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Mr.jKemp, “ Send Henry Kemp to England.^^ Do not for- 
get him ; and do not let him be angered by you, when on 
the sea. Remember, he was my little playing companion : 
and when I say farewell to him and you, I shall cry ; and 
we shall all cry ; and Henryks mother will always, this day 
and that day, this day and that day, and every day, be 
saying, “ Oh, where is Henry ? when shall I hear from 
him?^^ — Go, Mr. Yate, to England, and see your friends, 
and hear either of their sickness or their health. Re- 
member native men, and this native land : say to God, 
when you pray to him, to be very merciful to ignorant 
native men : say to Jesus Christ, to make himself native 
men^s Saviour : say to the Holy Spirit, to cause himself 
to be native men^s teacher, and leader, and to show the 
way above to heaven. Mr. Yate, this is my last saying 
to you. Hurry back again ; and come and talk to us, 
and make our hearts light and glad. This is all my 
book. Here am I, and Titohea my wife, to whom you 
married me, and my child, whom you baptized last sacred 
day. Go, Mr. Yate : farewell : go to England, and leave 
our hearts to be pained while you are away. 
From me is this writing, from Thomas Reo, sitting at 
Mr. Kemp’s house, and saying, “ I will go to Wangaroa 
with Mr. Yate and Henry Kemp.” 
LETTER XVII. 
FROM PARU TO THE REV. W. YATE. 
Sir, Mr. Yate — Is it indeed true ? Is the Waimate not 
to see you again for how many moons — perhaps fifty, 
perhaps one hundred ? I said, when you went to Port 
J ackson, “ Oh, he will come back soon. It is only two 
weeks’ journey there ; and his father does not live in that 
place, nor his sister, and he will not stay.” But, as to 
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