formed in a circle round my house to have a talk about their land they said they were all dark at not hearing a word from me as they anxiously desired to part with their land as an inheritance for the Europeans and they had not yet heard anything from me to cheer them up in their intentions. At 7 a.m. we left Turakina accompanied by Aperahama the chief of Wangaehu and several young chiefs one of them a son of Kawanu te Hakekis was dressed in an officer's red caat and the others all vied with each other in dress and equestrian equipment and management