MISSION HOUSE, PUTIKI, WANGANUI. 
CHAPTER XXXVI. 
IGNIS FATUUS. 
In travelling through the dense forest which extends from 
Kaitaia to Waimate, near the Bay of Islands, I encamped one 
extremely rainy night on a small open spot by the side of a 
stream. The natives who accompanied me, soon erected a 
large commodious shed, which they roofed with palm leaves, 
and rendered quite impervious to the rain ; the sides of the 
building were thatched with the same ; along the front, which 
was left open, a line of fires soon warmed our shivering 
company. 
No sooner had my companions composed themselves to 
