who has a protuberance on his forehead, and is at present stopping here. About 30 different articles were paid to him, such as 5 casks powder, iron pots, etc. The place where we camp with our canoes is a quarter of a mile South of the settlement; where a whaling station was once established. The remains of the works are still standing; and it may be easily guessed that many a bottle of rum and brandy, so called, has been drunk at this wretched-looking spot, with over-hanging cliffs, 500 feet high; and a mudbank on its margin, or spume thrown off during a heavy rain, forms the only spot for the erection of a hut; of which there are a few remains. The rocks here are composed of a conglomerate of soft, sandy, clayey slate. The land offered for sale at Te Wairoa is of great extent, and well-wooded. Wrote Mr. Anketell to forward my letters, and sent Eniera back for any that might come. In the morning at 5 a.m. started, and got to Mohaka, about 10 a.m.; where the natives, and particularly Paora, the Chief, received us very kindly. The natives collected; and offered, in several set speeches, to sell Mohaka, if it were worth accepting. I told them that as the interior of the river was sold, the freshets would soon reach the sea; which they construed into a partial assent on my part, to purchase the