CHAP. XXIV.] ROTU-RUA. 373 



Two native travellers, who belonged to the tribe 

 of the Nga-te-meniopoto, on the upper part of the 

 Mokau river, and were returning to their homes 

 from a visit to the Waipa, were in the pa, and pre- 

 sent during the discussion. They expressed their 

 indignation at the inhospitable treatment we re- 

 ceived from their countrymen, who would not even 

 tell us our road. The only information we got was 

 from these two strangers. 



