R.M. Court, Russell 5th October 1870 My dear Sir I wish to call your attention to the childish state of mind gradually coming over our old friend Tamati Waka:- to give you an instance or two - some six months ago a carpenter induced Waka to order a whale-boat, the old man already having more of these than he knows what to do with, or crews to man, this freak cost £40 - again - notwithstanding my remonstrances, and against his own better judgement, he has allowed Charles De Thierry to talk him into having a large block of land called ''Te Puru'' lying between Keri Keri and Hokianga, surveyed - I cautioned