party at a small fishing encampment on the south side of the river; and our arrival was resounded through forest and plain, with fires burning, old women crying, men running about, shaking of hands, and the cry of "Te Makerini; Ko Ngatiawa tenei ko Makarini tenei. The Chief appeared greatly astonished at our arrival there, especially as he know about the Tapu; and enquired where Waitara was when we passed. I entered into a short history of the objects of our journey; that as they were themselves concerned, I should not say the Tapu was wrong, but Europeans ought not to suffer from their peculiarities. Having satisfied the Chief that we were not trespassers, but that I had come to see them all as my friends and to eat of their food, stop a day with their Mission instructor, and again return home. He immediately ordered a canoe for me to cross the river to the Mission Station, where we got by eleven; had supper; wrote to Mr. Clarke respecting the "Hydras" lugger; and went to sleep about two in the morning.