party at 
 Cloudy Bay en route. 
 
 FLAGS. — Raupo, a kind of Bulrush ; used for thatching, bedding, 
 and carpet. The Captain's house was built of timber brought from 
 Queen Charlotte Sound, and * plastered ' inside with clay and 
 chopped-up tussac-grass mixed ; it was thatched with ' flags ', strips 
 of Totara bark being laid over them. The men's huts and the boat- 
 sheds, &c.. were constructed throughout of locally obtained material 
 from the Bush and hills, the boat-sheds being floored with vertebrae 
 of the whales caught. N.B. — Everything had to be carried on the 
 men's backs to the place where it was wanted, there being no other 
 four-legged animals in New Zealand except Pigs, Dogs, and Rats, 
 left there by Captain Cook, and the indigenous lizards. 
 
 FRENCH. —It is said that the French Flag had been planted on Bankes 
 Peninsula by Commodore Cuille, of the Heroine, in 1838. It has 
 also been stated by one of the emigrants in the Conife de Paris (in 
 1840), that her then Captain, L'Anglois, had visited Akaroa in 1835, 
 as Master of a Whaler ; that he had purchased a specified Block of 
 Land from the Natives in 1837 ; had founded the Nanto-Bordelaise 
 Land Company, in conjunction with his brother and the two 
 MM. Belligny, on his return to France '38-9 ; and was taking the 
 emigrants out to settle on that Land,under the auspices of the French 
 Government, and with the armoured Frigate UAuhe, Commodore 
 Lavaud, sent on in advance to protect their interests. Certain it 
 is that French Whalers visited ' Wangaloa ' in far larger numbers 
 than those of any other Nationality in the later '30's, and that the 
 Comte de Paris did arrive, preceded by the L'Aube, in August, 1840. 
 It is distinctly curious that the dates of their first visit to Piraki, 
 and of their subsequent purchase of the same Block of Land, should 
 have been identical in the case of both Hempleman and L'Anglois ; 
 and it must be evident that, but for the secret instructions given to 
 Captain Stanley, R.N., by Governor Hobson (in a Despatch dated 
 July 22, 1840), and the promptitude with which those instructions 
 were carried out, there would have been nothing but George 
 Hempleman's rather doubtful claim to Bankes Peninsula that could 
 have prevented the permanent occupation of the S. Island by the 
 French. See Supplement for above Despatch. 
 
 GO ASHORE. — Whaler's name for a camp-oven. Here refers to a 
 small bight between Ikoraki and ' Mowry Harbour '. See Oashore. 
 
 HANNAH. — ' Billy ' Simpson is probably responsible for the confus- 
 ing mistake in the pencilled note at the bottom of the page in the 
 original MS. after the entry for April 12, '37, which reads: ' Shore 
 Painty landed ex Schooner Hannah March 17th, 1835. Pages of 
 Diary lost for March 17-Ap. 13.' While vividly recollecting the 
 minor detail of the first landing at Piraki having taken place on 
 St. Patrick's Day, a pardonable forgetfulness (see Simson) of less- 
 marked Dates and Names has led him to connect the Hannah with 
 Hempleman at a quite impossible period. This schooner may have 
 been owned by the Sydney Firm of Clayton and Duke, with whom 
 Hempleman ' did business ' after his disagreement with Messrs. Long 
 and Wright, Owners of the brig Bee ; but its name is not even men- 
 tioned in the Log until Dec. 26, 1838, and then only as bringing
 
 158 Glossary-Index 
 
 Stores or taking away Oil and Bone at what must have been dis- 
 quietingly uncertain intervals. Nor are these pages ' lost ' for 
 either the year '36 — when the Bee was in ' Harbour' at Piraki, or 
 for '37 — when the Dublin Packet Schooner had just brought all hands 
 back. The Log of the brig Bee for the earlier voyage in '35, which 
 would include these ' pages ', must in due course have been left with 
 the Sydney Owners before the Vessel sailed again at the end of the 
 following November ; and Hempleman could only have retained the 
 ' papers ' of this later expedition in his possession by reason of his 
 departure (Aug. 19, '36) for Port Cooper — via Kapiti or Entry 
 Island and Cloudy Bay — within ten days of his return to Sydney 
 (Darling Harbour) in the Bee ; the entries in the Log for arrival on 
 Aug. 9 and departure on the 19th being made on consecutive pages 
 in the MS. That Hempleman was on the look out for a ' Harbour ' 
 to which he had been before, a reference to his preparations for 
 entering it (Feb. 17, '36) can leave no doubt. That he had for some 
 time intended to sever his connexion with Long and Wright, who 
 were thought to be financially unsound, and to go more ' on his 
 own' at shore-whaling from Piraki Cove, there is abundant evi- 
 dence. It may therefore be taken for granted that it was from the 
 Bee, and not from the Hannah, that the first Shore Party landed on 
 March 17 (St. Patrick's Day), 1835 ; and also that it was the Bee which 
 called in at Cloudy Bay before arriving at Port Cooper, Sept. 2, '36. 
 
