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as confirming mediators between the parties, though there was no longer any enmity existing on either side. They spoke with great anima tion, and the warriors listened to their separate speeches in attentive silence. They assumed, I thought, a very determined tone, employing a great deal of impressive action, and looking towards the opposite chief with an asperity of countenance not warranted by the mild for bearance of his deportment. The expostulating harangues, as I should suppose they were, of these sturdy ladies completed the ceremonials of this singular conference; and the reconcilia tion being thus consummated, the parties now entertained no sentiments towards each other but those of reciprocal amity.” It would appear that the New Zealand women sometimes carry their martial propensities farther than they are stated to have done in the present case. Nicholas was once not a little surprised, while witnessing a sham fight, to observe Duaterra’s wife, the Queen of Tip- poonah,* exerting himself, with most con spicuous courage, among the very thickest of the combatants. Her majesty was dressed in a red gown and petticoat, which she had received as a present from Marsden, that reverend gentleman having been obliged himself, in the first instance, to assist in decorating her with these novel articles of attire; and, holding in her hand a *Te Puna.