1 CONTENTS. 
against Colonel Wakefield — Countenanced by the Governor — 
Natives consent to leave their Pa — Sudden refusal — Perpetua- 
tion of the noxious Pas — Deputation to the Governor — His ab- 
ject appearance — His own description of it — Mr. Hanson and 
Mr. Earp — " Government fever" — The Governor refuses to 
fulfil the Agreement of 1840 — Mr. Clarke's letter — Evil effects 
of indulgence on natives — Example — Misprotection of the 
Aborigines — Hiko repudiates his bargain — I am requested to be- 
come a Magistrate — " Nelson" Colony — Negotiations — The 
Governor goes to Akaroa — Dinner to Captain Arthur Wakefield 
and Captain Liardet — Toasts — Dispute about the site of Nelson 
— Proclamations — Appointments — Things left undone — Stifling 
of Native Reserves — The colonists and the Governor — Lieutenant 
Shortland and Mr. Clarke the real Governors — Their private 
interest at stake ........ 42 
CHAPTER IV. 
Voyage to Wanganui — Too late for selection of lands — Police 
Magistrate— Jail — Manufacture of hams and bacon — De^iarture 
for Taupo — Ascend the Wanganui — Curious missionary chief — 
Rigorous discipline — Quarrel between natives — Speech of a 
youth— Scenery— The Pass in "The Place of Cliffs"— Giddy 
ascent of cliff — Monument — My attendants — Baggage — Tribu- 
tary of the Wanganui — Slow progress — Forced march — Towai, 
or " Black Birch" — High table plains — Rain — Tonga Riro 
Mountains — Legend of Taranaki — View to south-west — Roto 
Aera, or Lake " Yes, indeed" — Rest — Lake Taupo — Boiling 
springs — A fine chief — Villages on the lake — Visit to Heuheu 
— Feast — ffaka, or Dance — Waitanui Pa — 'Well-behaved 
natives — Proceedings for damages — An Artist in Tatu — The 
process — Natives play draughts —Local attraction of the com- 
pass — Mr. Blackett — Journey from the Bay of Plenty to Taupo 
— Volcanic district — Farewell to Heuheu — His speech — Taptt on 
the summit of a mountain — Mr. Dandeson ,Coates — Distinction 
between religious respect and landed rights — Native irony — 
Return from Taupo — Skirmish — Sacred sand — Sulphureous river 
— Effect of sunrise — Rolling ranges — Flax gardens . . 80 
CHAl^ER V. 
Progress of Wanganui — Mr. Wansey's attempt to settle — Conse- 
quential airs of the Police Magistrate — Arrival of E Kuru — 