 HEMPLEMAN. — George Hempleman, the first European to start a 
 Shore whaling-station on the wild coast, and among the cannibal 
 Ngai Tahu Maoris, of the South (then called Middle) Island of New 
 Zealand, was born at Altona, in Schleswig-Holstein, on Sept. 10, 
 
 1835 1799, and died suddenly at Akaroa on Feb. 13, 1880. His connexion 
 with Piraki began in the early part of 1835, when a Party was 
 landed from the brig Bee — of which he was then Master — to try the 
 experiment for that Season of ' fishing ', in Maori fashion, from the 
 Shore (see Hannah), The next 'voyage' of the Bee, the Log of 
 which Hempleman retained, was begun from Sydney at the end of 
 November '35, and evidently had ' Peracky ' as its objective, though 
 two whales yielding 18 and 31 Barrels of Oil were secured, and much 
 bad weather met with, on the way down. Aiter its 11 weeks' 
 
 1836 cruise by way of the North Cape, the Bee, in a very leaky condition, 
 * come to an anchor in 4^ fathoms water, clay bottom ', on Feb. 17, 
 '36. Steps were at once taken to repair the vessel ; while whaling 
 was prosecuted vigorously, ' try-works ' were fitted up on shore, and 
 houses (of sorts) built. On July 24, ' try-pots ' and other gear being 
 left behind, the Brig set sail for Sydney, arriving there Aug. 9, all 
 hands leaving again for Port Cooper within ten days, but whether 
 in the Bee or some other vessel there is no means of ascertaining 
 from the Log. Neither is there any record of what Hempleman and 
 his crew were doing between their arrival at Port Cooper on Sept. 2, 
 '36, after paying visits to Entry Island and Cloudy Bay, and 
 
 1837 their landing at ' Peracka ' from the Dublin Packet on March 20, 
 1837. Then, all hands (see List, p. 13) were set to work to put up 
 blubber- run, gratings, try-works, and other whaling-station ' plant ', 
 as well as more suitable habitations than empty oil-casks for them- 
 selves ; and as there was also the daily routine of looking out for 
 and chasing whales to be attended to, natives were told oil' to erect
 
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 a superior dwelling of sawn timber ' for the Capt'n ', with store- 
 house and offices close by, any objections or truculence on their 
 part being firmly, if not harshly, suppressed. Notwithstanding all 
 this extra work of getting things ' fixed up ', and an unfortunate 
 drowning fatality in May, the season for 1837 (the record of which 
 ends June 7) seems to have been fairly profitable. From Oct. 23 — 
 the date on which his wife arrived with eight more Europeans, and 
 the Dublin Packet took away the Oil and Bone— to May 24, '38, 
 Hempleman entered up the Log himself,and tells us how Taiaroa,the 
 most humane and most politic of theNgai Tabu Chiefs, left two of his 
 ' principle Men ' for the protection of the Settlement against possible 
 aggression at the hands of his Southern confrere, known to the 
 whalers as ' Bloody Jack '. We can gather also the constant state 
 of anxiety in which the Station was kept, all through the year 1838, 1833 
 by the incessant passing of war-canoes up and down the coast while 
 the tribal war against the ' Roubules ' of Kapiti Island was going 
 on, and the difficulty of obtaining fresh provisions from the Maoris 
 in their then unsettled state, which compelled the whalers to depend 
 upon themselves for their supply of such wild Pigs and Native 
 Pigeons as they could kill or snare. 
 
 The Diary begins again, on the next page and in a much more 
 illiterate hand, with the Hannah weighing anchor on Dec. 26, '38, 
 ' Capt. Hamp. and his crew assisted towing the vessel out.' The 
 early (midsummer) months of the New, and most eventful, Year 1839 1839 
 were devoted to the re-erection of the boat-houses, &c., with sawn 
 timber from the ' Bu«h '. and to gardening for a relief to the scurvy 
 from which this Settlement of some thirty white men periodically 
 Buffered. In April— accounts having been satisfactorily settled with 
 the ' Roubules ' in the North (see Roebullea), and the Ngai Tahu 
 Chiefs being therefore free to adjust any little differences amongst 
 themselves— Hempleman was asked to, and did, supply his former 
 protector, the friendly Chief Taiaroa, with muskets and ammunition 
 for that purpose (see Tyroar), with results rather startling in their 
 development later in the year (see Tooawock). In May, a new 
 ' headsman ', James Miller, signed Articles to take the place of 
 W. Bears, who had been recently drowned with two other men ; 
 and on July 7 three more of the hands met with the same fate, 
 any of the bodies that were recovered being reverently interred in 
 a well-fenced and carefully kept graveyard. The Captain's birthday 
 (Sept. 10) was celebrated, probably in orthodox whaler style, by 
 taking up some of the whale- vertebra with which the long boat- 
 house was paved and there making miniature clay-lined lagoons in 
 which a cask of rum was ,broached (as tradition relates), so that the 
 men could lie down to their ' refreshment ', with their pannikins 
 to drink out of and again dip in. In August, and again in Novem- 
 ber, the Sirene brig called in with Stores and took away the Oil and 
 Bone, which realized £1,557 on sale ; while some try-pots, bought 
 from Hempleman, were taken round in the Perseverance to start 
 Price's Fishery in ' Ekelacky ' Bay. 
 
 During this year, an increasing number of vessels made use of 
 Piraki as a port of call ; and there was so much friendly rivalry 
 between the Shore-party and the vessels lying at anchor in the 
 Cove, that a reef which runs out from the east headland is still
 
