196 TAB001SM. limbs. In this case the symptoms were relieved by a smart emetic; a remedy which probably would not have been successful but for the short time the child had been under the influence of the poison. The peace of the community was threatened, before I departed for Sydney, by a misunderstanding with regard to some lands purchased by a Frenchman from a chief residing on the banks of the Waikaddi. Since the san guinary chastisement inflicted upon the natives of the Bay of Islands by the officers and crew of a French frigate, in revenge for the murder of their commander, Marion, the French have not been very popular among the New Zealanders; and it was seldom that the name of Wee wee (so the French were called from frequently making use of the words “ Oui, oui,’") -was pronounced without some tinge of bitterness. M. de Pompallier had greatly dimi nished, by the influence of his actions and language, this animosity against his countrymen. The more respectable class of chiefs now entertained no dislike to the French, and were as willing to sell land to them as to the English or Americans. When we bear in mind the natural affinity which seems to exist between the lively Frenchman and the equally jocose New Zealander, it is manifest that amity would soon take the place of a mutual animosity, could the recollection of this old and sanguinary quarrel be set aside. The most uncivilized of the natives, how ever, still execrate the name of Marion ; and among this class was Etu, whose delinquency I am about to narrate. From this turbulent personage, a thorough savage in as pect and demeanour, a French settler had purchased about two hundred acres, on the banks of the Waikaddi inlet, for which he had paid the stipulated price in blankets,