on Hollis' land which was certainly not very desirable so the Proclamation was perhaps in a measure of this more than anything else. The fiddler is still here and looks upon himself as A. 1 whether he is or not I know and care little, why is Fenton allowed to be hanging about Town doing nothing when others are looked sharp after. I saw Mr. Graham yesterday he made many enquiries about you, poor men was looking very sorrowful. The whole of the Ngatiwhatua tribe are now at the head of Kaipara on their way