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 known as the ' Frenchmen's Whale ', from its having been har- 
 pooned in the dim light of a winter morning by the too eager 
 1840 French visitors, who mistook it for a ' fish '. The habitually harsh 
 treatment of the Natives by Captain Hempleman was exemplified 
 in June, when he refused to let the Maori occupants of a boat, 
 from Wairewa (the river), land ; though this was better treatment 
 for them than being ' headed up ' in an empty oil-cask for several 
 weeks and fed through the bung-hole, which was the punishment 
 he inflicted on a fugitive from the Wairau ' massacre ', who passed 
 Piraki by without reporting that event, but was arrested on his 
 next appearance there. The transmission of a letter in April to the 
 Colonial Secretary for the Colony of New South Wales (sworn to 
 by Roberts Dec. 15, '43, as having been written at Hempleman's 
 dictation and duly forwarded), in which his claim to the lands pur- 
 chased from the Native Chiefs and ' conveyed to him by deed dated 
 November 2, 1839 ' was duly set forth, seems to have taken Hemple- 
 man's attention away from the main business of the ' Fishery ' and 
 caused discontent among his men, whose pay of ' .£5 a month and 
 find themselves in everything ' depended on its success. The advent 
 in August of H.M.S. Britomari, which placed the whole Island under 
 British Law, and the warning given to Hempleman by Captain 
 Stanley, R.N., to abstain from any further despotic cruelty, were 
 rather severe blows to the prestige of that master-whaler. His 
 1341 illness in 1841, with the subsequent discharge of his Sawyers and 
 other superfluous hands ; the desertions, mutinies, and financial 
 1842 difficulties of 1842 ; his renewed application for a formal recognition 
 1848 of his land-purchase claims, in 1843; and the useless journey to 
 1844 the 'Chattoms' in '44, taken together, aff"ord us a sad picture 
 of great opportunities somehow missed — Fitting prelude to the 
 thirty-five years of still remaining disappointed hopes, before his 
 death in a civilized and well-ordered Akaroa, the possessor of 
 nothing in the world except a pair of old blankets and — the Piraki 
 
 Hempleman was twice married. His first wife, whom he married 
 in Sydney, was an English emigrant ; she joined him at Piraki 
 in October '87, where she died and was buried in the once well- 
 kept cemetery. His second wife lived with him at German Bay, 
 bed-ridden for many years, and he nursed her tenderly. Like most 
 men leading lives of hardship and danger, Hempleman was too 
 fond of the bottle, but the many entries in the Diary for Sundays, 
 — when there was no pressing business on hand — of 'Kept has 
 Sabaoth ' show that he was almost as strict a martinet in religious 
 as in secular matters. He was a genial companion, fond of re- 
 counting the stories of past days, and had a remarkably accurate 
 memory for details ; but he would never allow any one to peruse his 
 * papers ', presumably fearing lest they might come across the entry 
 for Jan. 7, '44, or deduce from the written record for Nov. 2 & 3, '39, 
 any facts likely to throw a doubt on the genuineness of his 'Claim'. 
 
 For a full account of this Land Purchase claim, the Reader is 
 referred to Tales of Banks Peninstila, by the late H. C. Jacobson, 
 printed by him at the Mail Office, Akaroa, 1893. 
 
 HORBOCKERS.— Hapuka, an excellent fish to eat ; plentiful about 
 the west headland of Piraki Cove ; weight, up to 125 lbs.
 
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 HOME SHORE BAY.— Present name, Horseshoe Bay. See Pigeon 
 Bay. 
 
 ICOLLACKY.— Ikoraki Bay. See Map and Price's Fishery. 
 
 ISLAND BAY.— Traces of a Maori pa. Green (of Green's Point, in 
 Akaroa Harbour) started a whaling-station here in 1840. See Map. 
 
 JACKY TAR. — Left at Piraki, for its protection, by Taiaroa, Oct. 31, 
 '37. One of his ' Principle men ' ; called Jacky Lyncx, April 10, 
 '88 ; killed ' in the most barbarous manner ' by Bloody Jack's men, 
 Oct. 31, '39. Ran in couples with ' the boy Tommy '. 
 
 JACKY WHITE.— Karetai. One of the Otakau chiefs of the Ncrai 
 Tahu tribe. Had a hand in the murder of ' the boy Jacky ' Tar 
 (see Nov. 18, '39) and was one of the signatories to the Deed of Sale 
 to Hempleman of the Land afterwards claimed as having been 
 bought by him from the Natives. 
 
 KAUKAU. — Kaka, a mountain parrot, good to eat. Phonetic spelling. 
 
 KIKIED THE TINERS.— Kaikai, (Maori for) to eat. Tuna, Eels. 
 
 KIPE.— Kaik, a Maori village. 
 
 KUMARAS. — Maori potatoes, grown by them in all sorts of out-of-the- 
 way places. 
 
 LEVI, PORT. — Port Levy, before Rauperaha had made his devastating 
 raids against the Ngai Tahu, had been one of their most populous 
 Settlements. After his defeat, in 1839, it was here that Northern 
 and Southern Chiefs met, to cement an enduring friendship, on the 
 return of the released prisoners from the N. Island to their Southern 
 homes; and that— thanks to the Christianizing influence of the 
 Missionaries -the son of that bloodthirsty Warrior started a School 
 for the religious and secular education of the Ngai Tahus, who had 
 been so foully wronged. The central position of Port Levy, so 
 close to the entrance to Port Cooper (see Map) and with Wairewa 
 at its back, made it an easy rendezvous for all. 
 
 LITTLE RIVER, THE. An important and populous Maori Settle- 
 ment, at the junction of the Ohiriri stream with the Wairewa lake 
 (now called Little River and Lake Forsyth, respectively). See 
 River, The. 
 
 LOOK OUT, THE.—' Simpson's Look Out,' a high rock within easy 
 reach of the ' Station ', from which a good view of the sea is ob- 
 tainable ; the Cove being apparently land-locked, from the beach. 
 See Plate. 
 
 LOOK-OUT POINT.— Between Piraki Cove and the next Bay, Robin 
 Hood. 'Simpson's Look Out,' on the Eastern hill-side; Look-out 
 Point, on the western, in the direction of Tumbledown, Ikoraki, 
 and Oahoa. See May 17, '42. 
 
 MACKENNIN. — McKinnon, on leaving his ship, lived with the Maoris 
 for some time at the Onuku Kaik near Akaroa. He had an interest 
 in the whaling-station, started by Green and others in 1840, at 
 Island Bay, where he afterwards acquired land and resided till his 
 death. 
 
