Waiapu Pa, 20 July 1865 My dear Sir, As I have no doubt that you will be anxious to know how things are going on here, I send you this short account of our doings in the form of a private letter, as one can always tell things better in that way than officially. To begin then, we had a very unpleasant march up from Awanui to Waiapu, the distance about 4 miles not 1/2 as we were told, and the road rough and slippery. When we got to the pah which is the other side of a river it was about 10 P.M. its having taken us all that time to cross. Had the Hau Haus chosen our march could have been interrupted and we must have lost very many men the weather as you know