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principal chief of the Urewera Tribe, resides — a venerable old 

 man, with a flowing grey beard, who received us very kindly. 

 He had killed a pig for us, and had been looking out big with 

 expectation for some days, in hopes of the wind abating. 

 Desirous though I was of proceeding on my. journey after so 

 much lost time, I was obliged to consent to spend the re- 

 mainder of this day and the night here with him, as he had 

 been somewhat offended at my not doing so on my former 

 visit to these parts. Spent the long day in conversation with 

 the old chief and his party. I was much impressed with the 

 amiability of the old man — so kind, so deferential, so intelli- 

 gent. I felt it to be a treat to be with him : not but that I 

 had known others such among the natives — thinly scattered, 

 as it were, throughout the land— but this chief possessed such 

 a calm, lovable countenance, with great simplicity, willing to 

 be taught, asking many questions. Ah, me ! I parted from 

 him with regret. 



28th. — Eose early, and, divine service over, we paddled to 

 Hereheretaunga, the usual landing-place where the track to 

 Euatahuna begins, the dear old chief and his people going 

 with us. Arriving there, we cooked and ate our breakfast, 

 and at 8 a.m. recommenced our journey. At sunset we 

 arrived at Te Takapau, a village containing about thirty per- 

 sons, situated in the midst of a dense forest, and close under 

 the high hill of Euatahuna, which gives its name to the dis- 

 trict. The people here, who had been expecting us, having 

 heard of us by those who had crossed the lake in their canoe 

 on the 23rd instant, gave us a hearty welcome, and despatched 

 messengers to Te Kotukutuku, a small village close by, and to 

 Oputao, a large and fenced village about two miles distant, to 

 inform them of my arrival, and before long all hands poured 

 in to see me. I stayed several days in the Euatahuna 

 district prosecuting my inquiries, receiving much kind hos- 

 pitality from the natives. Several of them, both here and at 

 Waikare Lake, were now professing Christianity, and a few 

 were able to read, books being in great request. 



Here I conclude this portion of my long right-and-left and 

 figure-of-eight journey from village to village in the then 

 unknown interior, and several times and in different places 

 making the beaches on the east and west coasts, finishing it 

 at Wannate, Bay of Islands, on the loth February, 1811, 

 the whole distance being performed on foot. 



As I had taken bearings by compass of several prominent 

 spots, of the courses of the larger rivers, and also of my own 

 track (wanderings), with the positions of the larger villages, I 

 laid these down at the Bishop's request on a large blank out- 

 line map of the North Island on my return to Te Waimate, 

 and the Bishop sent the same to England. My dotted track 