 MAWRIE, MOWERIE.— Maori. The phonetic spelling of Maori 
 names and words by illiterate men is valuable, as a guide to correct 
 pronunciation.
 
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 MILLER, JAMES.— Taken on, as headsman, in place of William 
 Bears recently drowned with three other men, May 6, '39. Joint 
 witness, with Crawley, Creed, and Roberts, to the signatures of the 
 Maori Chiefs on the Deed of Sale of the Peninsula to Hem- 
 pieman. 
 
 MOWRY HARBOUR.— At the foot of Lake Wairewa (or Forsyth), 
 which at that time must have flowed into the sea by an open 
 channel, though probably even then over an ever-growing 'bar' 
 of shingle. The ' Mowrie boat from the river ', whose arrival at 
 Piraki on June 5, '40, ' displeased ' Hempleman so much, proves 
 that this was the case, which is confirmed by later observation. 
 The Ninety-mile Beach, which fringes the coast-line of the Can- 
 terbury Plain, has its origin in the lofty ranges of the Southern 
 Alps ; and is constantly being supplied with fresh detritus from the 
 glaciers, washed down to the ocean with the melting snow by the 
 torrent of the swollen rivers, and then driven northwards and land- 
 wards by the strong current and angry seas, which prevail along 
 that coast, until the base of the Peninsula hills is reached. Here, 
 where Wairewa used to run out into the sea, the further progress 
 of the shingle is checked, and it accumulates— at a pace which there 
 should be no difficulty in measuring. Thirty-five years ago, in the 
 writer's personal experience, it was often difficult to pass along 
 the present wide shingle-bank between Lake and sea without being 
 saturated by the surf; thirty-five years before that there could 
 have been no shingle-bank at all. The force of the Northward 
 current is demonstrated by the fact that the ' creeks ' in every one 
 of the Bays (as far as the Akaroa Heads) were blocked by the deposit 
 of shingle on the N.E. side, and forced to find their best way out 
 under the S.W. hill-side. To the local Fisherman, alike of Flounders 
 (Patiki) or imported trout, this disconnexion of still fresh water 
 from salt is already making a considerable difi'erence. To the 
 Geologist there is the opportunity for 'taking evidence', in regard 
 to the slow formation of the Canterbury Plain, from the ' natural 
 causes ' now at work before his eyes. 
 
 NICHOLSON, PORT.— Now known as Wellington, the seat of Govern- 
 ment and commercial distributing centre for the whole of New 
 Zealand. 
 
 OASHORE.— Spelt in confusingly various ways, both in English and 
 Maori ; probably this Bight, and the now-called ' Horseshoe ' Bay, 
 were originally named ' Go ashore' (q. v.) ; which the Natives, having 
 neither letter s nor plain g in their language, would pronounce 
 Oahoa (e.g. Sheep = Hipi). One Ryan started a Fishery here in 
 1840, which ' Paddy' Wood took over very soon and seems to have 
 worked in conjunction with Price, of Ikoraki. See March 23, '41. 
 
 OGILVIE. — Representative of Wade Bros, of Wellington, buyers of 
 Oil and Bone at the standard price— in whaling-station — of £14 per 
 ton of Oil, and £112 per ton of Bone. The dispute between OgUvie 
 andDuvauchelle, on July 12, '42, for possession of the Piraki Produce, 
 which both claimed, is typical of the rough-and-ready way of 
 adjusting matters in those daj's ; and the low price accepted shows 
 the beginning of Hempleman's financial difficulties, due as much 
 to over-confidence in substantiating his Land purchase claim, as to
 
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 the competition of the increased number of 'Stations' along the 
 coast, or the fall in values of Whalebone and Sperm oil. 
 
 OTAGA. — Otakau, from which the Province of Otago took its name. 
 The home of Tuhawaiki, and other lesser Chiefs and Warriors of 
 the Southern Branch of the Ngai Tahu tribe ; and the refuge of 
 those Natives who escaped Rauperaha's vengeance at Kaiapoi and 
 on Bankes Peninsula. 
 
 PKRACKY. — Piraki, spelt phonetically; the S. Island equivalent of 
 the Maori verb ' pirangi ', to love (or be loved) passionately. Eels, 
 Birds of all sorts, Fernroot, and wild Pigs were to be found in pro- 
 fusion in the ' Creek ', the ' Bush ', or on the Mountain-side ; Paua and 
 Oysters, on the rocks ; Hapuka, Patiki, and other fish, dear to the 
 Maori palate, in the waters of the Cove ; with toothsome Mutton- 
 birds, in their breeding season, along the coast. No trace of 
 fortified Pa, or Native burying-place, is to be found here as in the 
 adjacent Bays ; but this Valley was a very favourite resort of the 
 Ngai Tahu before the time of Rauperaha's raid. Its subsequent 
 desertion, its natural resources (see Bush), its sheltered waters and 
 sandy beach, made it an ideal spot for a whaling-station ; while 
 the situation of Piraki. about half-way (10 miles from each) between 
 ' Wangooloar' and (what was then) Mowry Harbour (from neither 
 of which places could a sighted whale be chased;, was sure to make 
 its deep water the rendezvous for vessels wanting to prosecute 
 their whaling protected from the storms of the open sea. Constant 
 communication with Wangooloa Harbour was carried on by boat ; 
 the journey there by land, though frequently made, necessitating 
 a walk of some seven miles along a rough ' bush-track ' and over 
 a saddle 2,400 ft. above sea-level, to the Wainui shore, which 
 faced the later Akaroa Settlement four miles away on the Harbour's 
 other side. Shore-whaling at ' Peracky ' practically ended in 1843, 
 though Hempleman and some of the older 'hands' continued to 
 live there for some years after the fifty-acre section of land, on 
 which they lived, had been conveyed to Mr. Watson, Akaroa's 
 second R.M., with low-water mark as its boundary to include the 
 fishing rights. There is now little left to mark the site of the 
 old ' Station ', where a handful of white men had braved not 
 only the dangers of their calling, but also the risk of starvation 
 and the attacks from a Native race, neither whose language nor 
 customs could they understand; and where the 'Proclamation' of 
 British possession of the Island, on August 14, 1840, was received 
 with the same equanimity as the reprimand for cruelty to the 
 Natives by the Captain of H.M.S. BritomaH, or the booming of her 
 guns at Wangaloa, which they had heard four days previously. All 
 trace of the once carefully kept cemetery, in which Hempleman's 
 first wife and the bodies of those drowned but washed ashore after- 
 wards were laid to rest, is gone : as also are the houses. Indeed, 
 the whale-vertebra flooring of the long boat-house, one try-pot 
 and the brick-work (French) of two try-pot stands, a few heaps 
 of stones which once were chimney-stacks, and some whale bones 
 decaying gradually are all that now remain : Time, Weather, Fire, 
 Progress, and Civilization have destroyed the rest. 
 
