The savage, old Taraia, gave me the above. He is a restless-looking old man with a keen clear glance, full of expression and anxiety. He has seen many Summer suns, and the Winter of life is evident on the grey head of the wily old cannibal, who is the perpetrator of the last act of the kind recorded in New Zealand Annual. To civilize him would be more difficult than to tame a lion or a tiger. In the latter case, the animal only has to be subdued; in the other, man's intellectual capacity requires to be subdued. Yet we unreasonably expect these people to become civilized British subjects in a day or a year, or even in a moment of time; never reflecting on the time our own civilization has been going on, before it has attained its present state; and often disregarding the remnants of savage usuage existing in the most civilized states at the present day. and in the humble hope that God may preserve my soul, I confide myself to His glorious keeping and mercy. (Signed) Donald McLean. You are not to occupy the Arai or interfere with Troops going to bathe in Waitara. You keep to Mataitawa. Te Arei te Tutu to be allowed to gather peaches and other food without molestation. The General does not get the Government Gazette. The proclamation of the Governor's letter to the natives to be published in Gazette. The settlers warned against threatening natives. The treatment of the Friendly Natives in New Plymouth to be made a subject of remonstrance by the Governor. The rifle pits to be filled in. Rangawhenua,- a Spring or Summer wind. February winds light and uncertain. March, no wind..... How great and manifold, O Lord, are the blessings which Thou, in Thy mercy, dost bestow on thy poor creatures. We have the Light of Heaven to guide us upon the Earth; and how unconscious are thy creatures of thy goodness, wisdom, and mercy. Thou sendest affliction but for a season; and send the light of Thy Countenance to guide, direct, and preserve us. Being now under Thy shade, the Great Author of all, I commit my all to Thy gracious keeping and preservation. My earthly goods I bestow to those whom nature and Thy Providence has left to my keeping. To my son, Robert Douglas Donald, I leave all my landed estate; when he attains mature age to manage and direct its disposition. To my sisters, while unmarried, I leave half of the net annual proceeds of all wool from the Ahuriri Station. To Archibald John, my brother, quarter; to Alexander, quarter; until they can other-wise provide for themselves. To my Aunts McColl, in Glasgow, £40 a year in succession to the last surviving one of them. Two hundred a year for the education, board, and keep of my son until he is 21 years of age; care being taken to instruct him in the Protestant faith, and to acquire a good sound education, as becometh his position in society. All just debts being duly discharged; and people's property confided to my charge, being restored to them. For instance,- W.S. Grahame, whom I leave as my executor. Capt Stewart.....sheep. J. Johnston.....sheep. Walton.....sheep. As witness my hand this 16 day of July 1861. Written on the Piako river,