started with a piece of pasteboard to find him, and as the song says, I soon saw that he was out of sight, having left I think by coach. On further acquanitance with Miss Ar. she told me that she ''hated Maories and everyone who liked them''. I think the remark was only a playful one, but she made other playful remarks that went against the grain. Instead therefore of proposing, I told Mr. A. that