The bargain was cheerfully struck; and when an armed boat's crew came rowing to land, the _Pakeha_, escorted to the seaside by a murderous and expectant throng, stood on a rock and addressed the seamen in English.

What he told them to do, however, was to get ready and shoot his captors directly he dived from the rock into the water.

Accordingly his plunge was followed by a volley.

The survivors of the outwitted Maoris turned and fled, and the clever _Pakeha_ was picked up and carried safely on board.
At that time there was living among "Lizard's" people a certain Maori from the Bay of Islands.

This man, a greedy and mischievous fellow, had instigated "Lizard" to cut off the _Hawes_.