insignificant gullies. Remo was very plentiful and Currawau as thick as in any part yet seen. 2 O'Clock P.M. we expected we were on very high ground as for the last half hour we have been ascending a very gradual slope with here and there a small gully. The next hour's walk took us thro much the same country as before described crossing 2 or 3 very small gullies. The Remo not so plentiful bush mostly composed of currawau and Tower the former as dense as ever, one of the party ascended a tree and reported the Mountain to be some miles off bearing due South - he also saw the Sugar loaves. The travelling wh. we kept up till dark was over land something more broken, but eaven in this we do not consider there is more water than necessary for agricultural purposes nor the gullies obstacles to callivation as the gullies or not so wide or deep as those at New Plymouth. Currawau still continues to be an intolerable nuisance. At day break it rained heavily for an hour with every appearance of a wet day. We travelled South and after three hours hard walking over an average country arrived at the (Mongarere) which at this place was about 24 feet wide and extremely rapid over frequent falls of from 4 to 5 feet - Found tolerable traveling in the bed of the river, tho exceedingly rocky, and the banks of the most picturesque description, to be conceived. After a most rapid walk of 4 or 5 miles up the bed of this river we came to a division one arm taking a south direction and the other a westward the latter of which we determined to follow. Observed a considerable quantity of Totara on the banks. The machine power of this river is inestimable. Saw the 1st White Pine. Proceeding about 2 miles farther up the river we encamped for the night and here one of