The captain, with those on the islet, rowed away for their lives.

The brig was gutted and burnt.

The Maoris, perplexed by finding a number of bags of the unknown substance flour, emptied the contents into the sea, keeping the bags.[1] [Footnote 1: Judge Wilson's _Story of Te Waharoa_.] Certain white traders in the Bay of Islands resolved to bring "Lizard" to justice, in other words to shoot him.

They commissioned a schooner, the _New Zealander_, to go down to the scene of the outrage.

A friendly Bay of Islands chief offered to do the rest.