your occasional visits among the Natives of the interior and it will be some satisfaction to the settlers to see and know you so willing to prevent alarm or collision. I think that we must consider Wanganui as in the District of the Protector at Wellington and whatever may be done there by you copies of your proceedings should be forwarded to His Honor the Superintendant of the Southern district, but as you will find that settlers and natives fears arise from mere rumour you will not have much to communicate you will find Rev. R. Taylor rather a nervous man and as he knows but little of the language he is apt to make some mistakes and to entertain groundless fears. Every thing at the North is much as when I last wrote Natives were in the bush and had written asking the Governor to make peace I believe they are heartily tired of the war but too proud to make much of an acknowledgement of it. If driven to extremities they would be a most formidable enemy, and a continued war would be destructive to the Colony as well as ruinous to the Natives. Those and those only who are labouring for peace are the real friends of the Colony. Mr. Henry I am thankful to say is