getting no sleep or rest, occasioned by the excited state of his mind, and which, (amongst the natives) will have an effect that cannot be easily estimated. Some of the Manuwapo natives had gone to Patea, others were writing to Mr. Taylor respecting their new doctrine, and imagined that the Revd. gentleman would have coincided with a belief which I am sure he dreads and is trying to suppress as soon as possible. Met Mr. Hough on his way to Waimate, requested me to warn the natives against the foolish tikanga they were adopting. He stayed with me, and with him were a few natives requesting his advice on the subject, which was that he considered the influence they laboured under, a satanic influence, and wrote a strong sarcastic letter to point out how much they were going astray. I also wrote them on the same subject