 PIGEON BAY. — Horseshoe Bay, where Pigeons were plentiful and 
 more easily shot than in the dense mass of the Piraki Bush. See Map. 
 
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 1G4 Glossary- Index 
 
 PORT COOPER.— Now, Lyttelton Harbour and Town, See Cooper. 
 
 PORT LEVI.- See Levi. 
 
 PORT NICHOLSON.— Wellington. See Nicholson, 
 
 PORT VICTORIA.— A Bay at the head of Lyttelton Harbour. See 
 Map. 
 
 PRICE'S FISHERY.— At Ikoraki (see Map). Price lived with the 
 Maoris at Kaiapoi from a very early date, having been left behind 
 by his ship's boat, which had been sent ashore to trade for pro- 
 visions. If in 1831, as he maintained, he must have been present 
 at the siege of Kaiapoi (see Coya Pou), but he was very reticent 
 about his early doings, and nothing much was heard of him, 
 locally, until he started the Fishery at Ikoraki with try-pots and 
 other gear bought from Hempleman, in 1839-40. He employed 
 Robinson Clough as his headsman at the whaling, and seems to 
 have worked the two 'stations' at Ikoraki and Oahoa in a sort of 
 partnership, with * Paddy ' Wood as Manager, while he started pit- 
 sawyers to work on the splendid timber in the Little River Bush. 
 This Fishery at Ikoraki was still in existence, but in other hands 
 and looking out for whales in a very desultory way, in 1876. 
 
 QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND.— See Map. The timber for Captain 
 Hempleman's house at Piraki came from here ; but a certain 
 visit of ' Jones, the Proprietor ', in a boat from Queen Charlotte 
 Sound, on Nov. 14, '37, does not seem to have created a very 
 pleasant impression in the minds of their hosts as regards the 
 honesty of the visiting boat's crew. 
 
 RHODES.— Mr. W. B. Rhodes (Jan. 20-6, March 3, '44) was a very 
 early arrival in New Zealand, and had many transactions with 
 Settlers and Natives in the North Island before 1840. When the 
 French emigrants arrived in Akaroa and the South (Middle, as it 
 was then called) Island had been proclaimed British by Captain 
 Stanley, R.N., he brought cattle, imported from Sydney, to the 
 Peninsula, and turned them out to increase and multiply, with 
 Green (of Green's Point) to look after them. He amassed enormous 
 wealth by his foresight, and the prudence of his investments, in the 
 development of an infant Colony. His name is well known through- 
 out the Dominion to-day. 
 
 RIVER, THE.— Now known as Little River ; an insignificant ' creek ', 
 called by the Maoris Ohiriri, which runs into Lake Wairewa 
 (Forsyth), where there was then an important Native Settlement of 
 the same name as the lake. ' The River ' is an obvious adaptation, 
 to the English tongue, of the Maori name Wairewa (see Tonqueb). 
 The Lake, at that time, was open to the sea ; and indeed owes its 
 existence as such to the banking up of the rainfall in the large 
 watershed inland of it, obstructed in its efforts to reach the ocean 
 by the ever accumulating shingle (see Mowry Harbour). 
 
 ROBERTS.— Alfred Roberts was a useful 'hand' on the Piraki 
 whaling-station, and one of the four witnesses to the Chiefs' 
 signatures on the certificate of purchase from them by Hempleman 
 of Peninsula land. He also wrote to the Colonial Secretary, at 
 Hempleman's dictation, notifying him of this purchase from the 
 Natives, in April 1840 ; and made a Declaration in regard to the
 
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 truth of both these transactions on Dec. 15, 1813. In this 
 'declaration ' he mentions the Nimrod as the vessel by which the 
 lost letter had been sent, which is probably a mistake for the 
 Sirene. 
 
 ROBINSON.— Mr. C. B. Robinson was sent down to Akaroa by 
 Governor Hobson with H.M.S. Britomart to take up the position of 
 first Resident Magistrate, and administer justice in the new Settle- 
 ment, without coming into conflict with Commodore Lavaud, who 
 was acting in the same capacity towards the French emigrants but 
 under French law. His punishment for Breach of Articles, de- 
 sertion, or theft was three months in a very make-shift 'gaol' (see 
 July 3, .5, 7, '42). Mr. Robinson acquired much land for grazing on 
 what was until recently the Kinloch estate, and retired from the 
 position of R.M. in favour of Mr. Watson in 1843. 
 
