their tenacious ideas about land; especially on yielding it up to strangers for ever. In this instance they appear to have been very reasonable. I hope there may be no more trouble in getting them to abandon old paths, which now run through private sections, very much to the annoyance of proprietors; particularly as pigs, dogs, and I must now add, horses and cows, from an inseparable part of a New Zealander's escort, which at particular seasons, will undoubtedly occasion considerable damage, and give rise to interminable trouble. Now that the Crown Grant is here, settlers will become very touchy about their rights; and so the right of road will be, I apprehend, the next question for arrangement. The late Mr. Harris was found in this way. Two natives, Pame Watene, and Paora, had a desire for a day's fishing in th sea; and in dragging in