constructed for our party, and one was allotted to me and my wife. We had also two female slaves allowed us for the purpose of digging fern-root, gathering cockles, and catching fish, which articles were our only provisions while we remained here; unless now and then, when I went to the woods, and shot a few wood-pigeons or a wild pig. ’ ’ A party of New Zealanders thus wandering through their country, with all the incon veniences attending the movement of large bodies of men, but without the combinations of foresight which are necessary for the safety of an army, or the management of supplies, must be occasionally exposed to great privations. Their island, however, it would seem from Rutherford’s narrative, abundantly supplied them with provisions, and their slaves were at hand to perform the office of cooks. Their method of procuring fire for culinary purposes and warmth is curious; and we may as well mention it somewhat fully here, before we pro ceed to the more busy parts of Rutherford’s narrative. When Nicholas was in New Zealand, he had an opportunity of seeing the process usually resorted to. ‘ ‘ The place where we landed, ’ ’ says he, speaking of an excursion which he made with Marsden, and some of the chiefs, to a place a short distance from the Missionary Settlement, “was a small plantation of potatoes belonging