AGAINST THE REBEL NATIVES.

A.—No. Bb.

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We went on to Whakaau and slept there, thence to Parikanapa, where we saw a cultivation at a distance; Te Kooti halted his soldiers, and looked at the cultivation with his glass. He sent me, together with Te Kepa Miharo and Te Bauna, to reconnoitre; we found an old man, Hone Pahoi, in his whare. I asked him where Te Aitangaahauiti were, and he said they were all at the pa at Paremata; but that some people were living at Mangakaka and Mangakino; while I was talking with him, some of my companions returned to Te Kooti to tell him that we had found a man. Te Kooti himself soon arrrived, and then I sent a messenger to the soldiers to come on : this was about mid-day. We all partook of food, and started for Mangatane. When we arrived there Te Kooti told off ten men with me to go to Mangakaka. It was evening when we started." The rest will be sent if required. S. Locke.