wing, and is replaced by a desire to see that man punished for his folly. The 2nd. you are acquainted with, which is this:- Wiremu Erangi now refuses to part with his Reserve, and applies to Captain King for a right of road to it. Captain King wrote to Mr. Richardson on the subject. Mr. Brown, who appears to act for Mr. Richardson, told me that if the natives wanted to get to his Reserve he must wade through the river! What will our natives say, if told such absurd nonsense as this! "There is your Reserve; but you shall not go to it, unless you wade up the river." "Why not?" "Because there is no right of road to it!" Such reasoning might do very well in an English Court of Law in England; but I question whether it would be regarded correct by New Zealanders, particularly by those in this district, who, by a continued system of forbearance, an undecisive demeanour on our oart, regard us in no other light than their inferiors. The 3rd. Land is greatly needed, and unless a Purchase can be shortly effected, I fear this settlement will rapidly decline. Many valuable settlers have been recently lost to us, and more will follow, from the