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was a small bird, somewhat resembling A . exilis. The 
natives, however, did not know it, declaring they had 
never seen such a bird before. 
On the 19th, I once more re-commenced my pere¬ 
grination. Crossing the inner harbour, which is wide 
and very shallow, we landed at the N.W. extremity of 
the bay, where the road to Matamata commences. Our 
route this day (after landing)' being principally by the 
sea-side, I obtained nothing new save a curious species 
of Anthoceros, which grew on the wet pipe-clay cliffs. 
We bivouacked for the night by the side of a small 
stream, where we were incessantly tormented with mos¬ 
quitoes. To add to our misery my guides returned, 
sans ceremonie , leaving my baggage in the wilderness, 
without saying a word to me, who was on before, on 
the subject; through this conduct of theirs we all had 
to remain supperless. 
The next morning (after some delay from our want of 
guides, who were eventually obtained from a party of 
natives at work in the neighbourhood) we again pro¬ 
ceeded, and entering a dense forest continued travelling 
through it for some hours. We emerged at length on 
the top of Te Wairere, a very high hill, from the summit 
of which the view of the surrounding country is most 
extensive. Tongariro (a very high and still active vol¬ 
cano in the Taupo district), my guide assured me, is to 
be seen in clear weather from this place. Beneath, in 
the vast plain, the river Waiho, hence navigable for 
canoes, meandered, mingling its waters with those of 
the ocean at Puriri, in the river Thames. In passing- 
through the forest I obtained a few small Gryptogamic 
specimens; but no other plants attracted my notice as 
being either new or rare. Descending Te Wairere, we 
