f seeing the
king, by telling him that King George's house could not be found; while
he was worked beyond his strength, and scarcely ever suffered to go on
shore. When, in fifteen days, the cargo was all discharged, the captain
put him on board the _Ann_, to be taken back to Australia, and when he
asked for his wages, to provide some clothing, told him that the owner of
the ship would give him two muskets when he should reach Port Jackson.

The poor fellow was little likely to reach it, for lung disease, the
great foe of the Maori, had set in; and he was in a pitiable condition
when Mr. Marsden, by chance, remarked his brown face on the forecastle,
and inquired into his history, which was confirmed by the master of the
_Ann_, and was really only a specimen of a sailor's vague promises, and
incapacity to understand that a dark skin ought to be treated with the
same justice as a white one. Duaterra was a man of much intelligence,
and even under these most unfavourable circumstances had been greatly
impressed with the civilization of England, and was so desirous of
improvement that, on arriving at Port Jackson, Mr. Marsden took him to
his farm, where he applied eagerly to the learning of husbandry.

Duaterra was not the only Maori ill-treated by British sailors. Another
chief having been used in like manner, or worse, on board the _Boyd_,
bided his time till the ship was in the Bay of Islands, and then brought
his tribe, armed with clubs and hatchets, to revenge his sufferings. They
overpowered the crew, slaughtered and feasted upon them, burning the
ship, and only retaining as captives two women and a boy. Nevertheless,
Hall and King were ready to take the missionaries to this dangerous spot,
but Mr. Marsden thought it best to give time for the passions thus
excited to cool down.

Meantime Governor Macquarie had come out to take charge of New South
Wales. He was a man of great determination and despotic will, and
carried out many regulations that were of exceeding benefit to the
colony, but he did not know the limits of his authority, dealt with the
chaplains as with subordinate officials, and sometimes met with staunch
opposition from the sturdy Yorkshireman, his senior chaplain, so that
they were in a state of almost constant feud throughout his government,
although at the end of his career he bore the strongest testimony to the
merits of the only man who durst resist him. The old game of Ambrose and
Theodosius