the South. It is satisfactory to find the Chiefs coming in from such distances, to see, and consult with me, about their land; and their confidence in me should prompt me at all times to watch over their interests, as if they were mine own. In the morning I pulled in a canoe to Tareha's Station, along a fine deep river; thence across to the river that goes to the Awapuni Station; where I spent the day, with Mr. Colenso; who is such a straightforward, excellent man, that I have a great respect for him. The rivers in this neighbourhood abound with wild duck. The soil is a rich deposit, with raupo on the banks. The surf here has a very heavy, droneing, sonorous sound; as if its rage would overflow the land, as it, sometimes combined with the inland floods, does, to a great extent; rendering Mr. Colenso's station anything but secure. Mr. Colenso and the servants took refuge on the tables on one occasion; and ever since, a whale boat is kept to