The natives of this village are principally absent killing pigs for a trader who had come amongst them. I hear this is only two days' journey from Taupo. On the afternoon of Sunday two Europeans arrived at this village. As they did not make their appearance till today. I concluded they must have been idle interlopers on Native hospitality; who so frequently travel this country. Nor had my conclusions as to one of them been incorrect. This one was a tall thin miserable-looking Yankee, without shoes or head-covering; and clad with a long, ridiculous-looking cloak or coat, which appeared to have undergone equal wear and tear with its owner. On questioning