that it was with difficulty that I made the next station, where I spent the night. At 7 in the morning started from -----, called at Irangahoi, where I was very much grieved to find the sad state of religious fanaticism prevailing amongst the natives, originating from a false impression of the doctrine of repentance. One young girl I saw in a state of madness, going round every two minutes to shake hands with her friends, saying she was influenced by the Holy Spirit in doing so. The shaking of hands generally was of a most unusual kind, nearly pulling your arm off every time they shook hands with you; and several of the people, even their teacher, had an appearance of langour, and as if he were