IN NEW ZEALAND. 
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of the Waiaiiiwaniwa. In the immediate neigh- 
bourhood of Papakauri, the name given to the 
fall of the Wairoa brook, the scenery is peace- 
ful and enchanting. — A gentle limpid stream, 
gliding easily over a height of sixty feet, into 
a receptacle, the depth of which is so great as 
to cause only a slight rumbling to be heard 
from the fall, instead of the mighty rush and 
thundering sound which characterize other cata- 
racts — and then, passing peacefully and unosten- 
tatiously through a deep glen, and cooled by 
the shade of the copse-wood, by which, in many 
places, it is hidden — forms, as a whole, a scene 
very soothing to the contemplative mind. It 
is all nature — untouched by art, which, indeed, 
would in vain attempt to improve the sweet so- 
lemnity of this little retreat! Here, if God be 
felt as present, the soul may enjoy an undisturbed 
contemplation of the wisdom and love of the 
Most High, in the works of Creation ; — ^that wis- 
dom and love, heightened by the thoughts of 
Redemption, dear to every Christian heart, and 
upon which he more delights to dwell than upon 
all the collected beauties, riches, and glories of 
the Universe. 
There is, still, another fall, in what may be 
called the immediate vicinity of the Kerikeri: 
it is Waimakomako, in the centre of the wood 
Puketotara. Here the sea-birds build their nests ; 
numbers of which may be seen flitting about, and 
spreading their broad wings over the stream ; or 
