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Eapid No. 83 : Easy run ; one large boulder to move. These last three are close together; a good reach below these. Eapid No. 84 : Moderate run ; one or two large boulders to move. Mangaotu Stream to left. 100 miles above Upokongaro ; 107 miles above Wanganui ; 29 miles below Taumarauui : Eapid No. 85 : Some boulders to move. Eapid No. 86 : Swift run, with bend, but clear. Ti Eata, a hill on left bank, said by Natives to have been cleft by lightning. Omaruiti, a stream, to right. Eapid No. 87 : Moderate run and clear; good reach. Eapid No. 88 : Moderate run and clear; river about 2 chains wide ; good reach. Eapid No. 89 : Straight run and clear; good reach ; river about 120 ft. wide. 98 miles above Upokongaro; 105 miles above Wanganui; 31 miles below Taumaranui : Eapid No. 90: Moderate run and clear; a brackish spring in papa face on right bank; good reach; papa faces on both sides. A large snag, but room to pass it. Waipahihi, a waterfall, to left. Eapid No. 91: Easy run; clear and straight; good reach, about 130 ft. wide. Note. —From Eapids Nos. 88 to 91 a straight run of river, three-quarters to one mile long. Eapid No. 92 : Moderate run ; shallow, but clear. General Note. —The least depth observed generally on rapids has been 2ft. 6in., the river being said to be lft. above the low level. 97 miles above Upokongaro ; 104 miles above Wanganui; 32 miles beloiv Taumaranni : Eetaruke Creek on left, a considerable stream. Whakahoro, a Native kainga, on left. Eapid No. 93 : Straight run ; shallow, but clear; a long run—no work required. Makokoti, a large stream, on left. Kaiwhakauka, a Native kainga, on left. Eapid No. 94 : Swift run, but short and clear; channel on left bank; a good reach. Eapid No. 95 : Moderate run; one snag and one boulder to move. 95 miles above Upokongaro; 102 miles above Wangatiui; 34 miles beloiv Taumaranui : Eapid No. 96 : Easy run, wide and clear. Mangapapa, small waterfall, to right over papa ledge; good reach. Eapid No. 97 : Waikoriri—a swift run ; two large rocks in middle, but there is a passage to right of them ; a snag to move, and a small rock. The rock here conglomerate; good reach; river about 2 chains wide. Otawa, a stream, on right. Eapid No. 98 : Moderate run, long and straight; no work required. Te Arakaiwhiria, a stream, on left; good reach; river about 80ft wide ; high papa banks. 94 miles above Upokongaro; 101 miles above Wanganui; 35 miles beloiv Taumaranui : Eapid No. 99 : Haukopai—water runs against papa face on left; one boulder in middle to move. Eapid No. 100 : Straight easy run ; good reach ; bold banks ; winding course. Eapid No. 101: Otaupea—shingle bank on right; swift run; narrow channel; papa rock on left; some timber to move on left near top, and two snags on right below rapid. Eapid No. 102 : Wairau—shingle bank on left; snag to move ; good reach about 70ft. to 100 ft. wide, deep water; papa faces both sides, and steep hill sides above covered with bush, Motutahiora, a stream, to left; good reach continues. 91 £ miles above Opokongaro ; 98f miles above Wanganui; 37|- miles below Taumaranui: Mangapapapa, a stream, to left. Eapid No. 103; Just below the stream ; moderate run and clear. 91 miles above Opokongaro : 98 miles above Wanganui ; 38 miles below Taumaranui: Eapid No. 104 : Ohei—shingle bank, in middle; channel on right; a number of snags to clear out. This is a swift run ; a good deal of work here ; good reach about 80ft. wide ; regular papa banks. Te Eerenga-o-koinaki, a bold cliff on right bank, said to be where Inaki committed suicide. This papa bluff has a resemblance to fore part of an ironclad steamer, and may be recognized by this. Eapid No. 105 : Shingle to left, and swirl against papa face to right, but good water. 90-J miles above Upokongaro ; 97-J miles above Wanganui; 38-J miles beloiv Taumaranui : Eapid No. 106 : Kirikiriroa—channel on right against papa ; large shingle bed on left; Native eel pas in river; quick turn to left; some snags to clear. The river makes a long bend here, with narrow neck of land across. 90 miles above Upokongaro ; 97 miles above Wanganui; 39 miles beloiv Taumaranui : Eapid No. 107 : Swift run; shallow but clear; a snag to move. Ohauiti, Native eel pa, in river, but room to pass on right bank; good reach. Eapid No. 108: Easy run, and clear at bend of river to right. The narrow neck of land between bends of river above referred to is about here. A snag to move. Eapid No. 109 ; Easy run and clear; a snag to move. In reach below two papa ledges project out, one on each side, overhanging the water, with about a chain wide of river between them—Waitaiti. Omakutapu, a stream, to left. Eiver bends to right.