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 fell, and the case rolled down the steep hillside. All the bottles and the case were broken into fragments, and thus the bay was called Tumbledown Bay.

Murray’s Mistake. Mr. Murray came up from Dunedin in a whaleboat. He entered this bight in mistake for one of the other stations. Thus it was called Murray’s Mistake.

Magnet Bay. This bay was called after a vessel that belonged to Captain James Bruce. She was wrecked in this bay. Bruce left the sea, and became the landlord of Bruce’s Hotel, Akaroa. His was the first vessel to go up to Port Chalmers.

Ikaraki. This is the Maori name. Mr. Joseph Price had a whaling station in this bay.

Go Ashore or Oakoa Bay. Philip Ryan commenced a whaling station, but sold out to Paddy Woods shortly afterwards.

Maori Harbour, now called Lake Forsyth, Maori name, Wairewa. In 1835 and 1836 a whale boat was able to go into this lake with the tide. Now it is closed up, and many chains wide. It has to be let out after heavy rains.