to move also the opposite party in favour of peace. The negotia- 
tions , which had lasted for two hours , ended with a meal which 
Rawiri had ordered for us. 
A. Terrace for the commandant. 
//. Cannon. 
C. Flagstaff. 
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/). and E. Casemates. 
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F. Ramparts. 
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G. Trenches. 
II. Double raw of palisades. 
J. Passage. 
A fortified native camp 
near Taurauga. 
Thence we proceeded to the enemy’s camp , to the Ngatihokos, 
whom we found in their main -fort Tukiata. The annexed wood- 
cut is intended to illustrate that Pah. Two brothers Manahira 
and Tarilia Kiharoa were the chief- officers in command. Theirs 
was the weaker, but also the more obstinate party; they would not 
listen to any proposols of peace, but gave vent to their bitter hatred 
by the most violent abuse of their enemies. They told me , that 
they were expecting the Ngatipukengas, the former owners of the 
contested land, who were to decide the matter for them. My efforts 
closed with the Ngaiterangis charging me with a memorial to the 
Governor, in which they expressed their inclination to make peace, 
and requested the mediation of the Governor to that effect. 1 
May 12. — Kind Mrs. Voelkner had baked, some fresh bread 
and prepared an excellent roast -pork for our benefit on the road; 
and thus most liberally provided with food, we again parted from 
a Mission house , the kind and hospitable inhabitants of which I 
shall never forget. We crossed the Waikareao Creek in a boat, and 
thence passed over a sandy plain through a deserted Pah in a north- 
1 Peace was really brought about (hrough the mediation of a missionary; the 
land was divided, 
