I have directed him; that is, he goes about negotiating, and arranging with his tribe, for the sale of more land; and to-day he tells me that he has obtained a very large, splendid district, including the best grazing land, at Heretaunga; so that great progress is being made in the negotiation for acquiring the whole of this country. Delivered nails to Hapuku to build a cottage for himself. Told Puhara that I would purchase his claims at Castle Point. Superstition is one of these principles that haunts the human mind; and is more essential to upholding the fabric of Society than any other ingredient with which man is endowed. To this mysterious quality, may be attributed the readiness with which the New Zealanders, and many other heathen nations, embrace Christianity, observe honesty, and good faith in their transactions; and induce certain formalities and manners into the social compact of a rude tribe; that prepares them