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carelessness which I have exhibited towards rare natural pro- 
ductions, when either over-fatigued. or ravenously hungry; 
at such times botanical, geological and other specimens, which 
I had eagerly and with much pleasure collected and carefully 
carried for many a weary mile, have become quite a burden, 
and have been sometimes one by one abandoned ; to be, how- 
ever, invariably regretted afterwards. Breakfast ended, we, 
accompanied by the chief of the village, paddled to near the 
opposite extremity of the lake. This sheet of water is about 
three and a half miles in length, and from one to two miles 
in breadth; surrounded on all sides by barren hills and 
very deep. Landing and walking about two furlongs, we 
came to Kareka, another little lake much smaller than the 
preceding. Here we were obliged to wait some time before 
we could get a canoe, which being obtained, we paddled 
about a mile to the opposite end, landed and continued our 
journey. Gaining the top of a high hill we had a fine prospect 
of the principallake of Rotorua : a noble sheet of water about 
six miles in diameter with a very picturesque island nearly 
in the midst. An easy journey ofa few miles from this place 
brought us to Te Ngae, the mission station on the east side 
of the lake, where the hospitable reception I received from 
Mr. and Mrs. Chapman, quickly made me forget all hard- 
ships. I gained not a single botanical specimen of anything 
new this day. 
At Te Ngae I remained a few days, during which time I 
visited Ohinemutu, a large and fenced town on the bank of 
the lake, celebrated for its boiling springs. ‘The largest 
spring at this place was boiling most furiously, throwing out 
many gallons of water a minute, which rolled away steaming 
and smoking into the lake, a second Phlegethon! In the 
smaller springs, of which there were several, the natives 
cook their food, merely tying it up in a rude basket, of 
the leaves of Phormium tenaz, woven together, and placing | 
it in the boiling water, where it is soon dressed. For this 
purpose, and for that of bathing, they have made a number 
of holes through the crust or scorie, on which this village is 
