187 CHAPTER XV. Bay of Islands—The British resident—New Zealand law—Tarring and feathering—Its efficacy—M. de Pompallier and the Protestant missionaries—Boating—Extent of the Bay of Islands—A quarrel— Tabooism—Colonel Wakefield. The Bay of Islands will not require a lengthy description, since it has already been frequently described, and even exhibited to the British public by the panoramic skill of Mr. Burford. It consists, not of one, but of half-a-dozen harbours, formed by the spacious and winding inlets which it sends off from various parts of its circumference, in a manner which might be illustrated by the fingers of an extended hand. These inlets are sepa rated from each other by bold promontories, very lightly timbered. Kororadika is situated on the left hand as we advance up the bay, and the mission settlement of Paihia, on the opposite shore is distant about three miles. Sepa rated from Paihia by the embouchure of a small river, called the Wytangi, is the house of Mr. Busby, the Bri tish resident. From the heights overhanging Kororadika, which is situated upon a narrow, elongated peninsula, the eye ranges over one of the most magnificent marine views in the world, enlivened by a village, which is to be re-