a native woman, who acted the barmaid remarkably well; and although her husband was about, she seemed fully intent on the exaction of every farthing of dues charged in the house. I gave a feed of corn here to the horses, and they rode in smartly, at least mine came in smartly, to town; and the policeman following quietly with the little mare who was not shod. The first peep of Wellington harbour, as you descend the hills, is beautifully picturesque, and as we see few objects which cannot bear comparison, I think it has some to the Tobermory Bay in the West of Scotland, but a much lovelier place if it had a greater extent of fertile country, of which the coast within 40 miles of it is rather deficient, and the suburbs of the place altogether barren of good available roads.