 ROBINSON CLOUGH. — James Robinson Clough, the Tonguer 
 (April 10, '39), or Jimmy Robinson, was the first person hailed to 
 go on board the Britomcui, on her arrival inside Akaroa Heads ; he 
 and his Maori wife were of so much use to the Man-of-War's men, 
 owing to their local knowledge of everything both European and 
 Native connected with the place, that, after acting as Guide, 
 Pilot, Messenger to call the Native Chiefs together, Interpreter of 
 the Proclamation, Selector of a straight 40-foot long Kahikatea tree 
 for a Flagstaff', and Helper in erecting it in a suitable spot, they 
 were presented with the Union Jack used on the occasion, after it 
 had done its work. This Flag, however, was unfortunately lost 
 when the house in which he was living, at Peel Forest on the 
 Rangitata, was destroyed by fire, about 1873. — The influx of White 
 men to the newly acquired British Possession induced 'Jem' 
 Robinson to move on to the Piraki, and afterwards to the Ikoi-aki, 
 Whaling-station ; where his gi'eat strength, and the whaling 
 experience previously gained by him further south, in the Roslyn 
 Castle, made him doubly welcome. Falling ill, he was carried over 
 to Wairewa by his muscular Maori wife ; and when cured by 
 a Native Doctor, started otf to explore inland. He introduced the 
 first Mr. John Deans to Riccarton, where there was then a Native 
 Pa; worked for Mr. Justin Aylmer (afterwards R.M. at Akaroa) in 
 the Malvern District ; and finally lor Mr. Acland at Mount Peel, 
 who cared for the adventurous old whaler till his death, about 
 1875. — Known as Ropahina among the Maoris, his surname of 
 Clough was retained only by his son Abner ; the other best known 
 of his half-caste sons remaining George Robinson (see Tonguer). 
 
 ROEBULLEA. — Rauperaha, the mighty Warrior Chief and Scourge 
 to the Ngai Tahu (see Coya Pou i. His home was Kapiti Island, in 
 Cook Straits, from which his war-canoes commanded Queen 
 Charlotte Sound and Cloudy Bay (the scene of what is known as 
 the Wairau massacre) in the South Island. Although surprised and 
 nearly captured, at his Queen Charlotte Sound Settlement, by the 
 first expedition organized against him by Taiaroa and Tuhawaiki, 
 but led by the latter, in Februarj' 1838 ; and practically crushed by 
 the second, led by Taiaroa, in December 1839 ; it was no ' faint- 
 heart ' that induced him to release his Ngai Tahu prisoners, and 
 escort them with honour to Port Levy ; but rather (we may be
 
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 sure) the Christianizing influence of the Missionary, suj)ported by 
 the civilizing discipline of British Sovereignty. 
 
 ROOBOOKO. — Ruapuke, a fortified Pa at the Entrance to what is 
 now known as Port Chalmers, but was then Koputai. 
 
 SIMSON. — 'Billy' Simpson, after whom the Look-Out and a neigh- 
 bouring Gully are named, was engaged as boat-steerer on the 
 whaling-Brig Bee, by Captain Hempleman, under 'Articles' to 
 Messrs. Long and Wright, her Owners. From that time forward he 
 cast in his lot with Hempleman, was one of his most capable and 
 trusted mates, and only left Piraki to live at Island Bay when 
 Hempleman moved over to German Bay. He died of old age, 
 a pensioner-inmate of the Akaroa Hospital, after having supplied 
 us with a great deal of information about the whaling days and 
 early local history, which would, no doubt, have been most helpful 
 in filling up omissions in the Piraki ' Log ', if accuracy in the 
 matter of dates could be reasonably expected of any one asked to 
 record events after an interval of some fifty years. (See Hannah.) 
 
 TARMA TRIBE.— That Family of the Ngai Tahu living at Taumutu, 
 a strong, naturally protected Maori Settlement, situated on the 
 Ninety-mile Beach at the foot of Lake Waihora (now Ellesmere), 
 where its waters at that time discharged themselves into the sea. 
 
 TARMAT.— Taumutu. See Tarma tribe. 
 
 TIMOROO. — Timaru, an open Roadstead at the S.W. end of the 
 Ninety-mile Beach ; Later, a whaling-station ; Now, a flourishing 
 Town and Port with artificial Harbourage for South Canterbury 
 shipping. 
 
 TINERS.— Should be Tuna, Eels. See Kikied. 
 
 TOES.— Tui, or Parson Bird (in plural). 
 
 TOMMATHS.— Natives living at Taumutu. See Tarma tribe. (Nov. 
 29, '37.) 
 
 TOMMY.— One of Taiaroa's ' Principle Men ' ; left by that chief to 
 exercise a protecting influence over the * white ' Settlement at 
 Piraki, in conjunction with Jacky Tar; Oct. 31, Nov. 13, Dec. 1 
 and 13, '37. He was only saved from sharing Jacky Tar's fate of 
 being murdered by Jacky White (Karetai), in obedience to the 
 orders of Bloody Jack (Tuhawaiki), on Nov. 2, '39, by the timely 
 intervention of Taiaroa and the prompt payment of 'utu' by 
 Hempleman. James Barry, ' Clerk of the Station ' at Piraki, was 
 hospitably entertained by him (Aug. 15, '42), when storm-bound in 
 Akaroa, at his Onuku kaik. 
 
 TONGUER. — James Robinson Clough, who had come northwards in 
 the Rosli/n Castle from whaling in the Southern seas near Stewart 
 Island, was constantly referred to as ' the Tonguer '. A party of 
 ' Tonguers ', Maoris from the South who were left behind by 
 Tuhawaike on his departure for his home at Ruapuke, went out 
 pig-hunting on Aug. 26, '42. The word is evidently a corruption 
 of the Maori ' tonga ', meaning ' from the South ', or ' Southerner ' ; 
 just as James Quinn was never known by any other name than
 
 Glossary-Index. 167 
 
 Jimmy 'Walker', after living some time with the Maoris and 
 being called by them ' Waka ', a canoe, from his skill in the 
 management of that kind of craft. See also ' River, The,' for 
 Wairewa. 
 
