and very deep and dense gully, we ascended a hill covered with Etowara wh. the natives stated to grow in large quantities at Wanganui and on wh. we discovered the remains of a shelter which the natives said was put up by Dr.Dieffenback close to which were laying the remains of an old pig with those of a litter of young ones and a glass bottle. We again ascended a hill and thought we should get to the commencement of the rising ground in an hour and half, Ascertained the time by compass to be 9 O'Clock A.M. The soil in this place appeared of the same description as the bush land near N.P. For the next 2 hours we had a very fatiguing walk over a succession of ravines with very steep banks but evidently from their being little or no water in them they were not of any great length and therefore may be avoided in making roads. The vegetation immediately adjacent these gullies was extremely dense with a tolerable sprinkling of Remo. The next hour's walk was thro a more level part, but the currawau was innumerable, pigs appeared to be very plentiful from the number of places turned up, and without pig dogs voted the gun a nuisance. Proceeded about a mile and half thro underwood forming a complete net work. The land tolerably level and moderately timbered, during the next hours walk crossed a very small stream running from E. to W. From a tree the native saw the sea to the left of the Mountain thought it but a short distance but considered it doubtful whether we should get to the mountain tonight. Made a considerable bend out of our way to the East in consequence of not following the compass and spent much time in sending natives up trees to get a sight of the Mountain wh. for a long time they were not able to do. Passed thro a considerable quantity of fine