he impossible. From what Te Hapuku has said to me, I think he believes the colt to be really his property; but at the same time I feel sure that his son is well aware that it cannot be so. I do not think there is now any probability of the horse being given up; and it is almost superfluous to say that there are no means of compelling the natives to abide by the Decision of the Court; whilst the chances of their doing so voluntarily have been removed by injudicious taunts and threats which have been used by some of the settlers.