 TOOAWOCK.— Hone (John) Tuhawaike, called Bloody Jack by the 
 whalers, was a mighty Warrior and Chief of the Ngai Tahu. After 
 the capture and execution of Te Mai hara nui by Te Rauperaha, 
 the fortunes of the Tribe depended upon his Chieftainship of the 
 Natives in Southern Otakou and that of Taiaroa further north. 
 The two expeditions of retaliatory vengeance against Rauperaha 
 in Cloudy Bay, which terminated so successfully for the Ngai Tahu, 
 were organized under the joint leadership of these Chiefs ; but the 
 hostile preparations and the frequent use made of Piraki, as a port 
 of call for the war-canoes, kept the whaling-station in a state of 
 constant uneasiness. No sooner, however, had this inter-tribal war 
 come to an end in 1838 than we find Taiaroa coming to Hempleman 
 for muskets and ammunition with which ' to fight Bloody Jack ' 
 (April 10, '39). This action on his part of course necessitated 
 reprisals, which took shape in the murder of the ' principle man ', 
 Jacky Tar, and the attempted murder of his mate Tommy at Piraki 
 on the last day of October in the same year. Almost as if the two 
 Chiefs were in collusion, the life of Tommy is spared at the direc- 
 tion of Taiaroa ; a new six-oared boat is handed over by Hempleman 
 as 'utu ', or comjjensation, to the wounded honom- of the would-be 
 murderer ; and the two rival Chieftains proceed at once (Nov. 2, 
 in the Deed) to sign their names to a well-witnessed Document, 
 conveying to Hempleman an extent of land some fifteen miles 
 square on Bankes Peninsula in exchange for 'one big boat, by name 
 the M(.mj Ann, including two sails and jib ' ; or— as the Log entry 
 for Nov. 3 describes the transaction— they 'ask'd the Big Boat as 
 payment for the Place, which the Captain gave, with 3 New 
 Sails '. Tuhawaike, though well deserving the whalers' sobriquet 
 of Bloody Jack for his savagery towards his own people, was never 
 known to do a white man any hann ; and is, indeed, described as 
 ' highly amusing' when paying Piraki a friendly visit on Aug. 23, '42. 
 He was drowned a few years later, when tiying to land at Timaru 
 in a heavy surf. It is worth noting that the signature of John 
 Tuhawaike to the Deed of Sale in '39 is the only genuine autograph, 
 the other nine Natives of importance subscribing with a cross, as 
 did also two out of the four European Witnesses. 
 
 TUMBLEDOWN.— (May 17, '42.) One of the Bays between Piraki 
 and Maori Harbour ; it must have been at one time a populous Native 
 settlement, to judge by the quantities of skulls, skeletons, and other 
 bones of human beings, pigs, and fish, which are (or were) exposed 
 to view whenever a dry Nor'wester blows away the drifting sand. 
 
 TUROOWA.— Taiaroa ; taken ill at ' Wangeroa ', Dec. 13, '37. Sec 
 Tyroar. 
 
 TUWAWA. — Taiaroa ; brought to Piraki from Wangeroa very sick, 
 Dec. 24. 
 
 TUWOOWO.— Taiaroa; given musket and Ammunition by Hemple- 
 man, April 10 and 16, 1839.
 
 168 Glossai'y-Index 
 
 TYROAR.— Taiaroa, the Ngai Tahu Chief, who exercised an immense 
 and elevating influence over his People after the death of Te Mai 
 hara nui. The slightly better-born Tuhawaike, with whom he 
 shared Chieftain- and Leader-ship, clung fearlessly to the traditions 
 of cruelty, and of killing for killing sake, in strict accordance with 
 the code of honour handed down from his ancestors ; Taiaroa, on 
 the other hand, introduced a cleverly merciful ' diplomacy ' into 
 the conduct of affairs, which fitted in admirably with the changing 
 circumstances of his Time. Thus, he pays his first visit to Piraki 
 in company with some of Tuhawaike's men Oct. 24, 1837, and 
 makes a friendly bargain over some whalebone, for which he is 
 amply paid in gunpowder and blankets. On the 31st, after getting 
 his own boat repaired and painted, he arranges to take Hempleman 
 under his protection and to bring him more whalebone, but will 
 not leave without one of the Station boats, and returns on Nov. 18 
 with Barracoota instead of Bone. Next day he starts for Otakou, 
 to join the expedition against Rauperaha in Cloudy Bay, but only 
 gets as far as Taumutu ; is taken ill there and brought back to Piraki, 
 by Tommy (on his way from Taumutu to Wangeroa), and on Christmas 
 Eve by Hempleman 'very sick, and his two wives' with him. On 
 April 10, '39, ' Tuwoowo ' is supplied with more ammunition, and 
 again on the 16th ; he having told Hempleman that he was going 
 to fight ' Bloody Jack ', in whose company he returns on Oct. 31 to 
 demand ' payment for the place ' and ' utu ' for Tommy's life, which 
 his ' diplomacy ' had saved. No wonder that Hempleman should 
 have held the Natives in a contemptuous dislike ! (See Tooawock.) 
 
 VICTORIA, PORT.— See Port Victoria. 
 
 WANGOOLOAR. — Wangaloa, Long basin, the old Maori name for 
 Akaroa ; the name being changed at the time of the British 
 acquisition in 1840. Spelt variously in the Log, Wangalowa, 
 Wangeroa, &c. The Town is situated about 1^ miles further up 
 the Harbour than the Onuku (Tommy's) Kaik, and some 10 miles 
 from the Heads. Facing it on the Wainui side can be seen the 
 range of hills which separate the Piraki and Okuti (Little River) 
 Valleys from Akaroa Harbour, and the Saddle over which the Track 
 led to the whaling-station. Akaroa Harbour, the best in every way 
 on the New Zealand coast, will, no doubt before long, be utilized 
 by the Admiralty, as frequently recommended by Naval experts 
 and Defence Commissioners. 
 
