Napier 27th Feby. /63 My dear Bell We have had another jolly row with the Natives here a few days ago. A policeman took up a very well disposed young Chief Paura Rerepu for being drunk and as he has being led to the lock up the Natives of whom there could be no less than 150 in town that day rescued him after a struggle on the part of the Constables to keep him. However they threatened the Policeman with a blow on the head from a tomahawk and carried off their man. The police again followed up at a modest distance from the Maori mob about 40 in number as if they were going to apprehend him. A mob of men women and children were collecting, a few sculls were in danger of being knocked when I got to the spot and saw it was useless then to attempt a recapture. Had I been alone I could have taken Paul away from them but it is not so easy