to ripen and fill up the wheat; which will soon be ready for reaping. In the afternoon two whale boats from Mr. Lewis' Station, at the Kidnapper Point, called in on their way to the Wairoa. Some showers of rain. Close, sultry weather. Reading ''Miscellaneous Pieces'' in the forenoon; and in the afternoon Mr. Ankatell gave me a relation of his adventures at the Chatham Islands. The base conduct of McLutchie and Hanson, in the oil purchased by Mr. Ankatell, or rather the American wreck purchased by him, at the Chathams, which must have been a lawless spot in past years; where several warriors escaped; saved Mr. Ankatell's life; who is a most respectably connected young man, very kind and hospitable, from the North of Ireland. The exhibition of human vice, related by him, in connection with the taking of the ''Hannah'' schooner, by Ellis, afterwards seized at Auckland, or the Mercury Islands; and the various subsequent events of his life, would form an interesting narrative. Fine morning. Whale boats off to Te Wairoa. Air purified by late thunder storm and rain.