 WHAHEEN.— Wahine, a Woman, Wife. 
 
 WHELCH.— Heniy Whelch, who came to Piraki on Jan. 29, '44, after- 
 wards married George Hempleman's only surviving daughter, and 
 was father of the well-known Oarsman. 
 
 WHITE.— Karetai ; see Jacky White. 
 
 WOODS.— 'Paddy' Wood, Owner of the Schooner Bory O'More, 
 Captain Coles, which was afterwards wrecked in Palliser Bay. He 
 took over the whaling-station at Oahoa (Goashore) from Philip 
 Ryan early in '41, and worked it with varying good fortune, if 
 the large sperm whale which he was reported to have caught on 
 March 7, '44, was indeed such 'a Providence for him'. Later on, 
 he kept an hotel in Akaroa and spent most of his time quarrelling
 
 Glossary -Index 169 
 
 with his near neighbour and brother publican, the genial ex-Skipper 
 
 Bruce (see Oashoee). 
 WOOTLES.— Mentioned in conjunction with Rafters, these ' Wattles ' 
 
 were probably supple-jacks to hold down thatch ; used also for 
 
 lacing fences. 
 WRIGHT, MRS.— Probably Mrs. Wright of Wakamoa, who came to 
 
 Wainui from the N. Island before Aug. 17, '42, with her husband 
 
 the ex-Life Guardsman.
 
 SUPPLEMENT 
 
 LETTER OF SECRET INSTRUCTION: GOVERNOR HOBSON 
 TO CAPTAIN STANLEY, R.N. 
 
 Government House, Russell, Bay of Islands, 
 
 22nd July 1840. 
 Sir, — It being of the utmost importance that the authority of Her 
 Majesty should be most unequivocally exercised throughout the 
 remote parts of this colony, and more particularly in the Southern 
 and Middle Islands, where, I understand, foreign influence and even 
 interference is to be apprehended, I have the honour to request you to 
 proceed immediately in H.M. sloop, under your command, to those 
 islands. On the subject of this commission I have to request the most 
 inviolable secrecy from all except your immediate superior officers, to 
 whom it may be your duty to report your proceedings. The osten- 
 sible purpose of your cruise may appear to be the conveying of two 
 magistrates to Port Nicholson, to whom I will elsewhere more par- 
 ticularly refer. The real object to which I wish particularly to call 
 your attention is to defeat the movements of any foreign ships of war 
 that may be engaged in establishing a settlement in any part of the 
 coast of New Zealand. There are various rumours current that 
 Captain Lavaud, of the French corvette UAube, now at anchor in 
 this port, is employed in the furtherance of designs such as 1 have 
 before mentioned. From some observations that fell from him, I dis- 
 covered that his intention was to proceed to the southern islands, 
 being under the impression that the land about Akaroa and Banks 
 Peninsula, in the Middle Island, is the property of a French subject. 
 These circumstances, combined with the tone in which Captain Lavaud 
 alluded to Akaroa and Banks Peninsula, excited, in my mind, a strong 
 presumption that he is charged with some mission in that quarter 
 incompatible with the Sovereign rights of Her Britannic Majesty, 
 and which, as I have before observed, it will be your study by every 
 means to frustrate. If my suspicions prove correct, L'Aube will, no 
 doubt, proceed direct to Akaroa and Banks Peninsula, for which place 
 I have earnestly to request you will at once depart with the utmost 
 expedition, as it would be a point of the utmost consideration that, 
 on his arrival at that port, he may find you in occupation, so that it 
 will be out of his power to dislodge you without committing some 
 direct act of hostility. Captain Lavaud may, however, anticipate you 
 at Akaroa, or (should he be defeated in his movements) may endeavour 
 to establish himself at some other point. In the event of either con- 
 tingency occurring, I have to request you to remonstrate and protest 
 in the most decided manner against such proceeding, and impress 
 upon him that such interference must be considered as an act of 
 decided hostile invasion. You will perceive by the enclosed copy 
 of Major Bunbury's declaration that independent of the assumption 
 of the sovereignty of the Middle and Southern Islands, as announced
 
 Supplement 171 
 
 by my proclamation of the 21st May last (a copy of which is also 
 enclosed), the principal chiefs have ceded their rights to Her Majesty 
 through that officer, who was fully authorized to treat them for that 
 purpose ; it will not, therefore, be necessaiy for you to adopt any 
 further proceedings. It will, however, be advisable that some act of 
 civil authority should be exercised on the islands, and for that pur- 
 pose the magistrates who accompany you will be instructed to hold 
 a court on their arrival at each port, and to have a record of their 
 proceedings registered and transmitted to me. You will by every 
 opportunity which may offer forward intelligence of the French 
 squadron's movements, and should you deem it necessaiy, to the 
 Secretary for State for the Colonies through the Admiralty and to 
 liis Excellency Sir George Gipps, Governor of New South Wales. 
 Mr. Murphy and Mr. Robinson, the magistrates who accompany you, 
 will receive a memorandum of instructions for their future guidance, 
 which you will be pleased to hand to them when you arrive at your 
 destination. As your presence in these islands will be of the utmost 
 importance to keep in check any aggression on the part of the foreign 
 Powers, I have earnestly to request that, should you require any further 
 supply of provisions, the same may be procured, if possible, at Poit 
 Nicholson, or at any ports on the coast without returning to Sydney. 
 — I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, 
 
 W. HOBSON.
 
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