Ngamotu October 5th. 1850. Dear Sir, Many thanks for your letters from Manawatu and Whanganui, which I received yesterday, just as I was packing my wife off to Waiwakaiho to see Mrs. Edwin Davy and her little son. As we rode along, I could not help remarking a capital four-railed fence, put up by Mr. Sam Puketapu, commencing at Peter Elliot's and terminating at the river. How long it will be allowed to remain in undisputed possession, is a question which, with all his sagacity and forethought, does not appear to have entered into his calcuations. I hear he talks of laying the ground down in grass, and letting it! Perhaps he will find a tenant amongst his own fraternity. To return, - we found Mrs. Davy, baby and sister, quite charming, particularly the latter, which may be attributed to fresh air and plenty of exercise. After regaling ourselves with a glass of wine, and washing down the dust with a second, we left the ladies, in order that they might enjoy a little gossip and strolled over the