220 ROAD FROM KAITAIA. [PART II. 



tact, a transition from the hard condition of the 

 latter to the soft state of the former is observable 

 to the eye of the geologist, and displays an instructive 

 phenomenon. Very near Kaitaia, about 150 feet 

 above the level of the valley, a slaty marl crops out 

 in perpendicular slabs in the depressions of the hills, 

 and is an excellent material for improving the soil 

 of certain kinds of fields, and is, in fact, extensively 

 used in agriculture. 



A bridle-road leads from Kaitaia for thirty- four 

 miles through the forest : it was cut by fifty natives 

 for as many blankets, and was completed in six 

 weeks. They were, however, glad when they had 

 finished their task, as they had suff eed much from 

 want during the time, as is shown by the following 

 song, which was sung by them on the occasion : 



Ka ngaro te purapura, 



Te pata kai : 



Etiki ka mate : ko Taewa ka mate : 



Ko te Paki ka mate : 



Ko te Matiu ka mate : 



Ka ka po nei te manawa : 



Ka tahuri au ki te reinga : 



He poro kaki ka mate. 



The tobacco is gone : we have no food cooked in a pot : Etiki 

 is hungry : Taewa is sick : Te Matiu is sick : Te Paki is hungry : 

 all our good cheer is exhausted : we turn back towards the Reinga : 

 we are sick for some food. 



The days of such cheap work are now gone by in 



New Zealand. At a distance of seventeen miles 



and a half on this road is situated Maunga Taniwa. 



The whole valley of the Awaroa cannot contain 



