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 Healy, on leaving Pigeon Bay, went to the North Island, where he collected many more birds.

Duvauchelle, 1840-50. There were three brothers, Frenchmen, of this name who bought a small block of land at Duvauchelle’s Bay (called after them), on which they lived for some time. One of the brothers had many dealings with Captain Hempelmann in 1842, in connection with whaling. He had been a seafaring man. He was in business for a short time in Akaroa, where he built a store close to where Garwood’s store now stands. After he abandoned it the store did duty for a time as a lock-up. Next it was transformed into a hospital. It survives to this day, now forming the old part of Mr. Watkins’ store. The Duvauchelle Brothers left the Peninsula for the South Sea Islands, and never returned. Their land has now been claimed, in the lapse of the time limit, by Mr. Henry Piper.

Roland Davis, Mrs. Davis, and family, 1840-50. Mr. Davis landed with his family in Wellington on 22nd January, 1840, from the ship Aurora. In 1851 he came south to Lyttelton, where, for many years, he kept the Canterbury Hotel. For a few years he