more than one day out and one day in, without Commiss--ariat; and a Commissariat entails carts; carts entail a guard; and a guard breaks up a small force. I still believe our plan was the proper one; and Cracrost Join--ed me in saying it might have been accomplished. The whole distance from Taranaki being 45 miles, the Troops might have marched from both ends; united, and returned at night.