to the harbour of Tauranga on the East Coast , we have one or 
two clays sailing; thence along the sea-beach to Makctu one clay, 
and another clay to lake Rotoiti. The only difficulty or incon- 
venience upon this route is a deep and broad swamp, which lias to 
he passed close by Maketu. A second road leads from Tauranga 
across the Otawa wood-ridge direct to lake Rotorua , likewise two 
days’ journeys; but the road is much more difficult; swamps and 
several creeks (Te Papapa, Mangakopekopeko, Terarenga, id an pa- 
re w a and Mangapore) are to lie passed, and the traveller has to 
plod for a whole day in the depth of the bush. By this route he 
misses the picturesque lake Rotoiti. I, therefore, recommend to 
future travellers the Maketu-route, although there is but little to be 
seen along the road. 
A Maori monument. 
The carved Maori -figures, which are met with on the road, 
are the memorials of chiefs, who, while journeying to the restorative 
