and offered to sell, from Waitaha to Moiengiengi. They made several speeches on the subject; after which we left for Waikare, over a road where we had to haul the horses up in one place, with a tackle. The land is hilly, covered with fern, but on the whole, fertile; and with sowing clover seed, will eventually make good sheep runs. It rained and poured dreadfully, as we got to Waikare; where we reached at 6 p.m. In the morning saw the reserve asked by the natives at Waikare; which is small, about 10 acres on the North, or left bank of the river. Poihipi pointed it out to me. We travelled on to Moiengiengi; where the boundary of the Waikare Block was shown to me; and a hole dug in the ground by the natives and myself. We next called to see Toha, a young man, the Chief of the place; who agreed to the sale, and wished the boundary to be extended to a stream named Waipapa. We ascended a high ridge above Moiengiengi; which regularly tired me out. We got on through the