at Waitotara river, where the natives of Ngarauri and Ngatiruanui were assembling, at the Pa known as Ihupuku on said river; which was the place that the Taupo natives wished to attack. As we moved along the road after Morning Service, we were accompanied by the natives from every settlement, as we passed along; all moving onwards to the assistance of -- as we were given to learn - their defeated friends; with the greatest regularity and good order; the whole scene having more the appearance of a funeral procession in Great Britain, accompanied by a Rev. gentleman, appropriately dressed in his black coat, with white neck-cloth, to perform the religious ceremonies attendant on scenes of death; than people who had known nothing of religion and civilization, a few years past; moving onwards so quietly, to what they expected would be a scene of defensive warfare. It raised many happy thought in my