the night, having had a good glass of wine, after our fatiguing journey. The water of this small lake is unfit for use, from the quantity of sulphuric acid and alum contained in it. We managed it by putting in some carbonate of soda, which is a great improvement. This lake abounds with ducks. The general character of the country after leaving lake Taupo and along the Taiowharo mountain, is level, but perfectly barren and useless; with a few scattered bunches of wiwi grass growing over a pumice soil, with occasional Thias, presenting the appearance as you travel along, of an open burying-ground, and the whole road appearing equally barren