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Mr. Clarke, and Mr. Yate, teach me more of the Gospel 
of God, that I may try if I cannot do good, and not do 
evil. Perhaps God does not listen to native speaking ; 
perhaps He does not open his ears to the native language ; 
and therefore he does not hear my prayers. Perhaps, if 
I talked English, he would listen to what I ask ; perhaps 
he would not. I am jealous of my sayings : I am fearful 
that I say wrong. I know that I do wrong. Tell me 
how to work right, and to think straight. My book is 
covered with writing. 
No more writing from me, from Wariki to Mr, Clarke, 
at the W aim ate ; and to Mr. Yate, sitting at Mr. darkens 
house. Let me not be angered by you two for this book, 
written with my pencil at the Ahuahu. This is all. 
LETTER XXI. 
PROM JAMES AND ROBERT, TO THE REV. W. YATE. 
To our friend, our teacher, the person who comes on 
Selim, to talk to us. — There are two things in our hearts 
at Mawekairangi this day — joy and sorrow, light and 
darkness. We are glad that you are going to beg for 
other Missionaries to come out from England, to teach 
the New Zealanders down at the southward all the same 
things of God that you have taught us. Perhaps their 
hearts will not be so like stones as ours have been ; per- 
haps they will. Perhaps they will listen, perhaps not. 
We are aU dark and sorry within us, that you are going 
over furlongs of water, more than we native men can 
count ; and will be so many moons from the land of us 
natives. Hurry, Mr. Yate — hurry there; be altogether in 
a hurry to get to England, and be altogether in a hurry 
to come back again. Pray to your God — now, us native 
men’s God — to give you always a straight wind, and 
