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After breakfast, called for the Wangehu Chief, and went out on line No. 2 to the Survey party. After searching, cooeeing, and tramping backwards and forwards in the fern, sending some one way, and some another, we arrived at the encampment, and found Mr. Wills and his party had been greatly annoyed by Munu, a young Chief, and others of his tribe, not allowing the line to be cut as he wished, and knocking down all the stakes that were put up. I told them that we wanted to point out to them the land we wished for, and then it would be time for them to remonstrate. The sky looked very beautiful before the morning sun made its appearance. It was red as crimson, and different from what I had ever witnessed previously, and made the old shepherd's adage prove true. of - "Morning red, and evening grey, A sure sign of a bad day." Heavy rain in the forenoon. Lunched at Cameron's, having made every arrangement for the survey to go on where we wished, giving the natives a piece of land beyond the surveyed sections for their use, and for common purposes of settlers, for firewood, etc., The piece they are to

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