Chap. IX. STEAM SAW-MILL. 239 
Before dusk 1 had reached the survey station, about 
17 miles from the sea. The river twists very much, 
and is navigable for any craft that can enter over the 
bar as high as 52 miles from the mouth. A point 
36 miles up the river is, however, only eight miles 
from the sea in a straight line. At Kare kare, on 
a kind of peninsula surrounded by the river on three 
sides, the surveyors had two or three houses built, and 
here I remained two nights. On the Monday the whole 
party of natives arrived in two or three large canoes. 
I gave them a feast of flour and sugar, and invited 
Jf^atanui^ second son, who was here with his wife, to 
join the party. I introduced E Kuru to him, and 
begged him to do the honours of the country. He 
did this most willingly; accompanying us down the 
river to Aratangata, and across the country to his 
father's village. 
Just below the survey station, on the north bank 
of the river, the saw-mill of which I have before 
spoken was nearly ready for work. Two brothers, 
named Kebbell, had persevered in a remarkable man- 
ner till their undertaking was complete. They 
obtained a squatting licence from the natives, as the 
Company's district was on the south bank only, and 
then set to work. The engine was a rotatory one of 
20-horse power. It was covered with a thatched 
building of the most curious form ; gable after gable 
and roof after roof having been added on, as each 
part of the machinery was erected and required pro- 
tection. Out of the midst of the heap of angles a 
great chimney rose to the height of about 40 feet. 
This, and the steam, which had been set going once 
or twice on trial, excited the unbounded respect of 
the natives. He puhia mokai ! " It is a tame boiling- 
" spring !" some of them said to me. 
