cold and frosty; so much so that many vegetables do not thrive, such as French beans. English fruit trees appear to do well, and Mr. Chapman's garden is very well stocked with them. We had an excellent gooseberry tart here. The gooseberry bushes are well stocked this season. In my interview with the natives I was glad to find they had given up a desire for warfare, and were industriously pursuing their agricultural pursuits. They concluded a peace with several tribes with whom they had contended for years, about an island on the East coast, Mutu-Iti; and their older men had agreed to leave the land in peace for their children and successors; and as Hikairo is the principal leader of the tribes, I wished in accordance with an understanding with Heuheu, to see him before I returned.