near the village, having a Ngatipawa boy as a guide, who began to cry when he first saw me, and told me that all the Thames chiefs were desirous I should return their way. The most remarkable features in this place are the immense number of hot springs in the very centre of the Pah, rendering it dangerous to walk about after dark, it being a complete subterraneous boiler of volcanic steam. It rained very hard until about half past 10 a.m. when we up tents and off, passing by some springs of hot water, and better soil than we met with at any part of Rotorua; rich and alluvial, principally of a dark reddish colour. About half past 1 p.m. we got to Arakari, a small pah, on the top of a very pretty hill,