pork. At 4 o’clock, there was English worship in the school-room, 
and, this also finished, I was shown various pieces of work from 
the hands of the Maori-girls, who are here instructed in different 
branches of domestic work, while the boys are trained for agri- 
culture and all sorts of useful trades. A very pretty article of in- 
dustry of the Taupiri Mission station are mats and carpets wrought 
of New Zealand flax in different colours. The children generally 
remain in the institute, until they are grown. Although the re- 
sults of their education do not always realize just expectations, 
yet, it is only with the greatest respect and admiration that we 
can behold the sacrificing activity of such a missionary family upon 
New Zealand, whose members have all an equal share in the edu- 
cation and civilization of a people, that but a few decades ago 
was steeped in barbarity. 
March 14. — My collections, increased by contributions from 
the amiable ladies of the missionary’s family, and by numerous 
birds, which a native by the name of Hone Papaliewa had pro- 
cured for me , I had an opportunity to dispatch to Auckland by the 
regular Maori mail-carrier. Then we decamped. Through the kind 
intercession of Mrs. Ashwell we had obtained an excellent canoe and 
the necessary number of paddles, and were thus enabled to con- 
tinue our course up the river. Upon the fertile banks of the 
Waikato, above the Taupiri, there appears settlement after settle- 
ment with beautiful farm-lands, — Hopuhopu, Kaumatuku, Pepepe, 
and what other names there are of those places. Owing to the 
strong current we proceeded but slowly up the river; and it was 
not before 12 o’clock, that we arrived at the confluence of the 
Waikato and Waipa, about 5 miles above Taupiri. Upon the point 
of land between the two rivers lies the Maori residence Ngarua- 
wahia. 1 From political reasons , however, it was not the intention 
of Captain Hay, to pay a visit to His Maori Majesty, King Po- 
tatau te Wherowhcro, at the very beginning of our journey; and con- 
sequently we passed by, without seeing more of the remarkable place 
1 Ngaruawahia signifies literally, w a region abounding in fire-wood.” 
