while we ate some bread, and a pitcher of fresh water. At half past 8 we got to an encampment; where we are now getting on a large fire to roast potatoes for breakfast. The water throughout this hilly country is delicious; and even on a grey Summer's morning, a draught of it on the mountain-top, surpasses the finest mountain dew (?) that ever was distilled! A mouthful of wheaten bread gives it additional relish. Started at 10. Got on to a small grassy meadow, good walking, at 11 a.m.; and excepting one ride, about a mile long, we had a flat to walk through, till 1 p.m.; when we got to the Arai river, that passes the Turanga Pa. We bathed here. Had a cup of tea. Then came on through a nice flat, to some native cultivations. Then through a mile of fine bush, on to Hinerangi hill, which overlooks a plain, (surrounded by heavy bush), of 600 acres of splendid land, most of which is under cultivation, with even men's huts, horses and cattle in sight. A pleasant contrast to what we have passed through. The change is not greater in the country than on the countenances of the natives; who seem quite rejoiced at seeing an inhabited country again. We got to Waka Perahuka's, (the principal Chief), residence; where we stopped, and had a long and interesting talk with the natives. E Waka said that some of the natives wished to sell their land; that others did not; that he had sold without the knowledge of the other natives, a tract of land, for spades, pots, and what he called shells of pana, (meaning some money), to a European, named Hatareti; afterwards, that Captain Rhodes, in passing in a vessel, purchased all the country, giving two blankets, and some other